IB Philosophy - Core Theme SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

Allegory of the cave (Plato's cave) - ANSWER To be liberated from the cave we must precede into the light, dismissing appearances as mere illusion and seek true knowledge. This is when we reach our goal ('telos') Normative - ANSWER how we should be/what we should do The Tri-partite soul (Plato) - ANSWER Reason (control), Spirit (emotions like pride and courage), Appetite (bodily and wordly desires) The Materialist view (Hobbes) - ANSWER Every can be explained in terms of the motions and interactions of material bodies. We are essentially robots. Psychological egoism (Hobbes) - ANSWER Primary motivation for humans is selfinterest State of War (Hobbes) - ANSWER Humanity is forced into competition. We pursue power and glory to make ourselves more secure. Leap of faith (Kiekegaard) - ANSWER How people acted in love or believing in God Subjectivity (Kiekegaard) - ANSWER Things affect people in different ways (truth is subjectivity, subjectivity is truth) Freedom (Kiekegaard) - ANSWER "if man can give any reasons for his choice, then the choice is determined by the reasons and is not truly free" Nihilism (Nietzsche) - ANSWER "God is dead". There is no transcendental being or truth. We must live our lives of now