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PHIL101 Final Exam - Introduction to Philosophy
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PHIL101 Final Exam - Introduction to Philosophy
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1. Complete the following statements.Hobbes's social contract is an agreement between:
2. According to Marx, why is productive activity important for human beings?
3. Which of the following principles would Confucius most likely agree with?
4. In Kant's ethics, which of the following is true?
5. Complete the following statement.According to Aristotle, 'the good' is different for every different type of thing.Each thing is 'good' when it:
6. Which of the following is a characteristic of good philosophical writing?
7. In the following argument, which statements are premises?If time travel is possible, we will have lots of time-traveling visitors from the future.However, we have no such visitors.Therefore, time travel is not possible.
8. According to Hobbes, what would life consist of without the existence of a state?
9. What would Kant likely say about Plato's theory of the forms?
10. Which of the following questions would a student of political philosophy ask?
11. Kant argued that
12. What is Descartes's starting point in his causal argument for the existence of God?
13. Descartes regards his proof of the existence of God to be which of the following?
14. Which of the following is typically NOT important when writing philosophical papers?
15. Confucius's concept of ren most closely resembles which of the following?
16. Complete the following statement.According to Kant, ethics is a matter of:
17. Mill argues that intellectual pleasures are more valuable than sensual pleasures in order to do which of the following?
18. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of arguments in philosophy?
19. Which of the following philosophers speak of the Dao as the path to be followed in life?
20. Why is happiness important to Aristotle's ethical theory?
21. According to Locke, when human beings are born, the mind contains which of the following?
22. Fill in the blank. The major innovation that Nietzsche's philosophy introduces is that it pits changeable ___________ up against unchanging sources of truth and meaning, such as science and religion.
23. Why is philosophy important, according to Bertrand Russell?
24. According to Kant, which of the following would fall outside the boundaries of possible knowledge?
25. Hobbes described the sovereign as which of the following?