Exam 2: Human Nature

Hobbes believed that everything in the Universe was

What philosopher argues that our ability to reason is the characteristic that sets the human self apart from all other creatures of nature?

The view that "all humans have a rational spiritual self that is distinct from its body" is the

argued that a person's culture is the mirror through which society shows her who and what she is.

An inference to the best explanation can be

An argument whose conclusion necessarily has to be true if the premises are true is

Do you believe that there is a "you" to whom this question is addressed? Explain your answer.

One version of is the identity theory of the mind.

Aristotle claimed that barbarians could be enslaved by Greeks.

Who said that men possess "a powerful measure of desire for aggressiveness"?

Hobbes believed that humans were altruistic.

What, for Plato, was an eternal and perfect ideal that existed in an unchanging heaven?

What philosopher argued that our individual identity depends on relationships with others, such that who we are cannot be separated from our relationship with others?

Augustine did not believe that humans have wills.

J. J. C. Smart argued that states of consciousness are identical with states of the brain.

How many parts of human nature did Plato believe there were?

An inference to the best explanation is a(n)

An argument that is both valid and has true premises is called a(n) argument.

All that a valid deductive argument guarantees is that if its premises are true, then the conclusion has to be .

What view of human nature claims that all humans have a rational spiritual self that is distinct from the material body, has a purpose, endures over time and exists as a separate individual?