Philosophy: Community and Epistemology Review

All of the following are necessary components of Plato's Justified True Belief EXCEPT

• The knower believes it to be true

• the fact is objectively true

• the knower can justify the knowledge by explanation

• the knower can convince others that it is true

In pre-Socratic Philosophy, the main conflict of ideas seems to be between

• constant/change

• dark/light

• good/evil

• truth/ignorance

Which philosopher argued for the necessity of listening to unpopular opinions in his work On Liberty

• Socrates

• John Stuart Mill

• Hannah Arendt

• Aristotle

Socrates was put on trial in Athens for

• insider trading

• blasphemy

• making threats against the political leaders

• corrupting the youth

In the story of Socrates as told in The Apology, Socrates is believed to be the wisest man alive because

• he has studied the hardest

• he is aware of his own ignorance

• he has a PhD in particle physics

• he is proven the smartest in the philosophical debating contests that Athens holds every year

In The Apology, the famous quote that Socrates utters to defend the pursuit of a philosophical life is

• We only know what we know until someone knows better

• You can pay for school but you can't buy class

• The unexamined life is not worth living

• There is no longevity living off of negativity

Check all of the following that are inherently part of a deductive argument

• claims

• major premise

• minor premise

• conclusion

• data

Check each of the following that were original Platonic virtues

• wisdom

• temperance

• justice

• courage

• honesty

According to Aristotle, only true virtuous people can have

• their cake and eat it, too

• friendship

• lazy rainy days by the fire place

• the fruits of heaven

Marcus Aurelius was most associated with a school of thought known as

• stoicism

• Platonism

• hedonism

• asceticism