PHI 150 Exam Review (A+ Graded already)

Elenchus correct answers the Socratic method, refutation, putting to the test Aporia correct answers a state of perplexity (confusion); the usual result of the Socratic method Kallipolis correct answers the beautiful (noble) city; In the Republic Plato's ideal "city of the mind" Kalon correct answers beauty, fine, noble Polis correct answers city, city-state Psuche (Psyche) correct answers the soul; the mind Andreas correct answers Courage; literally "manliness" Eidos correct answers Form; Idea; the Greek word for Plato's Forms Akrasia correct answers Weakness of will, incontinence Kratos correct answers Strength Define weakness of will (akrasia). correct answers "without power over oneself" Explain how on Socrates's view that virtue is knowledge, weakness of will is impossible. correct answers To do right is to have knowledge, you can't know and fail to do good How does Plato's ethics and his theory of the soul explain the possibility of akrasia? correct answers So, being immoral is the result of a battle within ourselves where the lesser part of our nature (our desires) wrongfully controls the better part of our nature (reason). Explain why Plato's metaphysics is a form of dualism. correct answers The bifunction of existence into two distinct realms of being--the visible/sensible world (appearance) and the Intelligible world (reality). How does the Allegory of the Cave illustrate Plato's dualism? correct answers The cave is the visible/ sensible world and outside of the cave is the intelligible world. What, according to Plato, is Reality? correct answers The Forms are reality. Define the Socratic Method (Elenchus) correct answers What Socrates uses to define some term. It's a negative form of coming to knowledge. He shows why that definition is wrong. What is the usual result of the application of the Socratic method? correct answers End result is aporia.