Philosophy

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Who argued that "all is change" and "change alone is unchanging?"
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Heraclitus
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Who claimed form is a reality itself?
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Plato
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Plato and Aristotle both argued that reality consists of two worlds.
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False
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Epistemologists concern themselves with questions such as: what is truth and can we have genuine knowledge?
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True
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Descartes was considered a rationalist.
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True
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Plato argued that the world of being is constantly changing, evolving, and disappearing.
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False
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Match Aristotle's Four Causes with its respective definition. A. Material Cause B. Formal Cause C. Efficient Cause D. Final Cause
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A. What something is made of. B. The embedded essence of something. C. What sets something in motion. D. The ultimate purpose of something.
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__________ represent an interpretation, evaluation, conclusion, or prediction about the world we endorse as true.
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Beliefs
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Aristotle was considered a rationalist.
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False
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__________ is the investigation of the nature and structure of reality.
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Metaphysics
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Which of the following is a kind of argument that purports to prove a thesis is defective because it generates an infinite series when such series exists or the thesis lacks justification?
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Infinite Regress
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Metaphysicians concern themselves with questions such as: whether reality is many or one, what is the nature of reality, and what is time and space?
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True
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Descartes believed that reality is unknowable.
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False
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Who argued that genuine knowledge is recollected through an examination of our innate ideas?
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Plato
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Match the philosopher with the metaphysical claim. A. Heraclitus B. Parmenides C. Plato D. Aristotle E. Descartes
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A. All is change and change alone is unchanging. B. All is one and change is an illusion. C. Reality consists of a world of becoming and a world of being. D. Reality and all things in reality contain entelechy. E. The world is knowable if and only if God exists.
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All beliefs are considered informed and objectively true.
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False
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Parmenides said change is an illusion.
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True
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Who claimed that forms reside in physical objects?
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Aristotle
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__________ is the study of the nature of knowledge and truth.
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Epistemology
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What did Descartes hope to prove through the method of doubt?
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Knowledge is possible
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According to Kant, what can be known about the noumenal reality?
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Nothing
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For Berkeley, objects in the world exist.
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False
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Rationalists argue that we enter the world with innate knowledge.
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True
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By developing informed beliefs, individuals can construct an enlightened ethical perspective, develop a thoughtful approach to religion, and develop a sophisticated and integrated view of reality.
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True
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Subjective Idealism is the belief that only ideas and conscious minds have actual existence.
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True
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It is not possible to develop informed beliefs through critical thinking.
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False
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The epistemological view that knowledge is impossible is:
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Skepticism.
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Who believed that emotions ought to play a role in our understanding of the world?
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Jaggar
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Who argued that, as a philosopher, he was committed to radical skepticism?
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Hume
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Who argued that we construct a knowable world?
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Kant
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For Locke, objects in the world consist of primary and secondary qualities.
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True
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Empiricists argue that we can achieve genuine knowledge independent of sense experience.
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False
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For Kant, the noumenal world is perceivable.
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False
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The epistemological view that knowledge is derived from rational intuition and sense experience is:
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Rationalism.
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For Hume, the logical conclusion of empiricism is skepticism.
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True
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When one perceives, one selects, organizes, and interprets one's experiences.
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True
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In Jaggar's arguments, emotions provide what?
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Life with meaning
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The epistemological view that all knowledge is derived through sense experience is:
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Empiricism.
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Who argued that we are born with an intellectual "blank slates" or tabula rasa?
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Locke
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Who claimed that nothing exists independent of the mind or God?
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Berkeley