PHI 130 MID-TERM EXAM (LUC) QUESTIONS
What is Socrates solution to the knowledge paradox? - Answer -Theory of Recollection
Which of the following is NOT one of Descartes morals and maxims? - Answer -
Examination of the Imperial and Material World
What is Descartes ontological proof of the existence of God? - Answer -I am a thinking
thing.
I have an idea of a perfect thing.
This idea couldn't have come from nothing and it can't have come from me.
It had to have come from somewhere else.
It had to have come from a being that has all predicates and exists.
Therefore, God exists.
Who killed God? - Answer -we did
Epistemology - Answer -study of knowledge
Which of the following does Aristotle consider to be a possible 5th clause? - Answer -
Luck/Chance
What are Aristotle's four causes? - Answer -1. Formal Cause
2. Material Cause
3. Efficient Cause
4. Final Cause
Formal Cause - Answer -(how?) the structure or design; the form
ex: a house's formal cause is its architecture
Material Cause - Answer -(what) the matter of which it is made of
ex: a house's material cause would be wood or brick
Efficient Cause - Answer -(who?) who made it or the agency behind an object
ex: a house's efficient cause is its' builder
Final Cause - Answer -(why?) what goal, end, or purpose does it serve?
ex: a house's final cause is to provide safety and shelter
What counts as motion according to Aristotle? - Answer -Everything/All the above
Which of the following is NOT a rhetoric of sophistry? - Answer -Philosophy
Philosophy - Answer -love for wisdom/loving wisdom as a friend
What is Socrates solution to the knowledge paradox? - Answer -Theory of Recollection
Which of the following is NOT one of Descartes morals and maxims? - Answer -
Examination of the Imperial and Material World
What is Descartes ontological proof of the existence of God? - Answer -I am a thinking
thing.
I have an idea of a perfect thing.
This idea couldn't have come from nothing and it can't have come from me.
It had to have come from somewhere else.
It had to have come from a being that has all predicates and exists.
Therefore, God exists.
Who killed God? - Answer -we did
Epistemology - Answer -study of knowledge
Which of the following does Aristotle consider to be a possible 5th clause? - Answer -
Luck/Chance
What are Aristotle's four causes? - Answer -1. Formal Cause
2. Material Cause
3. Efficient Cause
4. Final Cause
Formal Cause - Answer -(how?) the structure or design; the form
ex: a house's formal cause is its architecture
Material Cause - Answer -(what) the matter of which it is made of
ex: a house's material cause would be wood or brick
Efficient Cause - Answer -(who?) who made it or the agency behind an object
ex: a house's efficient cause is its' builder
Final Cause - Answer -(why?) what goal, end, or purpose does it serve?
ex: a house's final cause is to provide safety and shelter
What counts as motion according to Aristotle? - Answer -Everything/All the above
Which of the following is NOT a rhetoric of sophistry? - Answer -Philosophy
Philosophy - Answer -love for wisdom/loving wisdom as a friend
