Straighterline Introduction to Philosophy Final Study Questions with Detailed Verified Answers

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Straighterline Introduction to
Philosophy Final Study Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers

Question: Aristotle's primary area of interest was


Ans: metaphysics.


Question: Which of the following is not one of the ten basic categories
Aristotle used to describe the ways in which humans think about things?


Ans: weight


Question: How many souls did Aristotle believe humans have?


Ans: three


Question: Aristotle's works include all of the following except:


Ans: Nicomachean Ethics


Question: What is a thing, according to Aristotle?


Ans: A specific form in a particular hunk of matter.


Question: What does Aristotle mean by the efficient cause of a thing?

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Ans: Where it came from.


Question: If you want to say what a thing is, which of Aristotle's four causes
must you provide?


Ans: The formal cause.


Question: What did Aristotle say about all change?


Ans: It is a movement from potentiality to actuality.


Question: Which of the following is an example of what Aristotle called a
universal?


Ans: The property of being red.


Question: What is a syllogism?


Ans: A kind of inference.


Question: What is not true of Hinduism?


Ans: It has no scriptures or holy writings.


Question: What is the central doctrine of the Upanishads?


Ans: The identity of Brahman and Atman.

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Question: What is the main cause of human suffering, according to
Siddhartha Gautama?


Ans: Ignorance and selfish craving.


Question: Which is not a characteristic of the Tao, for Taoists?


Ans: Man can improve it.


Question: According to Confucius, this principle governs both the well-
ordered family and the well-ordered state.


Ans: The principle of the Mean.


Question: Which would Mencius say true happiness consists in?


Ans: Seeing parents and family alive and well and free from anxiety.


Question: What must one do to discover ultimate reality and truth, according
to Hui Neng, sixth patriarch of Ch'an Buddhism?


Ans: Give up false attachments and selfish interests.


Question: What Mahayana Buddhist view did Murasi Shikibu object to?


Ans: Women must wait for reincarnation as a male before they can achieve
enlightenment.


Question: Which did Dogen Zenji advocate?