Philosophy exam 1

The word "valid" is a term used to describe a deductive argument. True or false?

True

A "valid" argument is one that contains claims that must all be true. True or false?

False

Which of the answers best describes the following argument:
P1 All oranges are square
P2 This piece of fruit is an orange
Therefore, this piece of fruit is square
Inductive, Cogent
Inductive, Weak
Deductive, Valid
Deductive, Invalid

Deductive, valid

If a claim is false, then we can confidently say that it does not have "truth value." True or false

False

Inductive arguments are those that have a "necessary" inferential relationship between the premises and the conclusion. This is to say that under the assumption that all the premises are true, the conclusion must be true.
True or false?

False

A "cogent" argument is one that contains claims that are all true and, in addition, there is a strong inferential relationship between the premises and the conclusion.
True or false?

True

What philosopher stated, "The unexamined life is not worth living"?
Aristotle
Alexander the Great,
or Socrates?

Socrates

Plato is a metaphysical..?

dualist

Plato believes that all knowledge comes by way of...?

apprehension of the Forms

The problem of the "one and the many" is...?

That of explaining how one, or a few, fundamental substances are related to, or cause, the diversity of objects in the world

Plato's answer to the problem of change, especially as that problem is represented in the philosophy of Heraclitus, relies on his theory of the Forms which are eternal and unchanging essences, or definitions. True or false?

True

Plato believed in reincarnation, an idea that is intended to explain how the intellect can have knowledge that does not rely on empirical observations. True or false?

True

The Divided Line shows that, according to Plato, sensible objects are the primary objects of knowledge. True or false

False

A "rationalist" is someone who believes that at least some knowledge comes through pure reason apart from empirical observations. These Ideas, obtained through reason alone, are called "innate ideas." True or false

True

Philosophy begins in 600 B.C. with the new idea that the processes of nature must be explained using reason and observation rather than religious tradition and superstition.
True or false?

True

Aristotle's rejection of Plato's "Chorismos" is equivalent to a rejection of Plato's metaphysical dualism. True or false?

True

Aristotle would best be described as a/an?

Empiricist

Both Malbranche and Leibniz believe that there cannot be a causal connection between Mind and Body. True or false?

True

Idealism, the metaphysical position of George Berkeley, is subject to the same problem that dualism is: the problem of how the two fundamental substances in the universe relate to each other. True or false?

False

Idealism is the view that...?

Matter does not exist

Both Plato's and Descartes' metaphysical positions are subject to the problem known as the "discontinuity of dualism. true or false?

True

Berkeley would contend that if a tree falls in the forest and there is no one there to hear it...?

the tree makes a sound in an "ideal" domain or realm

Berkeley agrees with Locke that there are "primary" qualities that pertain to existing material objects and "secondary" qualities that are only ideas in the mind of a perceiver.
True or false?

False

One major complaint that Berkeley has against Locke is that material substance cannot be verified. This is because we cannot get beyond our "idea" of matter so as to observe the existence of matter in itself. True or false?

True

The word "valid" is a term used to describe a deductive argument. True or false?

True

A "valid" argument is one that contains claims that must all be true. True or false?

False

Which of the answers best describes the following argument:
P1 All oranges are square
P2 This piece of fruit is an orange
Therefore, this piece of fruit is square
Inductive, Cogent
Inductive, Weak
Deductive, Valid
Deductive, Invalid

Deductive, valid

If a claim is false, then we can confidently say that it does not have "truth value." True or false

False

Inductive arguments are those that have a "necessary" inferential relationship between the premises and the conclusion. This is to say that under the assumption that all the premises are true, the conclusion must be true.
True or false?

False

A "cogent" argument is one that contains claims that are all true and, in addition, there is a strong inferential relationship between the premises and the conclusion.
True or false?

True

What philosopher stated, "The unexamined life is not worth living"?
Aristotle
Alexander the Great,
or Socrates?

Socrates

Plato is a metaphysical..?

dualist

Plato believes that all knowledge comes by way of...?

apprehension of the Forms

The problem of the "one and the many" is...?

That of explaining how one, or a few, fundamental substances are related to, or cause, the diversity of objects in the world

Plato's answer to the problem of change, especially as that problem is represented in the philosophy of Heraclitus, relies on his theory of the Forms which are eternal and unchanging essences, or definitions. True or false?

True

Plato believed in reincarnation, an idea that is intended to explain how the intellect can have knowledge that does not rely on empirical observations. True or false?

True

The Divided Line shows that, according to Plato, sensible objects are the primary objects of knowledge. True or false

False

A "rationalist" is someone who believes that at least some knowledge comes through pure reason apart from empirical observations. These Ideas, obtained through reason alone, are called "innate ideas." True or false

True

Philosophy begins in 600 B.C. with the new idea that the processes of nature must be explained using reason and observation rather than religious tradition and superstition.
True or false?

True

Aristotle's rejection of Plato's "Chorismos" is equivalent to a rejection of Plato's metaphysical dualism. True or false?

True

Aristotle would best be described as a/an?

Empiricist

Both Malbranche and Leibniz believe that there cannot be a causal connection between Mind and Body. True or false?

True

Idealism, the metaphysical position of George Berkeley, is subject to the same problem that dualism is: the problem of how the two fundamental substances in the universe relate to each other. True or false?

False

Idealism is the view that...?

Matter does not exist

Both Plato's and Descartes' metaphysical positions are subject to the problem known as the "discontinuity of dualism. true or false?

True

Berkeley would contend that if a tree falls in the forest and there is no one there to hear it...?

the tree makes a sound in an "ideal" domain or realm

Berkeley agrees with Locke that there are "primary" qualities that pertain to existing material objects and "secondary" qualities that are only ideas in the mind of a perceiver.
True or false?

False

One major complaint that Berkeley has against Locke is that material substance cannot be verified. This is because we cannot get beyond our "idea" of matter so as to observe the existence of matter in itself. True or false?

True