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Sunday, October 28, 2012

Exam2 review

Here is what we find to review, as of 4 pm Sunday. Fill any holes in your section with questions & topics from the others, and be prepared to ask review questions in class on Monday and Tuesday. The exam will be on Wednesday and Thursday. Remember to review relevant discussions in our required texts. Don't just memorize Qs & As.

In addition to the topics indicated, also be sure to review Moore on infinity and Stroud on skepticism.


#19
Grp1
1) What does Berkeley's "esse est precipi" mean?
To be is to be perceived.

2) True or false: Rousseau believed forcing someone to do the right thing is still giving freedom to that person.
True

 3) In Hegel's book The Phenomenology of Spirit, he describes the struggles between which two people? Hint: they're classes.
Master and slave

4) Which concept supports Darwin's original Theory of Evolution?
Natural selection

5) Pierce is credited with founding what school of philosophy?
Pragmatism

 6) Freud was not a philosopher by trade, but rather, a _______________.
Psychiatrist

7) Sartre's original philosophy was named ______________.
Existentialism
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Grp3
1. What was Camus's philopsophy called?
     Answer: existentialism- later became a cult about how life is pointless.

2. What did Ayer believe needed to be true for a statement to make sense?
Answer: it must be true by definition and testable

Multiple choice:
. 3.In what kind of world does Nietchech believe that right and wrong make sense?
a.. a perfect world
b. In a world where God exists.
c . No satan exists
d. a political world
Answer: B, in a world where God exists
4.  Marx believe communism would be the best society to create equality? T or F
Answer: True
5. What is Bentham's Felicific Calculus?
Answer: Bentham's method to calculate happiness. subtracts any negative effects from the overall happiness.
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#13
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Grp2
1) Which philosopher believes that in no circumstance or situation should someone lie?  (Immanuel Kant)

2)Schopenhauer gave the arts, especially music, great attention.  T or F?  (True)

3)  Which philosopher put a lot of emphasis on decision making?  (Kierkegaard)

4)  Which philosopher said the statement "God exists", is true because it was a "useful belief to have"?  (William James)

5)  Simon de Beauvoir believed that women were not born women; they become women.  T or F?  (True)
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#14
Grp1
1.What was the title of Rousseau's book? Answer: The Social Contract

2.What was "entwined" with philosophy for Hegel? Answer: History

3.What was the name of the vessel Darwin was on when he made his most notable scientific inquiries? Answer: The Beagle

4.Which philosopher criticized Freud's psychoanalysis theory? Answer: Karl Popper

5.What was Sartre's philosophy known as? Answer: Existentialism

Grp2
1) What was the name of Voltaire's famous play that heavily parodied Leibniz's core philosophy? Candid
2) Kant's philosophy boiled down to "The ends justify the means." False.
3) What did Schopenhauer think made life bearable? Art
4) Who was the ultimate authority according to Kierkegaard? God
5) James' core philosophy was based around: Usefulness
Posted by Jonathan

Grp3
1. What was the name of Bentham’s theory about how we should live?
A: the Greatest Happiness Principle

2. What does Mill compare human beings to when he says we should give everyone “space to grow?”
A: a tree

3. What did Marx declare was “the opium of the people?”
A: religion

4. What did Ayer call the principle of dividing statements into those that made sense and those that were nonsense?
A: the Verification Principle

5. What Greek myth did Camus use to explain human absurdity?
A: Sisyphus
Posted by Kendall

Grp4
What does Newton's famous phrase "Hypotheses Non Fingo" translate to?
A: I Feign No Hypotheses

Who replaced Newton
A:Einstein

In what decade was there "an enormous renaissance in the use of 'tolerance'"?
A:1990s

Which 3 political figures said, "We are not for gay marriage but we are for tolerance [of gay people]."
Answer: John McCain, Sarah Palin, George Bush

What does skepticism (relative to scientific realism) arise from  according to Papineau
A: failure in science
Posted by Roberto Kohler

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