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Philosophy test 3rd term

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

According to Descartes, is there a real substance?

a)

No, there are three: God, Mind and Matter

b)

Technically, only God would be a real substance, since it exists because of himself

c)

No, because only the "I" is a substance

d)

Descartes thought that the "I" doesn't really exist, and that it only is a sequence of memories

2.

What is Methaphysics?

a)

A theory based on the existence of God

b)

A study that addresses the nature and connection between things that exist

c)

The knowledge of oneself

d)

A study related to innate ideas about reality

3.

According to Hume, what is the basis of our moral judgements and actions?

a)

Our passions and feelings

b)

Reason

c)

Free will

d)

God

4.

Plato's philosophy was influenced by...

a)

Hume, Descartes, Aristotle and Socrates

b)

Parmenides, Socrates, Heraclitus and Pythagoras

c)

Aristotle, Socrates and Anaxagoras

d)

Parmenides, Heraclitus, Plato and Heidegger

5.

According to Nietzsche's "Thus spoke Zarathustra", what are the third metamorphoses of the spirit?

a)

Horse, lion and god

b)

Camel, wolf and child

c)

Camel, lion and child

d)

Camel, lion and god

6.

Dualism is...

a)

A sound feature limited to certain devices.

b)

Two different flavors of candy.

c)

A theorem or expression that relates to the same thing.

d)

A split between two concepts which have no comparability because of their opposite features.

7.

According to Plato, forms or ideas are...

a)

Immovable, imperishable, timeless, perfect and intelligible

b)

Immovable, brave, ruthless and perfect

c)

Timeless, friendly, perfect and happy

d)

Movable, inmutable, imperfect and timeless

8.

Which are, according to Kant, the 3 main questions philosophy has to answer?

a)

What can I know? What can I achieve? What is the easiest way to be happy?

b)

What is the nature of the substance? What is the nature of god?

c)

What can I know? What should I do? What may I hope?

d)

How can I stop being free? How can I know god? How can I act with the best consequences?

9.

According to traditional metaphysics, substances are...

a)

Things that exist regardless of God

b)

Individual, particular and concrete beings of which nature is replete with

c)

The main plot of a secret conversation

d)

Things that Plato and Aristotle argued about

10.

According to Sartre, why are we fundamentally anguished?

a)

Because we have to choose between too many options

b)

Because we humans fight a lot

c)

Because that's human nature.

d)

Because there's no external standard to live up to, and we're responsible for everything and everyone