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What did aristole believe virtue led to?
Aristotle believed virtues lead to happiness.
Aristotle believed virtues lead to Nirvana.
2
New forms of communication are affecting the integrity of science
True
False
3
Ethics of Conscience,Egoism,Duty,Respect,Rights,Justice,Virtues,Utilitarianism,DCT,are the nine bases of decision making
False
True
4
A principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true
What is a Phase Shift
What is a Creed
What is Dogma
What is Paradigm Shift
5
Select the Characteristics of Pseudo-Science (Hint one is wrong!)
Theories as Science, despite no testing
The use of personal anecdotes as evidence
Refusal to give up on an idea despite evidence raised against it.
Use of varied data
6
Ethics: The systematic study of the enviornment and the kinds of people we become as a result of these choices
False
True
7
The Six Theories of History are: Cyclical, Linear, Ballistic, Individualist, Geographic, Marxist
False
True
8
Who believed that the way people know art is completely autonomous, as well as intuitive, sensuous and emotional
Plato
David Hume
John Dewey
Alexander Baumgarten
9
Who believed that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and that anything that pleases is art.
Plato
Alexander Baumgarten
Rene Descartes
George H.F. Hegel
10
Neuro-Bunk are organizations that try to spin scientific knowledge
True
False
11
Facts are observations about the World around us
False
True
12
Ayer felt that he could say with certainty that the existence of God cannot be demonstratively proved
True
False
13
What is not the myth of identity?
We cannot come from nations since they are a concept.
We are more nuanced in our identity than we let on.
We are based on the names we were given at our birth
Gelly's wife tells us what we are.
14
Who believed the messages expressed in art become clear when a work is complete and its message is expressed in words?
George H.F. Hegel
Arthur Danto
Plato
Immanuel Kant
15
An example of paradigms (There is a
Best Answer
)
Team Jacob or Team Edward
Ban weapons or arm teachers
iPhone vs Android
Geocentric vs Heliocentric model of the universe
16
Who believed that taste is universal and empirical but can be judged only by those qualified to do so
Friedrich Nietzche
Immanuel Kant
David Hume
John Dewey
17
What is the definition of laws in the natural sciences
A set of rules that must be upheld for the betterment of the society
A statement based on the results of an experiment to explain a phenomenon
A statement based on repeated experimental observations of a phenomenon
18
A hypothesis is the result gathered at the end of an investigation
False
True
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Proof: theorems shown to follow logically from relevant axioms
False
True
20
Who believed that art is dead and that art is now nothing more than the artists’ attempt to understand themselves
Alexander Baumgarten
Arthur Danto
Aristotle
Plato
21
Virtue keeps the three elements in balance
False
True
22
Scientism is:
The study of the natural world
The reduction of all knowledge to the scientific form of knowledge.
A cult following based on sacrificing goats to the 3lder Gods
LIFE!
23
What are the 5 theories used to Justify art?
Subjectivist, Objectivist, It's Just Words, Art for Art's sake, Dialectic.
Subjectivist, Objectivist, It's Just Words, Art for Art's sake, Empiricist
Subjectivist, Rationalist, It's Just Words, Art for Art's sake, Dialectic
Subjectivist, Rationalist, Empiricist, Art for Art's sake, Dialectic
24
The
Feminist View
says Women shouldn't have an equal say in the design and administration of the institution.
True
False
25
What is Confirmation Bias?
Vetoing a trade
Bias based on bubbles of historians
Confirming results from an experiment
The tendency to look for information that aligns with personal beliefs
26
Which is not one of the 3 divisions of ethics?
Applied Ethics
Metaethics
Normative Ethics
Rational Ethics
27
Who believed that art should mimic reality, but is only a pale imitation of reality
Aristotle
Friedrich Nietzche
Rene Descartes
Plato
28
The Ring of Gyges proves Proves that people are only just for the fear of the punishment for injustice
False
True
29
Thomas Kuhn believed when evidence is seen to show the contrary, a new theory or paradigm is developed
True
False
30
Social Media is undoubtelty dumbing down language
There is no "right" answer
Yes
No
31
What are Conjectures?
Theories that work in some scenarios but not in others
Hypotheses that work, but have not been shown to be necessarily true
32
Always take into consideration:
Artist, Subject, Context
Object, Subject, Context
Object, Subject, Time period
Artist, Subject, Time period
33
What not an Indigenous View on science?
We shouldn't listen to nature rather than interrogate it for science
There has to be a shift in values, but realize they are difficult to shift
Doesn't conceive the boundary between the scientific and the spiritual
Distinctions are not made between body and spirit and land and people
34
Four Key Tensions on Science and Religion are: Evolution, Existence of God, Scientific Powers of the World, and Miracles
False
True
35
Certainty is a firm conviction that something is true or right
True
False
36
What is not an important feature of history? (Best Answer)
Explaining the past
Significance
Contemplating the past
Evidence
37
Doubt is a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction
True
False
38
What is the meaning of Revisionism? (Best Answer)
Revisionism is the alternate perspective of an account balance
Historical revisionism is the reinterpretation of a historical account.
Mao's insult against de-Stalinization by Kruschev
39
Science is knowledge and understanding based on theories and thought experiments.
False
True
40
Which is not a Conformity example?
Milgram Experiment
McDonald's Phone Calls
Kitty Genovese murder
Mark Lyman case
41
If something sounds smart, translate it back into ordinary language or have the person explain it without
Jargon
Feyman Test
Jargon Test
Jargon-Feyman Test
Feyman-Jargon Test
42
Plato believed that each of us is made of three distinct elements. Choose which is not
A physical body
Spirit
Nave
Intellect
43
Correlation is a relationship between two things, which always involves one causing the other to occur
True
False
44
What are theories?
An explanation acquired through the scientific method and evidence.
An explanation acquired through the writings of past authors and myths
An idea based on previous observation
An explanation acquired through the scientific method
45
Teleogical Thinking, all things aim for good. Something is good if it performs its function
True
False
46
Since the past no longer exists, many argue it is not objective
True
False
47
Believed that art does more than imitate life; it can provide a powerful, life-affirming view of the world
Arthur Danto
Alexander Baumgarten
John Dewey
Friedrich Nietzche
48
Four Main Natural Sciences: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Earth Sciences
False
True
49
Serendipity
Serendipitous discovery is an unplanned fortunate discovery.
Serendipitous discovery is an unplanned unfortunate discovery.
Serendipitous discovery is a planned unfortunate discovery.
Serendipitous discovery is an unplanned unfortunate discovery.
50
Who believed that creating art enables people to express things that are important to them and meaningful seen audience
Friedrich Nietzche
Arthur Danto
Rene Descartes
John Dewey
51
Karl Popper Valued Uniform Hypothesis
True
False
52
Causation is the stimulus that makes something happen directly
False
True
53
Axioms vs Theorems
Axioms are premises, and theorems are conclusions.
Axioms are conclusions, and theorems are premises
54
First Order Questions are Knowledge directly about the World
False
True
55
Stephen Pinker argues on the side of nurture in the nature vs nurture debate.
True
False
56
Dawkins believes that only matter exists therefore all phenomena result from conscious interactions of matter
True
False
57
Who believed that art should be judged according to how well a piece accommodates understanding and imagination
David Hume
Alexander Baumgarten
Friedrich Nietzche
Immanuel Kant
58
What is David Hume's Perspective
Reason does not exert itself without producing any sensible emotion.
Reason exerts itself without producing any sensible emotion.
59
Aesthetics is the theoretical study of the arts and of making judgments about art
True
False
60
Who believed that art should be judged for its own sake and should be free of censorship
Aristotle
Rene Descartes
David Hume
Arthur Danto
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Definition of Philosophy of Science
A field of inquiry into the way the Knower interacts with the AOK
The philosophy of science is the study of the human mind
A field of inquiry into the thought processes or methods involved.
The philosophy of science is the study of the natural world
