Plato

Question 1

What does a priori mean

Answer 1

Using reason to get a conclusion

Question 2

What does a posteriori mean

Answer 2

Using empirical evidence to get a conclusion

Question 3

What is Plato’s theory of the forms

Answer 3

The idea that everything in the world has a perfect form or existence in a separate world

Question 4

Which way does Plato obtain his conclusion

Answer 4

A priori

Question 5

What are the two worlds in Plato’s theory of the forms

Answer 5

The world of forms and the material world

Question 6

What is Plato’s famous quote

Answer 6

Everything tangible flows

Question 7

What is the most important form

Answer 7

The form of the good

Question 8

What form does everything have within it

Answer 8

The form of the good

Question 9

What analogy does Plato use to illustrate his theory of the forms

Answer 9

The analogy of the cave

Question 10

What does the cave represent in Plato’s analogy of the cave

Answer 10

The visible material world

Question 11

What do the prisoners represent in Plato’s analogy of the cave

Answer 11

Humans

Question 12

What does the freed prisoner represent in Plato’s analogy of the cave

Answer 12

Philosophers and humans who understand the theory of the forms

Question 13

What do the shadows represent in Plato’s analogy of the cave

Answer 13

Everything in the material world that we sense

Question 14

What does the outside world represent in Plato’s analogy of the cave

Answer 14

The world of forms

Question 15

What does the escape from the cave represent in Plato’s analogy of the cave

Answer 15

The acknowledgment that everything is not real

Question 16

What does the return to the cave represent in Plato’s analogy of the cave

Answer 16

Philosophers trying to educate humans

Question 17

What does the sun represent in the theory of the cave

Answer 17

The form of the good

Question 18

Do David Hume and Richard Dawkins support Plato and why

Answer 18

They oppose him. Because the talk of transcendent is meaningless. Ideas of the physical world are counter intuitive and the physical world has empirical evidence

Question 19

What does counterintuitive mean

Answer 19

It goes against rational sense

Question 20

Why does Plato say we shouldn’t trust our senses

Answer 20

They are inferior

Question 21

What could counter Plato’s idea of our senses

Answer 21

We use them for survival and they give us a better understanding of the world around us

Question 22

Expand on the argument that Plato lacks clarity

Answer 22

It’s not clear how the world of forms relates to our world. Do the forms relate to specific materials (breeds). Is there an ideal form of cancer

Question 23

Are John Locke and Bertrand Russel against Plato and why

Answer 23

Oppose him because it’s not logical for there to be a world we can’t see. Our reality is based on sensory evidence not reason

Question 24

Are the logical positivist in support of Plato and why

Answer 24

Against. There’s no absolute value (subjective). People have their own opinions. Two people wouldn’t come to the same conclusion as to what good is

Question 25

Is infinite regression in favour of Plato and why

Answer 25

Against. Is there an ideal form of the ideal form. Makes the theory seem less plausible

Question 26

What is infinite regression also knows as

Answer 26

The third man argument

Question 27

Is Mel Thompson against Plato and why

Answer 27

Against. The cave doesn’t reflect the world we inhabit. The analogy and theory are ineffective. People can’t relate to the analogy as easily