PHIL 2 Exam 1 Questions & Answers 2024/2025
name the person with whom socrates seeks a definition of piety - ANSWERSeuthyphro
some of plato's dialogues are called "socratic" because scholars believe they represent more the thought of the historical Socrates than of Plato. Which of the follo...
name the person with whom socrates seeks a definition of piety - ANSWERSeuthyphro
some of plato's dialogues are called "socratic" because scholars believe they represent more the thought
of the historical Socrates than of Plato. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Socratic
dialogues? - ANSWERSthey contain wide ranging discussions on all topics in philosophy
the following are characteristics of the socratic dialogues - ANSWERS-they are short
-they search for definitions
-socrates claims to know nothing
according to socrates a person who commits injustice: - ANSWERSharms himself more than his victim
in the end of the dialogue on piety, socrates DOES NOT settle on the following definitions: - ANSWERS-
piety is what all the gods love
-piety is knowledge of how to care for the gods
-piety is knowledge of how to pray and make sacrifices
-piety is what zeus, king of all gods, decrees
what did socrates say was his one point of superiority over his fellow athenians? - ANSWERShis
recognition of his own ignorance
What is the "Euthyphro question"? - ANSWERSis "x" pious because the gods love "x"? or do the gods
love "x" because "x" is pious?
what is dialectic? - ANSWERSthe process of query and reply, argument and counterargument that
characterizes philosophical dialogue
, in the apology, socrates famously remarks that, for human beings, the _____________ life is not worth
living - ANSWERSunexamined life is not worth living
what does socrates think is the relation of virtue to material goods in the scale of values? -
ANSWERSmaterial goods have value but can never match the value of virtue
what was the name of plato's school of higher learning? - ANSWERSthe academy
what branch of knowledge did Aristotle create from nothing and complete so thoroughly that no
significant improvements were made to it for over 2000 years? - ANSWERSlogic
what is the greek word for happiness, for which the Aristotelian approach to happiness is named? -
ANSWERSeudaimonia
the basis of Aristotle's famous Ergon argument is the idea that: - ANSWERSthe function of a thing defines
what it is to be a good thing of that kind
Aristotle says that the grand end of a person's life - which he thinks is happiness - should be "self-
sufficient." what does he mean? - ANSWERSit contains everything good in life; nothing can be added to
make it any better
what is the distinctive function of human being, according to Aristotle? - ANSWERSactivity of soul in
accordance with reason
who can be happy, for Aristotle? - ANSWERSnearly anyone who is willing to work on improving their soul
according to Aristotle, if you pursue goal A only for the sake of goal B, then: - ANSWERSB is better than A
Aristotle believed in teleological causes. what are those? - ANSWERSwhere ends or purposes are causes
(e.g., the eye exist for seeing)
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