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Which of the following is a common myth about philosophy?

Philosophical questions are hard to answer, and the answers often give rise to further philosophical questions.

Reading philosophy in a way that makes it understandable can be hard work.

Philosophy deals with important and fundamental questions left unanswered by more specialized disciplines.

Philosophical questions are simply semantic disputes in which no one opinion is any better or worse than another is.

Who is a philosopher, in the original sense of the world?

Someone who studies the stars and planets.

A person primarily interested in the truth about moral matters.

A lover and pursuer of wisdom, regardless of the subject matter.

A clever and tricky arguer.

Which is a common characteristic of philosophical questions?

They are strictly empirical questions.

They involve fundamental concepts that are unavoidable by the thoughtful person.

They are purely semantic questions.

They aren't relevant to ordinary, everyday situations.

Which of the following branches of philosophy does not involve questions related to values?

Moral

Metaphysics

Social

Political

Which is the branch of philosophy that studies issues concerning art and beauty?

Aesthetics

Epistemology

Logic

Metaphysics

In philosophy, what is an argument?

A factual disagreement between people.

Giving reasons for a belief.

A shouting match.

Any verbal attempt to persuade.

What fallacy is it when an argument assumes only two options when in fact there are more?

Straw Man

False Dilemma

Begging the Question

Appeal to Emotion

What fallacy is it when an argument attacks the person rather than the person's beliefs?

Red Herring

Begging the Question

Straw Man

Argumentum ad Hominem

"I don't agree with Jones when she says we should wait for a trial, and I'll tell you why. I don't approve of letting someone get away with murder! That's why I say let's hang him now!" What fallacy does this most clearly illustrate?

Straw Man

False Dilemma

Argumentum ad Hominem

Red Herring

What must be the case for an argument to succeed with a rational person?

The premises must be acceptable.

The conclusion must be acceptable.

The premises must logically support the conclusion.

The premises must be acceptable and they must logically support the conclusion.

What did the Atomists do?

They rejected the void.

They rejected determinism.

They believed that the basic particles were infinitely divisible.

They distinguished between atomic properties and relational properties.

According to Theano, what did Pythagoras claim?

Numbers are unreal.

Everything is in accordance with number.

Reality is totally material.

Everything is made out of numbers.

What is reality according to a follower of Parmenides?

One and changing.

One and unchanging.

Many and changing.

Many and unchanging.

What did Anaxagoras do?

He introduced the matter\mind distinction to philosophy.

He thought that the basic particles were indivisible.

He held that there were four different kinds of particles.

He believed that the particles were always in motion.

What is the cause of change for Empedocles?

Nous.

Condensation and rarefaction.

Logos.

Love and strife.

Which is a theme common to all the pre-Socratics?

Nothing changes.

Everything is made of particles.

The experienced world is a manifestation of a more fundamental underlying reality.

True reality is unknowable.

What are Thales, Anaximenes and Anaximander collectively known as?

The Atomists

The Pythagoreans

The Milesians

The Particle Theorists

What does the branch of philosophy called epistemology study?

Knowledge

Good and Bad

Being

Politics

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