Phil Quizzes

[[[[Plato]]]] The allegory of the cave is an illustration of Plato's: epistemology

Plato argues in the Theaetetus that knowledge is NOT identical to Perception

According to Plato, how does one "grasp" the forms? With one's intellect

Plato's allegory of the cave is an allegory for: learning

For Plato, Forms exist in the Realm of Being

With what does the demiurge create the world? blueprints and geometrical objects

In The Allegory of the Cave, blindness represents: Confusion during coming to know

According to Plato, to understand the nature of reality, we must use: Reason

All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal. (This is an example of:) --a deductive argument

Metaphysics is the study of? Reality

The shared, perfect, eternal, non-physical standards by which we categorize

things, according to Plato, are: Forms

When a conclusion necessarily follows from its premises it is: a deductive argument

Epistemology is the study of? Knowledge

According to Plato, physical chairs are instantiations of� The Form of Chairness

Plato's dual worlds can be labelled as... Being and Becoming In the Simile of the Line, the intelligible world consists of: Concepts and Forms According to Plato, individual trees are instantiations of... The Form of treeness

What problem do the Forms solve? The one over the many For Plato, there are two realms: being and becoming In Plato's allegory of the cave, when the prisoners were chained to the cave they were looking at: Shadows

[[Aristot]] For Aristotle, _________ is required for a thing to exist. substance Aristotle argues that the problem of the one over the many implies: there are Forms of negation According to Aristotle, understanding goal-directed change is impossible, if:

knowledge is based on Plato's Forms

For Aristotle, what element is closest to the center of the universe? Earth Aristotle believed the universe consists of: The Celestial and Terrestrial Realms According to Aristotle's physics, the natural movement of celestial bodies are: circular

According to Aristotle, stars, planets, the sun, and the moon are composed of Aether

For Aristotle, �essence� is� that which makes a thing what it is What does Aristotle conclude about the problem of the one over the many? Forms can't solve the problem because they result in absurdity According to Aristotle's physics, the natural movement of water is: down In Aristotelian metaphysics, the two realms are the _______________ and the ____________________ Terrestrial, Celestial An argument Aristotle gives to support his claim that the Earth doesn't move is... if the Earth were moving, we would feel wind blowing against us. Telos is a things: Goal For Aristotle, the natural position of the Earth is: the center of the universe For Aristotle, the key characteristic of the natural world is... change According to Aristotle, natural change is: Change due to the essence of the individual

According to Aristotle, the Earth is stationary because: it is in its natural position What is the natural motion of Air and Fire? Up Ultimately, Aristotle rejects Platonic Forms because: Platonic Forms cannot account for understandable change According to Aristotle, the terrestrial realm is Imperfect and temporal [[[[GAL]]]]

Galileo's astronomical observations discredit the ________ worldview. Geocentric

The Ears of Saturn and the Moon's mountains challenged which of Aristotle's concepts? Aether Which newly invented instrument allowed Galileo to study the heavens? Telescope Galileo's observation of the moons orbiting _________ indicated that the earth was not at the center of the universe. Jupiter Galileo's observations motivated the philosophical project of _________. Descartes

Galileo's heavenly observations undermined ____________ worldview. Aristotle's

Galileo's observation of the Ears of Saturn challenged Aristotle's concept of ___________. Aether When Galileo saw _________, this broke down the barrier betwen Aristotle's realms. Mountains on the moon

What year did Galileo publish the "Starry Messenger"? 1610 The moons of Jupiter and phases of Venus challenged which of Aristotle's concepts? Earth is at the center of the universe

[[[[DESCARTES]]]] The synthesis of the Aristotelian worldview and Church doctrine is known as: Scholasticism Towards making sure he has certain knowledge, Descartes discards all thoughts That can be doubted Correct nothing

What does Descartes know for certain at the end of Mediation 1?

What is the essential characteristic of minds? they are thinking things The __________________argument throws out everything but existence of the I. Evil Genius What does "ex nihilo, nihil fit" mean? from nothing, nothing comes Descartes's main philosophical goal in the Meditations is: to find certain knowledge To escape the circle of ideas, Descartes proves: The existence of God What was the first major step in Descartes method of doubting? To doubt the senses What does Descartes know at the end of Mediation 3? God exists For Descartes, there are two types of substance: extended and thinking The _________ Argument uses the vibrant nature of imagination to cast doubt on

what one knows about objects but not on what one knows about the simples. Dream In order to explore the nature of judgment, Descartes studies a piece of... Wax �Ex Nihilo, Nihil fit� translates as: From nothing, nothing comes

In his first Meditation, Descartes suggests: that he cannot tell if he is dreaming or not According to Descartes, the _______ argument forces us to reject physics as a foundation of knowledge. dream

Which of Galileo's observations did NOT play a role in discrediting the geocentric worldview? the rays of the Sun According to Descartes, even if there were no God and the Evil Deceiver is tricking us, one statement is true. It is: �I think, therefore I am� What does Descartes know at the end of Mediation 2? I think, I exist

To gain knowledge of __________________, Descartes proves the existence of God. the external world