Flores - Philo Graded Seatwork (Review)

Which of the following is NOT included in the scope of epistemology?

• Limits of the human mind

• Mechanisms and evaluation of truth

• Generation of knowledge

• Transcendence of the human person

Plato asserted that the secondary copies of the physical world is ever changing. The following are reasons behind this change, except for one. Which one differs among the rest?

• Change is dependent on what we perceive, which depends on what our senses perceive. Therefore, change is objective.

• Change is imminent among secondary copies since they are imperfect copies of the true essence of an idea or object that belongs in the Platonic World.

• Change is caused by the alteration or modification of the object, person, or idea involved. They alter and modify themselves or with the help of others as time passes by.

• Change is subjective since we have different minds that are wired to function differently.

What is the ultimate journey of our body and soul according to Plato?

• The final goal of the soul is to remember its perfect knowledge that it had before, independent and separate from the physical body.

• The final goal of the soul is to remember its perfect knowledge that it had before, while existing in a physical body.

• The final goal of the soul is to return to the world of souls so it gain perfect knowledge once more in the world of forms.

• The final goal of the soul is to reach the world of forms itself.

Why is the idea of goodness difficult to attain, even though this is, according to Plato, the ultimate purpose of our living in the physical world?

• Because you rely more on your senses than on your mind to create this knowledge

• Because Plato did not give any specific insight on how to directly access or link the mind with the world of forms and ideas

• Because the idea of goodness is subjective and non-existent; what is my idea of goodness is different from the idea of goodness of others

• Because you rely more on your mind than on your senses to create this knowledge

In Plato's Allegory of the Cave, what does the artificial light (fire) BEST symbolizes?

• The fire in the allegory best symbolizes the final source of enlightenment that we must all acquire and reach.

• The fire in the allegory best symbolizes the projection of illusion that helps illuminate the shadows that the prisoners see.

• The fire in the allegory best symbolizes the physical world itself, which is the manifestation of our illusions or opinions.

• The fire in the allegory best symbolizes the divide between the physical world and that outside of the cave, the metaphysical world.

This exact image above BEST represents what type of information according to Plato?

• Eikasia

• Dianoia

• Noesis

• Pistis

The following are examples of what Plato considers as eikasia except for one. Which among the following choices differ among the rest?

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According to Plato and Socrates, what is the prerequisite that we need to do in order to gain the noesis?

• To accept one's own aporia

• To depend more on the senses in perceiving the world

• To unshackle their senses and use their mind more when they are creating knowledge

• To develop an attitude of constant inquiry?

If we are doing Socratic inquiry to another person, what do we expect to find on the other person's argument?

• An incorrect information

• An epiphany

• A fallacy

• An affirming fact

The following statements are included in Descartes' derivation of the self as an undoubtable premise, except for one. Which statement below is incorrect and does not belong in the choices?

• Doubting is thinking. You are doubting. Therefore, you are thinking.

• You being the thinking entity that doubts can mean that you do exist because you are indeed thinking.

• We may be able to doubt everything and anything we perceive, but what we cannot doubt is our own doubt.

• Thinking cannot happen in a vacuum; someone or something must store or facilitate that thinking.