Russell & Midgley
Peirce & Clifford
James & Dewey
Wild Card
100
This philosopher says philosophy is optional.
Who is Bertrand Russell
100
Pierce says the action of thinking is excited by the irritation of what?
What is doubt
100
_______________ is the ability to anticipate the future consequences of future events
What is intelligence
100
The latin root of philosophy
What is love of wisdom
200
The definition of a system
what is parts + relationship = function
200
Peirce's method that explains a fixed belief as an individual stubbornly holding a belief in even in the face of counter evidence
What is the method of tenacity
200
Dewey says our experience is ______________ & ______________. "experience... a matter of simultaneous doings and sufferings."
What is affective and effective
200
Who said it, "Meaning, if there is such a thing, is a matter of whether and how things add up in the greater scheme of things...Minimally it involves a truthful assessment of what living a finite life adds up to.
Who is Owen Flanagan
300
According to Russell, "for a mind closed off to speculation the world will seem __________, ___________, and _____________
What is definite, finite, and obvious
300
In Cliffords thesis he states, It is wrong ___________, ___________, and ______________ to believe anything upon insufficient evidence
What is always, everywhere, and for anyone
300
James said God = a "more" Name the two things "more" could represent?
What is 1. extension of the subconscious mind 2. something transcendental and mystical
300
Who said it, "Most of the history of philosophy consists of failed models of mind."
Who is E.O. Wilson
400
Midgley says messes are always these 3 things
What are systemic, practical, and conceptual
400
In Clifford's Weight of Authority test, he says we may accept a belief as true based on the authority of another in those cases where we have reasonable grounds to trust for trusting the persons what? 3 things
What is veracity, knowledge, and judgement
400
According to James, for an option to be genuine, it has to be ___________, ________________, and _______________
What is living, forced, and momentous
400
two part question: 1.Name the truck driver (star of the film) from Who the #$*% is Jackson Pollock 2. Name the art expert from the film (the over the top one)
1. Teri Horton 2. Thomas Hoving
500
Name 3 of the 4 things Russell says a person without philosophy is trapped by.
What is 1.traditional prejudices 2. habitually held customary beliefs 3. narrow hopes and fears 4. unsupported convictions (dogmatic assurances
500
Name all 4 of Peirces Methods for fixing (firming) a belief
What is Method of Tenacity. Method of Authority. A priori Method. Method of Science
500
Name at least 4 of the 5 stages of Inquiry
1. a felt (or experienced) difficulty 2. understanding the difficulties context 3. consideration of possible solution 4. reason consideration and elaboration of possible solution 5. observation and experiment leading to the acceptance or rejection of solution
500
Two Part question, 1. Name the cave from the movie Cave of Forgotten dreams 2. Name the era the cave paintings are from
What is 1. Chauvet Cave 2. Upper Paleolithic
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