PHIL 1010 Verified Questions And Answers
theory that human subjective states determine the nature of the real and true ANS subjectivism
a sophist who beleived truth is in perception, man is the measure of all things, since man is the only
entity capable of answering his perceptions must be true ANS Protagoras of Abdera
a false argument, usually made to deceive someone ANS sophism
"Of all things, the measure is humanity. Of the reality of those that are, and the unreality of those that
are not." ANS Protagoras' Maxim
There is no way the world is apart from how is appears to human beings ANS General
Subjectivist Theory Of Truth
There are no absolute, objective truths ANS NAT
a truth that is binding upon all human beings at all times ANS absolute, objective truths
possible objections to the Subjectivist theory of truth ANS 1. well-established empirical claims
(mathematics, existence, moral claims.)
2. is NAT absolute truth? (refutes itself)
the theory that reality consists of material things and immaterial things ANS dualism
Plato's points in agreement with Socrates ANS -absolute, objective truths and values
-reason enables humans to achieve knowledge
not in us, not in the world of material things, absolute truth is unchanging, material things can change
ANS Plato's foundation for absolute, objective truth
, Plato's forms ANS FORMS ARE MORE REAL THAN MATERIAL OBJECTS.
circularity, triangularity, beauty, humanity, virtue, justice
Greek philosopher who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is
the highest good (341-270 BC) ANS epicurus
reality consists of indivisible atoms and the void in which they move ANS atomism
proof that atoms exist ANS nothing comes from nothing, something cannot revert into nothing
human beings are just a complex collection of atoms
-souls are made up of atoms
-destruction of the human body is destruction of the person ANS theory of human nature
one can only suffer evil if one exists
the dead do not exist
death is not an evil for the dead ANS "No Harm" argument
"why should I fear death? If i am, death is not. If death is, I am not. So why should I fear that which
can only exist when I do not?" ANS Epicurus. Letter to Menoeceus.
there is no intrinsic difference between one's prenatal nonexistence and one's post-mortem
nonexistence ANS homogeneity
believed that people are born selfish and need a strong central authority. ANS Thomas Hobbes
"The universe is the aggregate of all bodies" ANS Thomas Hobbes
theory that human subjective states determine the nature of the real and true ANS subjectivism
a sophist who beleived truth is in perception, man is the measure of all things, since man is the only
entity capable of answering his perceptions must be true ANS Protagoras of Abdera
a false argument, usually made to deceive someone ANS sophism
"Of all things, the measure is humanity. Of the reality of those that are, and the unreality of those that
are not." ANS Protagoras' Maxim
There is no way the world is apart from how is appears to human beings ANS General
Subjectivist Theory Of Truth
There are no absolute, objective truths ANS NAT
a truth that is binding upon all human beings at all times ANS absolute, objective truths
possible objections to the Subjectivist theory of truth ANS 1. well-established empirical claims
(mathematics, existence, moral claims.)
2. is NAT absolute truth? (refutes itself)
the theory that reality consists of material things and immaterial things ANS dualism
Plato's points in agreement with Socrates ANS -absolute, objective truths and values
-reason enables humans to achieve knowledge
not in us, not in the world of material things, absolute truth is unchanging, material things can change
ANS Plato's foundation for absolute, objective truth
, Plato's forms ANS FORMS ARE MORE REAL THAN MATERIAL OBJECTS.
circularity, triangularity, beauty, humanity, virtue, justice
Greek philosopher who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is
the highest good (341-270 BC) ANS epicurus
reality consists of indivisible atoms and the void in which they move ANS atomism
proof that atoms exist ANS nothing comes from nothing, something cannot revert into nothing
human beings are just a complex collection of atoms
-souls are made up of atoms
-destruction of the human body is destruction of the person ANS theory of human nature
one can only suffer evil if one exists
the dead do not exist
death is not an evil for the dead ANS "No Harm" argument
"why should I fear death? If i am, death is not. If death is, I am not. So why should I fear that which
can only exist when I do not?" ANS Epicurus. Letter to Menoeceus.
there is no intrinsic difference between one's prenatal nonexistence and one's post-mortem
nonexistence ANS homogeneity
believed that people are born selfish and need a strong central authority. ANS Thomas Hobbes
"The universe is the aggregate of all bodies" ANS Thomas Hobbes
