PHI 103 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE

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PHI 103 Final Exam Study Guide

Question 1. In order to figure out the problem one wants to solve, one must:

Question 2. The following are ideas for becoming a good student:

Question 3. In the dialogue, Socrates claims that one must be removed from this in
order to grasp the higher intellectual virtues:

Question 4. This is the term for presentation of an idea through one-sided and
emotional rhetoric:

Question 5. This person has a fanatical commitment to ideas and beliefs that can lead
to negative outcomes and/or harmful behavior:

Question 6. For John Dewey, open-minded inquiry is:

Question 7. The sun in Platos allegory is

Question 8. Which of the following standards of thinking relates to how one can verify if
the answer to a question or problem is on topic?

Question 9. This is the main question that DuBois wants to examine in this essay

Question 10. This is the movement of the prisoner.

Question 11. Are you taking a quiz?

Question 12. Michael Jordan was a great football player.

Question 13. Does the nature of reality consist in an ultimately creative impulse?

Question 14. Hooray!

Question 15. Why do we feed so many pounds of plants to animals each year?

Question 16. Ayn Rand believed that selfishness was a virtue.

Question 17. Moby Dick is a great novel.

Question 18. The library at the local university has over 300,000 books.

Question 19. How many feet are in a mile?

Question 20. Was it time for you to leave?

Question 21. For an arrow to reach its target, it must make it halfway to its target after it
has been shot. However, once it is halfway, it must then make it half of that distance to
reach the target. It will continue to have to reach halfway of each concurrent length.
Therefore, the arrow can never reach its target.
True or False: The first sentence is the conclusion of this argument.

Question 22. All doctors are people who are committed to enhancing the health of their
patients. No people who purposely harm others can consider themselves to be doctors.
It follows that some people who harm others do not enhance the health of their patients.
Which of the following is the conclusion of this argument?

Question 23. This is not the best of all possible worlds, because the best of all possible
worlds would not contain suffering, and this world contains much suffering.
True or False: This argument has two premises.

Question 24. God must exist for there can be no other explanation for the order and
complexity of the world. Some say there is no proof, but to me the proof is all around us.
The conclusion of this argument is:

Question 25. If you eat candy all that candy then you will get sick. If you get sick then
you wont be able to go to the dance. If you dont go to the dance you wont be able to
dance with Hilary. If you dont get to dance with Hilary then you will be miserable. So
you shouldnt eat it.

What is the conclusion of this argument?

Question 26. If you drive too fast, you will get into an accident. If you get into an
accident your insurance premiums will increase. Therefore, if you drive too fast, your
insurance premiums will increase.
True or False: The statement, If you drive too fast, you will get into an accident is two
premises.

Question 27. Dogs are better than cats, since they always listen to what their masters
say. They also are more fun and energetic.
True or False: The first sentence of this argument contains two premises.

Question 28. I dont like football. It is violent and brutal and full of ads. I think that I will
go ice skating instead.
Which of these three sentences is neither a premise nor a conclusion in the argument?

Question 29. All dogs are warm-blooded. All warm-blooded creatures are mammals.
Hence, all dogs are mammals.

True or False: The sentence, Hence, all dogs are mammals, is a premise in this
argument.

Question 30. I would say that the redevelopment of PHI 103 was a huge success.
Students are learning more, the course is more engaging, it is easier to assess student
work in the course, and the faculty enjoy teaching the course more.
True or False: There are three premises in this argument.

Question 31. Every time I turn on the radio, all I hear is vulgar language about sex,
violence, and drugs. Whether its rock and roll or rap, its all the same. The trend
towards vulgarity has to change. If it doesnt, younger children will begin speaking in
these ways and this will spoil their innocence.

Question 32. The farmers in Poland have produced over 500 bushels of wheat on
average the past 10 years. This year they will produce over 500 bushels of wheat.

Question 33. If we save up money for a house, then we will have a place to stay with
our children. However, we havent saved up any money for a house. Therefore, we
wont have a place to stay with our children.

Question 34. Because all Libertarians believe in more individual freedom, all people
who believe in individual freedom are Libertarians.

Question 35. The legalization of drugs is neither unwise nor immoral. It is not unwise
because by legalizing drugs we would eliminate the illegal drug trade. Hence, by
legalizing drugs, we would rid our nation of all the violence that goes along with the
illegal drug trade. Furthermore, the legalization of drugs is not immoral because it can
be combined with a massive program of moral education.

Question 36. I know that Stephen has a lot of money. His parents drive Mercedes. His
dogs wear cashmere sweaters, and he paid cash for his Hummer.

Question 37. Almost all the people I know who are translators have their translators
license from the ATA. Carla is a translator. Therefore, she must have a license from the
ATA.

Question 38. Joe must make a lot of money teaching philosophy, since most philosophy
professors are rich.

Question 39. This is not the best of all possible worlds, because the best of all possible
worlds would not contain suffering, and this world contains much suffering.

Question 40. Chances are that I will not be able to get in to see Slipknot since it is an
over 21 show, and Jeffrey, James, and Sloan were all carded when they tried to get in to
the club.

Question 41. Marcia: I think Tiger Woods is the best golfer of our day.
Minji: Gimme a break. Anybody who would cheat on his wife and family with hundreds
of women is a monster.

Question 42. Everyone likes Friends so it must be a good show.

Question 43. Spouse: I know that you get angry a lot. Im sure that pretty soon you will
hit me or something. And what are we gonna do when we have kids? You will probably
beat them until they run out of the house and I will be left childless and abused!

Question 44. If we legalize gay marriage, the whole world will decay morally.

Question 45. I strongly oppose the oppositions view that we shouldnt care about our
childrens education.
Question 46. Did you see the men land on the moon? Then how can you be so sure
that it happened?

Question 47. You only oppose her policies because you lost the election to her.

Question 48. Tommy Toker: Laws against drug use are such a waste. There will always
be ways for people to get their hands on drugs no matter how many laws we pass.

Question 49. TV Preacher: You knowin the Old Testament God told people to give
10% of whatever they had as an offering to Him. In fact, in one story, God kills 100,000
Israelites because they fail to honor his demands. This teaching remains true to this
day. Now lets pass around the offering plates.

Question 50. TV Preacher: Just a $50 love gift per month is all it takes to live a life of
economic health and prosperity. God will reward your generous donation with ten times
more blessings in your own life if you donate to our ministry.