Part I: Fill-in-the-blank questions. You should know the definitions of the following words for fill-in-the-blank questions. A word bank will be provided on the exam.- Philosophy
- Epistemology
- Metaphysics
- Axiology
- Monism
- Materialism
- Socratic Method
- Theory of Forms
- Noumenal Realm
- Phenomenal Realm
- Platonic Dualism
Part II: Short Answer Questions. You should be able to explain the following concepts: - The characteristics of religion and the difference between religion and philosophy.
- What a Hylacist is, as well as identify the major Hylacists and their conceptions of the fundamental nature of reality.
- The major metaphysical and ethical views of the Pythagoreans.
- The epistemological and metaphysical views of the Eliatics.
- Zeno's paradox(es).
- The epistemological and metaphysical views of Heraclitus.
- What a pluralist is, as well as identify the major pluralists and their conceptions of the fundamental nature of reality.
- The metaphysical views of Anaxagoras.
- The two Socrates that appear in Plato's work.
- The reasons why Plato would use Socrates as a mouthpiece for his own work.
- The steps in the Socratic Method.
- The definitions of holiness/piety articulated in the Euthyphro and Socrates' reasons for rejecting them.
- The Euthyphro Dilemma.
- The structure of an Athenian trial.
- The charges levelled against Socrates at his trial.
- The Story of the Oracle of Delphi, and the reason Socrates relates it.
- Socrates' conception of true wisdom.
- The response Socrates gives to the charges that he is corrupting the youth and that he is an atheist.
- Socrates' conception of the best life.
- Socrates' account of the role of the philosopher.
- The Sun Analogy
- The Line Analogy
- The Allegory of the Cave and the major conclusions we should draw from it.
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