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For all of the following questions, answer True or False (3 pts)
Then, for each question, briefly explain, in 1 or 2 sentences, why the statement is either true of false.
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Socratic Wisdom is knowing that you don't know everything.
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Briefly explain, in 1-2 sentences, why the previous statement is either true or false.
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Gorgias would argue that Socrates is mistaken about what makes an excellent speaker.
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Briefly explain, in 1-2 sentences, why the previous statement is either true or false.
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While Thrasymachus and Callicles would argue that we should get rid of our moral conscience, Protagoras would argue that we should follow our moral conscience.
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Briefly explain, in 1-2 sentences, why the previous statement is either true or false.
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If Euthyphro had picked the option "it is pious because the gods love it" in response to Socrates' question concerning his third definition, Euthyphro's definition would have provided the essential, and not accidental, quality of being pious.
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The Sophists arguments for Epistemological Relativism rest on their arguments for Ethical Relativism.
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Socrates argues that the good life is the life in which you do what makes you happy.
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Explain why the previous statement is either true or false.
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Answer all three of the following questions in no more than 200 words each. Aim to be clear in your explanations.
Each question is worth up to 10 pts.
(you will not be penalized for going over the word limit)
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Socrates offers us a powerful method for analyzing ideas and examining knowledge claims. How does the Socratic Method work and at what does it aim? What makes it such a powerful critical tool?
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Explain each of the Euthyphro's first three attempts to answer the question 'what is piety?', and what proves to be inadequate about each attempt. What do each of Euthyphro's failures to adequately define piety tell us about what counts as 'knowledge'? What does the conclusion of the dialogue (where might Euthyphro be going?) tell about the risks of Socrates' method of philosophizing as a kind of midwifery?
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The Sophists Thrasymachus and Callicles argue that when we ask the question 'what is justice?' the answer requires that we specify 'justice-according-to-who?'. They offer three different arguments as to 'who' determines what counts as 'j'ust to get us to see that 'J'ustice is nothing other than justice-according-to. Explain each of these three accounts of what is 'just' and 'who' determines what counts as just. Why, then according to each, is it not to our advantage to be just?
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Answer both of the following questions in a short essay that should be no more than 300 words each. Make sure to think about the 'big picture' as you explain and connect the ideas.
Each question is worth up to 25 pts.
(you will not be penalized for going over the word count)
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According to Socrates in the Apology, the Oracle at Delphi must have pronounced that no one is wiser than he because, unlike those he questioned on his ‘quest’, Socrates possesses a very specific kind of wisdom. Explain precisely what makes Socrates wise, how this is wisdom, and why it is necessary when it comes to living the good life. How does this relate to Socrates’ claim that “the unexamined life is not worth living” and that we tend to care least about what we should care most about? Why then is the only thing that Socrates professes to teach is that "it is the greatest good to 'discuss virtue daily" and how does this relate to his claim that in teaching others how to care for truth, he provides an invaluable service to the Athenian democracy?
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Socrates and the Sophists all suggest that we should not be so accepting of what we are told is true or good or just. In fact, they all suggest that questioning what we have be taught is 'true and good and just' is something that is itself good for us and something we need to do to be able to live the 'good life'. Yet Socrates and the Sophists would offer different reasons to explain why we should question what we are taught and different claims regarding what benefit we get from it. Explain the reasons for why we should, and what benefit we gain, from questioning what we are taught according to each. How then might Socrates, on the one hand, and the Sophists, on the other, been taken to be corrupting the youth?