Knowledge vs Wisdom
Who wrote the Republic?
Plato
Define knowledge
Facts, common knowledge, math equations, the numbers of pi, memorization
Who created the Wax problem?
Name of the philosopher who said personal identity is based on memory
John Locke
One of my family members
Which ancient Chinese philosopher said "Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom”?
Lao Tzu
Define wisdom
How you apply knowledge, insights, grouping facts and arriving at conclusions
What two things does Descartes think make up reality?
Who introduced the Prince and the Cobbler?
John Locke
The university I went to
University of Toronto
What thought experiment did Descartes use to doubt everything he knew?
Dream argument (maybe we are in a dream)
What is Justified True Belief
In simple terms, what is the “mind-body problem”?
In Locke’s theory, if you lose your memories, are you still the same person?
No
I drink this every morning
Coffee
Which philosopher believed that wisdom begins in wonder?
Plato
Why is it a problem if someone has a true belief that isn't justified?
It could be considered chance or luck.
What’s one reason someone might reject the Big Bang as the beginning of everything?
Expansion of the universe
What does Parfit’s teleportation thought experiment try to challenge?
My dog's name
Bruno
In Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, what do the shadows on the wall represent, and what does the journey out of the cave symbolize?
Illusions or false beliefs (shadows), and the journey toward true knowledge or wisdom (leaving the cave)
What does cosmology try to understand?
The universe.
Imagine you slowly replace every part of a robot with identical new parts until none of the original parts remain. Is it still the same robot? What is the name of this kind of philosophical problem?
The ship of Theseus
My age
23