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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:

Public Mechanical Spatial

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

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:

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:

10. Plato metaphysics is best described as:

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

12. The following describes Plato except:

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.

23. In Aristotle’s metaphysics, every being has four causes: material, efficient, formal and final cause.

24. For Plato in his philosophy, our present state of existence in the world of material right now is in a state of illusion and unreal, hence only a shadow of true reality out there.

25. Plato was educated by Aristotle, while Aristotle was educated by Socrates.