Question 1

What is reality according to a follower of Parmenides?

Accepted Answer

A)  one and changing 
B)  one and unchanging 
C)  many and changing 
D)  many and unchanging 
A)  one and changing 
B)  one and unchanging 
C)  many and changing 
D)  many and unchanging B

Question 2

Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that deals with questions about being and reality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Anaximander refused to identify the basic stuff with any observable substance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

What was the essence of reality for Heraclitus?

Accepted Answer

A)  change 
B)  permanence 
C)  water 
D)  apeiron 
A)  change 
B)  permanence 
C)  water 
D)  apeiron

Question 5

Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and fundamental properties of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  knowledge 
B)  god 
C)  beauty 
D)  being 
A)  knowledge 
B)  god 
C)  beauty 
D)  being

Question 6

Pythagoras is famous for the remark attributed to him, "You cannot step in the same river twice."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

According to Empedocles, which of the following is the cause of change?

Accepted Answer

A)  nous 
B)  condensation and rarefaction 
C)  logos 
D)  love and strife 
A)  nous 
B)  condensation and rarefaction 
C)  logos 
D)  love and strife

Question 8

According to Aristotle, Pythagoras claimed that all things were made out of numbers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following statements is true about Anaxagoras?

Accepted Answer

A)  He introduced into metaphysics an important distinction, that between matter and mind. 
B)  He thought that basic particles were indivisible. 
C)  He held that there were four different kinds of particles. 
D)  He believed that particles were always in motion. 
A)  He introduced into metaphysics an important distinction, that between matter and mind. 
B)  He thought that basic particles were indivisible. 
C)  He held that there were four different kinds of particles. 
D)  He believed that particles were always in motion.

Question 10

Thales, Anaximenes, and Anaximander are collectively known as the _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  Atomists 
B)  Pythagoreans 
C)  Milesians 
D)  Particle Theorists 
A)  Atomists 
B)  Pythagoreans 
C)  Milesians 
D)  Particle Theorists

Question 11

According to Theano, what did Pythagoras claim?

Accepted Answer

A)  Numbers are unreal. 
B)  Everything is in accordance with number. 
C)  Everything is made out of numbers. 
D)  Reality is totally material. 
A)  Numbers are unreal. 
B)  Everything is in accordance with number. 
C)  Everything is made out of numbers. 
D)  Reality is totally material.

Question 12

The view that future states and events are completely determined by preceding states and events is called determinism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Epistemology is the branch that explores the sources, nature, limits, and criteria of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  knowledge 
B)  being 
C)  good and bad 
D)  politics 
A)  knowledge 
B)  being 
C)  good and bad 
D)  politics

Question 14

Which is a theme common to all the pre-Socratics?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nothing changes. 
B)  Everything is made of particles. 
C)  The experienced world is a manifestation of a more fundamental underlying reality. 
D)  True reality is unknowable. 
A)  Nothing changes. 
B)  Everything is made of particles. 
C)  The experienced world is a manifestation of a more fundamental underlying reality. 
D)  True reality is unknowable.

Question 15

Who among the following were regarded as the Atomists?

Accepted Answer

A)  Leucippus and Democritus 
B)  Anaximander and Anaximenes 
C)  Pythagoras and Thales 
D)  Heraclitus and Parmenides 
A)  Leucippus and Democritus 
B)  Anaximander and Anaximenes 
C)  Pythagoras and Thales 
D)  Heraclitus and Parmenides

Question 16

Which of the following statements is true about Empedocles?

Accepted Answer

A)  He simply assumed some very basic principles and attempted to deduce from these what he thought must be the true nature of being. 
B)  He thought that true reality is permanent and unchangeable, yet he also thought it absurd to dismiss the change one experiences as mere illusion. 
C)  He wished to call attention to what he thought was the essential feature of reality; namely, that it is ceaselessly changing. 
D)  He taught that each thing contains its opposite, just as, for example, people are simultaneously young and old and coming into and going out of existence. 
A)  He simply assumed some very basic principles and attempted to deduce from these what he thought must be the true nature of being. 
B)  He thought that true reality is permanent and unchangeable, yet he also thought it absurd to dismiss the change one experiences as mere illusion. 
C)  He wished to call attention to what he thought was the essential feature of reality; namely, that it is ceaselessly changing. 
D)  He taught that each thing contains its opposite, just as, for example, people are simultaneously young and old and coming into and going out of existence.

Question 17

Zeno tried to refute Parmenides's claim that being does not change.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

What is reality according to a follower of Parmenides?

Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that deals with questions about being and reality.

Anaximander refused to identify the basic stuff with any observable substance.

What was the essence of reality for Heraclitus?

Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and fundamental properties of _____.

Pythagoras is famous for the remark attributed to him, "You cannot step in the same river twice."

According to Empedocles, which of the following is the cause of change?

According to Aristotle, Pythagoras claimed that all things were made out of numbers.

Which of the following statements is true about Anaxagoras?

Thales, Anaximenes, and Anaximander are collectively known as the _____.

According to Theano, what did Pythagoras claim?

The view that future states and events are completely determined by preceding states and events is called determinism.

Epistemology is the branch that explores the sources, nature, limits, and criteria of _____.

Which is a theme common to all the pre-Socratics?

Who among the following were regarded as the Atomists?

Which of the following statements is true about Empedocles?

Zeno tried to refute Parmenides's claim that being does not change.

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Exam 2: The Pre-Socratics

What is reality according to a follower of Parmenides?

Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that deals with questions about being and reality.

Anaximander refused to identify the basic stuff with any observable substance.

What was the essence of reality for Heraclitus?

Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and fundamental properties of _____.

Pythagoras is famous for the remark attributed to him, "You cannot step in the same river twice."

According to Empedocles, which of the following is the cause of change?

According to Aristotle, Pythagoras claimed that all things were made out of numbers.

Which of the following statements is true about Anaxagoras?

Thales, Anaximenes, and Anaximander are collectively known as the _____.

According to Theano, what did Pythagoras claim?

The view that future states and events are completely determined by preceding states and events is called determinism.

Epistemology is the branch that explores the sources, nature, limits, and criteria of _____.

Which is a theme common to all the pre-Socratics?

Who among the following were regarded as the Atomists?

Which of the following statements is true about Empedocles?

Zeno tried to refute Parmenides's claim that being does not change.

Dark Blue Velvet

Socrates, Plato

Aristotle

Philosophers of the Hellenistic and Christian Eras

The Rise of Modern Metaphysics and Epistemology

The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

The Continental Tradition

The Pragmatic and Analytic Traditions

Moral Philosophy

Political Philosophy

Recent Moral and Political Philosophy

Philosophy and Belief in God

Feminist Philosophy

Eastern Influences

Postcolonial Thought

Four Philosophical Problems

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