Straighterline Philosophy Final Exam
philosophy correct answers love of wisdom or knowledge;
encompasses all other
discipline
s
epistemology correct answers the theory or study of knowledge. It asks:
How do
know we we know, and can we know anything
what
at all?
metaphysics correct answers the branch of philosophy most interested in
thereality
of question
and
existence
axiology correct answers study of value; deals with artistic value or the
value of self-
expressio
n
ethics correct answers looks at what is right and wrong, moral character,
and virtue
logic correct answers a device used in philosophy that refers to both
an area of
philosophical inquiry and a tool to pursue
knowledge
Socratic Method correct answers a philosophical method where questions
and answers
lead to
wisdom
circular reasoning correct answers finds a conclusion based upon an
assumption
basically thethat
same is thing as the
conclusion
black or white fallacy correct answers assumes that answers to
questions
once must be
conclusion or its total
opposite
red herring fallacy correct answers an attempt to discredit another
philosophical
proposition by invoking another
unrelated point
straw man fallacy correct answers when philosophers misrepresent the view
of another to repudiate their
philosopher
conclusions
Heraclitus correct answers "You cannot step in the same river twice";
believed
world wasthe
essentially made up of fire and that the world is ever changing,
dynamic, and
constantly on the
move
Parmenides correct answers believed that all being and all reality is one,
unified, and knowledge comes from oneself and not the
unchanging;
senses
Atomism correct answers the philosophical position that all things consist
of minute,
imperceptible, and indivisible particles; led by Leucippus and
Democritus
, arche correct answers a substance that causes and constitutes all things
in the world
Pythagoras correct answers believed that all matter in the world was
made up (hence
numbers of his famous
theorem)
Sophists correct answers Greek philosophers well-known for their
oratorical
they taughtskill, as
students how to argue and persuade an
audience
Theory of Forms correct answers Plato's assertion that our world of
perception
an is only
illusion and that there are Forms, or higher ideals, that exist
beyond sensory
experienc
e
Allegory of the Cave correct answers Plato's lesson, involving shadow
puppets,
wall, and aignorant
cave cave dwellers, to demonstrate that perception is
not reality
Neoplatonism correct answers a resurgence of Platonic thinking
(especially dualism)
led by thinkers like
Plotinus
Stoics correct answers emphasized man's control over his own
passions
Epicureans correct answers sought to create psychological happiness by
avoiding
and pain in pleasurable mental
engaging
activities
Skeptics correct answers contended that any knowledge was utterly
unattainable
St. Augustine correct answers employed a Platonic philosophy of the
Forms
the to proveof a Christian
existence
God
Hypatia correct answers tested and furthered the work of
Ptolemy
Boethius correct answers translated many Greek works and served as
a bridge ancient Greece and Christian
between
Scholasticism
St. Thomas Aquinas correct answers provided a new philosophical and
theological
system based upon Aristotelian principles and the assertion that
philosophy
revealed and can work together to
religion
attain truth
Propositional knowledge correct answers type of knowledge that concerns
itself with
knowing
"facts"
Rationalists correct answers believe in the power of reason and the
intellect to attain
knowledg
e
A priori correct answers type of knowledge that exists before human
experience
philosophy correct answers love of wisdom or knowledge;
encompasses all other
discipline
s
epistemology correct answers the theory or study of knowledge. It asks:
How do
know we we know, and can we know anything
what
at all?
metaphysics correct answers the branch of philosophy most interested in
thereality
of question
and
existence
axiology correct answers study of value; deals with artistic value or the
value of self-
expressio
n
ethics correct answers looks at what is right and wrong, moral character,
and virtue
logic correct answers a device used in philosophy that refers to both
an area of
philosophical inquiry and a tool to pursue
knowledge
Socratic Method correct answers a philosophical method where questions
and answers
lead to
wisdom
circular reasoning correct answers finds a conclusion based upon an
assumption
basically thethat
same is thing as the
conclusion
black or white fallacy correct answers assumes that answers to
questions
once must be
conclusion or its total
opposite
red herring fallacy correct answers an attempt to discredit another
philosophical
proposition by invoking another
unrelated point
straw man fallacy correct answers when philosophers misrepresent the view
of another to repudiate their
philosopher
conclusions
Heraclitus correct answers "You cannot step in the same river twice";
believed
world wasthe
essentially made up of fire and that the world is ever changing,
dynamic, and
constantly on the
move
Parmenides correct answers believed that all being and all reality is one,
unified, and knowledge comes from oneself and not the
unchanging;
senses
Atomism correct answers the philosophical position that all things consist
of minute,
imperceptible, and indivisible particles; led by Leucippus and
Democritus
, arche correct answers a substance that causes and constitutes all things
in the world
Pythagoras correct answers believed that all matter in the world was
made up (hence
numbers of his famous
theorem)
Sophists correct answers Greek philosophers well-known for their
oratorical
they taughtskill, as
students how to argue and persuade an
audience
Theory of Forms correct answers Plato's assertion that our world of
perception
an is only
illusion and that there are Forms, or higher ideals, that exist
beyond sensory
experienc
e
Allegory of the Cave correct answers Plato's lesson, involving shadow
puppets,
wall, and aignorant
cave cave dwellers, to demonstrate that perception is
not reality
Neoplatonism correct answers a resurgence of Platonic thinking
(especially dualism)
led by thinkers like
Plotinus
Stoics correct answers emphasized man's control over his own
passions
Epicureans correct answers sought to create psychological happiness by
avoiding
and pain in pleasurable mental
engaging
activities
Skeptics correct answers contended that any knowledge was utterly
unattainable
St. Augustine correct answers employed a Platonic philosophy of the
Forms
the to proveof a Christian
existence
God
Hypatia correct answers tested and furthered the work of
Ptolemy
Boethius correct answers translated many Greek works and served as
a bridge ancient Greece and Christian
between
Scholasticism
St. Thomas Aquinas correct answers provided a new philosophical and
theological
system based upon Aristotelian principles and the assertion that
philosophy
revealed and can work together to
religion
attain truth
Propositional knowledge correct answers type of knowledge that concerns
itself with
knowing
"facts"
Rationalists correct answers believe in the power of reason and the
intellect to attain
knowledg
e
A priori correct answers type of knowledge that exists before human
experience
