Quiz 1 Please write your name and “Quiz 1” at the top of your paper. - Briefly describe the structure of an Athenian trial as discussed in class (a bulleted list is fine). (6 points)
- What are two of the charges leveled against Socrates at his trial? (2 points each)
Quiz 2 Please write your name and “Quiz 2” at the top of your paper. - What does Socrates mean by describing the philosopher as a gadfly? (3 points)
- Define Empiricism. (2 points)
- Define Rationalism. (2 points)
- What are two of the criteria for the sort of knowledge Al-Ghazali is searching for? (1.5 points each)
Quiz 3 Please write your name and “Quiz 3” at the top of your paper.
In class we discussed three forms of doubt in Descartes. Briefly describe two of them. For each form of doubt be sure to describe the nature of the doubt, which beliefs that form of doubt calls into question and which beliefs survive that form of doubt. Each form of doubt is worth 5 points.
Quiz 4 Please write your name and “Quiz 4” at the top of your paper. According to Hume, what is an idea (2 points)? What is an impression (2 points)? How do we tell the difference between them (2 points)? What is one argument Hume gives for the claim that all ideas are derived from impressions? (4 points)
Quiz 5 Please write your name and “Quiz 5” at the top of your paper. According to Daoism, what is “non-being” (2 points)? Illustrate this concept with an example (4 points).
Quiz 6 Please write your name and “Quiz 6” at the top of your paper. - Explain Plato’s Allegory of the Cave (a picture is fine). (6 points)
- What are two conclusions we are supposed to draw from this allegory (2 points each)?
Quiz 7 Please write your name and “Quiz 7” at the top of your paper. Explain Kant’s Formula of Universal Law (2 points). How does he use it to show that it is wrong to make a lying promise (3 points)? Explain Mill’s Greatest Happiness Principle (3 points). What is the Principle of Impartiality (2 points)?
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