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PHIL 1301/Spiker Rainey Fall 2014 Exam 1
Ashley Jones
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Philosophy
Undergraduate 1
09/15/2014

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METAPHYSICS
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STUDY OF ULTIMATE REALITY
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EPISTERMOLOGY
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THE STUDY OF KNOWLEDGE
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AXIOLOGY
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THE STUDY OF VALUE
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LOGIC
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THE STUDY OF CORRECT REASONING
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THE STORY OF PHILOSOPHY
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BEGINS IN ANCIENT GREECE AND WAS BORN OUT OF A NEED FOR A MYSTICISM COUNTERPOINT
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TWO POETS WHO LAID AN IMPORTANT MYTHOLOGICAL BACKGROUND FOR PHILOSOPHY?
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HOMER AND HESIOD
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THALES WAS...
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"THE FIRST PHILOSOPHER OF THE WESTERN WORLD"
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THALES ARGUED THAT THE NATURE OF THE WORLD WAS MADE UP OF....
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WATER
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ANAXIMANDER QUESTIONED....
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"WHAT IS THE NATURE OF THINGS?"
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MILESIANS WERE THE FIRST TO...
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RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ULTIMATE NATURE OF THINGS AND MAKE THE FIRST DIRECT INQUIRIES INTO METAPHYSICAL PHILOSOPHY.
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WHO WAS PLATO?
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*STUDENT OF SOCRATES
*AN ATHENIAN
*FROM A WEALTHY DISTINGUESHED FAMILY
*FOUNDER OF THE ACADEMY
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PLATO SAID DEMOCRACY WAS ONLY AS GOOD AS ITS....
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"PILOT"
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WHAT WAS AT THE CENTER OF PLATO'S ACADEMY?
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MATH
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PATO BELIEVEN IN...
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UNIVERSAL TRUTHS
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PLATO'S FOUR STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
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1. IMAGINING
2. BELIEF
3. THINKING
4. PERFECT INTELLIGENCE
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ARISTOTLE WAS...
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*A STUDENT OF PLATO
*WELL CONNECTED
*BECAME A TUTOR TO ALEXANDER, SON OF PHILLIP OF MACEDON
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ARISTOTLE IS CREDITED WITH...
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INVENTING FORMAL LOGIC
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ARISTOTLE'S THREE TYPES OF REASONING
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1. DIALECTICAL
2. ERISTIC
3. DEMONSTRATIVE REASONING
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ARISTOTLE CALLS METAPHYSICS THE...
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SCIENCE OF FIRST PHILOSOPHY
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ARISTOTLE'S TYPES OF ENDS
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INSTRUMENTAL AND INTRISTIC ENDS
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