What is special about mathematics for Plato?

They connect the intellectual and observational worlds., They are formal.

The belief that ideas are prior to the material world.

How was the world created for Plato?

The 4 elements are formed and mixed as geometrical forms.

Which one of these is evidence for realism of universals?

The concept of color., The concept of life.

The belief that universals do not exist., The belief that universals are only names.

Treating an abstraction like it was a physical object.

What is the psychological reason for Plato's belief that Forms are real?

General ideas seem more real to human beings.

What is the danger of idealism?

Forgetting the material world., Forgetting day to day life.

What is the problem of universals?

Knowing if universals are real or not.

The belief that there are two distinct realities.

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Plato - Part 2

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What is special about mathematics for Plato?
Mathematical objects do not exist.
They connect the intellectual and observational worlds.
Mathematics are the only true knowledge.
They are formal.
2
What is idealism?
The belief that reality is divised in two distinct areas.
The belief that ideas are prior to the material world.
The belief that ideas have no reality.
The belief that everything is relative.
3
How was the world created for Plato?
The 4 elements are formed and mixed as geometrical forms.
Everything is created by the big bang.
Everything is made of apeiron.
Love and strife mix the 4 elements.
4
What is the danger of taking "society" as single object?
Stereotypes
Social isolation
Losing one's freedom
Racism
5
Which one of these is evidence for realism of universals?
The concept of justice.
The concept of color.
The concept of a triangle.
The concept of life.
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What is nominalism?
The belief that ideas are superior.
The belief that universals do not exist.
The belief that universals are only names.
The belief that names are real.
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What is reification?
Abstracting a concept from particular objects.
The act of questioning a belief.
Treating an abstraction like it was a physical object.
Applying intellectual knowledge in the material world.
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What is the psychological reason for Plato's belief that Forms are real?
He is scared of uncertainty.
The Forms are permanent.
General ideas seem more real to human beings.
Plato loved mathematics.
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What is the danger of idealism?
Forgetting the material world.
Forgetting who you are.
Forgetting day to day life.
Falling into a well.
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What is the problem of universals?
Knowing if universals are real or not.
Finding universal values.
Everything is relative.
Nothing is universal.
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What is dualism?
The belief that there are two distinct realities.
The belief that reality is above and beyond nature.
The belief that scientific knowledge only is true.
The belief that rational knowledge only is true.

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