Ancient Wisdom and Philosophy Quiz
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What did the oracle at Delphi claim about Solomon?

  • No one was wiser than him (correct)
  • He was the richest man in the world
  • He was the most skilled warrior
  • He was the most powerful ruler
  • What does Descartes claim in 'Meditations on First Philosophy' about establishing knowledge?

  • We should doubt everything and start from scratch
  • In order to establish a firm foundation for a system of knowledge, we should believe everything based on the senses and then work backward
  • We should accept everything without questioning
  • In order to discover the Archimedean point upon which we can build a system of knowledge, we ought to exclude anything that can be subject to doubt (correct)
  • What is Socrates' point in the dialogue with Meno regarding the slave and knowledge of geometrical truths?

  • The slave was previously a student of Pythagoras.
  • The truth about reality is always in our soul and that we need to recollect it. (correct)
  • The unexamined life is worth living.
  • The unexamined life is not worth living.
  • According to Sandra Harding, which of the following is not a site of controversy for standpoint theory?

    <p>The Enlightenment tradition of modernity gave epistemic primacy to the individual</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Thomas Hobbes think a sovereign power must be?

    <p>Must be such as to be under the control of the governed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did Hegel practice phenomenology?

    <p>A way of validating the phenomena experienced by the arbitrary individual</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is standpoint theory's view on knowledge?

    <p>Knowledge is a social construction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What distinguishes standpoint theory from the Enlightenment tradition regarding knowers?

    <p>It gives epistemic primacy to social groups instead of individuals</p> Signup and view all the answers

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