Tamara Dominas
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Which philosopher is best known for his statement cogito ergo sum?
- Plato
- Socrates
- René Descartes
- Jean-Paul Sartre
- Question of
According to Plato, what is knowledge?
- There is no such thing as true knowledge
- Opinion
- A justified true belief
- That which can be proven
- Question of
Thomas Aquinas’s cosmological arguments argue for…
- The existence of knowledge
- Nihilism
- The existence of God
- The existence of other intelligent life
- Question of
“Philosophy” comes from the Greek “philosophia”, meaning what?
- Lover of questions
- Lover of philosophy
- Love of wisdom
- Lover of soapboxes
- Question of
Which branch of philosophy is primarily concerned with the question of being?
- Marxism
- Platonism
- Humanism
- Existentialism
- Question of
Who is widely known as the first existentialist, despite never having used the word “existentialism”?
- Alan Watts
- Søren Kierkegaard
- Jean-Paul Sartre
- Hannah Arendt
- Question of
Transcendental idealism argues that…
- Knowledge has foundations
- God is the ideal human
- There is an afterlife
- Our experience is based on our perceptions
- Question of
What does “tabula rasa” mean?
- Red tablet
- Clean slate
- New knowledge
- Rise tomorrow
- Question of
Who wrote “The Last Messiah”?
- Frederich Nietzsche
- Socrates
- Alan Watts
- Peter Wessel Zapffe
- Question of
Descartes’s meditation that led him to conclude that perhaps even mathematical laws are not true is referred to as…
- The foundationalism argument
- The law denial argument
- The evil demon argument
- The Cartesian argument
- Question of
Existential nihilism insists what?
- Death is not the end.
- Humans are naturally codependent.
- The human condition has no meaning.
- Knowledge is limited.
- Question of
The allegory of the cave argues what?
- Perceptions are sources of absolute knowledge.
- There is value in ignorance.
- We are born with infinite knowledge.
- Our perceptions may not be accurate.
- Question of
Metaphysics is the study of…
- Ethics
- Knowledge
- Politics
- Existence
- Question of
Epistemology is the theory of…
- Cosmology
- Poetics
- Metaphysics
- Knowledge
- Question of
Jean-Jacques Rousseau is known for what?
- Rejection of philosophy as a discipline
- Contributions to existentialism
- His publication “Leviathan”
- His publication “The Social Contract”
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