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Bible - PostmodernismCan you summarize the postmodern worldview in a few words (5) - correct answer -a reaction to the evils of modernism -views truth claims as political power plays -views truth is a social construct -ultimate knowledge is inaccessible -suspicious of metanarratives If "Postmodernism" means "after modernism" what is modernism - correct answer modernism is characterized by a strong belief in human reason, empiricism, science, and technological progress, as well as ske...

Chapter 7 - Postmodernismtruth - correct answer Postmodernism declares that _____ is whatever you define it as. postmodernism - correct answer A skeptical worldview, founded as a reaction to modernism, that is suspicious of metanarratives and teaches that ultimate reality is inaccessible, knowledge is a social construct, and truth-claims are political power plays. modernism - correct answer A strong belief in human reason, empiricism, science, and technological progress, as well as skeptic...

COMMRC 0310 Exam Questions with Correct Answers How do Keith and Lundberg define rhetoric? - Answer-the study of producing discourses and interpreting how, when, and why discourses are persuasive Who were the Sophists and why were they important? - Answer-The Sophists were a group of wandering Sicilians that taught Athenians how to speak persuasively with the goal of navigating the courts and senate. They were important because Athenian citizens relied heavily on public speech to deal with...

Philos means correct answers -The love of -The quest for Sophia means correct answers wisdom The 4 branches of Philosophy are correct answers Ethics, Epistemology, Logic, and Metaphysics Ethics(arete) means correct answers moral virtue Epistemology(episteme) means correct answers -To know, to understand, to be acquainted with -knowledge like math or objectives Logic means correct answers if a=b and b=c then a=c Metaphysics means correct answers -What is it? -What is it like?...

Quiz Bowl – Philosophy Study Guide metaphysics - answerstudy of ultimate reality epistemology - answerstudy of origin of knowledge ethics - answerstudy of morals aesthetics - answerstudy of beauty Thales of Miletus - answerIonian School (500s BC) all matter is a form of water Anaximander - answerIonian School (500s BC) student of Thales; all matter is a form of apeiron ("the boundless") Anaximenes - answerIonian School (500s BC) all matter is a form of air Pythagoras - answerPytha...

COMMRC 0310 FINAL QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS Plato View of Reality - Answer-Have to look beyond physical world Aristotle View of Reality - Answer-Look at world before us Aristotle 5 Subjects - Answer-Physics Metaphysics Nicomachean Ethics Politics The soul and poetics 4 Ways to Create Ethos - Answer-Actions Deeds Understanding Expertise Enhancing with Pathos - Answer-Combine with ethos or logos First sophists - Answer-People wanted to use rhetoric to con people Alea Iacta ...

A reading quiz and reflection questions based on chapter 4 of the textbook: The Great Conversation. Asks questions about philosophy in Athens before/during the time of Socrates. Includes several stories about philosophical dilemmas.

COMMRC0310 Exam Questions with All Correct Answers What are the ways in which meaning emerges in rhetoric? - Answer-Language use is based on experience Perceptual patterns emerge from our experiences Language contains frameworks for conceptualizing what we experience Meaning emerges from the interaction among symbols in the context of use How do language choices impact meaning? - Answer-Grammar (space between terms, passive/active voice, word order) Vocabulary (denotation and connotation...

The Ionian philosophers believed that a. nature was governed by blind chance and therefore unknowable. b. nature could be thoroughly and persuasively explained by earlier creation legends. c. nature contains a hidden structure that is ascertainable by the human mind. d. nature was manipulated by arbitrary and willful gods. Hide Feedback Correct Parmenides' fundamental belief was a. that the universe underwent change and development over time. b. that the senses were the only reliable s...

POSC 201 final exam Questions and answers, rated A+ what are the two question plato brings up in the republic? - -1. what is justice? 2. what is more advantageous; justice or injustice? socrates-politics is not essentially about _____ - -socrates-politics is not essentially about power how does socrates define justice? - -there are three parts of the soul (appetitive, spirited, reason) and justice is the harmony of all three working for the rational element of the soul justice is best f...