What determines the meaning of a proposition, according to the logical positivists?
(Ans- The possible observations that would verify it.
Which is not a theme an existentialist would be likely to accept?
(Ans- Metaphysics can reveal the reason and purpose of life.
The just or well-ordered...
Philosophy Final Exam: Questions &
Answers – Straighterline
What determines the meaning of a proposition, according to the logical
positivists?
(Ans- The possible observations that would verify it.
Which is not a theme an existentialist would be likely to accept?
(Ans- Metaphysics can reveal the reason and purpose of life.
The just or well-ordered soul manifests which virtue, according to Plato?
(Ans- Wisdom
What was the fundamental philosophical question for Albert Camus?
(Ans- Is there any reason not to commit suicide?
Which view about truth is common to all pragmatists?
(Ans- Truth is relative to place, time, and purpose.
Why does Robert Nozick believe that any state that goes beyond the
minimal state is unjust?
(Ans- Such a state necessarily involves redistributive taxation that violates
persons' natural entitlement rights.
What does philosophical analysis attempt to do?
(Ans- Reduce complex, philosophically puzzling propositions into simpler,
less puzzling ones.
How was Edmund Husserl's philosophy similar to Descartes'?
(Ans- He too sought to achieve rational certainty by grounding the truth in
a deeper source.
, What would Mary Daly say about the image of God the Father?
(Ans- It perpetuates the polarization of human qualities built into the
traditional sexual stereotypes.
What must one do to discover ultimate reality and truth, according to Hui
Neng, sixth patriarch of Ch'an Buddhism?
(Ans- Give up false attachments and selfish interests
St. Thomas Aquinas' first three ways are all versions of which sort of
argument?
(Ans- Cosmological
What did Anselm believe about proving God's existence?
(Ans- You could do it using just the concept of God as the greatest being
conceivable.
What is the central doctrine of the Upanishads?
(Ans- The identity of Brahman and Atman.
John Stuart Mill believed that
(Ans- one should seek general happiness.
According to Confucius, this principle governs both the well-ordered family
and the well-ordered state.
(Ans- The principle of the Mean.
What is not true of Hinduism?
(Ans- It has no scriptures or holy writings
Which is not a characteristic of the Tao, for Taoists?
(Ans- Man can improve it.
What is truth, for Soren Kierkegaard?
(Ans- How you live if it is with passionate commitment.
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