PHI 101-Chapter 3

Socrates claimed that he did not accept _____ for teaching.

Money.

At his death, Socrates asks his friend Crito to...

Pay a debt.

Atheism and ______ is the contradiction regarding the gods that Socrates says his accusers put forth.

Creating new divinities.

For Socrates the good of the soul is attained only through an uncompromsing search for

what's true and real.

Socrates advocates moral relativism.

False.

Socrates claims to be a ______ for Athen's sake.

Gadfly.

As his trial, Socrates's cross examination shows that Meletus's position is inconsistent.

True.

Socrates holds that knowing the virtues means having them.

True.

For Socrates, the soul is harmed by lack of

knowledge.

Socrates method show a belief in a connection between virtue and _____

knowledge.

According to Socrates, a clear sign that a person has ______ is her exclusive pursuit of social status, wealth, power, and pleasure.

An unhealthy soul.

Socrates claims that _____ is not to be feared.

Death.

At his trial, Socrates declares he prefers exile to death.

False.

Socrates accepts the Oracle's pronouncement that no one in Athens is wiser than he.

False.

Socrates often demonstrates that people who think themselves wise really are wise.

False.

Socrates says death is probably bad.

False.

Socrates thinks the primary occupation of a good citizen should be the pursuit of wealth and prestige.

False.

At his trial, Socrates cross-examins

Meletus.

A preoccupation with _____ is a clear indication, according to Socrates, that one's soul is unhealthy.

Social status.

For Socrates, an unexamined life is a tragedy because it results in grievous harm to the

soul

Socrates is concerned with

the state of one's soul.

According to Socrates, we should always consider in doing anything whether we are doing right or wrong.

True.

Socrates believes that people pursue the good if they know what it is.

True.

The reduction ad absurdum is a type of

argument.

Socrates asked his interlocutors for

definitions of ethical terms.

The reducio ad absurdum shows an assumption to be

false.

Socrates asks the Athenian jury to

listen to his words and arguments.

At his trial, Socrates declares that he will

not stop philosophizing.

At his trial, Socrates refuses to cease

philosophizing.

If you assume that a set of statements is true and yet you can deduce a false or absurd statement from it, then the original set of statements as a whole must be false. This kind of argument is known as...

reductio ad absurdum.