Introduction to Philosophy Final –
StraighterLine Exam Questions And Correct
Answers
Which of the following branches of philosophy does NOT involve questions related to values?
a. Moral
b. Metaphysics
c. Social
d. Political - answer✔✔b. Metaphysics
_____ is defined as the philosophical study of art and of value judgments about art.
a. Aesthetics
b. Epistemology
c. Logic
d. Metaphysics - answer✔✔a. Aesthetics
What fallacy is it when an argument assumes only two options when in fact there are more?
a. straw man
b. false dilemma
c. begging the question
d. appeal to emotion - answer✔✔b. False dilemma
Thinking that a person's position is frightening because the person himself is frightening would
be an obvious mistake in reasoning. This is an example of the fallacy of _____.
a. argumentum ad hominem
b. switching the burden of proof
c. false dilemma
d. reductio ad absurdum - answer✔✔a. argumentum ad hominem
Epistemology is the branch that explores the sources, nature, limits, and criteria of _____.
a. knowledge
b. being
c. good and bad
d. politics - answer✔✔a. Knowledge
Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and fundamental properties
of _____.
a. knowledge
b. god
c. beauty
d. being - answer✔✔d. Being
According to Theano, what did Pythagoras claim?
a. Numbers are unreal.
b. Everything is in accordance with number.
c. Everything is made out of numbers.
d. Reality is totally material. - answer✔✔b. Everything can be in accordance with number
What was the essence of reality for Heraclitus?
d. apeiron - answer✔✔a. Change
The most famous dialogue of Plato is _____, from the so-called middle period of Plato's
writings, during which Plato reached the peak of his genius.
a. the Republic
b. the Apology
c. the Meno
d. the Gorgias - answer✔✔a. the Republic
Which of the following statements would Plato have agreed with?
The senses alone can provide knowledge.
b. Physical objects are eternal, perfect, and unchanging.
c. Man is the measure of all things.
d. The senses are a source of error, illusion, and ignorance. - answer✔✔d. The senses are a
source of error, illusion, and ignorance
What did Socrates hope to achieve by practicing the Socratic method?
a. He hoped to show that knowledge is impossible.
b. He wanted to show that a skillful debater could win any side of any argument.
c. He wanted to display the fact that he was indeed the wisest man in all of Greece.
d. He wanted to detect misconceptions and reveal them by asking the right questions. -
answer✔✔d. He wanted to detect misconceptions and reveal them by asking the right questions.
The term _____ is owed to Aristotle, or at least to those who cataloged his works.
a. moral philosophy
b. metaphysics
c. epistemology
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