Phil 201 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

PHIL 201-001 Jones Final Exam Questions With Correct Answers 2024. Which of the following is the etymological meaning of "philosophy" - CORRECT ANSWER Friend of Wisdom As per class discussion, which of the following is the main tool of philosophy? - CORRECT ANSWER reason Which of the following is closet to the definition of Philosophy given in class? - CORRECT ANSWER To philosophize is to think carefully about important issues in an attempt to better understand them and perhaps solv...

PHIL 201 Midterm Exam Questions 2024. teleology - CORRECT ANSWER study of ends or purpose a priori - CORRECT ANSWER knowledgable without the experience epistemology - CORRECT ANSWER concerned with theory of knowledge ontology - CORRECT ANSWER word for being a posteriori - CORRECT ANSWER dependent upon sense experience philosophy - CORRECT ANSWER the study of the most general and abstract items of the world theology - CORRECT ANSWER study of God, things of the divine met...

Platonic Atheism is a version of which meta-ethical theory: SelectedAnswer: Ethical Non-Naturalism • Question 2 3 out of 3 points A key intuition we hold is that we owe obligations to persons, not things,and this provides reason to think theism explains, whereas Platonic atheism does not, the reality of objective moral duties. SelectedAnswer: True • Question 3 3 out of 3 points The branch of ethics that explores answer to the q...

Phil 201 Final Exam Questions 2024. Which of the following would be considered a mental state, rather than a non-mental physical state? - CORRECT ANSWER All of the above. True or false: having a broken foot would be an example of a mental state. - CORRECT ANSWER False The attribute or property dualist would reject which of the following claims? - CORRECT ANSWER Mental states are properties of a non-physical substance. True or false: according to the property dualist, all mental pro...

PHIL 201 Exam Questions Correctly Answered 2024. Thales - CORRECT ANSWER •Predicted Sun Eclipse 585 BC •Water •"All things are full of gods" Anaximander - CORRECT ANSWER •Introduction of the idea of a principle •1st Principle: Apeiron (the boundless) •2nd Principle: Eternal Motion •Table of elements Anaximenes - CORRECT ANSWER •Air •Condensation and rarefaction are the principles of change Heraclitus - CORRECT ANSWER •Logos (account, word, reason) •Un...

PHIL 201 First Exam Review Test 2024. 1. What does philosophy originally mean? How does Pythagoras characterize a philosopher's activity in contrast with the activities of an athlete and a businessperson? - CORRECT ANSWER Philosophy - lover of wisdom Athletes hone a skill for fame/recognition Businessmen hone practicality for tangible profit Philosophers contemplate to find truth 2. What way of thinking can we learn from Zeno's argument against motion? - CORRECT ANSWER Zeno argues m...

PHIL 201 - Quiz 2 Correctly Answered 2024. Laws of Logic - CORRECT ANSWER A set of rules through which discourse is made possible. These include the law of noncontradiction, law of excluded middle, and Law of Non-Contradiction - CORRECT ANSWER Something cannot both be and not be at the same time and in the same respect. Law of Excluded Middle - CORRECT ANSWER Something either is or is not. It excludes the possibility of something in the middle of existence and nonexistence. Self-Ev...

Phil 201 Exam 1 Latest Verified Complete Answers 2024. Fallacy of Undistributed Middle Term - CORRECT ANSWER Drawing a conclusion in a syllogism in which the middle term in the premises is not distributed at least once. All Z is B All Y is B Therefore, all Y is Z "All cats are mammals. "All dogs are mammals. Therefore: "All cats are dogs" Where do the laws of logic come from? - CORRECT ANSWER originates in the mind of God law of non contradiction - CORRECT ANSWER a thing ca...

UVIC PHIL 201 QUESTIONS CORRECTLY ANSWERED 2024. Critical Thinking - CORRECT ANSWER Careful thinking that... -meets rational standards -is supported by reason -is goal directed -helps us decide what to believe and what actions to take Arguments - CORRECT ANSWER The primary way of expressing reasons and supporting claims. They are an effective tool for evaluating and formulating claims that are worthy of acceptance. Argument Reconstruction - CORRECT ANSWER The process of identifyi...

PHIL 201 Final Exam Latest Verified Answers 2024. Argument - CORRECT ANSWER a reasoned presentation of information that includes a premise or premises and a conclusion... an inference based on evidence Soundness - CORRECT ANSWER an argument that is valid and has true premises Modus Ponens - CORRECT ANSWER A implies B. A. so, B Modus Tollens - CORRECT ANSWER A implies B. not B. so, not A Conjunction - CORRECT ANSWER A. B. so A & B Simplification - CORRECT ANSWER A & B. so A, o...