Deck 1: The Nature of Philosophy

Question 1

What subfield of philosophy is concerned with moral values and moral principles?

A) theology
B) ethics
C) metaphysics
D) epistemology

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Gail Stenstad is a

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

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What is the goal of philosophy?

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

Answer 3

A

Question 4

What subfield of philosophy is concerned with the ultimate characteristics of reality or existence?

A) epistemology
B) axiology
C) metaphysics
D) science

Question 5

What does philosophy literally mean?

A) love of knowledge
B) love of nature
C) love of wisdom
D) love of life

Question 6

What philosopher argued that service toward others is our primary moral duty?

A) Aristotle
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Plato
D) Harry Browne

Question 7

Based on his experience in a Nazi prison camp,what philosopher argued that human beings are ultimately free and that each of us has the freedom to be whoever we choose to be?

A) Buddha
B) Gail Stenstad
C) Paul Henri d'Holbach
D) Viktor Frankl

Question 8

Who said that whatever the gods love is holy?

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

Question 9

What philosopher wrote: "Everyone is selfish; everyone is doing what he believes will make himself happier."

A) James Rachels
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Perictione
D) Harry Browne

Question 10

The philosopher Harry Browne upholds what philosophical view?

A) determinism
B) skepticism
C) egoism
D) materialism

Question 11

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 12

Who wrote of the Myth of the Cave?

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

Question 13

The view of philosophy as the activity of examining our assumptions and beliefs about ourselves and the universe around us was expressed by

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

Question 14

Karma means literally

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

Question 15

What philosopher argues for determinism,the view that all things and all human beings are unfree?

A) Paul Henri d'Holbach
B) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
C) Viktor Frankl
D) Plato

Question 16

Epistemology literally means

A) the study of knowledge
B) the study of the reality
C) the study of whether humans are free or unfree
D) the study of morality

Question 17

The belief that there is just one God is

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

Question 18

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 19

Rachels says that finding satisfaction in helping others is not

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

Question 20

Who wrote: "Freedom is not caprice,nor is Karma necessity."

A) Plato
B) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
C) Viktor Frankl
D) Buddha

Question 21

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

Question 22

Holbach was a determinist.

Question 23

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

Question 24

Socrates held that the gods agreed on what is holy.

Question 25

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

Question 26

____________________ is the study of morality.

Question 27

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

Question 28

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

Question 29

Plato tells the Myth of the Cave in the Republic.

Question 30

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

Question 31

____________________ is the love and pursuit of wisdom.

Question 32

Philosophy is not hard work.

Question 33

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

Question 34

Monotheism is the belief that there are many gods.

Question 35

Monotheism is the belief that there is just ____________________ ____________________.

Question 36

____________________ means "the study of knowledge".

Question 37

Crito was unwilling to help Socrates escape from jail.

Question 38

Genevieve Lloyd is a(n)____________________ philosopher.

Question 39

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

Question 40

Philosophy begins with wonder.

Question 41

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 42

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

Question 43

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

Question 44

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 45

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.