Frank or Ted?
Pope Francis or Ted Kaczynski?
“Technology is a more powerful social force than the aspiration for freedom.”
(Industrial Society §127)
Stimulus:
All roses are flowers.
All flowers need sunlight.
Question:
Which of the following must be true?
Answer Choices:
A. All roses need sunlight.
B. Some flowers do not need sunlight.
C. All plants need sunlight.
D. Some roses are not flowers.
E. Roses grow faster than flowers.
A. All roses need sunlight. ✅
B. Some flowers do not need sunlight.
C. All plants need sunlight.
D. Some roses are not flowers.
E. Roses grow faster than flowers.
This American pragmatist philosopher coined the term “stream of consciousness” and wrote The Principles of Psychology.
➡️ Who is William James?
123 + 873
996
“Modernity is a Machine for destroying _______.” (Paul Kingsnorth, Against the Machine)
limits
Pope Francis or Ted Kaczynski?
“We must forcefully reject the notion that being human means being absolute masters of our own lives and of all creation.”
(LS §68)
Stimulus:
No athletes are lazy.
All swimmers are athletes.
Question:
Which of the following must be true?
Answer Choices:
A. Some swimmers are lazy.
B. No swimmers are lazy.
C. All athletes are swimmers.
D. Some athletes are not swimmers.
E. No lazy people are athletes.
Answer Choices:
A. Some swimmers are lazy.
B. No swimmers are lazy. ✅
C. All athletes are swimmers.
D. Some athletes are not swimmers.
E. No lazy people are athletes.
This German idealist philosopher proposed the “Phenomenology of Spirit,” tracing consciousness from sense-certainty to absolute knowing.
➡️ Who is G.W.F. Hegel?
12 X 13
156
“ _________ is the growing conviction that change is the only permanence, and uncertainty the only certainty. A hundred years ago 'to be modern' meant to chase 'the final state of perfection' -- now it means an infinity of improvement, with no 'final state' in sight and none desired. (Excerpts from Zygmunt Bauman, Liquid Modernity)
Liquid Modernity
Pope Francis or Ted Kaczynski?
“Modern man is strapped down by a network of rules and regulations… he cannot even feed himself without access to the system.”
(Industrial Society §119)
Stimulus:
Every professor in the philosophy department teaches at least one course in ethics.
Some professors in the philosophy department also teach courses in logic.
Question:
Which of the following must be true?
Answer Choices:
A. Some professors who teach ethics also teach logic.
B. Every professor who teaches logic also teaches ethics.
C. No professor teaches both ethics and logic.
D. All professors in the philosophy department teach logic.
E. Some professors in the philosophy department teach neither ethics nor logic.
A. Some professors who teach ethics also teach logic.
B. Every professor who teaches logic also teaches ethics. ✅
C. No professor teaches both ethics and logic.
D. All professors in the philosophy department teach logic.
E. Some professors in the philosophy department teach neither ethics nor logic.
This British empiricist argued that the self is nothing more than a “bundle of perceptions.”
➡️ Who is David Hume?
8843 - 9831
-988
“Modernism is a way of life without ______, only _______.” Michael Tellbrig, author of the Crossroads)
purpose; progress
Pope Francis or Ted Kaczynski?
“People have a sense that life is empty and purposeless. This is part of the motive for acquiring consumer goods.”
(Industrial Society §65)
Stimulus:
If a company increases advertising, then sales will increase.
If sales increase, then profits will increase.
This company increased advertising.
Question:
Which of the following must be true?
Answer Choices:
A. The company’s profits increased.
B. The company’s sales decreased.
C. The company’s profits might decrease.
D. The company will advertise less in the future.
E. The company’s competitors will increase advertising.
Answer Choices:
A. The company’s profits increased. ✅
B. The company’s sales decreased.
C. The company’s profits might decrease.
D. The company will advertise less in the future.
E. The company’s competitors will increase advertising.
This French post-structuralist philosopher wrote Discipline and Punish and analyzed the workings of power in modern institutions.
➡️ Who is Michel Foucault?
511/73
7
"The modern person is someone who thinks that ‘_____it is no longer possible.” (Del Noce)
today
Pope Francis or Ted Kaczynski?
“We were not meant to be inundated by cement, asphalt, glass and metal, and deprived of physical contact with nature.”
(LS §44)
Stimulus:
Every member of the city council is either a lawyer or a teacher.
No teacher on the council supports the new zoning proposal.
At least one lawyer on the council supports the new zoning proposal.
Question:
Which of the following must be true?
Answer Choices:
A. No lawyer on the council opposes the new zoning proposal.
B. At least one member of the council supports the new zoning proposal.
C. Every member of the council supports the new zoning proposal.
D. Some teachers on the council support the new zoning proposal.
E. Only lawyers are members of the council.
Answer Choices:
A. No lawyer on the council opposes the new zoning proposal.
B. At least one member of the council supports the new zoning proposal. ✅
C. Every member of the council supports the new zoning proposal.
D. Some teachers on the council support the new zoning proposal.
E. Only lawyers are members of the council.
This ancient Chinese philosopher is known for the paradox “the usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness.”
➡️ Who is Laozi?
Square root of 324
18
“Our model citizen is a sophisticate who before puberty understands how to produce a baby, but who at the age of thirty will not know how __________.” (Wendell Berry, Think Little)
to produce a potato