12. Plato distinguishes knowledge from opinion by saying that knowledge must be
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12. Plato distinguishes knowledge from opinion by saying that knowledge must be a true belief for which one can give a justification or "logos." In terms of his image of the Simile of the Line, for Plato, knowledge is attained only when our sensible experience is: (a) grounded ultimately in what our senses reveal to us about the world of becoming (b) based on images of the good, beauty, and truth obtained from particular objects and on which the concepts and Forms depend. (c) replaced by what we sincerely believe is true or have come to believe based on our upbringing. (d) understood in terms of concepts or innate ideas (Forms) that are perceived as rationally ordered 13. For Plato, ordinary sensible objects exist and are knowable as instances of Ideas or "Forms that do not exist in our ordinary sensible world. Forms do not exist in the sensible world because: (a) in the sensible world only mathematical objects (e.g., triangles) can be known using hypotheses which are recollected when we are asked the right kinds of questions. (b) unlike everything in the sensible world, Forms are not individual things but rather the universal and eternal essences by which individual things are what they are and are known (c) nothing in the sensible, experienced world could exist or be identified as one particular thing or another unless there were a "Sensible World Form like the Form of beauty or justice). (d) the sensible world consists of changing Forms that exist and are known in terms of other changing Forms, which in turn exist and are known in terms of yet others in an endless regress 14. In his discussion of the Simile of the Line, Plato says that, in contrast to mere belief or opinion, knowledge is a belief for which we give reasons or justifications by (a) to what our senses reveal to us about how things appear to us, not how they really are (b) beyond the Forms to images of goodness, beauty, and truth obtained from particular objects. (c) to what we sincerely believe is true about the Forms based on our experiences in the world (d) transcending sense experience to unchanging ideas (Forms) that are grasped by pure reason 15. Who is a philosopher, in the original sense of the world? (a) Someone who studies the stars and planets (b) A person primarily interested in the truth about moral matters. (c) A lover and pursuer of wisdom, regardless the subject matter (d) A clever and tricky arguer 16. Which is a common characteristic of philosophical questions? (a) They are strictly empirical questions (b) They involve fundamental concepts that are unavoidable by the thoughtful person. (c) They are purely semantic questions. (d) They aren't relevant to ordinary, everyday situations.Explanation / Answer
12. The correct answer is Option D. According to Plato, knowledge can be attained in terms of concepts of innate ideas that are perceived as rationally ordered.
13. The correct answer is Option B. Forms do not exist in the sensible world because forms are not individual things, rather the universal and eternal essences by which individual things are.
14. The correct answer is Option D. In contrast to mere belief, knowledge transcends sense experience to unchanging ideas that are grasped by pure reason.
15. The correct answer is Option C. A philosopher is a lover and pursuer is wisdom, regardless the subject matter.
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