Phil 180 Quiz #1
Socrates was famous for the following: "The unexamined life is not worth living." "Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow you die." "It is always darkest before the dawn." a method of teaching that relies heavily upon asking questions.
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As a rationalist, John Locke believed that reason is the key to knowledge acquisition, while Rene Descartes, a leading empiricist, argued that sense experience is the correct path to acquiring knowledge.
False
Brian McLaren believes Muslims should be either converted to Christianity, deported, or executed, while Gary Cass believes Christians should reach out to Muslims in love, gentleness, and kindness.
False
Dualists believe that there is no such thing as the spiritual realm and ultimately everything is material.
False
Epistemology is the study of values.
False
Fideism is another name for "blind faith."
False
George Berkeley believed that matter does not really exist and that we are thoughts in the mind of God
False
Plato's Theory of Forms focused on the particulars of this world as ultimate reality.
False
Socrates, Plato and Xeno are known as the "Trinity" of Greek Philosophy.
False
The five pillars of Islam are the following: (1) to recite the confession that there is no God but Allah, (2) to pray five times a day facing toward Jerusalem, (3) to fast during the month of Ramadan, (4) to kill at least one infidel during one's lifetime, and (5) to make a pilgrimmage to Jerusalem at least once in a lifetime.
False
Which of the following philosophers is best associated with Nihilism?
Friedrich Nietzche
Which of the following is an example of a metaphysical question?
Is there a real external world outside of my own thoughts?
Which of these philosophers should be associated with the Enlightenment?
Rene Descartes
Which early Christian leader was responsible for uttering the following phrase: "What does Athens have to do with Jerusalem, the Academy with the Church?"
Tertullian
Which of the following is NOT a major era in the history of Western philosophy? The Postmodern Era The Enlightenment The Renaissance Correct Response The Pantheistic Era The Pre-Socratic Era
The Pantheistic Era
The Scientific Revolution began in which of the following eras?
The Renaissance
Which of the following is not one of Kierkegaard's "three stages of life?"
The religious state
According to Islam, for Allah to know a thing or an event means that Allah thoroughly controls that thing or event.
True
Christian Theists believe that God is both transcendent and immanent, and this universe is an open system of uniform cause and effect.
True
Radical orthodoxy assumes all of the essential elements of the Christian faith rather than arguing for the truth of these teachings.
True
Reformed epistemology claims that belief in God is properly basic, and, as such, does not require evidence or proof.
True
Soren Kierkegaard is known as the father of existentialism.
True
Which of the following is not one of Sire's eight worldview questions?
What happens to unbaptized children if they die before the age of accountability?
The main branches of Philosophy are: Correct Response metaphysics, epistemology, and axiology.
metaphysics, epistemology, and axiology
Plato's allegory of the cave focuses on:
our need to be extricated from bondage so we can perceive the real world and help others do the same.
