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Philosophy t3
Philosophy t3
Philosophy t3
Which book, written by Kierkegaard, gives the reader a choice between aesthetic and the ethical?
[Either/ Or] LHp 153
Who was the philosopher who wrote under the name Johannes de Silentio - John of Silence? (Soren
Kierkegaard)
What was Darwin's famous book called? (On the Origin of Species)
Mill's message, " Every adult should be free to live as he or she pleases as long as no one else is harmed"
is known as ________? The Harm Principle [LH p141]
Who was a German philosopher and a major figure in German Idealism? Hegal
Schopenhauer believed that we are all apart of what he called _______. [The World of Will
For Schopenhauer, the reality exists in what two aspects? ( Will and Representation)
What book did John Mill write about giving people room to grow like trees? (On Liberty)
What was Bertrand Russell's method of explaining how what we say relates to what exists called?
(Theory of Descriptions)
How old was Alfred Jules Ayer when he wrote Language, Truth, and Logic (LTL)?
______ is the special category of people who think that all talk of God existing or not existing is
complete nonsense?
Henry Sidewick, a late 19th century Victorian philosopher and professor at Cambridge University who
wrote "Method of Ethics" was a ________ utilitarian. (hedonistic)
Who discovered the third great revolution in human thought called unconsciousness? ( Sigmund Freud)
What philosopher was a mathematician and helped invent the modern computer? ( Alan Turing)
What philosopher asserted that it is just as wrong to perform painful experiments on an animal as it is to
perform them on a mentally disabled human being? (Peter Singer)
What did Alan Turing originally name the Turing Test? (The Imitation Game)
Originally called the Imitation Game, _________ was a test for artificial intelligence
Who wrote the most influential book of the twentieth century, called A Theory of Justice? (John Rawls)
What type of income is emphasized in Rawls' "A Theory of Justice"? (Average income)
Which philosopher founded the school of thought known as Existentialism, which believes that human
life is meaningless and the only purpose for our lives are what we give them? (Sartre)
Who was the best known philosopher of the twentieth century? (Jean-Paul Sartre)
What was the name of the cafe in which Jean-Paul Sartre would often spend his time? (Les Deux Magots
- The Two Wise Men)______ came from the ideas that we find ourselves first existing in the world, then
having to decide what will make of our lives? ( Existentialism)
______ came from the ideas that we find ourselves first existing in the world, then having to decide
what will make of our lives? ( Existentialism)
_______ is pretending to yourself something which if you thought about it for 5 minutes you would
realize was not true. (bad faith)
Scientists and philosophers of the nineteenth century were impressed by which philosopher's
description of scientific method? ( Karl Popper)