Phil 201 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Phil 201 Written Exam 2024. Logic - CORRECT ANSWER is the language of philosophy because it's based off of arguments, backed with reasonable presentation of ideas, and evidence. Laws of Identity - CORRECT ANSWER everything is identical to itself Law of Excluded Middle - CORRECT ANSWER Every probability is either true or false; no middle Law of Non-Contradiction - CORRECT ANSWER We can't say of something that it is true & false in the same sense at the same time in the same way ...

PHIL 201 UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers In Gettier's two cases, what is true about Smith? - Correct ANSWER- He gets the job He has 10 coins in his pocket In Gettier's two cases, what is true about Brown? - Correct ANSWER- He is in Barcelona Gettier's says his cases show that the JTB theory does not state a ___________ condition for someone's knowing a given proposition. - Correct ANSWER- Sufficient True or false: In Gettier's story, Smith knows where Brown is. - Correct...

PHIL 201-001 Jones Final Exam Questions With Correct Answers 2024. Which of the following is the etymological meaning of "philosophy" - CORRECT ANSWER Friend of Wisdom As per class discussion, which of the following is the main tool of philosophy? - CORRECT ANSWER reason Which of the following is closet to the definition of Philosophy given in class? - CORRECT ANSWER To philosophize is to think carefully about important issues in an attempt to better understand them and perhaps solv...

PHIL 201 PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS 2024. 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 is a common myth about philosophy? - CORRECT ANSWER Philosophical questions are simply semantic disputes in which no one opinion...

PHIL 201 Exam Questions Correctly Answered 2024. Thales - CORRECT ANSWER •Predicted Sun Eclipse 585 BC •Water •"All things are full of gods" Anaximander - CORRECT ANSWER •Introduction of the idea of a principle •1st Principle: Apeiron (the boundless) •2nd Principle: Eternal Motion •Table of elements Anaximenes - CORRECT ANSWER •Air •Condensation and rarefaction are the principles of change Heraclitus - CORRECT ANSWER •Logos (account, word, reason) •Un...

PHIL 201 PASSED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers The 'ontological argument' is... - Correct ANSWER- Anselm's argument that the idea of God is the idea of a perfect thing, and a perfect thing must exist. . The 'cosmological argument' is an argument that... - Correct ANSWER- the argument that everything is caused by something, and so there must be something that initially set off this causal chain, and this something is God. . The 'argument from design' is... - Correct ANSWER- ...

PHIL 201 Midterm Exam Questions 2024. teleology - CORRECT ANSWER study of ends or purpose a priori - CORRECT ANSWER knowledgable without the experience epistemology - CORRECT ANSWER concerned with theory of knowledge ontology - CORRECT ANSWER word for being a posteriori - CORRECT ANSWER dependent upon sense experience philosophy - CORRECT ANSWER the study of the most general and abstract items of the world theology - CORRECT ANSWER study of God, things of the divine met...

Phil 201 Final Exam Questions 2024. Which of the following would be considered a mental state, rather than a non-mental physical state? - CORRECT ANSWER All of the above. True or false: having a broken foot would be an example of a mental state. - CORRECT ANSWER False The attribute or property dualist would reject which of the following claims? - CORRECT ANSWER Mental states are properties of a non-physical substance. True or false: according to the property dualist, all mental pro...

UVIC PHIL 201 QUESTIONS CORRECTLY ANSWERED 2024. Critical Thinking - CORRECT ANSWER Careful thinking that... -meets rational standards -is supported by reason -is goal directed -helps us decide what to believe and what actions to take Arguments - CORRECT ANSWER The primary way of expressing reasons and supporting claims. They are an effective tool for evaluating and formulating claims that are worthy of acceptance. Argument Reconstruction - CORRECT ANSWER The process of identifyi...

PHIL 201 - Quiz 2 Correctly Answered 2024. Laws of Logic - CORRECT ANSWER A set of rules through which discourse is made possible. These include the law of noncontradiction, law of excluded middle, and Law of Non-Contradiction - CORRECT ANSWER Something cannot both be and not be at the same time and in the same respect. Law of Excluded Middle - CORRECT ANSWER Something either is or is not. It excludes the possibility of something in the middle of existence and nonexistence. Self-Ev...