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PHIL 1301

Philosophy Quiz 2

1)It is a construction and criticism of theories on what is really real?

 

2. The following characterizes what material beings are, except:

Teleological

Public

Mechanical

Spatial

 

3. The following characterizes what immaterial beings are, except:

Non-spatial

Public

Teleological

Private

 

4. The following are Plato’s characteristics of the “World of inside the cave” or “the world of Shadows,” as described in the allegory of the cave, except:

It is material

It is imperfect

It is changing, corruptible and finite

 It is permanent

 

5. Which of the following best describe Plato’s world “outside the cave,” or “world of form” as described in the allegory of the cave by Plato?

 

6. The true world for Plato in the allegory is best described in letter ?

 

7. Plato’s world of form can only be known through                 ?

 

8. Plato’s world of matter can be known through                ?

 

9. In applying Plato, the following describe FAKE “PLATONIC” LOVE, except:

 

A love which is based on the spiritual-transcendental-intangible things.

A love which is affected by change A love which is conditional

A love which is attached to material-physical reason

 

10. Plato metaphysics is best described as:

 

11. The British American Philosopher North Whitehead describes Plato this way:

 

12. The following describes Plato except:

Plato is a dualist-believing world of matter and form

Plato wrote the Republic to help leaders become philosopher-king

Plato was the teacher of Socrates

Plato conceived that the true world is known through the intellect rather than the senses.

 

13. In the Allegory of the cave…..

 

14. According to Allegory of Plato, education is?

 

15. The following are criticism of Plato’s World of Form, except:

 

16. The following are true statements in Aristotle’s metaphysics, except:

 

17. For Aristotle,              is that which it exists in itself, and not in another?

 

18. For Aristotle,            is that which exists, not in itself and for itself, but in another.

 

19. A substance for Aristotle is composed of               ?

 

20. In decoding Plato’s Allegory in the context of education, which meaning below is closest to “the prisoner’s chains”:

 

21. Plato’s philosophy was inspired by certainty and perfection of mathematics, while Aristotle was inspired by living things, changeable and biology.

 

22. In Plato’s allegory of the cave, the prisoner’s journey outside the cave is the ascent of the soul (Intellect) to the world of form.