Midterm True/False Flashcards
Critical thinking is mainly concerned with criticizing the views of others.
False, critical thinking was mainly thinking based on criteria
Xantippe was Socrates’ wife.
True
Socrates’ wife was known as “the Pythia”
False, the Pythia is the oracle of Delphi
Socrates’ mother was a midwife.
True
The Oracle of Delphi told Socrates that he was an ignorant man and a sophist.
False, she said that he was the wisest of all
Socrates believed in the fundamental equality of all humans.
True
Socrates preferred to talk with people from the upper class.
False, believed in the equality of all
Socrates was a wonderful writer. He wrote many best-selling books.
False, what we know of Socrates is from what his students have written
Socrates was a real “clothes horse,” or a ‘fashionista,’ always wearing designer togas and fine garments. He hated the idea of ‘voluntary simplicity.
False, Socrates believed in voluntary simplicity
Philosophy and myth differ in this way: philosophy, but not myth, attempts to make sense of the world on the basis of reason and observation.
True
Socrates was an atheist. He did not believe in the immortality of the soul. That was one of the two accusations leading his death.
False, Socrates believed in God but was falsely accused of impiety
Socrates was executed by firing squad because of impiety and corruption.
True
Socrates was charged with these two capital offenses: corrupting the youth and impiety or disbelieving in the official gods of the city-state (Athens).
True
“KNOW THYSELF,” or “GNOTHI SEAUTON,” in Greek was the motto posted above the entrance of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. These words became the motto of Socrates’ life as well.
True
Cognitive biases are philosophical obstacles to critical thinking
False, they are psychological biases
