PHI 1010 Introducing Philosophy Final
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
6 |main |branches |of |philosophy |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Metaphysics |(nature |of |reality)
Epistemology |(knowledge)
Ethics |(morals, |rights |and |wrongs)
Logic |(truth, |reasoning)
Political |(laws, |government)
Aesthetics |(beauty, |art)
Parts |of |an |argument |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Premises |(assumed |to |be |true), |and |the |
conclusion |(what |you |are |trying |to |prove).
Deductive |arguments |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |premises |provide |a |guarantee |that |the |
conclusion |is |true. |If |it |succeeds, |it |is |valid. |If |it |does |not, |it |is |invalid.
Inductive |arguments |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |premises |provide |reasons |supporting |the |
probable |truth |of |the |conclusion.
Valid |argument |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |deductive |argument |structured |in |a |way |that |it |is |
impossible |for |the |conclusion |to |be |false |if |the |premises |is |true.
Sound |argument |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Deductive |argument |that |is |valid |and |has |all |true |
premises.
, Strong |inductive |argument |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-An |inductive |argument |in |which |it |is |
improbable |that |the |conclusion |be |false |given |that |the |premises |are |true.
Ontological |Argument |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Something |than |which |nothing |greater |can |be |
thought.
Cosmological |argument |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Everything |is |in |motion |and |it |is |moved |by |a |
first |unmoved |mover.
Teleological |Argument |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Arguments |of |design |and |watchmakers |
(William |Paley).
Problem |of |Evil |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-God |is |powerful, |all |knowing, |and |good. |But |if |he |is |
all |good, |why |is |he |not |stopping |the |evil |in |the |world?
Plato's |Forms |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Forms |are |the |ultimate |reality, |they |are |eternal |and |
unchanging. |They |are |ideals |such |as |beauty |and |the |perfect |circle. |The |essence |of |an |object, |is
|perfect |and |invisible
Descarte's |Metaphysics |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |world |is |divided |into |the |three |
substances: |God, |the |mind, |and |material |being.
Leibniz's |Principle |of |Sufficient |Reason |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-There |must |be |a |reason |for |
everything. |Everything |must |have |a |full |explanation |for |it |being |the |way |it |is. |For |everything |
around |us |the |explanation |is |found |outside |of |the |thing |itself. |This |creates |a |chain |but |this |
chain |cannot |go |on |to |infinity. |So |there |must |be |one |thing |which |has |its |sufficient |reason |
inside |itself |and |provides |the |sufficient |reason |for |everything |else- |god
Descarte's |First |Item |of |Knowledge |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Cogito |Ergo |Sum |(I |think, |
therefore |I |am)
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
6 |main |branches |of |philosophy |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Metaphysics |(nature |of |reality)
Epistemology |(knowledge)
Ethics |(morals, |rights |and |wrongs)
Logic |(truth, |reasoning)
Political |(laws, |government)
Aesthetics |(beauty, |art)
Parts |of |an |argument |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Premises |(assumed |to |be |true), |and |the |
conclusion |(what |you |are |trying |to |prove).
Deductive |arguments |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |premises |provide |a |guarantee |that |the |
conclusion |is |true. |If |it |succeeds, |it |is |valid. |If |it |does |not, |it |is |invalid.
Inductive |arguments |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |premises |provide |reasons |supporting |the |
probable |truth |of |the |conclusion.
Valid |argument |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |deductive |argument |structured |in |a |way |that |it |is |
impossible |for |the |conclusion |to |be |false |if |the |premises |is |true.
Sound |argument |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Deductive |argument |that |is |valid |and |has |all |true |
premises.
, Strong |inductive |argument |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-An |inductive |argument |in |which |it |is |
improbable |that |the |conclusion |be |false |given |that |the |premises |are |true.
Ontological |Argument |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Something |than |which |nothing |greater |can |be |
thought.
Cosmological |argument |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Everything |is |in |motion |and |it |is |moved |by |a |
first |unmoved |mover.
Teleological |Argument |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Arguments |of |design |and |watchmakers |
(William |Paley).
Problem |of |Evil |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-God |is |powerful, |all |knowing, |and |good. |But |if |he |is |
all |good, |why |is |he |not |stopping |the |evil |in |the |world?
Plato's |Forms |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Forms |are |the |ultimate |reality, |they |are |eternal |and |
unchanging. |They |are |ideals |such |as |beauty |and |the |perfect |circle. |The |essence |of |an |object, |is
|perfect |and |invisible
Descarte's |Metaphysics |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |world |is |divided |into |the |three |
substances: |God, |the |mind, |and |material |being.
Leibniz's |Principle |of |Sufficient |Reason |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-There |must |be |a |reason |for |
everything. |Everything |must |have |a |full |explanation |for |it |being |the |way |it |is. |For |everything |
around |us |the |explanation |is |found |outside |of |the |thing |itself. |This |creates |a |chain |but |this |
chain |cannot |go |on |to |infinity. |So |there |must |be |one |thing |which |has |its |sufficient |reason |
inside |itself |and |provides |the |sufficient |reason |for |everything |else- |god
Descarte's |First |Item |of |Knowledge |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Cogito |Ergo |Sum |(I |think, |
therefore |I |am)
