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PHI-215 Final Exam Questions/ 130 Q&A/ . The renowned philosopher who lived and worked in the Greek city of Alexandria in the fifth century was - Answer: Hypatia For Socrates the good of the soul is attained only through an uncompromising search for - Answer: what's true and real is arguing either that (1) a claim is true because it hasn't been proven false or (2) a claim is false because it hasn't been proven true - Answer: the Appeal to Ignorance According to Smart, the rep...

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Hardin's "Lifeboat Ethics" - correct answer "Every human born constitutes a draft on all aspects of the environment: food, air, water, forests, beaches, wildlife, scenery and solitude. Food can, perhaps, be significantly increased to meet a growing demand. But what about clean beaches, unspoiled forests, and solitude? If we satisfy a growing population's need for food, we necessarily decrease its per capita supply of the other resources needed by men." what we owe to future ...

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Phi 215 exam 1 Question and answers already passed 2025 Metaphysics - correct answer the study of the nature of reality (existence of god & nature of human free will) Epistemology - correct answer study of knowledge (can we have knowledge) Skepticism - correct answer A philosophy which suggests that nothing can ever be known for certain. (No knowledge at all) Ethics - correct answer the principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making decisions (how we ought ...

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PHI 215 EXAM 3 Question and answers rated A+ 2025 Epistemology - correct answer --study of knowledge --how and to what extent we know things Propositional knowledge - correct answer knowing that something is the case Proposition - correct answer --statement that is either true or false --assertion something is or is not a fact What are 3 necessary conditions that must be fulfilled to KNOW a proposition? - correct answer 1. You must BELIEVE it. 2. It must be TRUE. 3. You ...

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Phi 215 FINAL QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION 2025 Pessimists regarding life's meaning believe that life can have no meaning if _____ - correct answer external meaning is nonexistent Who said, "Most of us would say without hesitation that a person's life had meaning if we knew that he devoted himself to a cause"? - correct answer Edwards Internalists say that anyone can have a meaningful life without relying on the concepts of God or transcendent realms. - correct ans...

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PHI 215 final exam Question and answers verified to pass 2025 This fallacy is the only formal fallacy discussed in the book - correct answer Affirming the consequent This fallacy takes place when we criticize a person instead of the argument that they have presented - correct answer Ad Hominem When a person claims that they must be right because you can't prove them wrong - correct answer Appeal to ignorance Misrepresenting, misquoting, misconstruing, and oversimplifying an...

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Epistemology - correct answer study of knowledge Metaphysics - correct answer the study of the nature of reality Logic - correct answer the study of reasoning Axiology - correct answer study of value Ethics - correct answer A system of moral principles. Aesthetics - correct answer the study of beauty Substance Dualism - correct answer The notion that mind and body consist of two fundamentally different kinds of stuff, or substances Cartesian Dualism - correct answer The vie...

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philosophical method -correct answers the systematic use of critical reasoning to try to find answers to fundamental questions about reality, morality, and knowledge greatest practical benefit of philosophy -correct answers the intellectual wherewithal to improve our lives by improving our philosophy of life Why is "an unexamined life is not worth living"? -correct answers• With the attainment of wisdom, we come to understand the true nature of reality and how to apply that underst...

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Who once said "I think, therefore I am"? - correct answer René Descartes What did Descartes believe? - correct answer Cartesian dualism / interactionism two distinct substances (mental/physical) but interact causally "I think, therefore I am" "intuition of the mind" rather than just senses can conceive of perfection therefore God must be perfect When did Descartes live? - correct answer (born in La Haye, France) Where did Descartes live? - correct answer France -&...

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Epistemology - correct answer--study of knowledge --how and to what extent we know things Propositional knowledge - correct answer knowing that something is the case Proposition - correct answer--statement that is either true or false --assertion something is or is not a fact What are 3 necessary conditions that must be fulfilled to KNOW a proposition? - correct answer1. You must BELIEVE it. 2. It must be TRUE. 3. You must be justified in believing it is true. A belief does not c...

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Questions like "What is knowledge?" and "What is truth?" are mainstays in the branch of philosophy known as _____. - correct answer epistemology The famous statement "An unexamined life is not worth living" is attributed to _____. - correct answer Socrates The study of reality in the broadest sense, an inquiry into the elemental nature of the universe and the things in it, is known as _____. - correct answer metaphysics For Socrates the good of the soul is attained onl...

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Altruism - correct answer The ethical theory that right and wrong action depend of consequences for other persons, but not for oneself. Absolutism (Objectivism) - correct answer Any ethical theory that holds that there are universal ethical principles that apply to all people at all times. Categorical Imperative - correct answer A command that applies to all rational beings regardless of their desires. Egoism - correct answer The only factor to take into account in deciding what is ethi...

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Substance Dualism - correct answer The notion that mind and body consist of two fundamentally different kinds of stuff, or substances Cartesian Dualism - correct answer The view that mind (or soul) and body are completely independent of one another and interact causally Materialism - correct answer The doctrine that every object and event in the world is physical Identity Theory - correct answer The view that mental states are identical to physical brain states. Functionalism - cor...

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If there are no guarantees of ultimate reward and punishment, - correct answerthen it still does not follow that there are no reasons to be good. In Plato's Symposium, Diotima argues that - correct answer procreation, whether of children or works of cultural importance, brings humans nearest to immortality. It is sometimes suggested that what makes human beings unique is that, unlike - correct answer we are reflective. One apparent difference between minds and physical things is that...

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a posteriori knowledge - correct answer knowledge that depends entirely on sense experience a priori knowledge - correct answer knowledge gained independently of or prior to sense experience Empiricism - correct answer The view that our knowledge of the empirical world comes solely from sense experience. Epistemology - correct answer study of knowledge principle of induction - correct answer The presumption that events that followed one another in the past will do the same in the fut...

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The renowned philosopher who lived and worked in the Greek city of Alexandria in the fifth century was - correct answer Hypatia For Socrates the good of the soul is attained only through an uncompromising search for - correct answer what's true and real is arguing either that (1) a claim is true because it hasn't been proven false or (2) a claim is false because it hasn't been proven true - correct answer the Appeal to Ignorance The famous statement "An unexamined life is no...

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PHI 215 Final Exam

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PHI-215 Final Exam Questions/ 130 Q&A/ . The renowned philosopher who lived and worked in the Greek city of Alexandria in the fifth century was - Answer: Hypatia For Socrates the good of the soul is attained only through an uncompromising search for - Answer: what's true and real What was Immanuel Kant's "Copernican Revolution? A. that objects conform to the mind B. that the mind conforms to objects C. that the planets orbit the sun D. that all knowledge comes f...

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