TRUE/FALSE - MODULE 1

Art and beauty are primarily topics within social philosophy.

False

Like many philosophical issues, the problem of the nature of change is both easily answered and largely unimportant anyway.

False

Which is a common characteristic of philosophical questions?

They involve fundamental concepts that are unavoidable by the thoughtful person

If I refute a view that isn't your view and claim to have refuted you, I have committed the "straw man" fallacy.

True

What fallacy is it when an argument attacks the person rather than the person's beliefs?

Argumentum ad Hominem

Who is a philosopher, in the original sense of the world?

A lover and pursuer of wisdom, regardless of the subject matter.

Traditionally, philosophy has been divided into four main branches.

True

Which of the following branches of philosophy does not involve questions related to values?

Metaphysics

As long as an argument's premises are acceptable, it's an OK argument.

False

Philosophical issues are rarely about values.

False

One of the side benefits of philosophy is better logical and critical thinking skills.

True

Political philosophy is totally separate from the subject matter of moral philosophy.

False

Which of the following branches of philosophy does not involve questions related to values?

Metaphysics

What fallacy is it when an argument assumes only two options when in fact there are more?

False Dilemma

Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that deals with questions about being and reality.

false

The Milesians all proposed material views of reality.

true

The term "metaphysics" comes from Pythagoras.

false

Anaximander refused to identify the basic stuff with any observable substance.

true

According to Aristotle, Pythagoras claimed that all things were made out of numbers.

true

Heraclitus thought that opposites, like hot and cold, were in some sense the same thing.

true

Zeno tried to refute Parmenides' claim that being does not change.

false

Empedocles believed that there were as many different fundamental particles as there were individual observable substances.

false

That there is a little of everything in everything was a doctrine of Anaxagoras.

true

The atomists did not believe in chance or free will.

true

What does the branch of philosophy called metaphysics study?

Being

What does the branch of philosophy called epistemology study?

knowledge

What are Thales, Anaximenes and Anaximander collectively known as?

The Milesians

According to Theano, what did Pythagoras claim?

Everything is in accordance with number.

What was the essence of reality for Heraclitus?

change

What is reality according to a follower of Parmenides?

One and unchanging.

What is the cause of change for Empedocles?

Love and strife.

What did Anaxagoras do?

He introduced the matter\mind distinction to philosophy.

What did the Atomists do?

They distinguished between atomic properties and relational properties.

Which is a theme common to all the pre-Socratics?

The experienced world is a manifestation of a more fundamental underlying reality.