Quiz 8: Please write your name and "Quiz 8" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions: - State Kant's Formula of Universal Law. (2 points)
- How does Kant use the Formula of Universal Law to show that it is wrong to make a lying promise. (3 points)
- State Mill's Greatest Happiness Principle. (2 points)
- What is the "Doctrine Fit only for Swine" objection to utilitarianism? (3 points)
- Explain
two of the forms of integration associated with the Precolumbian
Mesoamericans. Illustrate each with an example. (5 points each)
- Explain Plato's Allegory of the Cave (A picture is fine). (6 points)
- One conclusion Plato draws from this allegory is Platonic Dualism. What are two other conclusions we can draw from the Allegory of the Cave? (2 points each)
Quiz 5: Please write your name and "Quiz 5" at the top of your paper. Then, answer the following questions:
- In Daoism, what is meant by Yin (1 point)? By Yang (1 point)? Illustrate these two concepts with an example (2 points).
- Explain the Daoist Cosmology (4 points).
- Explain Plato' Sun Analogy (2 points).
Quiz 4: Please write your name and "Quiz 4" at the top of your paper. Then, answer the following questions: - What is meant by Cartesian Dualism? (2 points)
- According to Hume, what is an impression (2 points)? An idea (2 points)? How do we distinguish them (2 points)?
- What is one argument Hume gives for the claim that all ideas are derived from impressions (2 points)?
Quiz 3: Please write your name and "Quiz 3" at the top of your paper. Then, answer the following questions: - Describe Al-Ghazali's hierarchy of ways we gain access to the world (4 points). How does he use this hierarchy to explain why mystics are held in such low regard by society (2 points)?
- What is one form of doubt that Descartes considers in Meditation I? Be sure to explain the nature of the doubt (2 points), a belief that form of doubt calls into question (1 point), and a belief that survives that form of doubt (1 point).
Quiz 2: Please write your name and "Quiz 2" at the top of your paper. Then, answer the following questions: - Explain the Socratic Method, including the four steps in it. (6 points)
- Briefly explain Socrates' ethical position. Your answer should be about one sentence. (2 points)
- Briefly explain Socrates' conception of the role of the philosopher. Your answer should be about one sentence. (2 points)
- Briefly explain the structure of a Greek trial (6 points). A bullet-point list is fine.
- What are two of the three crimes Socrates is charged with (2 points each)?
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