Ancient Philosophy
Modern Philosophy & Antiquity
Philosophy, History, and Consciousness
Existentialism
Logic & Critical Thinking
100

Conceptualized the relationship between the body and the soul as that between a sailor and a ship. 

Who is Plato? 

100

This is how Descartes distinguished the two types of substances in his metaphysics. 

What are extended substance and non-extended/mental substance? 

100

Kuhn introduces this concept to explain how science progresses. 

What is a paradigm? 

100
This is Sartre's famous slogan from "Existentialism is a humanism" (& what does it mean?) 

What is "Existence precedes essence"? 

100

This pedagogical model is focused on memorization and regurgitation; it's hegemonic in much of the US school system currently. 

What is the banking model of education? 

200

Conceptualized the body and soul in terms of potentiality and actuality, respectively; the soul is the "principle of motion" actualizing the potentials of the body. 

Who is Aristotle? 

200

Hobbes claimed human beings were basically analogous to this. 

What is a complex biological machine? 

200
This is the "slogan" Marx uses to explain his historical materialist viewpoint in The German Ideology

What is "Consciousness doesn't determine life, but life determines consciousness"?

200

Existentialists argue that this is the source of meaning. 

What is human action/freedom?

200

This type of reasoning deals with probability. 

What is inductive reasoning? 

300

Socrates divides his accusers into these categories. 

What is old and new? 

300
These are the three stages of doubt mentioned in the first of Descartes' Meditations. 

What are the senses deceiving, the possibility of dreaming, and the evil demon? 

300

Tolentino argues that phones have had the following effect on consciousness. 

(Multiple answers possible): example - What is regulating our affects/mood? 

300

The concept of bad faith refers to this. 

What is denying one's freedom/responsibility? 

300

This type of reasoning infers to the best possible explanation. 

What is abductive reasoning? 

400

These are the 4 main charges against Socrates in the Apology. 

What is corrupting the youth, impiety, making the weaker argument the stronger, and claiming to have secret knowledge of nature? 

400
Augustine argues that this is a requirement for human beings to have free will. 

What is the ability to do evil? 

400

Kant argues that the following is the main source of social progress in history. 

Intellectual independence

400

Simone de Beauvoir argues that Americans have a problematic relationship to these two things. 

What are time and money? 

400

This type of reasoning carries the weight of logical necessity, rather than probabilistic likelihood. 

What is deductive reasoning? 

500

These are the two sources of confusion mentioned in the Allegory of the Cave

What is going from the darkness to the light, and from the light to the darkness? 
500

Elizabeth criticizes Descartes' philosophy by pointing out this issue.

What is the interaction problem? 

500

This astronomical advance caused a deep shift in humanity's self-understanding. 

What is the Copernican revolution? 

500

Existentialism identifies this universal feature of humanity. 

What is the involvement in projects? 
500

An argument is this when its premises are false but the logical structure of the argument works. 

What is valid but not sound?