PHIL 101 FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+ (BRAND
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a priori - (ANSWER)prior to experience. often used to describe a proposition, argument, or value that we
can be certain is true without empirical verification, something derived from pure reason
Albert Camus - (ANSWER)A French existentialist known for essays and novels. He dealt with what he felt
was the absurd situation of human beings in which the world is essentially irrational, yet we still need to
find meaning within it.
Aristippus - (ANSWER)ancient Greek philosopher. Follower of Socrates. believed happiness consists in
pleasure and is commonly associated with ethical doctrine of hedonism
Aristotle - (ANSWER)(384-322 BCE) Believed, unlike his teacher Plato, that philosophers could rely on
their senses to provide accurate information about the world.
Aristotle - (ANSWER)Greek Philosopher and scientist, studied under Plato, taught Alexander the Great,
emphasized observation and analysis by the "four causes", said virtue was the middle ground between
extremes, men should seek to use their intellect
Aristotle - (ANSWER)Greek philosopher who proposed theories to explain many aspects of human
behavior; supported the empiricist view that all knowledge comes from sensory experiences
Aristotle - (ANSWER)Greek philosopher who proposed theories to explain many aspects of human
behavior; supported the empiricist view that all knowledge comes from sensory experiences
Aristotle - (ANSWER)Greek philosopher. A pupil of Plato, the tutor of Alexander the Great, and the
author of works on logic, metaphysics, ethics, natural sciences, politics, and poetics, he profoundly
influenced Western thought. In his philosophical system, which led him to criticize what he saw as
Plato's metaphysical excesses, theory follows empirical observation and logic, based on the syllogism, is
the essential method of rational inquiry.
,PHIL 101 FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+ (BRAND
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Aristotle - (ANSWER)was a pupil of Plato; did not accept Plato's theory of ideal forms
Aristotle - (ANSWER)Who put forms into physical objects?
Baron D'Holbach - (ANSWER)1723-1789; "System of Nature"; argued humans were essentially like
machines, completely determined by outside forces (determinism); his staunch atheism, determinism,
and attacks on Christianity undermined the Enlightenment
categorical imperative - (ANSWER)a maxim that commands moral obligation independent of experience
or consequences. it is derived from pure reason and always carries overriding value.
Cogito ergo sum - (ANSWER)I think therefore I am. Descarte
Compatibalism - (ANSWER)Human actions are free if they are the result of internal motivations, not the
product of external influences or constraints
Compatibalism - (ANSWER)The thesis that free will and Determinism is compatible. Soft Determinism is
a version of compatibalism. Hard determinism and Libertarianism are incompatibalist theories. (if you
decide based on internal constraints with no outside influence then you have free will. If your decision is
constrained by outside forces then your decisions are determined.)
Compatibalism - (ANSWER)The view that all events, including human actions, are caused. However, we
can consider human actions free if they are the result of internal motivations, not the product of
external influences or constraints
Cultural relativism - (ANSWER)The view that cultural norms determine what is ethically right and wrong
, PHIL 101 FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+ (BRAND
NEW VERSION!!)
D'Holbach - (ANSWER)Wrote "System of Nature", argued that humans were machines governed by
outside forces. He believed that free will, God, and immorality of the soul were myths. Aggressively
atheist.
D'Holbach's views - (ANSWER)Determinist believed in no "free will" everything has a cause. River
analogy
Daniel C Dennett - (ANSWER)(b. 1942-)the research of this American Philosopher centers on the
philosophy of mind. Particularly as it relates to evolutionary biology and cognitive science
(materialist)(compatibalism)
deductive - (ANSWER)What kind of argument is a categorical syllogism?
deontology - (ANSWER)the ethical view that moral value is determined by fulfilling one's duty
Descartes concept of the soul - (ANSWER)An eternal "thinking thing" that is attached to the Pineal Gland
in the brain. (mind body dualism)
Descriptive ethics - (ANSWER)An ethical approach that simply represents ethical beliefs without
evaluating their accuracy or appropriateness
Determinism - (ANSWER)The doctrine that every event has a cause. Such a doctrine seems to preclude
human freedom by explaining all human behavior in terms of chains of causes that stretch back into the
dim recesses of one's heredity and environment. ( you have no free choice, every decision you make can
be traced to a cause from your past)
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+ (BRAND
NEW VERSION!!)
a priori - (ANSWER)prior to experience. often used to describe a proposition, argument, or value that we
can be certain is true without empirical verification, something derived from pure reason
Albert Camus - (ANSWER)A French existentialist known for essays and novels. He dealt with what he felt
was the absurd situation of human beings in which the world is essentially irrational, yet we still need to
find meaning within it.
Aristippus - (ANSWER)ancient Greek philosopher. Follower of Socrates. believed happiness consists in
pleasure and is commonly associated with ethical doctrine of hedonism
Aristotle - (ANSWER)(384-322 BCE) Believed, unlike his teacher Plato, that philosophers could rely on
their senses to provide accurate information about the world.
Aristotle - (ANSWER)Greek Philosopher and scientist, studied under Plato, taught Alexander the Great,
emphasized observation and analysis by the "four causes", said virtue was the middle ground between
extremes, men should seek to use their intellect
Aristotle - (ANSWER)Greek philosopher who proposed theories to explain many aspects of human
behavior; supported the empiricist view that all knowledge comes from sensory experiences
Aristotle - (ANSWER)Greek philosopher who proposed theories to explain many aspects of human
behavior; supported the empiricist view that all knowledge comes from sensory experiences
Aristotle - (ANSWER)Greek philosopher. A pupil of Plato, the tutor of Alexander the Great, and the
author of works on logic, metaphysics, ethics, natural sciences, politics, and poetics, he profoundly
influenced Western thought. In his philosophical system, which led him to criticize what he saw as
Plato's metaphysical excesses, theory follows empirical observation and logic, based on the syllogism, is
the essential method of rational inquiry.
,PHIL 101 FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+ (BRAND
NEW VERSION!!)
Aristotle - (ANSWER)was a pupil of Plato; did not accept Plato's theory of ideal forms
Aristotle - (ANSWER)Who put forms into physical objects?
Baron D'Holbach - (ANSWER)1723-1789; "System of Nature"; argued humans were essentially like
machines, completely determined by outside forces (determinism); his staunch atheism, determinism,
and attacks on Christianity undermined the Enlightenment
categorical imperative - (ANSWER)a maxim that commands moral obligation independent of experience
or consequences. it is derived from pure reason and always carries overriding value.
Cogito ergo sum - (ANSWER)I think therefore I am. Descarte
Compatibalism - (ANSWER)Human actions are free if they are the result of internal motivations, not the
product of external influences or constraints
Compatibalism - (ANSWER)The thesis that free will and Determinism is compatible. Soft Determinism is
a version of compatibalism. Hard determinism and Libertarianism are incompatibalist theories. (if you
decide based on internal constraints with no outside influence then you have free will. If your decision is
constrained by outside forces then your decisions are determined.)
Compatibalism - (ANSWER)The view that all events, including human actions, are caused. However, we
can consider human actions free if they are the result of internal motivations, not the product of
external influences or constraints
Cultural relativism - (ANSWER)The view that cultural norms determine what is ethically right and wrong
, PHIL 101 FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+ (BRAND
NEW VERSION!!)
D'Holbach - (ANSWER)Wrote "System of Nature", argued that humans were machines governed by
outside forces. He believed that free will, God, and immorality of the soul were myths. Aggressively
atheist.
D'Holbach's views - (ANSWER)Determinist believed in no "free will" everything has a cause. River
analogy
Daniel C Dennett - (ANSWER)(b. 1942-)the research of this American Philosopher centers on the
philosophy of mind. Particularly as it relates to evolutionary biology and cognitive science
(materialist)(compatibalism)
deductive - (ANSWER)What kind of argument is a categorical syllogism?
deontology - (ANSWER)the ethical view that moral value is determined by fulfilling one's duty
Descartes concept of the soul - (ANSWER)An eternal "thinking thing" that is attached to the Pineal Gland
in the brain. (mind body dualism)
Descriptive ethics - (ANSWER)An ethical approach that simply represents ethical beliefs without
evaluating their accuracy or appropriateness
Determinism - (ANSWER)The doctrine that every event has a cause. Such a doctrine seems to preclude
human freedom by explaining all human behavior in terms of chains of causes that stretch back into the
dim recesses of one's heredity and environment. ( you have no free choice, every decision you make can
be traced to a cause from your past)
