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PHIL 101 EXAM 1 (JMU Yates) QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS!!
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PHIL 101 EXAM 1 (JMU Yates) QUESTIONS WITH100% CORRECT ANSWERS!!
What motivates philosophy? ✔✔The search for the meaning of life, wonder,
awe, curiosity, is there a god?, mortality/moral values, finding absolute truths,
objective vs subjective, relationship between mind and body, fundamental beliefs
Philosophia (meaning and root language) ✔✔The love of wisdom, from the
Greek
"To live the examined life" ✔✔Socrates
What is Luc Ferry's main 'quest'? ✔✔The quest for salvation
What are Luc Ferry's ideas on salvation? ✔✔Salvation through philosophy or
science, not necessarily religion
Nuance ✔✔Run comparisons, draw distinctions between things, draw meaning
from things by comparing it to another
Three orientations of philosophy ✔✔Theory, ethics, salvation/wisdom
Theory ✔✔Trying to see the truth of the world as it is
Ethics ✔✔Rules of right and wrong, "practical" philosophy
, Salvation/Wisdom ✔✔How to live wisely, contentedly, freely, and without the
fear of death
"Reason, like life, is limited" ✔✔Luc Ferry
Philosophy is also known as... ✔✔The queen of the sciences
Four approaches to doing philosophy ✔✔Definitions, logic and proofs, being
visionary, focusing on the practical (moral)
Definitions ✔✔Tries to define big issues
Logic and proofs ✔✔Demonstrating things scientifically and giving arguments
Being visionary ✔✔Thinking outside of the box, seeing the big picture/well-
rounded view
Focusing on the practical (moral) ✔✔Trying to be ethical
Socrates in 'The Apology' and 'Crito' ✔✔Defending the Athenian Law
Who wrote 'The Apology' and 'Crito" ✔✔Plato
Sophists ✔✔Teachers of argumentation, focused on winning arguments, not
finding the truth
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