Final

Question 1

What is the Dunning-Kruger Effect?

Answer 1

We are better than we think we are at things

Question 2

Who tends to rate themselves the best at things?

Answer 2

Those with the least ability-they don’t know what is right so they assume they are right

Question 3

How can stats be manipulated?

Answer 3

Through lurking variables

Question 4

What is the Paradox of Unanimity?

Answer 4

Unanimity is not always a good thing-when something is 10/10 start evaluating that

Question 5

What are paradoxes?

Answer 5

A statement that despite valid reasoning, appears to be true, but in reality is false

Question 6

What is deduction?

Answer 6

Top down logic, premises to conclusions

Question 7

What is induction?

Answer 7

Down up, premises go to conclusions based on what they provide evidence for

Question 8

What is the Strawman Fallacy?

Answer 8

Misrepresenting someone’s arugement to make it easier to attack

Question 9

Which fallacy is this: After Ignatius made new restrictions on the dress code, Sam said that the school hates kids and wants education to be more like prison

Answer 9

Strawman Fallacy

Question 10

What is the False Clause Fallacy?

Answer 10

Making a false relationship between two things

Question 11

Which fallacy is this: Because my grades are going down and global warming is increasing, global warming is making my grades go down

Answer 11

False Clause Fallacy

Question 12

What is the Bandwagon Fallacy?

Answer 12

Appealing to popularity as a form of validation

Question 13

Which fallacy is this: Because everyone owns the new iphone, it is the best phone on Earth

Answer 13

Bandwagon Fallacy

Question 14

What is the Begging the Question Fallacy?

Answer 14

A circular argument in which the conclusion was included in the premise

Question 15

Which fallacy is this: the book is a bestseller because it sold the most copies

Answer 15

Begging the Question Fallacy

Question 16

What is the Middle Ground Fallacy?

Answer 16

A middle point between two extremes must me true

Question 17

Which fallacy is this: I claim that elephants can fly, and Sam claims that no elephants can fly. Therefore some elephants can fly

Answer 17

Middle Ground Fallacy

Question 18

What is the Anecdotal Fallacy?

Answer 18

Using an isolated personal experience instead of a sound argument/evidence

Question 19

Which fallacy is this: The stats say to buy a Honda, but Sam had his Honda stolen last week, so don’t get a Honda because they are not safe

Answer 19

Anecdotal Fallacy

Question 20

What is the Non-Sequitur/Red Herring Fallacy?

Answer 20

An attempt to divert the question away from the original prompt

Question 21

Which fallacy is this: all trees are tall, and all tall things are yellow, therefore trees are green

Answer 21

Non-Sequitur/Red Herring Fallacy

Question 22

What is epistemology?

Answer 22

The study of knowledge

Question 23

What is the practical man?

Answer 23

The person who only cares about the here and now and material goods and not about knowledge

Question 24

Should we choose ideas or information?

Answer 24

Ideas

Question 25

Why should philosophy be studied?

Answer 25

For the questions not the answers

Question 26

What is the message behind the Allegory of the Cave?

Answer 26

We are all being trapped in a cave and need to escape to the truth

Question 27

Who came up with the forms?

Answer 27

Plato

Question 28

What are the forms?

Answer 28

A truth about our life, and the perfect image of what something should be

Question 29

What is a priori knowledge?

Answer 29

Concepts obtained independent of experince

Question 30

Is this a priori or a posteriori: 3+3=6

Answer 30

A priori

Question 31

Is this a priori or a posteriori: If something is red, it has a color

Answer 31

A priori

Question 32

Is this a priori or a posteriori: if you want to know if an elephant fits in your closet, you have to go and see yourself

Answer 32

A posteriori

Question 33

What is a posteriori knowledge?

Answer 33

Concepts obtained through experince

Question 34

What is knowledge?

Answer 34

A justified true belief

Question 35

What is relativism?

Answer 35

The idea that there is no absolute truth, and that truth only exists to certain individuals or cultures

Question 36

What are the theological virtues?

Answer 36

Faith, Hope, Love

Question 37

What is the most important theological virtue?

Answer 37

Love-it guides all others

Question 38

Where did we get the theological virtues from?

Answer 38

St. Paul’s Writings

Question 39

What are the cardinal virtues and their meanings?

Answer 39

Temperance (self control), Courage (reasonable hope that you can succeed), Justice (making sure everyone gets what they deserve), Wisdom (knowledge gained overtime)

Question 40

What did Aristotle say about happiness?

Answer 40

Chose happiness over pleasure, it is the universal truth, it is the goal at the end of life (in a religious context get to heaven with God)

Question 41

What is Kant’s Categorical Imperative?

Answer 41

A certain action must be true and done always

Question 42

What is another way to word Kant’s Categorical Imperative?

Answer 42

If you don’t want it done to you, don’t do it

Question 43

What is consequentialism?

Answer 43

Right/wrongness of an action is dependent on the results it produces

Question 44

What is a drawback of consequentialism?

Answer 44

It can be used to justify bad actions (murder)

Question 45

What is Divine Command Theory?

Answer 45

Do the action that is commanded by God

Question 46

What is Teleology?

Answer 46

Right/wrongness is determined by the end goal/purpose

Question 47

What is natural law?

Answer 47

Do good and avoid evil, God has given us stuff for a purpose