Philosophy C100 Quiz 12 - 1572 Words

PREVIEW: PHIL C100 Quiz 1 — P A G E 1 — 1. The word philosophy comes from the Greek philein (to love) and sophia (knowledge or wisdom). X | True | | False | 2. Which of the following is a philosophical question: | Is there a God? | | Does the end justify the means? | | What form of government is best? | | What is Time? | X | All of the above. | 3. An argument is a reason for accepting a position. X | True | | False | 4. The area of philosophy concerned with values includes | Ethics | | Aesthetics | | Social/political philosophy | X | All of the above | | None of the above | 5. Trying to argue that God exists because it says so in the Bible and the Bible is the†¦show more content†¦| | act and potency. | | essence and form. | | All of the above. | 21. In pointing out some similarities between the early Greek metaphysicians, Aristotle pointed out that they were all concerned with X | causation. | | the certitude of sense perception. | | the impossibility of true knowledge. | | the Theory of the Forms. | 22. A ________________ is a fundamental form of reasoning where one proposition is inferred from two others. | sophigism | X | syllogism | | parallelism | | cynicism | 23. Aristotles concept of the unmoved mover or the ultimate efficient cause is similar to but not identical with, the later theistic concept of God seen in certain major religions. X | True | | False | 24. What we call Metaphysics, Aristotle called first philosophy because it considers the most basic questions of existence. X | True | | False | 25. For Aristotle, the ultimate purpose for which something happens is the ______________ cause. | material | | efficient | | formal | X | final | PREVIEW: PHIL C100 Quiz 2 — P A G E 1 — 1. Augustine thought that skepticism could be refuted by | the principle of non-contradiction | | the fact that the act of doubting posits one’s own existence | | our senses give us at some rudimentary knowledge. | X | All of the above. | 2. __________________ blended Christianity with the philosophy of Aristotle, delineating the