Phi 215 exam 1 Question and answers
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Metaphysics - correct answer ✔the study of the nature of reality (existence of
god & nature of human free will)
Epistemology - correct answer ✔study of knowledge (can we have
knowledge)
Skepticism - correct answer ✔A philosophy which suggests that nothing can
ever be known for certain. (No knowledge at all)
Ethics - correct answer ✔the principles of right and wrong that guide an
individual in making decisions (how we ought to organize our communities)
Moral Relativism - correct answer ✔Substitutes the commands of society
with the commands of god
Betrand Russell - correct answer ✔argues that there is great value in doing
philosophy precisely because it frustrates our desire for quick easy answers.
The consequence argument - correct answer ✔Is speaking for or against the
truth of a statement by appealing to the consequences of accepting or
rejecting it
Straw Man Argument - correct answer ✔consists of an oversimplification of
an opponent's argument to make it easier to attack
, Appeal to the bandwagon - correct answer ✔The claim, as evidence for an
idea, that many people believe it, or used to believe it, or do it.
Appeal to Ignorance - correct answer ✔"Didn't see it, didn't happen"
argument
No True Scotsman - correct answer ✔Making general claims but changing
your mind or making altercations to your claim when someone corrects you
Genetic Fallacy - correct answer ✔Condemning an argument because of
where it began, how it began, or who began it.
Appeal to Irrelevant Authority - correct answer ✔Attempting to support a
claim by appealing to the judgment of one who is not an authority in the field,
the judgment of an unidentified authority, or the judgment of an authority who
is likely to be biased.
Descartes Dualism - correct answer ✔the mind and body are separate yet
intertwined
Logical Behaviorism (G. Ryle) - correct answer ✔An attempt to salvage talk
of minds and mental states and make a ch talk acceptable
brain state theory - correct answer ✔Proposes that mental states are
identical with brain states (physicalist view of mind)
Property Dualism (Chalmers) - correct answer ✔the claim that the mind and
body are separate properties, the mind is an emergent property of physical
substance, it is irreducible and non-supervenient
already passed 2025
Metaphysics - correct answer ✔the study of the nature of reality (existence of
god & nature of human free will)
Epistemology - correct answer ✔study of knowledge (can we have
knowledge)
Skepticism - correct answer ✔A philosophy which suggests that nothing can
ever be known for certain. (No knowledge at all)
Ethics - correct answer ✔the principles of right and wrong that guide an
individual in making decisions (how we ought to organize our communities)
Moral Relativism - correct answer ✔Substitutes the commands of society
with the commands of god
Betrand Russell - correct answer ✔argues that there is great value in doing
philosophy precisely because it frustrates our desire for quick easy answers.
The consequence argument - correct answer ✔Is speaking for or against the
truth of a statement by appealing to the consequences of accepting or
rejecting it
Straw Man Argument - correct answer ✔consists of an oversimplification of
an opponent's argument to make it easier to attack
, Appeal to the bandwagon - correct answer ✔The claim, as evidence for an
idea, that many people believe it, or used to believe it, or do it.
Appeal to Ignorance - correct answer ✔"Didn't see it, didn't happen"
argument
No True Scotsman - correct answer ✔Making general claims but changing
your mind or making altercations to your claim when someone corrects you
Genetic Fallacy - correct answer ✔Condemning an argument because of
where it began, how it began, or who began it.
Appeal to Irrelevant Authority - correct answer ✔Attempting to support a
claim by appealing to the judgment of one who is not an authority in the field,
the judgment of an unidentified authority, or the judgment of an authority who
is likely to be biased.
Descartes Dualism - correct answer ✔the mind and body are separate yet
intertwined
Logical Behaviorism (G. Ryle) - correct answer ✔An attempt to salvage talk
of minds and mental states and make a ch talk acceptable
brain state theory - correct answer ✔Proposes that mental states are
identical with brain states (physicalist view of mind)
Property Dualism (Chalmers) - correct answer ✔the claim that the mind and
body are separate properties, the mind is an emergent property of physical
substance, it is irreducible and non-supervenient
