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Meta-what??

Don’t Touch my Ding an Sich !. Those Greek Bastards. I Think, Therefore I am Confused. Meta-what??. To Torture or not to Torture?. Potpourri. Final Jeopardy. $100. $100. $100. $100. $100. $100. $200. $200. $200. $200. $200. $200. $300. $300. $300. $300. $300. $300. $400.

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Meta-what??

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  1. Don’t Touch my Ding an Sich! Those Greek Bastards I Think, Therefore I am Confused Meta-what?? To Torture or not to Torture? Potpourri Final Jeopardy $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

  2. $100 “What is the nature of ultimate reality?”

  3. $100 Metaphysics Back

  4. $200 “What ought I do?”

  5. $200 Axiology Back

  6. $300 “Are there limits to man’s knowledge?”

  7. $300 Epistemology Back

  8. $400 Rationalism

  9. $400 Epistemology Back

  10. $500 “Does God exist?”

  11. $500 Metaphysics Back

  12. $100 According to Plato’s allegory of the cave, what do the chains represent?

  13. $100 Our senses Back

  14. $200 What axiology does Socrates embrace?

  15. $200 “To know the good is to do the good” Back

  16. $300 What metaphysical concept does Aristotle use to describe substances as a combination of matter and form?

  17. $300 Hylomorphic composition Back

  18. Daily Double

  19. $400 According to Aristotle, how do we determine the correct way to act?

  20. $400 Find the “golden mean” Back

  21. $500 For Plato, what should the escaped prisoner do once he escapes from the cave?

  22. $500 Go back into the cave and educate the remaining prisoners. Back

  23. $100 Deontological ethics state that you should act a certain way based on what?

  24. $100 Duty or Virtue—NOT based on consequences Back

  25. $200 Name the ethical system that claims “right” and “wrong” are universal and immutable.

  26. $200 Ethical Absolutism Back

  27. $300 Name one of the philosophers we discussed who agreed with the pilot’s actions in the Cold Equations.

  28. $300 Aristotle (the mean) Kant (the categorical imperative) Back

  29. $400 What ethical system advocates self-interest as the guiding factor in moral decision-making?

  30. $400 Egoism Back

  31. $500 What name did Kant give to his ethical rule calling for the universalization and rationalization of morality?

  32. $500 The Categorical Imperative Back

  33. $100 Why did Descartes necessarily need to prove the existence of God?

  34. $100 To prove that things outside of himself existed. Back

  35. $200 What epistemological approach did Descartes champion?

  36. $200 Rationalism. Back

  37. $300 What did Descartes try to prove in his example of the piece of wax?

  38. $300 That our senses cannot truly tell us anything—our mind is superior. Back

  39. $400 According to Hume, if we take empiricism to a radical extreme, what conclusion must we come to?

  40. $400 That we can never really know anything. Back

  41. $500 According to Hume, why do we think we know that the sun will rise tomorrow, or that one billiard ball causes another one to move?

  42. $500 Out of belief or habit Back

  43. $100 Describe the dualism advocated by Descartes.

  44. $100 Mind-body (or metaphysical) dualism. Back

  45. $200 This philosophical approach claims that “existence precedes essence” and “man is the measure of all things.”

  46. $200 Existentialism Back

  47. $300 Aristotle believed that everything had an ultimate end or purpose. What word describes the potentiality that Aristotle believed in?

  48. $300 Teleology Back

  49. $400 How did Descartes prove that God exists?

  50. $400 The idea of a perfect God could only originate from a perfect God. Back

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