Straighterline Philosophy exam question
with answers
What does Aristotle mean by the efficient cause of a thing? - -Where it came from.
Which is a theme common to all the pre-Socratics? - -The experienced world is a
manifestation of a more fundamental underlying reality.
What did the Atomists do? - -They distinguished between atomic properties and
relational properties.
How are the Forms apprehended, according to Plato? - -By reason.
What did Aristotle say about all change? - -It is a movement from potentiality to
actuality.
Which of the following branches of philosophy does not involve questions related to
values? - -Metaphysics.
What is a thing, according to Aristotle? - -A specific form in a particular hunk of
matter.
What does the branch of philosophy called epistemology study? - -Knowledge.
When the Delphi Oracle pronounced Socrates to be the wisest of people, Socrates
thought the pronouncement referred to the fact that he: - -was aware of his own
ignorance.
What fallacy is it when an argument attacks the person rather than the person's
beliefs? - -Argumentum ad Hominem
What was the essence of reality for Heraclitus? - -Change
What is the cause of change for Empedocles? - -Love and strife
Who is a philosopher, in the original sense of the world? - -A lover and pursuer of
wisdom, regardless of the subject matter.
Which is a common characteristic of philosophical questions? - -They involve
fundamental concepts that are unavoidable by the thoughtful person.
Which of the following is not one of the ten basic categories Aristotle used to
describe the ways in which humans think about things? - -weight
What is reality according to a follower of Parmenides? - -One and unchanging.
Aristotle's primary area of interest was: - -Metaphysics.
with answers
What does Aristotle mean by the efficient cause of a thing? - -Where it came from.
Which is a theme common to all the pre-Socratics? - -The experienced world is a
manifestation of a more fundamental underlying reality.
What did the Atomists do? - -They distinguished between atomic properties and
relational properties.
How are the Forms apprehended, according to Plato? - -By reason.
What did Aristotle say about all change? - -It is a movement from potentiality to
actuality.
Which of the following branches of philosophy does not involve questions related to
values? - -Metaphysics.
What is a thing, according to Aristotle? - -A specific form in a particular hunk of
matter.
What does the branch of philosophy called epistemology study? - -Knowledge.
When the Delphi Oracle pronounced Socrates to be the wisest of people, Socrates
thought the pronouncement referred to the fact that he: - -was aware of his own
ignorance.
What fallacy is it when an argument attacks the person rather than the person's
beliefs? - -Argumentum ad Hominem
What was the essence of reality for Heraclitus? - -Change
What is the cause of change for Empedocles? - -Love and strife
Who is a philosopher, in the original sense of the world? - -A lover and pursuer of
wisdom, regardless of the subject matter.
Which is a common characteristic of philosophical questions? - -They involve
fundamental concepts that are unavoidable by the thoughtful person.
Which of the following is not one of the ten basic categories Aristotle used to
describe the ways in which humans think about things? - -weight
What is reality according to a follower of Parmenides? - -One and unchanging.
Aristotle's primary area of interest was: - -Metaphysics.
