Philosophy 001 - Introduction to Philosophy » Spring 2021 » Chapter 2 Quiz

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Question #1
What philosopher argued that humans act only out of self-interest and are material bodies?
A.   Thomas Hobbes
B.   Sigmund Freud
C.   Mark Mercer
D.   Aristotle
Question #2
Hobbes believed that humans were altruistic
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #3
Aristotle held that all living things have a purpose.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #4
All that a valid deductive argument guarantees is that if its premises are true, then the conclusion has to be true
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #5
By soul Plato meant "inner self"
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #6
The philosophical view that human beings act only out of self-interest is called
A.   Altruism
B.   Natural selection
C.   Existentialism
D.   Psychological egoism
Question #7
What philosopher argues that our ability to reason is the characteristic that sets the human self apart from all other creatures of nature?
A.   Aristotle
B.   Darwin
C.   Augustine
D.   Aquinas
Question #8
What philosopher argued that our individual identity depends on relationships with others, such that who we are cannot be separated from our relationship with others?
A.   Hegel
B.   Plato
C.   Sartre
D.   Aristotle
Question #9
What, for Plato, was an eternal and perfect ideal that existed in an unchanging heaven?
A.   Particulars
B.   Reason
C.   Forms
D.   Souls
Question #10
The philosopher Harry Browne upholds what philosophical view?
A.   Egoism
B.   Libertarianism
C.   Determinism
D.   Skepticism

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