Who were the sophists, and why did they oppose Socrates?
I know they are a group in Greece and what else?
The Sophists were an influential group of traveling educators who, for a fee, would teach people how to argue persuasively.
- Many Sophists were "relativists" and "skeptics," philosophical views that contend that knowledge is only a matter of opinion and truth is always relative to a particular context.
- Socrates was convinced that reason is the path to the truth.
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A) Invalid, illicit subalternation. B) Invalid, illicit subcontrary. C) Invalid, illicit contrary. D) Invalid, illicit contraposition. E) Valid, no fallacy.
There is a fundamental ambiguity at the heart of psychological egoism. This ambiguity
involves the question of whether
a. We are our brothers’ keepers b. We have a right to government support when we fall on hard times c. We act selfishly or in our own self-interest d. All of the Above
A spirit, god, animal, or human that behaves against convention for the good of others is called a(n):
a. aboriginal. b. Wakanpi. c. noble savage. d. trickster.
The Diversity Thesis is the claim that __________
a. all of our diverse moral principles derive their validity from reason b. there are no valid moral principles c. diversity is better than uniformity d. moral rules differ from society to society