CoPhilosophy

Fall 2011Section 17

Factual Questions

Group 4-17

• Ockham rejected which well known philosophers “proof” of God?

• A) Confucious• B)Socrates• C) Aristotle• D) Plato

• What is Leibenz’s “Principle of Sufficient Reason”?

• A. Reason is insufficient• B. You can not have faith without reason• C. Nothing happens without a Reason• D. Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has

• What was the single most successful and longest lasting movement in Greco-Roman philosophy?

• Aristotle emphasized the analysis of the physical world rather than the World of Forms.

• A. True• B. False

• Q: African tribal societies embraced animism, belief that entities throughout nature are endowed with souls.

• What is often thought to be these souls• A.) gods• B.)demons• C.) ancestors

• Q: True or False? Machiavelli and Hobbes broke with Aristotle's equation of politics and ethics?

• Which one of these is not one of the “Four Noble Truths” of Buddhism?

• A. Life is suffering• B. One can eliminate selfish craving by

following the right way• C. Selfish craving can be eliminated• D. suffering arises from selflessness

The Chinese influenced the Greeks to believe in monotheism?

true or false

• Philosophy is the ability to question everything.

• A.) True• B.) False

• Who is the goddess of destruction?• A.)Brahma• B.)Shiva• C.)Vishnu• D.)Parvati

• Confucians believe that in order to be wise you must realize one’s unity with___.

• A.)society• B.)nature• C.)One’s Self

• Q: Is Shiva The “God Of Destruction”?• A.True• B.False• C.None of the above

• Q: What Was known as Plato’s Masterpiece?• A. Apology• B. First Testament• C. The Republic

• Q: Zoroastrianism originated where?• A) Africa• B) Egypt• C) Persia

• Q: Why was Socrates taken to trial?• A) Because he cheated on his wife.• B) Because he accused of corrupting the

youth.• C) Because he questioned a religious figure.

• Who was considered the first Greek philosopher?

• A) Anaximander• B) Pothagoras• C) Thales

Q: Meso-America philosophy had three levels of time and reality. Which one of these are NOT one of the three levels?

A. MythicalB. OrdinaryC. TranscendenceD. Divine

Group 3 - 17

Q. Who started the idea of skepticismA. PlatoB. SocratesC. PyrrhoD. None of the Above

• True or False• Mystics were often prosecuted by the church

on chargers of heresy.

• True or False• Reason is a gift from God and this is perfectly

appropriate in religion.

Group 4 (17)

• What century did the Renaissance spread across Europe?

• A.16th

• B.15th

• C.17th

• D.24th

Group 3-17

• True or False??• Scholasticism has nothing to do with your

faith?

• Which Philosopher said “I think there fore I am”?

• A Descartes• B Montaigne• C Plato• D Spinoza

Group 4(17)

• True or False• John Locke believed their should be freedom

of private property.

• Question: Adam Smith’s “ An inquiry into the Causes of the Wealth of Nations” was known as the “Bible of capitalism”

• A. True• B. false

Group 3

• True/False: Hume believes sympathy and utility motivates us.

• What philosopher(s) most influenced Karl Marxs ?

• A)Hegel• B)Feuerbach• C) both• D)none

• What was Arthur Schopenhauer’s idea on life?A. OptimisticB. PessimisticC. Indiference

• Hegel published his first book in 1807 “The Phenomenology of Sprit.” In this book Hegel concluded that phenomenology is “this sense of all-encompassing Spirit.” What does this mean?

• A the Spirit only included the soul• B We are all in this together• C All disagreements are resolved

• What was Kierkegaard known for criticizing?

• A. Jews• B. Christians• C. Christendom

• Which of these is not one of the three critiques of Kant?

• A. Critique of practical reason• B. Critique of Absurdity• C. Critique of Judgment• D. Critique of pure reason

• What is Hypatia know as?• A Woman of love• B Woman of philosophy• C Woman of astronomy• D Woman of time

4-17

• Al-Ghazzali played a major role in the breakdown of the period of Falsafah.

• True• False

3-17

• Who referred to God as an Idiot?• A. Al-Razi• B. Al-Rawandi• C. Al- Warraq

5-17

• What was Averroes nickname?• “The Philosopher”• “The Commentator”• “The Absent-Minded”

Group 1 (17)

• True or False• The Faylasufs came to believe that God was

reason itself.

• Muslim skeptic Ibn al-Rawandi wrote the book:

• A. The Book of Emeralds• B. Consolations of Philosophy• C. The Republic

3-17

• Who said that a good ruler had to lie sometimes because everybody else did it?

• A. Pomponazzi• B. Machiavelli• C. Martin Luther• D.Erasmus

3-17

• True or False: The Scholastics did not occupy themselves with their observations of the world but with Aristotle's observations of the world.