Question 1

St. Augustine used the principle of noncontradiction to refute Academic skepticism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Augustine thought that God was within time, which is an objective feature of the world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Those who think that universal terms like "man" denote something that exists outside the mind subscribe to _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  conceptualism 
B)  realism 
C)  druidism 
D)  abstractionism 
A)  conceptualism 
B)  realism 
C)  druidism 
D)  abstractionism B

Question 4

Plotinus believed in a personal God as the source of all reality and truth.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Regarding universals, conceptualism is the thought that universal terms refer to something that really exists outside of the mind.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Thomistic cosmology (theory of the universe as an ordered whole) is based on a geocentric view of the universe, and this is also true of Aquinas's psychology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Hypatia set forth the Ten Tropes, a collection of ten arguments by the ancient skeptics against the possibility of knowledge.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following views of Aristotle did Aquinas disagree with?

Accepted Answer

A)  Physical things are always a blend of matter plus form. 
B)  The essence of a thing is the same as its existence. 
C)  One and the same form (universal) can be in more than one physical thing (particular). 
D)  Change is explained in terms of four causes: the formal, the material, the efficient, and the final. 
A)  Physical things are always a blend of matter plus form. 
B)  The essence of a thing is the same as its existence. 
C)  One and the same form (universal) can be in more than one physical thing (particular). 
D)  Change is explained in terms of four causes: the formal, the material, the efficient, and the final.

Question 9

Sextus Empiricus believed that occasionally we perceive things as they really are.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

St. Augustine regarded Plotinus and Plato as having prepared him for Christianity by exposing him to important Christian principles before he encountered them in scripture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The Academics and the Pyrrhonists are modified skeptics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following views did Aquinas accept?

Accepted Answer

A)  A physical thing is composed of matter and form. 
B)  All reality is material. 
C)  Forms exist independently of matter. 
D)  Nothing changes. 
A)  A physical thing is composed of matter and form. 
B)  All reality is material. 
C)  Forms exist independently of matter. 
D)  Nothing changes.

Question 13

Those who think that they can account for universal terms without invoking universals either as real things out there in the world or as concepts in the mind subscribe to _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  nominalism 
B)  conceptualism 
C)  abstractionism 
D)  determinism 
A)  nominalism 
B)  conceptualism 
C)  abstractionism 
D)  determinism

Question 14

Which of the following ancient traditions did Plotinus represent?

Accepted Answer

A)  Stoicism 
B)  Epicureanism 
C)  Skepticism 
D)  Neoplatonism 
A)  Stoicism 
B)  Epicureanism 
C)  Skepticism 
D)  Neoplatonism

Question 15

For Aquinas, "what" a thing is (its essence) is not the same as "that" it is (its existence).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What is asserted by the principle of noncontradiction?

Accepted Answer

A)  People who don't contradict themselves are rational. 
B)  A proposition and its contradiction cannot both be false at the same time. 
C)  A proposition and its contradiction can't both be true. 
D)  If two propositions don't contradict each other then both of them are true. 
A)  People who don't contradict themselves are rational. 
B)  A proposition and its contradiction cannot both be false at the same time. 
C)  A proposition and its contradiction can't both be true. 
D)  If two propositions don't contradict each other then both of them are true.

Question 17

What did Aquinas maintain concerning the soul?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is the passive potentiality of the body. 
B)  It is finite and destructible. 
C)  It cannot exist without the body. 
D)  It is a direct creation of God. 
A)  It is the passive potentiality of the body. 
B)  It is finite and destructible. 
C)  It cannot exist without the body. 
D)  It is a direct creation of God.

Question 18

What did Hypatia think about the study of mathematics and astronomy?

Accepted Answer

A)  The study was useful in finding practical solutions to practical problems on earth. 
B)  The study was an amusing diversion and, like philosophy, just idle speculation. 
C)  The study was a way of proving the truth of Christianity. 
D)  The study was a way of checking metaphysical and epistemological features of Plato's, Aristotle's, and Plotinus's philosophies against the physical universe. 
A)  The study was useful in finding practical solutions to practical problems on earth. 
B)  The study was an amusing diversion and, like philosophy, just idle speculation. 
C)  The study was a way of proving the truth of Christianity. 
D)  The study was a way of checking metaphysical and epistemological features of Plato's, Aristotle's, and Plotinus's philosophies against the physical universe.

St. Augustine used the principle of noncontradiction to refute Academic skepticism.

Augustine thought that God was within time, which is an objective feature of the world.

Those who think that universal terms like "man" denote something that exists outside the mind subscribe to _____.

Plotinus believed in a personal God as the source of all reality and truth.

Regarding universals, conceptualism is the thought that universal terms refer to something that really exists outside of the mind.

Thomistic cosmology (theory of the universe as an ordered whole) is based on a geocentric view of the universe, and this is also true of Aquinas's psychology.

Hypatia set forth the Ten Tropes, a collection of ten arguments by the ancient skeptics against the possibility of knowledge.

Which of the following views of Aristotle did Aquinas disagree with?

Sextus Empiricus believed that occasionally we perceive things as they really are.

St. Augustine regarded Plotinus and Plato as having prepared him for Christianity by exposing him to important Christian principles before he encountered them in scripture.

The Academics and the Pyrrhonists are modified skeptics.

Which of the following views did Aquinas accept?

Those who think that they can account for universal terms without invoking universals either as real things out there in the world or as concepts in the mind subscribe to _____.

Which of the following ancient traditions did Plotinus represent?

For Aquinas, "what" a thing is (its essence) is not the same as "that" it is (its existence).

What is asserted by the principle of noncontradiction?

What did Aquinas maintain concerning the soul?

What did Hypatia think about the study of mathematics and astronomy?

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Exam 5: Philosophers of the Hellenistic and Christian Eras

St. Augustine used the principle of noncontradiction to refute Academic skepticism.

Augustine thought that God was within time, which is an objective feature of the world.

Those who think that universal terms like "man" denote something that exists outside the mind subscribe to _____.

Plotinus believed in a personal God as the source of all reality and truth.

Regarding universals, conceptualism is the thought that universal terms refer to something that really exists outside of the mind.

Thomistic cosmology (theory of the universe as an ordered whole) is based on a geocentric view of the universe, and this is also true of Aquinas's psychology.

Hypatia set forth the Ten Tropes, a collection of ten arguments by the ancient skeptics against the possibility of knowledge.

Which of the following views of Aristotle did Aquinas disagree with?

Sextus Empiricus believed that occasionally we perceive things as they really are.

St. Augustine regarded Plotinus and Plato as having prepared him for Christianity by exposing him to important Christian principles before he encountered them in scripture.

The Academics and the Pyrrhonists are modified skeptics.

Which of the following views did Aquinas accept?

Those who think that they can account for universal terms without invoking universals either as real things out there in the world or as concepts in the mind subscribe to _____.

Which of the following ancient traditions did Plotinus represent?

For Aquinas, "what" a thing is (its essence) is not the same as "that" it is (its existence).

What is asserted by the principle of noncontradiction?

What did Aquinas maintain concerning the soul?

What did Hypatia think about the study of mathematics and astronomy?

Dark Blue Velvet

The Pre-Socratics

Socrates, Plato

Aristotle

The Rise of Modern Metaphysics and Epistemology

The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

The Continental Tradition

The Pragmatic and Analytic Traditions

Moral Philosophy

Political Philosophy

Recent Moral and Political Philosophy

Philosophy and Belief in God

Feminist Philosophy

Eastern Influences

Postcolonial Thought

Four Philosophical Problems

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