Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. According to your text, philosophy is a pure, theoretical activity and is not concerned with our passionate moral commitments.
2. According to Bertrand Russell, the task of philosophy is to preserve common sense and the majority opinion within the community.
3. Socrates said that the unexamined life is not worth living.
4. According to your text, the hallmark of philosophical method is argument.
5. Some philosophers have used rational arguments to show that it is sometimes rational to go against reason.


F 1. According to your text, philosophy is a pure, theoretical activity and is not concerned with our passionate moral commitments.
F 2. According to Bertrand Russell, the task of philosophy is to preserve common sense and the majority opinion within the community.
T 3. Socrates said that the unexamined life is not worth living.
T 4. According to your text, the hallmark of philosophical method is argument.
T 5. Some philosophers have used rational arguments to show that it is sometimes rational to go against reason.

Philosophy & Belief

You might also like to view...

Galileo taught that the real properties of nature were the mathematical ones and not those we encounter in everyday experience

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Philosophy & Belief

A famous singer, Gina Jung, is hired to promote commercial vehicles despite having never driven one. Which of the following fallacies is the advertisement committing?

A. the fallacy of appeal to inappropriate authority B. the fallacy of questionable cause C. the fallacy of popular appeal D. the fallacy of hasty generalization

Philosophy & Belief

Explain how critical thinking skills work in combination with one another

What will be an ideal response

Philosophy & Belief

Some ecofeminists believe that the source of our environmental problems lies in the fact that we relate to nature by trying to assert dominance over it

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Philosophy & Belief