Deck 19: Introduction-Philosophy-And-The-Search-For-Wisdom

Question 1

Metaphysics raises questions that go beyond the scope of ordinary science.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Philosophy is an important part of your life.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

In the ancient world, a wise person was known as an "architect."

Answer 3

False

Question 4

"Archetype" is another word for "ideal."

Question 5

Originally, an "amateur" was motivated by love, not by profit.

Question 6

A stereotype is a simplistic distortion of a person.

Question 7

You have to be a philosopher to ask philosophical questions.

Question 8

Philosophy only concerns the nature of God.

Question 9

Logic is an area of philosophy.

Question 10

In parts of Africa, a wise person was known as a witch doctor.

Question 11

Doubting Thomas was a skeptic.

Question 12

Relativism is an ethical issue.

Question 13

"Always act to produce the greatest possible happiness" is a utilitarian approach to philosophy.

Question 14

Epistemology is a comic approach to philosophy.

Question 15

The word "philosophy" is from the Greek, meaning "love of wisdom."

Question 16

Durant held that philosophy might give us a healing unity of soul.

Question 17

C. G. Jung wrote of "archetypes."

Question 18

A utilitarian believes that pain is inherently bad.

Question 19

Philosophy consists of careful reasoning about certain kinds of issues.

Question 20

Philosophical questions can be answered in the same way as mathematical questions.

Question 21

To secure a fundamental understanding of reality as it relates to living a good life is the chief goal of

A) Apologetics
B) Relativism
C) Wisdom
D) Truth

Question 22

James Q. Wilson is a

A) Existentialist
B) Anarchist
C) Sociologist
D) Classicist

Question 23

Philosophers are always men.

Question 24

Western philosophy has been predominantly male.

Question 25

Philosophy is perhaps the most open of subjects.

Question 26

Willed ignorance

A) is a closed-minded attitude
B) is typical of atheists
C) is typical of religious people
D) is an open-minded attitude

Question 27

Ayn Rand was a philosopher.

Question 28

Poseidon was the god of

A) the air
B) thought
C) the land
D) the sea

Question 29

Volmar was an early woman philosopher who had visions.

Question 30

Philosophers agree that knowledge involves

A) Belief
B) Wisdom
C) True belief
D) Abstract thought

Question 31

Who wrote that philosophy was "a medical art for the soul"?

A) Cicero
B) Aquinas
C) Kant
D) Wilson

Question 32

Walter Kaufman held that the history of philosophy was the history of heresy.

Question 33

For the Greeks of Homer's era, everything happened

A) by chance
B) by human action
C) by divine agency
D) by Greek action

Question 34

The best philosophers defer to all arguments.

Question 35

False knowledge is

A) Common
B) Impossible
C) Uncommon
D) Dangerous

Question 36

The history of philosophy is no longer being written.

Question 37

Women are still underrepresented in many fields.

Question 38

The belief that knowledge is determined by the specific qualities of the observer is called

A) Relativism
B) Positivism
C) Deontology
D) Methodology

Question 39

Belief is

A) The trust that a claim is true
B) The way to enlightenment
C) The way to God
D) Merely relative

Question 40

Spinoza said that he did not know how to teach philosophy.

Question 41

"Ad hominem" is Latin for

A) "at the man"
B) "fallacy of anachronism"
C) "this first, therefore that"
D) "fallacy of belief"

Question 42

What is an "archetype of wisdom"? What distinguishes them from other people? Are such people always admirable? Why or why not?

Question 43

What is "relativism"? In what way might it be said to be self-defeating? Is there a version of relativism that could meet this criticism? If not, explain why not. If so, outline what it is and how this criticism could be met.

Question 44

Buddha held that all humanity was

A) enlightened
B) illusory
C) healthy
D) sick

Question 45

The history of philosophy has been dominated by

A) African males
B) European males
C) European women
D) Asian males

Question 46

Diogenes said that one could accept reason, or

A) a halter
B) ignorance
C) truth
D) God

Question 47

Epistemology asks questions about

A) Writing
B) Reality
C) Love
D) Knowledge

Question 48

Which god was said to support the world on his shoulders?

A) Rand
B) Zeus
C) Apollo
D) Atlas

Question 49

A conviction that something is true where the only evidence for this is the conviction itself is

A) a true belief
B) a mere belief
C) a justified belief
D) an evidential belief

Question 50

Who wrote that beggars get handouts before philosophers?

A) Cicero
B) Plato
C) Aristotle
D) Diogenes

Question 51

Two of the primary goals of philosophy are

A) opacity of expression and clarity of thought
B) opacity of thought and clarity of expression
C) clarity of expression and thought
D) opacity of expression and thought

Question 52

Do you believe that philosophy can be taught? Explain your answer.

Question 53

In parts of Asia, a wise person was known as a

A) shaman
B) guru
C) tantra
D) sage

Question 54

What is "knowledge"? Why is it useful? Is it ever possible to have knowledge? Is it ever possible to know that you have knowledge? Why or why not?

Question 55

Bertrand Russell held that philosophy

A) was to be avoided at all costs
B) would lead to divine revelation
C) was to be studied for the sake of its answers
D) was to be studied for the sake of its questions

Question 56

What was Greek mythology a product of?

A) A search for explanations
B) The need for social control
C) Religious manipulation
D) Personal experience of the divine

Question 57

The two types of knowledge are

A) epistemological and ontological
B) practical and theoretical
C) positive and negative
D) relative and universal

Question 58

What was the main difference between Presocratic Western philosophy and Greek mythology? Were they addressing the same basic human need? Which approach do you think would be most successful? Can you see any parallel conflict in public discourse today? If so, what is it? If not, why do you think that is?

Question 59

Two virtues of archetypal figures are

A) The intensity and pluralism of their beliefs
B) The intensity and purity of their beliefs
C) The rationality and purity of their beliefs
D) The intensity and rationality of their beliefs

Question 60

Relativism is sometimes advocated as a form of

A) agnosticism
B) positivism
C) intolerance
D) tolerance

Question 61

Can we draw any lessons from the past? If so, how?

Question 62

What is Bertrand Russell's view of philosophy? Do you agree with him? Explain your answer.

Question 63

What are the primary areas of philosophy? What identifies them all as being "philosophy"? Are they all distinct from each other, or are there interconnections between them? Explain your answer.