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PHIL 1301 Exam GUIDE WITH
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
The word philosophy literally means __________________. - correct
answer✔️✔️love of wisdom
Which of the following best defines the field of metaphysics? - correct
answer✔️✔T️ he study or theory of reality.
Which of the following best defines the field of epistemology? - correct
answer✔️✔T️ he study or theory of knowledge.
The question, "Is killing ever morally permissible?" is a question within the field of
____________________. - correct answer✔️✔️Axiology
This philosopher started school in Athens known as The Academy. - correct
answer✔️✔️Plato
According to Dr. Reilly, many philosophers consider this principle to be the most
fundamental principle of rationality? - correct answer✔️✔T ️ he principle of non-
contradiction
Which of the following statements best summarizes why this principle of non-
contradiction is fundamental? - correct answer✔️✔️Without this principle, it does
not make sense to say that any statement is true or false.
What did philosopher Willard Von Quine mean by his metaphor of the web of
beliefs? - correct answer✔️✔T
️ hat every idea is connected by lines of inference to
other ideas.
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According to our text, the systematic use of critical reasoning to try to find answers
to fundamental questions about reality, morality, and knowledge is
____________________________. But according to Dr. Reilly, it is the intent to
answer using reason to basic questions about a subject. - correct
answer✔️✔️Philosophical method
According to Aristotle, "it is owning to their ____________ that people both now
and at first began to philosophize." - correct answer✔️✔️Wonder
In 431 B.C., Pericles proposed that Athens go to war with _________________. -
correct answer✔️✔️Sparta
Pericles died in 429 B.C. of ___________________. - correct answer✔️✔️Plague
Returning to Athens, a group of Athenian naval commanders were executed
because ___________________? - correct answer✔️✔T ️ hey has failed, due to
violent seas, to rescue men who has fallen overboard.
Who is the only person that we know of who defended the Athenian naval
commanders? - correct answer✔️✔️Socrates
Socrates was executed by___________________. - correct answer✔️✔️drinking
hemlock
According to the video, "The Greeks, Crucible of Civilization" the real reason,
apart from the stated charges, that Socrates was punished was ________________.
- correct answer✔️✔️as a scapegoat, because his questioning of Athenian values
was thought to have contributed to Athen's defeat.
The defeat of Sicily by Athens proved to be a great humiliation for Sparta, just as
Athens had hoped. - correct answer✔️✔️False
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PHIL 1301 Exam GUIDE WITH
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
The word philosophy literally means __________________. - correct
answer✔️✔️love of wisdom
Which of the following best defines the field of metaphysics? - correct
answer✔️✔T️ he study or theory of reality.
Which of the following best defines the field of epistemology? - correct
answer✔️✔T️ he study or theory of knowledge.
The question, "Is killing ever morally permissible?" is a question within the field of
____________________. - correct answer✔️✔️Axiology
This philosopher started school in Athens known as The Academy. - correct
answer✔️✔️Plato
According to Dr. Reilly, many philosophers consider this principle to be the most
fundamental principle of rationality? - correct answer✔️✔T ️ he principle of non-
contradiction
Which of the following statements best summarizes why this principle of non-
contradiction is fundamental? - correct answer✔️✔️Without this principle, it does
not make sense to say that any statement is true or false.
What did philosopher Willard Von Quine mean by his metaphor of the web of
beliefs? - correct answer✔️✔T
️ hat every idea is connected by lines of inference to
other ideas.
SUCCESS
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According to our text, the systematic use of critical reasoning to try to find answers
to fundamental questions about reality, morality, and knowledge is
____________________________. But according to Dr. Reilly, it is the intent to
answer using reason to basic questions about a subject. - correct
answer✔️✔️Philosophical method
According to Aristotle, "it is owning to their ____________ that people both now
and at first began to philosophize." - correct answer✔️✔️Wonder
In 431 B.C., Pericles proposed that Athens go to war with _________________. -
correct answer✔️✔️Sparta
Pericles died in 429 B.C. of ___________________. - correct answer✔️✔️Plague
Returning to Athens, a group of Athenian naval commanders were executed
because ___________________? - correct answer✔️✔T ️ hey has failed, due to
violent seas, to rescue men who has fallen overboard.
Who is the only person that we know of who defended the Athenian naval
commanders? - correct answer✔️✔️Socrates
Socrates was executed by___________________. - correct answer✔️✔️drinking
hemlock
According to the video, "The Greeks, Crucible of Civilization" the real reason,
apart from the stated charges, that Socrates was punished was ________________.
- correct answer✔️✔️as a scapegoat, because his questioning of Athenian values
was thought to have contributed to Athen's defeat.
The defeat of Sicily by Athens proved to be a great humiliation for Sparta, just as
Athens had hoped. - correct answer✔️✔️False
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