Straighterline Philosophy tests compilation bundle

Aristotle's primary area of interest was CORRECT ANSWERS: metaphysics. Which of the following is not one of the ten basic categories Aristotle used to describe the ways in which humans think about things? CORRECT ANSWERS: weight How many souls did Aristotle believe humans have? CORRECT ANS...

What is the cause of change for Empedocles? CORRECT ANSWERS: Love and strife. Three of Plato's more enlightening and well-known dialogs are: CORRECT ANSWERS: Apology, Republic and Meno What is a syllogism? CORRECT ANSWERS: A kind of inference What did Aristotle say about all change? CO...

Aristotle's primary area of interest was correct answer: metaphysics. Which of the following is not one of the ten basic categories Aristotle used to describe the ways in which humans think about things? correct answer: weight How many souls did Aristotle believe humans have? correct answer...

The four main division of philosophy are metaphysic, logic, axiology, and__________. A) Reason B) Epistemology C) Philosophy of religion D) Deduction correct answer: Epistemology Which Greek philosopher never wrote anything? A) Socrates B) Aristotle C) Plato D) Pythagoras correct answer:...

Existentialism correct answer: The belief that traditional philosophy is irrelevant to real life, and that it should focus on the individual and their everyday confrontation with the world. The world is irrational, absurd, cannot be explained, and trivial. We are unable to effectively communicate. ...

Which of the following branches of philosophy does NOT involve questions related to values? correct answer: Metaphysics In philosophy, what is an argument? correct answer: Giving reasons for a belief. What fallacy is it when an argument assumes only two options when in fact there are more? c...

In what does human happiness consist, according to Aristotle? correct answer: All of the above. ( Pleasure.Intellectual virtue.Moral virtue.) Antirepresentationalists like Richard Rorty always deny this claim. correct answer: True beliefs somehow picture or mirror reality. Existentialists al...

What is a philosopher? What does philosophy originally mean? correct answer: Philosophy originally means to love knowledge or wisdom. A philosopher is any person who sought knowledge in any area. The Greeks invented philosophy. What is a philosophical argument? correct answer: When you suppor...

What do Pyrrhonic skeptics maintain? correct answer: People should suspend judgment about all things. Which view did Aquinas accept? correct answer: A physical thing is matter plus form. Which ancient philosophical tradition did Plotinus represent? correct answer: Neoplatonism What do Py...

According to Bertrand Russell, what is the major difference between philosophy and science? correct answer: Science focuses on knowledge that is already definite, while philosophy does not According to John Corvino, philosophy is useful in a wide range of contexts, because it teaches correct ans...

philosophy correct answer: love of wisdom or knowledge; encompasses all other disciplines epistemology correct answer: the theory or study of knowledge. It asks: How do we know what we know, and can we know anything at all? metaphysics correct answer: the branch of philosophy most intereste...

Who is a philosopher, in the original sense of the world? correct answer: A lover and pursuer of wisdom, regardless of the subject matter. Which is a common characteristic of philosophical questions? correct answer: They involve fundamental concepts that are unavoidable by the thoughtful person...

Which of the following branches of philosophy does NOT involve questions related to values? a. Moral b. Metaphysics c. Social d. Political correct answer: b. Metaphysics _____ is defined as the philosophical study of art and of value judgments about art. a. Aesthetics b. Epistemology ...

What was the essence of reality for Heraclitus? correct answer: Change. What is reality according to a follower of Parmenides? correct answer: One and unchanging. What is the cause of change for Empedocles? correct answer: Love and strife. What did Anaxagoras do? correct answer: He intr...