Filosofia con Mr. Hamez

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Monday, June 14, 2010

Final Exam

Philosophy Final Exam Name:

Part 1: Matching
Match the following names with the sentence that describes them.

Copernicus, Socrates, Plato, Leonardo Da Vinci, Johan Gutenberg, Robespierre, Soren Kierkegaard , George Berkley, Olympia De Gouges, Rene Descartes, Aristotle, Francis Bacon

_________________ demanded equal rights for women.Olympia De Gouges

_________________ believed that the earth orbited the sun. His view ran contrary to the teachings of the church.Copernicus

_________________ invented movable type, thereby ending the church's monopoly on information.Johan Gutenberg

_________________ was an Irish bishop who believed that the soul was more important than the physical body.George Berkley

_________________ was accused of corrupting youth. He tried to make people think for themselves.Socrates

_________________ a Frenchman who involved himself in many scientific fields at the highest level. “I think, therefore I am.”Rene Descartes

_________________ was an early creator of highly advanced political philosophy.Plato

_________________ was supposedly the last person to contain all of human knowledge. Although it would have been impossible for this to be true, he is the only person about whom this claim could be made. Aristotle

Part 2. True or False

_________________ The Ionians were the second school of Greek philosophers.True

_________________ The Sophists were public teachers in ancient Greece.True

_________________ Socrates said, “The only real wisdom is knowing that you know nothing.” True

_________________ The “special sciences” were all born from the study of philosophy.True

_________________ In the movie, Sophie's World, the main character meets many famous philosophers. From their teachings, she determines that she is not real.False

_________________ Human senses can be trusted at all times.False

_________________ Karl Pearson teaches us that we cannot get any closer to the outside world than the point where our nerves connect to our brains.True

Part 3: More Matching

moral nihilism, nihilism, purpose nihilism, moral universalism, moral objectiveism, relativism

_______________There are no truths, moral or otherwise.Nihilism
_______________Moral claims are meaningless.Moral Nihilism
_______________“Even if you achieve all your goals, in the end, your life must necessarily come to nothing”Nihilism
_______________Life is without any objective or universal meaning.Purpose Nihilism
_______________Certain facts or truths are not universal and objective.Relativism
_______________Moral facts or truths are the same everywhere.Moral Universalism
_______________Moral facts are given by the universe (not humans).Moral Objectivism

Part 4: More True/False

__________ “Everything is permissible if God doesn't exist” -Kierkegaard, justifying the idea of universalism.False
__________ Sartre wrote that universalism requires people to make a “Leap of faith.”False
__________In Streetwise, Lulu was a tough girl who defended the other girls that were on the street.True
__________Rat's depression led him to commit suicide.false

__________Tiny's mother was trying to get her off of the street, but the girl would not listen.False
__________Shadow considered himself to be a playboy.True

Which of the following options would you associate with the ideas listed below? You will use some of the names more than once. Some of them might not need to be used.

Robert Nozik, Plato, The Skeptics, Descartes, Karl Pearson, Socrates

1.By declining to give assent or dissent from any proposition, __________________ thought we could achieve “ataraxia,” a state of untroubled mental calm.
The Skeptics

2._______________ “The sky, the air, the earth, colors, shapes, sounds, and all external things are merely the delusions of dreams which he has devised to ensnare my judgment.”
Descartes

3._______________ “We want to do certain things, and not just have the experience of doing them.
Robert Nozik

4._______________ “What am I? A thing that thinks”
Descartes

5._______________ “We learn that something matters to us in addition to experience by
immagining an experience machine and then realizing that we would not use it.”
Robert Nozik

6._______________ “We can't get any closer to the outside world than the point where our nerves connect to our brains.”
Karl Pearson

7._______________ “When he returns, the transformed prisoner is eager to tell of his remarkable journey and discoveries. In dismay, the other prisoners threaten to take his life if he persists in interrupting their entertainment.”
Plato

8._______________ “All that I know is that I know nothing.”
Socrates

9._______________“let him decieve me as much as he can, he will never bring it about that I am nothing as long as I think that I am something”
Descartes

10._______________ The nature of things is beyond our grasp; as a result, none of our beliefs (or experiences) are either true or false.
The Skeptics

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Third Partial Study Guide

Review the following names and terms from your notes:

nihilism, moral nihilism, purpose nihilism, relativism, moral universalism, moral objectivism, Sartre, and Kierkegaard

Review the names of the people in the movie Streetwise.

Understand the moral beliefs of Jules and Vincent from Pulp Fiction and the Sicario from our reading.

That is it. This should be easy. Just don't forget to take this seriously, I do not want to fail anyone from this class, and some of you need to get a really good grade on this to make up for poor performances on the second partial or on the Streetwise quiz.

Monday, May 31, 2010

The Sicario

Post questions about The Sicario here.

Monday, May 24, 2010

Pulp Fiction

Post questions about Pulp Fiction here.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Streetwise Test

Streetwise Test

Be sure to answer every part of every question. Many people lose points because they only partly answer questions.
1.What are some of the things that Rat does to get food?
2.Describe the Funeral and he events that led to it.
3.Describe six people from the movie, with names if possible. Tell me something that each one said or did. Be specific.
4.Rat explained why the girls in Streetwise work as they do. What did he say? Why does he think they do it? What do you think?
5.Who is in love with Rat?
6.Choose someone from the movie and tell me what advice you would give them if you could.
7.Do you think that you could do a better job of living on the street than the kids in the movie? What do they do that you would do differently?
8.Do you think that Rat is intelligent? Why or why not?
9.What did Dewayne say that he expected out of life? What do you think about his goals?

Monday, May 3, 2010