PHI 103 Entire Course ( Assignments, Quizzes)
PHI 103 Week 4 Readings Quiz (Variant 4)
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1. Socrates claims that one should value the opinions of the majority.
2. Socrates claims that if he escapes Athens he will be verifying the claims that were made against him in court.
3. Crito does not convince Socrates to escape.
4. Socrates claims that it is never right to injure another human.
5. What does Socrates believe will happen to his children is he chooses to die?
6. According to the Crito, it appears that Socrates regularly left Athens to question people around Greece.
7. Socrates claims that one can only break a law that has been given unjustly.
8. Socrates claims that if he breaks Athenian law, this will happen after his death:
9. According to Socrates, principles of the body are higher than principles of the just.
10. Which of the following would Socrates agree with?
PHI 103 Final Exam
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1. In the dialogue, Socrates claims that one must be removed from this in order to grasp the higher intellectual virtues:
2. • DuBois claims that the new owners of industry and business in the South after the Civil War are focused on:
3. • Which of the following standards of thinking relates to how one can verify if the answer to a question or problem is on topic?
4. • In order to figure out the problem one wants to solve, one must:
5. • DuBois claims that after the Civil War, the courts and police forces led to the following outcomes:
6. • Which of the following standards of thinking relates to how one can determine if the answer to the question answers the complexity of the question?
7. • The theme of DuBois’ essay is best captured by which of the following statements
8. • The following are ideas for becoming a good student:
9. • This is the term for presentation of an idea through one-sided and emotional rhetoric:
10. • Although Marquis had been working on research for a year, he listened to the other people at his company as they presented different conclusions after his presentation and examined their ideas in the hope of finding out new information. Marquis displayed which intellectual virtue?
11. • How many feet are in a mile?
12. • The library at the local university has over 300,000 books.
13. • Ayn Rand believed that selfishness was a virtue.
14. • Computers have made our lives easier.
15. • Something is a proposition if and only if it has a truth value.
16. • Because the mind conditions reality, it is impossible to know the thing as such.
17. • Those who cannot support themselves should not be supported by taxpayer dollars.
18. • You are taking a quiz.
19. • The unexamined life is not worth living.
20. • Go and give your brother a kiss.
21. • I know that Stephen has a lot of money. His parents drive Mercedes. His dogs wear cashmere sweaters, and he paid cash for his Hummer.
True or False: The statement, “His parents drive Mercedes,” is the conclusion of the argument.
22. • All dogs are warm-blooded. All warm-blooded creatures are mammals. Hence, all dogs are mammals.
True or False: The sentence, “Hence, all dogs are mammals,” is a premise in this argument.
23. • “I don’t like football. It is violent and brutal and full of ads. I think that I will go ice skating instead.”
Which of these three sentences is neither a premise nor a conclusion in the argument?
24. • Deciduous trees are trees that shed their leaves. Maple trees are deciduous trees. Thus, maple trees will shed their leaves at some point during the growing season.
True or False: The statement, “Maple trees are deciduous trees,” is a premise.
25. • If you drive too fast, you will get into an accident. If you get into an accident your insurance premiums will increase. Therefore, if you drive too fast, your insurance premiums will increase.
True or False: The statement, “If you drive too fast, you will get into an accident” is two premises.
26. • The economy continues to descend into chaos. The stock market still moves down after it makes progress forward, and unemployment still hovers around 10%. It is going to be a while before things get better in the United States.
Which of the following is the conclusion of this argument?
27. • Since all philosophers are seekers of truth, it follows that no evil human is a seeker after truth, since no philosophers are evil humans.
True or False: The statement, “no evil human is a seeker after truth,” is the conclusion.
28. • For an arrow to reach its target, it must make it halfway to its target after it has been shot. However, once it is halfway, it must then make it half of that distance to reach the target. It will continue to have to reach halfway of each concurrent length. Therefore, the arrow can never reach its target.
True or False: The first sentence is the conclusion of this argument.
29. • God must exist for there can be no other explanation for the order and complexity of the world. Some say there is no proof, but to me the proof is all around us.
The conclusion of this argument is:
30. • Some apples are not bananas. Some bananas are things that are yellow. Therefore, some things that are yellow are not apples.
True or False: The statement, “Some bananas are things that are yellow,” is a premise.
31. • No dogs are fish. Some guppies are fish. Therefore some guppies are not dogs.
32. • Guns are necessary. Guns protect people. They give people confidence that they can defend themselves. They also ensure that the government will not be able to take over its citizenry.
33. • You’re either with me or you’re against me. You’re not with me. Therefore, you’re against me.
34. • All dogs are warm-blooded. All warm-blooded creatures are mammals. Hence, all dogs are mammals.
35. • They charge more for their services. However, they do such a good job that it is well worth the money.
36. • Since all philosophers are seekers of truth, it follows that no evil human is a seeker after truth, since no philosophers are evil humans.
37. • Paying people to mow your lawn is not a good policy. When people mother their own lawns, they create self-discipline. In addition, they are able to save a lot of money over time.
38. • All squares are triangles and all triangles are rectangles. Therefore, all squares are rectangles.
39. • The economy will not recover any time soon. Big businesses are struggling to keep their profits high. This is due to the fact that consumers no longer have enough money to purchase things that are luxuries. Most of them only buy those things that they need and don’t have much left over. Those same businesses have been firing employees left and right. If America’s largest businesses are losing employees, then there won’t be any jobs for the people who are already unemployed. That means that these people will not have money to pump back into the system and the circle will continued to descend into recession.
40. • If you drive too fast, you will get into an accident. If you get into an accident your insurance premiums will increase. Therefore, if you drive too fast, your insurance premiums will increase.
41. • Sloan: “Dude you play way too many videogames.”
John: “Whatever bro! When Eternal Death Slayer III came out you were waiting in line outside the store for four hours to be the first to get it.
42. • “If we legalize gay marriage, the whole world will decay morally.”
43. • Too many intravenous drug users continue to risk their lives by sharing dirty needles. This situation could be changed if we were to supply drug addicts with a way to get clean needles. This would lower the rate of AIDS in this high-risk population as well as allow for the opportunity to educate and attempt to aid those who are addicted to heroin and other intravenous drugs.
True or False: The statement, “This situation could be changed if we were to supply drug addicts with a way to get clean needles,” is the conclusion of the argument.
44. • “Why do I think that abortion should be illegal? That doesn’t matter. What matters is why you think you think it should be legal?”
45. • “Everyone likes ‘Friends’ so it must be a good show.”
46. • “Houses in the U.S. with storm cellars are more often hit by tornadoes, so you shouldn’t get a storm cellar.”
47. • “Michael Jordan wears Hanes, so they must be the best.”
48. • “I am opposed to abortion because Jim is prochoice, and he’s an idiot!”
49. • Politician: “We either decide to keep the handgun laws in the city limits and maintain peace, or we revoke the laws and let the city become a modern day Wild West.”
50. • TV Preacher: “You know…in the Old Testament God told people to give 10% of whatever they had as an offering to Him. In fact, in one story, God kills 100,000 Israelites because they fail to honor his demands. This teaching remains true to this day. Now let’s pass around the offering plates.”
PHI 103 Week 1 Library Quiz
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1. Where can one find peer-reviewed journals?
2. In Literary Reference Center, one must do this to get only peer-reviewed journals.
3. Selecting the letters at the top of the page in the A-Z database will take you…
4. The “About the Library” link includes which of the following?
5. What is the email address where you can ask a librarian questions?
6. In JSTOR, one must do this to get only peer-reviewed journals.
7. How does a student get into the Ashford library?
8. How can you get to the library databases?
9. The “Databases by Type” tab lists the following resources?
10. Which of the following are not scholarly resources?
11. To get back to the homepage on any library website page click on this link.
12. The research databases in the Ashford library are organized in which of the following ways?
13. In EBSCOHOST, one must do this to get only peer-reviewed journals.
14. Which is the library phone number?
15. In Project Muse, one must do this to get only peer-reviewed journals.
PHI 103 Week 1 Library Quiz (Example 2)
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1. What is the email address where you can ask a librarian questions?
2. In EBSCOHOST, one must do this to get only peer-reviewed journals.
3. Selecting the letters at the top of the page in the A-Z database will take you…
4. The “Databases by Type” tab lists the following resources?
5. How does a student get into the Ashford library?
6. In JSTOR, one must do this to get only peer-reviewed journals
7. In JSTOR, one must do this to get only peer-reviewed journals
8. How can you get to the library databases?
9. To get back to the homepage on any library website page click on this link.
10. Where can one find peer-reviewed journals?
11. In Project Muse, one must do this to get only peer-reviewed journals.
12. Selecting the letters at the top of the page in the A-Z d13. The research databases in the Ashford library are organized in which of the following ways?
14. Which is the library phone number?
PHI 103 Week 1 Library Quiz (Example 3)
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1. In Project Muse, one must do this to get only peer-reviewed journals.
2. Selecting the letters at the top of the page in the A-Z database will take you…
3. Which is the library phone number?
4. Where can one find peer-reviewed journals?
5. The “Databases by Type” tab lists the following resources?
6. What is the email address where you can ask a librarian questions?
7. In Literary Reference Center, one must do this to get only peer-reviewed journals.
8. In EBSCOHOST, one must do this to get only peer-reviewed journals.
9. How can you get to the library databases?
10. To get back to the homepage on any library website page click on this link.
11. In JSTOR, one must do this to get only peer-reviewed journals.
PHI 103 Week 1 Media Quiz
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1. The theme of the video This is Water By David Foster Wallace is best captured in which of the following statements?
2. In the credibility video, Edith Thompson killed her husband by:
3. West claims that we die without ever being able to have the totality of life.
4. Cornel West claims that humans ought to focus on death in order to more adequately understand their existence.
5. According to West, the pursuit of thought and philosophy takes this:
6. The Dove beauty video about beauty creation indicates that:
7. What does Plato say about the unexamined life?
8. West believes that it is important to think about this in order to understand the human essence.
9. West’s blues begin with harmony
10. According to West, one of the primary questions that one can use to orient oneself in relation to the pursuit of philosophy is the following:
PHI 103 Week 1 Media Quiz (Example 3)
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1. West’s blues begin with harmony.
2. According to West, one of the primary questions that one can use to orient oneself in relation to the pursuit of philosophy is the following:
3. According to West, one of the primary questions that one can use to orient oneself in relation to the pursuit of philosophy is the following:
4. West claims that we die without ever being able to have the totality of life.
5. According to West, the pursuit of thought and philosophy takes this:
6. The theme of the video This is Water By David Foster Wallace is best captured in which of the following statements?
7. In the credibility video, Edith Thompson killed her husband by:
8. Cornel West claims that humans ought to focus on death in order to more adequately understand their existence.
9. West believes that it is important to think about this in order to understand the human essence.
10. What does Plato say about the unexamined life?
PHI 103 Week 1 Readings Quiz
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1. Which of the following standards of thinking relates to how one can verify if the answer to a question or problem is on topic?
2. Behind the “veil of color” DuBois claims that, although whites and blacks interacted in specific ways in day to day life in the South, they never:
3. According to Paul and Elder, well-cultivated thinkers have the following attributes:
4. DuBois claims that this occurs when the stronger members in society do not protect the weaker members:
5. DuBois claims that the new owners of industry and business in the South after the Civil War are focused on:
6. This is the term for presentation of an idea through one-sided and emotional rhetoric:
7. In the dialogue, Socrates claims that one must be removed from this in order to grasp the higher intellectual virtues:
8. DuBois would most agree with which of the following statements
9. Good critical thinkers:
10. Good students:
11. A stubborn view that is inflexible and not inquisitive is:
12. This is the movement of the prisoner.
13. The theme of DuBois’ essay is best captured by which of the following statements
14. Which of the following standards of thinking relates to how one can determine if the answer to the question answers the complexity of the question?
15. Although Marquis had been working on research for a year, he listened to the other people at his company as they presented different conclusions after his presentation and examined their ideas in the hope of finding out new information. Marquis displayed which intellectual virtue?
16. DuBois claims that after the Civil War, the courts and police forces led to the following outcomes:
17. Paul and Elder claim that all reasoning:
18. For John Dewey, open-minded inquiry is:
19. This is the main question that DuBois wants to examine in this essay
20. The sun in Plato’s allegory is
PHI 103 Week 2 Media Quiz
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1. King would agree with which of the following claims about Communism?
2. Singer believes the following about animals:
3. Singer claims that ethics is about which of the following?
4. Martin Luther King would agree most with which of the following claims?
5. Singer claims that the meaning of life is found in this:
6. Zizek would agree most with which of the following statements about ecology?
7. Zizek defines ideology as:
8. Zizek defines disavowal as:
PHI 103 Week 2 Media Quiz (Example 2)
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1. Singer claims that this is one of the outcomes of studying ethics:
2. President Truman claimed that the march from Selma was:
3. Singer claims that the meaning of life is found in this:
4. Singer claims which of the following about ethics?
5. Zizek would agree most with which of the following statements about ecology?
6. Zizek defines disavowal as:
7. Singer claims that ethics is about which of the following?
8. King claims that the following are things that must occur before he will stop leading his revolution:
9. Zizek claims that humans tend to do this when something horrible or catastrophic happens.
10. Singer believes the following about animals:
PHI 103 Week 2 Media Quiz (Example 3)
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1. Zizek claims that love is:
2. Zizek defines ideology as:
3. Zizek claims that humans tend to do this when something horrible or catastrophic happens.
4. Singer claims that the meaning of life is found in this:
5. Singer claims that ethics is about which of the following?
6. Singer believes the following about animals:
7. Martin Luther King would agree most with which of the following claims?
8. King would agree with which of the following claims about Communism?
9. In addition to marching to demonstrate the need for change in Alabama, King also sought the following:
10. King claims that the following are things that must occur before he will stop leading his revolution:
PHI 103 Week 2 Quiz 1
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1. Drive the minivan.
2. The unexamined life is not worth living.
3. Moby Dick is a great novel.
4. Do your best.
5. Don’t you dare vote for universalized healthcare.
6. I believe that you should do as your parents say.
7. Go and give your brother a kiss.
8. Michael Jordan was a great football player.
9. How many feet are in a mile?
10. Either I am a human or I am a dog.
11. Because the mind conditions reality, it is impossible to know the thing as such.
12. Private property is a right of every American.
13. Socrates is mortal.
14. Those who cannot support themselves should not be supported by taxpayer dollars.
15. Do you want to drive the minivan to the movies?
16. Universalized healthcare is Communism.
17. Nietzsche collapsed in a square upon seeing a man beat a horse.
18. If you cannot understand the truth value of a claim, then it is not a proposition.
19. Hey!
20. Something is a proposition if and only if it has a truth value.
PHI 103 Week 2 Quiz 2
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1. Football is the best sport. The athletes are amazing, and it is extremely complex. True or False: The second sentence above contains two premises.
2. All doctors are people who are committed to enhancing the health of their patients. No people who purposely harm others can consider themselves to be doctors. It follows that some people who harm others do not enhance the health of their patients. Which of the following is the conclusion of this argument?
3. Joe must make a lot of money teaching philosophy, since most philosophy professors are rich. True or False: There is no conclusion in these two propositions.
4. It’s December; you should take a coat with you. Even though it’s warm now, it could easily get cold later. True or False: The statement, “it could get cold later,” is the conclusion of the argument.
5. Guns aren’t necessary. Guns endanger people. They give people confidence which leads them to do dangerous things they wouldn’t otherwise do. They also make violence more lethal than it would be with other weapons. True or False: “Guns endanger people,” is the conclusion of this argument.
6. ‘Contrariwise,’ continued Tweedledee, ‘if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic.’ True or false: “if it were so, it would be” is a premise of the argument.
7. Deciduous trees are trees that shed their leaves. Maple trees are deciduous trees. Thus, maple trees will shed their leaves at some point during the growing season. True or False: The statement, “Maple trees are deciduous trees,” is a premise.
8. Don’t worry, when I come back from my trip we’ll be more in love than ever. After all, absence makes the heart grow fonder. In this argument, the proverb, “absence makes the heart grow fonder,” serves as:
9. For an arrow to reach its target, it must make it halfway to its target after it has been shot. However, once it is halfway, it must then make it half of that distance to reach the target. It will continue to have to reach halfway of each concurrent length. Therefore, the arrow can never reach its target. True or False: The first sentence is the conclusion of this argument.
10. I would say that the redevelopment of PHI 103 was a huge success. Students are learning more, the course is more engaging, it is easier to assess student work in the course, and the faculty enjoy teaching the course more. True or False: There are three premises in this argument.
11. Don’t worry, when I come back from my trip we’ll be more in love than ever. After all, absence makes the heart grow fonder. In this argument, the proverb, “absence makes the heart grow fonder,” serves as:
12. Unicorns have fur and breathe air. They also look almost exactly like horses. So unicorns are mammals. True or False: This argument has 1 premise.
3. If you drive too fast, you will get into an accident. If you get into an accident your insurance premiums will increase. Therefore, if you drive too fast, your insurance premiums will increase. True or False: The statement, “If you drive too fast, you will get into an accident” is two premises.
14. All dogs are warm-blooded. All warm-blooded creatures are mammals. Hence, all dogs are mammals. True or False: The sentence, “Hence, all dogs are mammals,” is a premise in this argument.
15. God must exist for there can be no other explanation for the order and complexity of the world. Some say there is no proof, but to me the proof is all around us. The conclusion of this argument is:
16. Since all humans are equal, and since power does not grant someone a right over others, it is inherently wrong to exploit someone who is weaker than you are. True or False: “It is inherently wrong to exploit someone who is weaker than you are,” is the premise of this argument.
17. Football is the best sport. The athletes are amazing, and it is extremely complex. True or False: The second sentence above contains two premises.
18. “I don’t like football. It is violent and brutal and full of ads. I think that I will go ice skating instead.” Which of these three sentences is neither a premise nor a conclusion in the argument?
19. ‘Contrariwise,’ continued Tweedledee, ‘if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic.’ True or false: “if it were so, it would be” is a premise of the argument.
20. The economy continues to descend into chaos. The stock market still moves down after it makes progress forward, and unemployment still hovers around 10%. It is going to be a while before things get better in the United States. Which of the following is the conclusion of this argument?
PHI 103 Week 2 Readings Quiz
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1. Socrates proposes this as an alternative to death as his sentence.
2. Socrates would agree most with which of the following statements about life?
3. Socrates went to which of the following groups seeking wisdom?
4. Socrates compares himself to this creature in relation to the city of Athens.
5. Socrates claims that he will be leaving behind how many children if they kill him?
6. Socrates claims that one ought to care most about improving:
7. Socrates would agree most with which of the following statements about life?
8. Socrates claims that this is the reason that he was despised.
9. Socrates claims that he knows that death is not an evil because:
10. Socrates makes the following claims about death:
PHI 103 Week 2 Readings Quiz (Example 2)
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1. Socrates proposes this as an alternative to death as his sentence.
2. Socrates makes the following claims about death:
3. Socrates claims that he knows that death is not an evil because:
4. Socrates went to which of the following groups seeking wisdom?
5. Socrates claims to know that he is wise because:
6. Socrates claims that one ought to care most about improving:
7. Socrates would agree most with which of the following statements about life?
8. Socrates claims that he will be leaving behind how many children if they kill him?
9. Socrates would agree most with which of the following statements about life?
10. Meletus’ charges against Socrates included:
PHI 103 Week 2 Readings Quiz (Example 3)
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1. Socrates claims that this is the reason that he was despised.
2. Socrates would agree most with which of the following statements about life?
3. Socrates went to which of the following groups seeking wisdom?
4. Socrates claims that he will be leaving behind how many children if they kill him?
5. Socrates claims that he knows that death is not an evil because:
6. Socrates claims that one ought to care most about improving:
7. Meletus’ charges against Socrates included:
8. Socrates proposes this as an alternative to death as his sentence.
9. Socrates would agree most with which of the following statements about life?
10. Socrates makes the following claims about death:
PHI 103 Week 3 Media Quiz (Example 2)
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1. This percentage of Afghan women can read and write.
2. The social contract approach to political theory:
3. In Nussbaum’s view, people form societies because:
4. Why is there trouble with finding female actresses in Afghanistan?
5. Society claims that the real man is:
6. This is one of the responses to the current women’s rights movement in Afghanistan:
7. Nussbaum claims that this is one factor that had led to the subjugation of women:
8. Charlie Chaplin’s character “The Great Dictator” would agree most with which of the following statements?
9. There is an epidemic of addiction to this drug in Afghanistan:
10. This happened to Sahar Gul when she refused to become a prostitute to make money for her husband and in-laws.
PHI 103 Week 3 Media Quiz (Example 3)
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1. The social contract approach to political theory:
2. In the documentary on women’s rights in Afghanistan, it is claimed that women walking alone in the streets are:
3. Women in Afghanistan often do not report harassment for the following reasons:
4. Society claims that the real man is:
5. This percentage of Afghan women can read and write.
6. Nussbaum claims that the typical idea of a good member of society is:
7. Nussbaum claims that Aristotle had this important idea about political government:
8. Charlie Chaplin’s character “The Great Dictator” would agree most with which of the following statements?
9. There is an epidemic of addiction to this drug in Afghanistan:
10. Why is there trouble with finding female actresses in Afghanistan?
PHI 103 Week 3 Quiz 1 (Example 2)
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1. Our dogs are extremely sick. I have to work every day this week, and our house is a mess. There’s no way I’m having my family over for Festivus.
2. Every time I turn on the radio, all I hear is vulgar language about sex, violence, and drugs. Whether it’s rock and roll or rap, it’s all the same. The trend towards vulgarity has to change. If it doesn’t, younger children will begin speaking in these ways and this will spoil their innocence.
3. If we save up money for a house, then we will have a place to stay with our children. However, we haven’t saved up any money for a house. Therefore, we won’t have a place to stay with our children.
4. This is not the best of all possible worlds, because the best of all possible worlds would not contain suffering, and this world contains much suffering.
6. Because all Libertarians believe in more individual freedom, all people who believe in individual freedom are Libertarians.
7. Almost all the people I know who are translators have their translator’s license from the ATA. Carla is a translator. Therefore, she must have a license from the ATA.
8. If she wanted me to buy her a drink, she would’ve looked over at me. But she never looked over at me. So that means that she doesn’t want me to buy her a drink.
9. I felt fine until I missed lunch. I must be feeling tired because I don’t have anything in my stomach.
10. Heidegger’s works are some of the most difficult to understand. It takes years and years of reading and studying in order to learn his terminology and the way that he expresses himself. However, the payoff of learning his expression is a greater understanding of what it means to be a philosopher.
11. They charge more for their services. However, they do such a good job that it is well worth the money.
12. Guns are necessary. Guns protect people. They give people confidence that they can defend themselves. They also ensure that the government will not be able to take over its citizenry.
13. The farmers in Poland have produced over 500 bushels of wheat on average the past 10 years. This year they will produce over 500 bushels of wheat.
14. Letting your kids play around on the Internet all day is like dropping them off in downtown Chicago to spend the day by themselves. They will find something that gets them into trouble.
15. Triangle A is congruent to triangle B. Triangle A is an equilateral triangle. Therefore, triangle B is an equilateral triangle.
16. I have to go work today. Then I have to go grocery shopping. I won’t be back until 9:00 PM tonight. I think that you should be the one who does the laundry today.
17. All dogs are warm-blooded. All warm-blooded creatures are mammals. Hence, all dogs are mammals.
18. All doctors are people who are committed to enhancing the health of their patients. No people who purposely harm others can consider themselves to be doctors. Therefore, some people who harm others do not enhance the health of their patients.
19. Paying people to mow your lawn is not a good policy. When people mother their own lawns, they create self-discipline. In addition, they are able to save a lot of money over time.
20. Since all mammals are cold-blooded, and all cold-blooded creatures are aquatic, all mammals must be aquatic.
PHI 103 Week 3 Quiz 1 (Example 3)
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1. I know that Stephen has a lot of money. His parents drive Mercedes. His dogs wear cashmere sweaters, and he paid cash for his Hummer.
2. Joe must make a lot of money teaching philosophy, since most philosophy professors are rich.
3. A nation is only as great as its people. The people are reliant on their leaders. Leaders create the laws in which all people can flourish. If those laws are not created well, the people will suffer. This is why the people of the United States are currently suffering.
4. Heidegger’s works are some of the most difficult to understand. It takes years and years of reading and studying in order to learn his terminology and the way that he expresses himself. However, the payoff of learning his expression is a greater understanding of what it means to be a philosopher.
5. Chances are that I will not be able to get in to see Slipknot since it is an over 21 show, and Jeffrey, James, and Sloan were all carded when they tried to get in to the club.
6. Triangle A is congruent to triangle B. Triangle A is an equilateral triangle. Therefore, triangle B is an equilateral triangle.
7. The farmers in Poland have produced over 500 bushels of wheat on average the past 10 years. This year they will produce over 500 bushels of wheat.
8. If you drive too fast, you will get into an accident. If you get into an accident your insurance premiums will increase. Therefore, if you drive too fast, your insurance premiums will increase.
9. The legalization of drugs is neither unwise nor immoral. It is not unwise because by legalizing drugs we would eliminate the illegal drug trade. Hence, by legalizing drugs, we would rid our nation of all the violence that goes along with the illegal drug trade. Furthermore, the legalization of drugs is not immoral because it can be combined with a massive program of moral education.
10. Paying people to mow your lawn is not a good policy. When people mother their own lawns, they create self-discipline. In addition, they are able to save a lot of money over time.
11. This is not the best of all possible worlds, because the best of all possible worlds would not contain suffering, and this world contains much suffering.
12. All dogs are warm-blooded. All warm-blooded creatures are mammals. Hence, all dogs are mammals.
13. Too many intravenous drug users continue to risk their lives by sharing dirty needles. This situation could be changed if we were to supply drug addicts with a way to get clean needles. This would lower the rate of AIDS in this high-risk population as well as allow for the opportunity to educate and attempt to aid those who are addicted to heroin and other intravenous drugs.
14. No physical object can travel faster than light. An electron is a physical object. So, an electron cannot travel faster than light.
15. I felt fine until I missed lunch. I must be feeling tired because I don’t have anything in my stomach.
16. Seventy percent of the students at this university come from upper class families. The school budget has taken a hit since the economic downturn. We need funding for the three new buildings on campus. I think it’s time for us to start a phone campaign to raise funds so that we don’t plunge into bankruptcy.
17. Some apples are not bananas. Some bananas are things that are yellow. Therefore, some things that are yellow are not apples.
18. Dogs are better than cats, since they always listen to what their masters say. They also are more fun and energetic.
19. The study of philosophy makes your soul more slender, healthier, and beautiful. You should study philosophy.
20. Our dogs are extremely sick. I have to work every day this week, and our house is a mess. There’s no way I’m having my family over for Festivus.
PHI 103 Week 3 Readings Quiz (Example 2)
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1. Inductive arguments:
2. Just because there is a correlation between A and B:
3. In logic, arguments are never described as:
4. In deductive arguments, the person arguing seeks to:
5. “All dogs hate cats. Sirius is a dog. So Sirius hates cats” is an example of a(n):
6. Inductive arguments are evaluated in terms of:
7. All sound arguments are valid, but not all valid arguments
8. A syllogism is a deductive argument that:
9. One way to make an inductive argument stronger is to
10. To criticize a deductive argument logically, one might:
PHI 103 Week 4 Media Quiz (Example 2)
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1. Francesca Klug would agree most with which of the following claims:
2. According to David Cesarani, John Locke believed that all forms of speech must be open to freedom of expression.
3. Self-destructive man in the clip from Waking Life ends his life by shooting himself.
4. Proof by verbosity occurs when someone attempts to prove a position by bogging down the listener with information that might or might not be true.
5. Alain Finkielkraut claims that the following are forms of expression that should not be free
6. Kenan Malik would agree most with which of the following statements about freedom of speech:
7. Tariq Ramadan claims which of the following about speech:
8. Alain Finkielkraut claims that unlimited freedom of expression is necessary.
9. Proof by verbosity occurs when someone attempts to prove a position by bogging down the listener with information that might or might not be true.
10. Lisa Appignanesi claims that freedom of expression does not include the right to blaspheme against religion.
PHI 103 Week 4 Media Quiz (Example 3)
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1. Kenan Malik would agree most with which of the following statements about freedom of speech:
2. According to David Cesarani, John Locke believed that all forms of speech must be open to freedom of expression.
3. Lisa Appignanesi claims that freedom of expression does not include the right to blaspheme against religion.
4. Tariq Ramadan claims that European states do not need new laws.
5. Self-destructive man in the clip from Waking Life ends his life by shooting himself.
6. Proof by verbosity occurs when someone attempts to prove a position by bogging down the listener with information that might or might not be true.
7. David Cesarani would agree most with which of the following statements about freedom of expression?
8. Francesca Klug would agree most with which of the following claims:
9. Weasel words are used to logically support claims about the topic that is being discussed.
10. Alain Finkielkraut claims that the following are forms of expression that should not be free
PHI 103 Week 4 Quiz 1 (Example 2)
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1. “Michael Jordan wears Hanes, so they must be the best.”
2. “Which are you going to do — help your mother or be a lazy bum?”
3. Spouse: “I know that you get angry a lot. I’m sure that pretty soon you will hit me or something. And what are we gonna do when we have kids? You will probably beat them until they run out of the house and I will be left childless and abused!
4. Sloan: “Dude you play way too many videogames.” John: “Whatever bro! When Eternal Death Slayer III came out you were waiting in line outside the store for four hours to be the first to get it.
5. Jessica: “I hear that the new girl Denise is really nice, maybe we should talk to her.” Oprah: “I already did, and you know what, she seems a little stuck up.”
6. “Did you see the men land on the moon? Then how can you be so sure that it happened?”
7. “Why do I think that abortion should be illegal? That doesn’t matter. What matters is why you think you think it should be legal?”
8. “Are you a terrible person because of your upbringing?”
9. “Houses in the U.S. with storm cellars are more often hit by tornadoes, so you shouldn’t get a storm cellar.”
10. Both times I went to the movies at Northpark Mall the people watching the movies were extremely disruptive. That movie theater is horrible.
11. “If I give this homeless person a dollar then I’ll have to give the next guy a dollar and so forth … I’ll end up broke!”
12. “You only oppose her policies because you lost the election to her.”
13. “Most Americans support this policy, so it must be right.”
14. “If you don’t pay attention in class you won’t do well on the test. You didn’t do well on the test, so you must not have paid attention in class.”
15. “The last two summers were record heat therefore global warming will soon kill us all.”
16. “Timothy was ten minutes late to the meeting this morning. I can tell he’s going to be a horrible employee.”
17. You know Communism was going to fail! After all, Karl Marx was an alcoholic!
18. Jeff: “I think that it is sacrilegious to tell children that a bunny drops off eggs on Easter morning. This totally detracts from the true meaning of Easter.” Steve: “C’mon man! Everybody puts out eggs for their kids on Easter.”
19. I wouldn’t listen to Bob. After all, he’s just a mechanic.
20. “We should have prescription drug care — would you want your grandma to suffer?”
PHI 103 Week 4 Quiz 1 (Example 3)
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1. “If you don’t pay attention in class you won’t do well on the test. You didn’t do well on the test, so you must not have paid attention in class.”
2. “Are you a terrible person because of your upbringing?”
3. “If we legalize gay marriage, the whole world will decay morally.”
4. Tommy Toker: “Laws against drug use are such a waste. There will always be ways for people to get their hands on drugs no matter how many laws we pass.”
5. “You only think that Stanford is better because you went there.”
6. Tom: Early humans had a simple form of music played on instruments made from animal bones and skins. Boris: How do you know that? Tom: Well, no one has proved that they didn’t.
7. “That football team is great. Jim is on that team, so Jim is a great football player.”
8. “I don’t think that we should bomb innocent people in order to steal their oil.”
9. Both times I went to the movies at Northpark Mall the people watching the movies were extremely disruptive. That movie theater is horrible.
10. “Houses in the U.S. with storm cellars are more often hit by tornadoes, so you shouldn’t get a storm cellar.”
11. Mom: “You shouldn’t have soaped the Crawford’s house Tommy.” Tommy: “But Jimmy Crawford soaped our house last month.”
12. “I am opposed to abortion because Jim is prochoice, and he’s an idiot!”
13. Marcia: “I think Tiger Woods is the best golfer of our day.” Minji: “Gimme a break. Anybody who would cheat on his wife and family with hundreds of women is a monster.”
14. “The last two summers were record heat therefore global warming will soon kill us all.”
15. “If I give this homeless person a dollar then I’ll have to give the next guy a dollar and so forth … I’ll end up broke!”
16. “You only oppose her policies because you lost the election to her.”
17. “If you are born in the U.S. then you are a U.S. citizen. You were not born in the U.S. so you are not a U.S. citizen.”
18. July is the month during which more ice cream is sold than any other time of the year. This is also the month which has the highest crime rate. Therefore, to curb crime, we should ban sales of ice cream during July.
19. Politician: “We either decide to keep the handgun laws in the city limits and maintain peace, or we revoke the laws and let the city become a modern day Wild West.”
20. “Ice cream is bad because it’s unhealthy.”
PHI 103 Week 4 Readings Quiz
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1. Crito claims that if Socrates does not escape from prison he will
2. Crito does not convince Socrates to escape.
3. The laws in the Crito claim that if Socrates were to escape, he would be:
4. Socrates claims that if he escapes Athens he will be verifying the claims that were made against him in court.
5. According to Socrates, principles of the body are higher than principles of the just.
6. Socrates claims that one should value the opinions of the majority.
7. Crito claims that if Socrates does not escape from prison
8. Socrates claims that it is never right to injure another human.
9. Which of the following would Socrates agree with?
10. Socrates claims that one can only break a law that has been given unjustly.
PHI 103 Week 4 Readings Quiz (Variant 2)
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1. Socrates claims that one should value the opinions of the majority.
2. Socrates claims that if he escapes Athens he will be verifying the claims that were made against him in court.
3. Crito does not convince Socrates to escape.
4. Socrates claims that it is never right to injure another human.
5. The laws in the Crito claim that if Socrates were to escape, he would be:
6. According to the Crito, it appears that Socrates regularly left Athens to question people around Greece.
7. Socrates claims that one can only break a law that has been given unjustly.
8. Socrates claims that if he breaks Athenian law, this will happen after his death:
9. According to Socrates, principles of the body are higher than principles of the just.
10. Which of the following would Socrates agree with?
PHI 103 Week 4 Readings Quiz (Variant 3)
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1. Socrates claims that these are the only options that one has when one has been given a punishment by one’s society.
2. Socrates claims that if he escapes Athens he will be verifying the claims that were made against him in court.
3. According to the Crito, it appears that Socrates regularly left Athens to question people around Greece.
4. Socrates claims that if he breaks Athenian law, this will happen after his death:
5. Socrates claims that it is never right to injure another human.
6. Socrates claims that one should value the opinions of the majority.
7. What does Socrates believe will happen to his children is he chooses to die?
8. Socrates claims that if he chooses to leave Athens he will be consistently living out his claims that he made in his Apology.
9. Crito claims that if Socrates does not escape from prison he will
10. Crito claims that if Socrates does not escape from prison
PHI 103 Week 4 Readings Quiz (Variant 4)
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1. Socrates claims that one should value the opinions of the majority.
2. Socrates claims that if he escapes Athens he will be verifying the claims that were made against him in court.
3. Crito does not convince Socrates to escape.
4. Socrates claims that it is never right to injure another human.
5. What does Socrates believe will happen to his children is he chooses to die?
6. According to the Crito, it appears that Socrates regularly left Athens to question people around Greece.
7. Socrates claims that one can only break a law that has been given unjustly.
8. Socrates claims that if he breaks Athenian law, this will happen after his death:
9. According to Socrates, principles of the body are higher than principles of the just.
10. Which of the following would Socrates agree with?
