Deck 1: The Nature of Philosophy

Question 1

Holbach was a determinist.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Plato tells the Myth of the Cave in the Republic.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Socrates held that the gods agreed on what is holy.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

According to whom does philosophical knowledge free us from the cycle of birth, suffering, death, and rebirth?

A) Plato
B) Aristotle
C) Krishna
D) Buddha

Question 5

The idea of karma can combine

A) Rightness and wrongness
B) Determinism and freedom
C) The whole and the part
D) Life and death

Question 6

The belief that there is just one God is

A) Pantheism
B) Agnosticism
C) Monotheism
D) Heresy

Question 7

Moulton and Lloyd claim that philosophy is a male activity with a male bias.

Question 8

Philosophy is not hard work.

Question 9

When people talk about getting along, then generally mean satisfying their maintenance needs.

Question 10

In the United States, at least, philosophy once proceeded as if

A) Only the wise should do philosophy
B) Only the elite should do philosophy
C) Only ancient people did philosophy
D) Only Caucasian males did philosophy

Question 11

What is the goal of philosophy?

A) Autonomy
B) Angst
C) Authority
D) Ambivalence

Question 12

Karma means literally

A) Action
B) Movement
C) Rightness
D) Fate

Question 13

Philosophy begins with wonder.

Question 14

Who wrote of the Myth of the Cave?

A) Plato
B) Aristotle
C) Gyges
D) Epicurus

Question 15

Gail Stenstad is a

A) Greek theologian
B) Platonic philosopher
C) Feminist philosopher
D) Religious theologian

Question 16

Crito was unwilling to help Socrates escape from jail.

Question 17

Rachels says that finding satisfaction in helping others is not

A) Selfishness
B) Worthwhile
C) Moral
D) Karmic

Question 18

Who said that whatever the gods love is holy?

A) Socrates
B) Plato
C) Euripides
D) Euthyphro

Question 19

Pericitione suggests that philosophy is ultimately a search for an understanding of why we and our universe are here.

Question 20

Monotheism is the belief that there are many gods.

Question 21

Genevieve Lloyd is a(n) ____________________ philosopher.

Question 22

What are the advantages of Socratic questions¾and what might its dangers be?

Question 23

____________________ is the love and pursuit of wisdom.

Question 24

____________________ is the view that all things and all human beings are unfree because everything that happens does so in accordance with some law.

Question 25

Harry Browne's view that morality is a sham because humans always try to satisfy themselves is called ____________________.

Question 26

____________________ means "the study of knowledge".

Question 27

What is Plato's Myth of the Cave, and how does it illustrate the challenges and advantages associated with philosophy?

Question 28

Philosophy is traditionally divided into three categories of philosophical topics. Do you think that these divisions are strict ones, or do you think that the questions that fall under one category are relevant to those that fall under others? Explain and illustrate your answers.

Question 29

Some people believe that the term "philosophy" is only a verb, while others hold that it could function as a noun, as well. What is your view, and why do you hold it?

Question 30

____________________ is the study of morality.

Question 31

The freedom of being able to decide for yourself what you will believe is called ____________________.

Question 32

Do you think that we have an obligation to obey the law? What if the law is unjust? Would we still have an obligation to obey it? Or would we instead say that the law in question was not properly a law, since it was unjust? What do your answers to these questions tell you about (a) your views concerning the nature of law; (b) your views concerning the nature of obligation?

Question 33

Socrates claimed that he had a(n) ____________________ to obey the law.

Question 34

____________________ is the study of the most general characteristics of reality.

Question 35

Monotheism is the belief that there is just ____________________ ____________________.