PHIL 101 STRAIGHTERLINE EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following branches of philosophy does NOT involve questions related to values? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Metaphysics
_____ is defined as the philosophical study of art and of value judgements about art - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Aesthetics
The fallacy of ______ occurs when someone brings an irrelevancy into a conversation - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅red herring
The fallacy of _______ amounts to transferring the qualities of a spokesperson to his or her insights,
arguments, beliefs, or positions - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅argumentum ad hominem
Thales, Anaximenes, and Anaximander are collectively known as the _______ - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Milesians
Metaphysics is the branch of psychology concerned with the nature and fundamental properties of
______ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅being
Which of the following statements is true about Anaxagoras? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅He
introduced into metaphysics an important distinction, that between matter and mind
What is reality according to a follower of Parmenides? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅one and
unchanging
The most famous dialogue of Plato is ______, from the so-called middle period of Plato's writings, during
which Plato reached the peak of his genius - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The Republic
Plato's three famous theories are as follows: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Theory of Knowledge, Theory
of Love and Becoming, and Theory of Forms
Which of the following branches of philosophy does NOT involve questions related to values? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Metaphysics
_____ is defined as the philosophical study of art and of value judgements about art - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Aesthetics
The fallacy of ______ occurs when someone brings an irrelevancy into a conversation - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅red herring
The fallacy of _______ amounts to transferring the qualities of a spokesperson to his or her insights,
arguments, beliefs, or positions - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅argumentum ad hominem
Thales, Anaximenes, and Anaximander are collectively known as the _______ - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Milesians
Metaphysics is the branch of psychology concerned with the nature and fundamental properties of
______ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅being
Which of the following statements is true about Anaxagoras? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅He
introduced into metaphysics an important distinction, that between matter and mind
What is reality according to a follower of Parmenides? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅one and
unchanging
The most famous dialogue of Plato is ______, from the so-called middle period of Plato's writings, during
which Plato reached the peak of his genius - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The Republic
Plato's three famous theories are as follows: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Theory of Knowledge, Theory
of Love and Becoming, and Theory of Forms
