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Philo Test One
first philosophy test
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Philosophy
Undergraduate 1
09/27/2011

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What is the philosopher's quest?
Definition
To ask questions.
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What is an unlimited good?
Definition
Knowledge
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What does the term "philosophy" mean in the original Greek?
Definition
Love of wisdom.
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What is philosophy?
Definition
Truth or principles underlying all knowledge, being, and reality.
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Who was the first hero of philosophy?
Definition
Socrates
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What did philosopher William James offer?
Definition
Pragmatism.
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What was William James's view on pragmatism?
Definition
Pragmatism is the habit of always seeing an alternative.
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Who was the first philosopher?
Definition
Thales
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How did Thales use math?
Definition
Thales used math to accurately predict a solar eclipse.
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What are the three characteristics of philosophy?
Definition
1) Objectivity
2) Universality
3) Rationality
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Epistemology deals with:
Definition
the nature of knowledge
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Logic deals with:
Definition
science of proper thinking
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Ontology deals with:
Definition
the question of existence or "being"
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Metaphysics deals with:
Definition
In what manner does a thing exist?
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Ethics deals with:
Definition
Justice; right and wrong
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Axiology deals with:
Definition
the nature of values and valuing
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Aesthetics deals with:
Definition
beauty
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Religion deals with:
Definition
the afterlife, the soul, God
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Science deals with:
Definition
investigation of the natural world
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Language deals with:
Definition
linguistics, translation (hermeneutics)
Term
What are the 5 main characteristics of a "myth?"
Definition
1) accounts for a community's religious practices
2) is a story of explanation
3) a story that seeks to express the "whys" and "hows"
5) involves encounters with deep meaning or The Divine
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Which two philosophers are known for their observations about myths?
Definition
Carl Jung and CS Lewis
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The Milesian philosophers said that reality was made of what?
Definition
Earth, Air, Fire, and Water
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The Eleatic philosophers were most concerned with?
Definition
Forms.
Term
The Pythagoreans were mainly concerned with?
Definition
Math
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The sophists were famous for being?
Definition
skeptics and hedonists
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What are The Two Great Assumptions of the pre-Socratic philosophers?
Definition
1) There is a unity of the cosmos- no matter how it appears
2) Natural events are to be understood by appeal to natural forces and not supernatural forces
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Which pre-Socratic philosopher deeply influenced Plato?
Definition
Pythagoras
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What is an arche?
Definition
The "stuff" that makes up existence.
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Who was the first ontologist?
Definition
Parmenides
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Which philosopher came up with an early version of the atomic theory?
Definition
Democritus
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What is hedonism?
Definition
To seek the good. The good is pleasure. Pleasure is subjective.
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What does nihlism mean?
Definition
nothing is of value or deserves to be of value (Sophist teaching)
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What was the main contribution of the Sophists in the area of philosophy?
Definition
The turned the focus of philosophy towards the human experience.
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What type of discourse was the Socratic method?
Definition
dialectical discourse
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What are the 4 steps of the Socratic Method?
Definition
1) question of definition
2) clarification
3) critical analysis and search for contradictions
4) demonstration of a fallacy
Term
What are the 4 major principles of Socrates?
Definition
1) an unexamined life is not worth living
2) valid principles for life are based on an objective truth
3) truth lies within each of us- we are "Pregnant with the truth."
4) The role of the philosopher is to provoke self-examination through dialogue
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Socrates was accused of which two capital offenses?
Definition
1) impeity towards the state religion
2) corruption of the youth
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Essay question 1
Definition
What is philosophy?
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Essay question 2
Definition
Explain/describe the life and contributions of Socrates.
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