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Philosophy for Beginners Exam Materials
Philosophy for Beginners introduces students to fundamental philosophical questions and the ideas of major thinkers throughout history. The course explores central topics such as knowledge, reality, ethics, free will, and the existence of God. Through engaging readings, discussions, and critical thinking exercises, students will learn how to analyze arguments, question assumptions, and articulate their own views on profound questions about human existence and the world around us. This course provides a solid foundation for further philosophical study and helps develop valuable reasoning and communication skills.
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The Philosophical Journey An Interactive Approach 6th Edition by William Lawhead
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Chapter 1: Introduction To The Philosophical Journey
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Q1) In Plato's Allegory of the Cave,the prisoners were glad when their friend told them about the world outside the cave.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Socrates argued against the existence of the soul.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The Apology by Plato is an account of Socrates' trial.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Socrates believed he was wiser than anyone else in Athens because he A) had found the ultimate truth,using the Socratic method.
B) knew he was ignorant.
C) did not believe in any god.
D) realized that all opinions are equally true.
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: The Search for Ultimate Reality
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Q1) In Jeffrey Olen's story about the watch,the people who thought a gremlin caused the watch to move represent mind-body interactionists.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Metaphysical materialism is a form of dualism.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) According to agency theory,the two kinds of causes are
A) scientific causes and divine causes.
B) deterministic causes and random,indeterministic causes.
C) event-causation and agent-causation.
D) deterministic physical causes and deterministic psychological causes.
Answer: C
Q4) Some determinists believe that it is God who determines all events.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: The Search For Knowledge
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Q1) Descartes finally concluded that he could trust his sense experience because A) otherwise,life would not be worth living.
B) apart from experience,he would be unable to do science.
C) a good God would not deceive him.
D) the knowledge gained through the senses is just too obvious to be doubted.
Answer: C
Q2) According to Berkeley,the word "apple" refers to
A) nothing more than a collection of experiences in our minds.
B) a material object.
C) a substance underlying what is experienced.
D) nothing,since reality does not exist.
Answer: A
Q3) According to Locke's analysis,a secondary quality of an apple might be A) its roundness.
B) its smoothness.
C) the amount of space it occupies.
D) its red color.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: The Search for God
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Q1) What is the difference between moral evil and natural evil? Evaluate the greater good defense and the free will defense in terms of how adequately each defense handles the problem of natural evil.
Q2) Intelligent design theory is an attempt to show that the theory of evolution by itself is able to explain the appearance of design in the world.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to Kierkegaard,there is a difference between knowing about God and having faith in him.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Another name for the teleological argument is the argument from design. A)True
B)False
Q5) Set out,in a series of succinct premises,Thomas Aquinas's first cause argument.What are some possible criticisms that could be made of the argument?
Q6) What is the free will defense? What are some problems critics have with this defense?
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Chapter 5: The Search for Ethical Values
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Q1) In virtue ethics,the primary question in ethics is:
A) What actions are morally right?
B) What sort of person should I be?
C) Will the consequences of my action maximize happiness?
D) Am I acting out of sense of duty?
Q2) According to Aristotle,the doctrine of the mean does not apply to the situation of A) confidence in facing danger.
B) enjoying pleasure.
C) an act of adultery.
D) giving money to charity.
Q3) Which one of the following claims of the ethical absolutist distinguishes this position from other forms of ethical objectivism?
A) There are universal,objective moral principles.
B) Right and wrong are not a matter of subjective opinion like tastes in food.
C) Moral principles cannot be overridden and cannot have any exceptions.
D) There are objectively right and wrong answers to ethical questions.
Q4) Jeremy Bentham accepted ethical egoism but rejected psychological egoism.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: The Search for the Just Society
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Q1) The issue of the justification of the government's authority has to do with whether the government has the power to enforce its rules.
A)True
B)False
Q2) John Stuart Mill claimed that concerns for justice are more fundamental than concerns for social utility.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The social contract theory is opposed to the forming of governments.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following philosophers was very influential on Marx?
A) Plato
B) John Locke
C) John Rawls
D) Georg Hegel
Q5) According to Thomas Aquinas,what is the natural law and what role does it play in his theory of justice?
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Chapter 7: Philosophy and the Meaning of Life
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Q1) Choose one of the five insights of existentialism discussed in your book.Supply examples from your own life of how either your actions illustrated this principle or how things might have gone differently if you had acted on the basis of this advice.
Q2) A characteristic of the philosophy of existentialism is its stress that all human actions are determined.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Discuss times in your life when the viewpoint of nihilism seemed to have some plausibility.In the light of these experiences,discuss why you did or did not ultimately embrace nihilism.
Q4) Explain Kierkegaard's distinction between knowing the truth and being in the truth.
Q5) Nihilism is the claim that
A) the meaning of life can be found in a relationship to God.
B) there are no values worth pursuing in life.
C) pleasure is the only thing that gives life meaning.
D) the meaning of life can be found in different ways for different people.
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