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GED 212 Unit 3/Unit #3 Essay Introduction to Philosophy

GED 212 Unit 3/Unit #3 Essay Introduction to Philosophy

Multiple Choice Questions (Enter your answers on the enclosed answer sheet)

  1. Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes and other thinkers such as Heraclitus and Par-

menides are known as the Pre-Socratics.

  1. True
  2. False
  3. __________maintains that object no not exist apart from being perceived.
  4. Thales
  5. Berkeley
  6. Anaximander
  7. Heraclitus
  8. Berkeley claims that God constantly perceives reality, and thus gives it ultimate exis-

tence.

  1. True
  2. False
  3. An Anthropomorphic account of reality explains things by appealing to cultural terms.
  4. True
  5. False
  6. The basic idea underlying Plato’s understanding of the nature of reality is that ideas

are more real than the objects that present themselves to our senses.

  1. True
  2. False
  3. The philosophical tradition that Plato represents is called materialism.
  4. True
  5. False
  6. The philosophical approach to knowledge known as ________claims that knowledge

comes from sensory experiences.

  1. Empiricism
  2. Rationalism
  3. Determinism
  4. None of the above

Unit 3 Examination

137

Introduction to Philosophy

  1. Hume thinks that to the extent that knowledge is possible, it ultimately depends

on___________.

  1. The senses
  2. The truth
  3. Our Knowledge
  4. Our beliefs
  5. Hume uses the example of a billiard ball hitting another to question the concept of

causality.

  1. True
  2. False
  3. Gilbert Ryle uses the term ___________ to describe an error in logical categories, oth-

erwise known as “comparing apples to oranges.”

  1. Category mistake
  2. False logic
  3. False truth
  4. Error in thought
  5. “A triangle has three sides” is an example of an analytic statement.
  6. True
  7. False
  8. Kant tried to synthesize the epistemological views of the rationalists and empiricists.
  9. True
  10. False

 

  1. Locke states that qualities like color, taste, and smell are primary qualities of an ob-

ject, and are not processed by the mind.

  1. True
  2. False
  3. The problem of evil is taken up in the Bible in the book of Job.
  4. True
  5. False

Unit 3 Examination

138

Introduction to Philosophy

  1. Aquinas defines _________ as potentialities becoming actualized.
  2. Motion
  3. Sense of self
  4. Our soul
  5. energy
  6. An empirical argument concerning God’s existence claims that by merely contem-

plating the notion of God as “that-than-which-nothing-greater-can-be-thought,” we

become aware that God must exist.

  1. True
  2. False
  3. ___________claims the fear is the basis of religion, that people “accept religion on

emotional grounds.”

  1. Bertrand Russell
  2. David Hume
  3. Thomas Aquinas
  4. Saint Anselm
  5. David Hume dismisses such arguments about God’s existence from causality with the

claim that the material universe itself might be a necessarily existent being, which

means there is no need for a “first cause.”

  1. True
  2. False
  3. Anselm’s discussion of the possibility of God’s existence relies on empirical evidence

alone.

  1. True
  2. False
  3. Marx calls the type of work that characterizes capitalism_____________.
  4. Alienated labor
  5. Punishment
  6. Forces Labor
  7. None of the above

Unit 3 Examination

139

Introduction to Philosophy

  1. _________ is an essentially deterministic principle which is, paradoxically, based on

the idea of individual free choice.

  1. Karma
  2. Rebirth
  3. Free will
  4. Spiritual life
  5. Buddhism began in India in the sixth century B.C.
  6. True
  7. False
  8. _______________ is the Buddhist idea that because the task of spiritual development

is too complex to accomplish in one lifetime, we live many lives.

  1. Karma
  2. Rebirth
  3. Free will
  4. Spiritual life
  5. The Buddhist conception of the self is the source of the way the self is understood in

Western philosophy.

  1. True
  2. False
  3. Unlike Western religions, Buddhism emphasizes the importance of practicing medita-

tion as an important way to foster spiritual development.

  1. True
  2. False

Unit 3 Examination

140

Introduction to Philosophy

Written Assignment for Unit Three

Be sure to refer to this course syllabus for instructions on format,

length, and other information on how to complete this assignment.

Please answer ONE of the following:

  1. Explain some major theories on the concept of reality.
  2. Describe the general ideas of the theories of Rationalism and Empiricism. List the

major supporters of each of these theories.

  1. Describe the empirical and rationalistic arguments for the existence of God.
  2. Describe the differences in what Karl Marx and Buddhism deems important in life.

 

 

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Multiple Choice

  1. Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes and other thinkers such as Heraclitus and Par-menides are known as the Pre-Socratics. True
  2. ——– maintains that object no not exist apart from being perceived. Berkeley
  3. Berkeley claims that God constantly perceives reality, and thus gives it ultimate existence.True
  4. An Anthropomorphic account of reality explains things by appealing to cultural terms. True

Essay

Question #4:  Describe the differences in what Karl Marx and Buddhism deems important in life.

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