Western Philosophy Final Examination

Question 1

Aesthetics term used to show the mindset the artist is coming from to create the art?

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Aesthetic Attitudes

Question 2

This is a series of premises, intended to determine the truth of a matter.

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Argument

Question 3

When one bases an assessment of artist’s work on artist’s intention rather than one’s response.

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Intentional Fallacy

Question 4

Philosophy based on the notion of selfless concern for others is the foundation of morality:

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Altruism

Question 5

Branch of philosophy that studies the nature of knowledge i.e.) How do I know what I know?

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Epistemology

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Kant's Philosophical idea that said there are actions that are absolutely prohibited.

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Categorical Imperative

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Freedom from interference by other people, concerned with freedom from external restraint:

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Negative Liberty

Question 8

This type of humor crosses appropriate norms and mores to help ease the pain such things exist:

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Dark Comedy

Question 9

In Studies that relate to attraction, which of these, substantiated by research, is true?

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We tend to be attracted to people in close proximity

Question 10

A central debate in philosophy is how much of life is in our control and how much is not:

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Determinism v. Freewill

Question 11

Belief that the universe is like a machine and it requires an intelligent designer to run it:

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Argument from Design

Question 12

When you fail to recognize your own cognitive biases, this cognitive bias is:

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Blind-spot Bias

Question 13

This type of love deals with self-love:

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Philautia

Question 14

This belief comes from natural theology that universal processes are evidence that God exists:

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Cosmological Argument

Question 15

Philosophical view that moral judgments are true or false based on various viewpoints is:

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Moral Relativism

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Augustine’s Criterion for Just War (Jus Ad Bellum) has all of these except for:

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It's popularly decided upon to fight

Question 17

J. Campbell used this term to express a recurrent symbol or motif that appears in all stories.

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Archetype

Question 18

Attempted reconciliation b/w beliefs w/o evidence & provable items grounded in evidence.

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Faith and Reason

Question 19

Which philosopher was the first to devise the, “Brain in a Vat” philosophical idea?

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Rene Descartes

Question 20

Multiple-choice tests, the game Quarto, and home repair are examples of:

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Deductive Reasoning

Question 21

St. Anselm's belief that says God’s existence is a priori & based on statistical probability:

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Ontological Argument

Question 22

Which of the following would be something from Eastern Philosophy, as opposed to W. Philosophy?

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How can I achieve harmony and oneness

Question 23

Philosophical view that there are absolute standards which moral judgments can be made is:

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Moral Absolutism

Question 24

J. Campbell used term to express that there is 1 human story- follows a predictable pattern.

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Hero's Journey

Question 25

Aesthetics term that uses adjectives that people attempt to create? Sublime, beautiful, ugly

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Aesthetic Concepts

Question 26

Philosophical principle states that people have the capacity to act upon their own free will:

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Positive Liberty

Question 27

School of philosophical thought says to pursue mental pleasure from anxiety and mental pain.

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Epicureanism

Question 28

School of thought that says morality of an action is to be judged solely by its consequences:

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Consequentialism

Question 29

Plato’s Allegory of the Cave can best be described as:

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A story of how human perception operates

Question 30

What term in aesthetics is used to gauge how the audience reacted?

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Expression

Question 31

Principle that shows language is vague & that there is subjectivity in how people view things:

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Sorities' Paradox

Question 32

School of philosophical thought that says to pursue pleasure and sensual self-indulgence.

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Hedonism

Question 33

School of philosophical thought says to endure pain and hardship without complaint.

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Stoicism

Question 34

Doctrine that says it’s morally good to do an act, even if a bad side-effect happens as well.

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Double Effect

Question 35

Which is of these was NOT one of the Six Questions of Socrates?

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What is Love?

Question 36

Occurs when one uses tears, anger, volume and theatrics in the place of a valid argument:

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Appeal to Emotion

Question 37

What advice did Joseph Campbell provide his students on how life should be lived?

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Follow Your Bliss

Question 38

This is a measure of attraction that mathematically calculates to 1 to 1.618034.

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Golden Ratio

Question 39

This is when companies intentionally make products to last less than what they could produce:

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Planned Obsolescence

Question 40

Blaise Pascal created a philosophical wager that stated one should believe in God based upon:

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Logic

Question 41

Principle that states the simplest solution should be pursued in reasoning.

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Occam's Razor

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Occurs when one associates PERCEIVED relationships b/w things to formulate conclusions

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False Cause

Question 43

This occurs when people change their behavior based on their awareness of being observed

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The Hawthorne Effect

Question 44

When you listen only to information that confirms our preconceptions is which cognitive bias?

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Confirmation Bias

Question 45

Doctrine that makes an ethical difference whether an agent actively intervenes or not.

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Acts/Omissions Doctrine

Question 46

The philosophical bookends on death in the West is between:

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Plato and Spinoza

Question 47

This type of humor attempts to illuminate social wrongs by making fun of it:

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Satire

Question 48

Thought that says actions are right, if they are useful, or for the benefit of the majority:

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Utilitarianism

Question 49

Which of these statements is most accurate when it comes to human attraction?

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Attraction is a combination of several factors

Question 50

This shape persists throughout the universe, from a pine cone to the Milky Way Galaxy.

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Fibonacci's Spiral

Question 51

The notion of reciprocity exists in all World Religions. This is commonly known as the:

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Golden Rule

Question 52

This type of love has to do with a collective love of all mankind:

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Agape

Question 53

Who was the Godfather of Artificial Intelligence by devising the first AI test?

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Alan Turing

Question 54

Principle that illuminates how pure logic sometimes cannot be used in decision making.

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Buridan's Donkey

Question 55

Which of these examples is a real-life application of the of, “The Ship of Theseus”?

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An antique shop that only will sell original pieces

Question 56

This philosophy treats rational self-interest as the foundation of morality:

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Egoism

Question 57

Philosophy that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free & responsible agent

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Existentialism

Question 58

Principle when rational individuals might not cooperate, even when it’s in their best interest.

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Prisoner's Dilemma

Question 59

This type of love has to do with familial love:

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Storge

Question 60

This logic fallacy occurs when one misrepresents someone’s argument to make it easier to attack

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Strawman

Question 61

Outcome in arguments when you show that one’s premises and conclusions are deeply flawed.

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Reductio ad absurdum

Question 62

Arguments are structured by using:

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Premises and Conclusions

Question 63

Philosophical idea that explores when it is ethical to intervene in events.

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Trolley Problem

Question 64

This occurs when one attacks an opponent’s character in the place of a valid argument:

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Ad Hominem

Western Philosophy Final Examination

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Western Philosophy Final Examination

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