PHIL101 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Which of the following branches of philosophy does NOT involve questions related to
values? - Answers - b. Metaphysics
_____ is defined as the philosophical study of art and of value judgments about art. -
Answers - a. Aesthetics
The fallacy of _____ occurs when someone brings an irrelevancy into a conversation. -
Answers –
b. red herring
Thinking that a person's position is frightening because the person himself is frightening
would be an obvious mistake in reasoning. This is an example of the fallacy of _____. -
Answers - a. argumentum ad hominem
Epistemology is the branch that explores the sources, nature, limits, and criteria of
_____. - Answers - a. knowledge
Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and fundamental
properties of _____. - Answers - d. being
What was the essence of reality for Heraclitus? - Answers - a. change
Which is a theme common to all the pre-Socratics? - Answers - c. The experienced
world is a manifestation of a more fundamental underlying reality.
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. - Answers - a. the Republic
Which of the following views of Aristotle did Aquinas disagree with? - Answers - b. The
essence of a thing is the same as its existence.
According to Rene Descartes, "clarity and distinctness" was a mark of _____. - Answers
- c. truth
Which of the following statements would Thomas Hobbes have accepted? - Answers -
b. All psychological states derive ultimately from perception.
According to Anne Conway, God _____. - Answers - d. is an eternal creator
What did George Berkeley mean about such things as tables and chairs when he
denied the existence of matter? - Answers - a. There are no unperceived tables and
chairs
Which of the following branches of philosophy does NOT involve questions related to
values? - Answers - b. Metaphysics
_____ is defined as the philosophical study of art and of value judgments about art. -
Answers - a. Aesthetics
The fallacy of _____ occurs when someone brings an irrelevancy into a conversation. -
Answers –
b. red herring
Thinking that a person's position is frightening because the person himself is frightening
would be an obvious mistake in reasoning. This is an example of the fallacy of _____. -
Answers - a. argumentum ad hominem
Epistemology is the branch that explores the sources, nature, limits, and criteria of
_____. - Answers - a. knowledge
Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and fundamental
properties of _____. - Answers - d. being
What was the essence of reality for Heraclitus? - Answers - a. change
Which is a theme common to all the pre-Socratics? - Answers - c. The experienced
world is a manifestation of a more fundamental underlying reality.
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. - Answers - a. the Republic
Which of the following views of Aristotle did Aquinas disagree with? - Answers - b. The
essence of a thing is the same as its existence.
According to Rene Descartes, "clarity and distinctness" was a mark of _____. - Answers
- c. truth
Which of the following statements would Thomas Hobbes have accepted? - Answers -
b. All psychological states derive ultimately from perception.
According to Anne Conway, God _____. - Answers - d. is an eternal creator
What did George Berkeley mean about such things as tables and chairs when he
denied the existence of matter? - Answers - a. There are no unperceived tables and
chairs
