Philosophy

Philosophy

 
I. Short Answer. Answer these questions in a sentence or in a few sentences. If you quote a definition directly from the course readings, use quote marks and tell what source it’s from and what page the quote is on.

1. (2 pts) What is the difference between “negative freedom” and “positive freedom”, as these terms are used in The Big Questions?

2. (2 pts) State the Principle of Universal Causality, as the term is used in The Big Questions.

3. (2 pts) State the It’s-Not-Biological Objection. Your answer should include what it is an Objection to.

4. (2 pts) Define: The Turing Test. Your answer should include what it is a test for and how the test is passed or failed.

5. (2 pts) Give the two conditions that, according to Aristotle, an action must meet in order for it to be a “free” action (or, for it to be“freely done”). Hint: This is covered in the reading from The Big Questions.

6. (2 pts) Define: Bad faith, as the concept is used by Jean-Paul Sartre

7. (3 pts) What are the three conditions for “knowing something”, according to the Tripartite Theory of Knowledge? Hint: This was covered in the readings from Duncan Pritchard (Blackboard).