PHI-210 Exam 1 Questions with Correct Answers

PHI-210 Exam 1 Questions with Correct
Answers
The following is an invalid argument

1. All Christians are politically conservative

2. Smith is a Christian

3. So, Smith is politically conservative

True or False

True

The law of the excluded middle says:

A. all sentences are either true or false

B. all propositions are either true or false

C. an object is identical to itself and no other thing

D. a thing can not both be and not be at the same time and in the same way

B

Substance dualism is the view that a human person is identical to two substances

true/false

true

According the the lectures, which puzzle/problem is the principle puzzle/problem is

metaphysics

A. Mind/body problem

B. Relativism

C. The problem of the one and the many

D. Logical contradictions

, A

Hylomorphism is the view of the mind/body relation that posits that the soul is a

substance distinct from the body

true/false

false

David Parfit agrees that there is some individual in the world that is identical to you

true/false

False

In Plato's Apology, Socrates suggests that wisdom is the practical application of

knowledge

true/false

false

The problem of a divided mind purportedly gives reason to think that there are no

individual

Collaborations

persons.

True/false

False

Hylemorphism is a version of physicalism.

true/false

False