PHIL Quizzes
The systematic use of critical reasoning to try to find answers to fundamental questions about reality, morality, and knowledge is called ______.
Philosophical method
At his trial, Socrates refuses to cease __________
Philosophizing
Anaximander contends that everything came from a formless, imperishable substance called ______.
Apeiron
Philosophers provide reasons for thinking their ideas are plausible-that is, they give us _______.
Arguments
The Sophists prefer __________ explanations of phenomena
Naturalistic
The Oracle and Delphi declared no one was _______ than Socrates.
Wiser
Socrates claims to be a _______ for Athens' sake.
Gadfly
For Socrates, the soul is harmed by lack of __________.
Knowledge
The four main divisions of philosophy are metaphysics, epistemology, axiology (value theory), and ________.
Logic
True or False? Heraclitus and Democritus share the same view of reality.
false
Democritus advances the theory known as ancient __________
Atomism
Atheism and __________ is the contradiction regarding the gods that Socrates says his accusers put forth
Creating new divinities
Socrates claims that __________ is not to be feared
Death
Plato and Xenophon wrote ______ featuring Socrates' method.
Dialogues
Whenever someone says "How do you know that's true?" they are asking one of the fundamental questions of ______.
Epistemology
True or False? Heraclitus rejects the idea of an organizing principle of the universe.
False
The study of correct reasoning is called _____.
Logic
Jordan gets some very bad news. His girlfriend spent all their savings on risky stock market bets that didn't pay off. She says she'll never do it again, but Jordan thinks that maybe he should end the relationship anyway. What branch of philosophy could he turn to for insights about what he should do?
Ethics
Democritus posits the void, which is __________
Not the same as nothing
Parmenides argues that reality consists of the ______.
One
The Sophists were skilled at, among other things, __________
Rhetoric
Socrates is concerned with _______.
The state of one's soul
For Socrates the good of the soul is attained only through an uncompromising search for ______.
What's real and true
In the Apology, Socrates declares _________
"The unexamined life is not worth living"
Your friend says "The Rise of Skywalker was a terrible movie- it rejected everything interesting about The Last Jedi, and ended the saga in a dull way that never actually brought balance to the Force." Which branch of philosophy deals with these kinds of judgements about the arts?
Aesthetics