Part I: You should know the definitions of the following terms for fill-in-the-blank questions:- Endoxa
- Eudaimonia
- Arete
- Determinism
- Free Will
- Hard Determinism
- Compatibalism
- Libertarianism
- Hedonism
- Contractarianism
- Skepticism
- Epoche
- Ataraxia
Part II: You should be able to explain the following concepts: - The argumentative structure we find in Aristotle.
- Aristotle's account of nature and the difference between something that is natural vs. something that is artificial.
- The four causes described by Aristotle, and illustrate them with an example.
- The difference between spontaneity and chance.
- Aristotle's reasons for rejecting evolution by natural selection.
- The Prime Mover and the cosmological argument for it.
- Aristotle's conception of the highest good.
- The five candidates for the highest good that Aristotle considers and why he rejects them.
- The two features of happiness discussed by Aristotle.
- The concept of a function and the associated concepts of virtue and vice. You should be able to illustrate these with an example.
- The four parts of the Aristotelian soul.
- The two types of virtues.
- The three parts of a moral virtue.
- Examples of moral virtues
- Aristotle's conception of free will.
- The difference between voluntary and involuntary actions.
- The three kinds of desires discussed by Epicurus.
- Epicurus' conception of how to deal with desire.
- The "No Subject of Harm" argument against fearing death.
- The Social Contract Theory of Justice, including the two features of every social contract theory of justice.
- The three types of skepticism.
- The Simulation Argument
- Pyrrhonian Skepticism
- The end or goal of Pyrrhonian Skepticism.
- The Ten Modes of Skepticism.
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