Phil 115 S14: Quizzes

Quiz 11: Please write your name and "Quiz 11" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
  1. How does Aquinas criticize the ontological argument? (4 points)
  2. Explain on of the versions of the Cosmological Argument discussed by Aquinas. (3 points)
  3. Explain the Teleological Argument for God's Existence. (3 points)

Quiz 10: Please write your name and "Quiz 10" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
  1. According to Boethius, what is the difference between 'eternity' and the 'infinite?' (4 points)
  2. How does he use this distinction to resolve the apparent conflict between God's foreknowledge and free will? (6 points)

Quiz 9: Please write your name and "Quiz 9" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
  1. What specifically characterizes Medieval Philosophy? (2 points)
  2. Briefly explain the problem of evil. (4 points)
  3. Briefly explain the two kinds of evil we discussed in class. (2 points each)

Quiz 8: Please write your name and "Quiz 8" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
  1. Explain the three types of skepticism we discussed in class. (2 points each)
  2. What is characteristic of Pyrrhonian Skepticism? (4 points)

Quiz 7: Please write your name and "Quiz 7" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
  1. What is a hedonist? (2 points)
  2. Explain the three kinds of desires discussed by Epicurus. (2 points each)
  3. How does Epicurus argue that we should deal with desire? (2 points)

Quiz 6: Please write your name and "Quiz 6" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
  1. What is a function? (2 points)
  2. What is a virtue? (2 points)
  3. What is a vice? (2 points)
  4. Illustrate these three concepts with an example. (4 points)

Quiz 5: Please write your name and "Quiz 5" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
  1. What is Eudaemonia? (1 Point)
  2. What is Arete? (1 point)
  3. Briefly describe two candidates for the highest good/happiness, aside from the contemplative life, that Aristotle considers (2 points each). What are his reasons for rejecting each of these candidates (2 points each)? 

Quiz 4: Please write your name and "Quiz 4" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
  1. List and briefly explain the four causes discussed by Aristotle (2 points each).
  2. Illustrate the four causes with an example (2 points).

Quiz 3: Please write your name and "Quiz 3" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
  1. In the Apology, how does Plato respond to the charge that he is corrupting the youth? (5 points)
  2. According to Socrates in the Apology, what is the best sort of life for humans? (3 points)
  3. According to Socrates in the Apology, what is the role of the philosopher? (2 points)

Quiz 2: Please write your name and "Quiz 2" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
  1. in class we discussed 4/5 definitions of piety/holiness that are discussed in the Euthyphro. Explain two of these definitions (2 points each) and the reason Socrates gives for rejecting each of them (3 points each). 

Quiz 1: Please write your name and "Quiz 1" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions.
  1. Name one of the Hylacists (1 point). What did he think the fundamental nature of reality was (2 points)?
  2. What was Parmenides' view of the fundamental nature of reality? (3 points)
  3. Briefly explain Zeno's Paradox (feel free to use any of the formulations presented in class). (4 points)
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