Philosophers
This philosopher believed in the ideal forms, or ideas which lay beyond human perception.
Who was Plato
This is the study of being and what is really real.
What is ontology.
This is what Plato's Cave cautions us about what we see with our own eyes.
Should we distrust what we see with our own eyes.
The study of fallacies and logic belong to the 'normative' questions in which branch of philosophy.
What is epistemology?
What is: "of two competing theories the simplest one is usually the most accurate".
What is Ockhams Razor?
This philosopher was the first great biologist
Who was Aristotle
This branch of philosophy states that everything is interconnected. Quantum physics might prove this.
What is metaphysics.
The Cave represents how Plato views the physical world.
What is an illusion.
This can be defined as knowledge
What is a proposition that is known to be true and supported by evidence.
The arguments trying to prove or disprove Gods' existence often fall into this fallacy.
What is begging the question?
Socrates was put to death for this.
What was corrupting the youth.
This branch of philosophy studies "how do we know what we know".
What is Espistemology
The prisoners in the cave represent who.
What is us?
This is a proposition where there is no doubt about its truth.
What is certainty.
The way the monks and the Abott defer to Jorge in all decisions could be considered an example of this fallacy.
What is a faulty appeal to authority?
According to Aristotle, the highest pleasure and highest personal good is this.
What is Eudimonia
The study of dreams belongs to this branch of philosophy.
What is ontology?
The allegory of the Cave contains what fundamental and abiding theme in philosophy?
What is truth.
This is a type of reasoning whereby logical inference seeks the simplest and most likely conclusions from observation.
What is abductive reasoning
These are universals and reveal a key conflict in how we think.
What are superstitions?
According to Aristotelian Ethics this was the difference between 'some' good and 'the' good.
What is some good where every individual has a part to play in achieving 'the good'. For example, although you might be a carpenter, and contributing 'some' good to the final product; 'the' good is the actual product, such as a ship.
Epistemology is the study of these three things. (The Name of the Rose concentrated on this)
What is truth, knowledge and belief.
Plato was lamenting this in his allegory of the Cave.
"What is the effect of education and the lack of it on our nature".
The following is an example of what logical fallacy?
A party spokesperson contests election results: “Our candidate lost the election because of widespread voter fraud. Unless you can prove that no instances of fraud occurred, the election results are illegitimate.”
What is the burden of proof?
The monks, Gui and the Abbot all held this proposition that they held to be true but without evidence
What is belief?