Question: A posteriori knowledge gives us knowledge that is independent of sense experience.
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True
False
Answer: False
Question: The word ‘philosophy’ is a combination of Greek words meaning:
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dream and identity
love of wisdom
knowledge is grasped by the mind
love of pleasure
Answer: love of wisdom
Question: Adrian is writing a paper on Thomas Jefferson and Jefferson’s definition of democracy. He found a source that was written in 1892 by a scholar on Jefferson. Does this source meet the timeliness requirement for his topic?
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Yes.
No.
There is not enough information provided in the question to make a choice.
Answer: Yes.
Question: Plato argued the ideal society corresponds with the tripartite soul and includes producers, auxiliaries, and guardians.
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True
False
Answer: True
Question: Plato argued that genuine knowledge is recollected through ______________.
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phenomenal reality
scientific exploration
innate ideas
the four causes
Answer: innate ideas
Question: Is the act of philosophy concerned with the nature and structure of reality?
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Metaphysics
Epistemology
Ethics
Metaphysics
Answer: Metaphysics
Question: Why is Hildegard of Bingen an important philosopher of her time?
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She was one of the first religious mystics in the West.
She did all of these things.
She encouraged women to learn Latin and ancient philosophy.
She was a renowned preacher, poet, and composer
Answer: She did all of these things.
Question: Plato argued the ideal society corresponds with the tripartite soul and includes producers, auxiliaries, and guardians.
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True
False
Answer: True
Question: The difference between a meritocracy and a democracy is a meritocracy considers the will of the people as a whole and a democracy considers what is best for the elite.
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True
False
Answer: False
Question: Aristotle argued that to be virtuous is to seek the ‘Golden Mean’ between excess and _________.
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roughness
gluttony
deficit
extremes
Answer: deficit
Question: Of the following, Socrates believed what about the soul?
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It was explained in the Christian Bible.
It does not exist.
It is material.
It is immortal.
Answer: It is immortal.
Question: The philosophical study of knowledge is _________.
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metaphysics
epistemology
ethics
existentialism
Answer: epistemology
Question: Which sentence properly cites the source of paraphrased information in APA style?
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A) A country is doomed if its people believe in things like democracy, liberty, and equality. (Gatsby, 1940).
B) Hume cannot let forever because people prefer happiness and people have the power to change society (Barber, 1946).
C) Madame Napoli’s love, instead, is a fine sherry (Rinella, A., 1990).
D) A newly discovered gas is highly poisonous and universally lethal. (Herring, F.M., 1990).
Answer: B) Hume cannot let forever because people prefer happiness and people have the power to change society (Barber, 1946).
Question: _________ states the moral standards people accept are different from person to person.
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Subjective Relativism
Divine Command Theory
Cultural Relativism
Theory of Natural Law
Answer: Subjective Relativism
Question: Aristotle argues that matter plus form-as-essence equals _________.
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formal cause
efficient cause
material cause
subsidiary
Answer: formal cause
Question: Plato argued that genuine knowledge is recollected through _________.
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phenomenal reality
innate ideas
the four causes
scientific cogitation
Answer: innate ideas
Question: The view that there are innate ideas & the view that from birth ideas are present in the mind in some form.
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True
False
Answer: True
Question: What is the first step in the Socratic Method?
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A companion revises an answer.
Socrates poses a question.
A companion gives an answer.
Socrates questions the response.
Answer: Socrates poses a question.
Question: A good in itself is an/an _________ good according to Aristotle.
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categorical
intrinsic
hypothetical
instrumental
Answer: intrinsic
Question: The word ‘philosophy’ is a combination of Greek words meaning
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desire and identity
love of pleasure
love of wisdom
love of education
Answer: love of wisdom
Question: What did pre-Socratics have in common?
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They were all Romans.
Most of them came before Socrates.
They were all dualists.
Answer: Most of them came before Socrates.
Question: For Aristotle, everyone should pursue goodness, which he defines as conformity with excellence.
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True
False
Answer: True
Question: True or False? Patients have no responsibilities in their relationships with providers.
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True
False
Answer: False
Question: What did pre-Socratics have in common?
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They were all Romans.
They were all materialists.
They were all dualists.
Most of them came before Socrates.
Answer: Most of them came before Socrates.
Question: Ethics does nothing to help form the laws and legal system of the U.S.
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True
False
Answer: False