Philosophy 1200:002 - Andrew Latus
Final Exam
Dec. 13, 2000
Part I - Short Answer Questions. Answer five out of the following
six questions. (6 points per question. 30 points total)
1. In the Crito, why does Socrates say he wishes that "the majority
could inflict the greatest evils"?
2. Briefly explain Descartes' distinction between objective and formal
reality.
3. What is mind-body dualism?
4. What is Cartesian Foundationalism?
5. Suppose someone tried to prove that God exists in the following
way.
P1: There are things in motion in the world.Which sort of argument for the existence of God is this argument (i.e., is it cosmological, teleological or ontological)? Why?
P2: If there is motion now, there must be an original source of that motion.
P3: Only God could be that original source of motion.
C: God exists.
Part II - Explanatory Question. Answer one of the following questions. (30 points)
1. Explain how Descartes argues for the view known as rationalism in
Meditation II.
2. Explain the cogito. What does it tell us & how does it
work?
Part III - Essay Question. Answer one of the following questions. (40 points)
1. Socrates argues in several ways in the Phaedo that the soul
can exist without the body. Explain the argument we called the 'Argument
from Memory'. (Make sure you explain Plato's Theory of Forms in the process.)
Does the argument succeed? Defend your position.
2. Explain and discuss the Ontological Argument for God's existence.
Does it succeed? Defend your position.