1) Which of the following best represents the \"problem of explaining change\" a
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1) Which of the following best represents the "problem of explaining change" as the Presocratic philosophers understood it?
If water can change into ice, then water must already contain ice as its form and final cause.
If water can change into ice, then water must be already both water and ice, which implies that water is already ice and that nothing changes.
Change implies plurality, but being is one.
All of the above.
2) In explaining the process of change that occurs when an acorn becomes an oak tree, Aristotle assumed such change embraced
a series of changes that included underlying material structures and processes.
a series of changes whereby the potential tree becomes an actual tree.
a series of changes in which a single goal is realized.
All of the above.
3) What point is Aristotle illustrating when he writes "if you were to bury a bed, and the moisture that got into it as it rotted gained enough force to throw up a shoot, it would be wood and not a bed that came into being"?
The erroneous viewpoint that the material cause is necessary to explain change.
The erroneous viewpoint that the material cause is sufficient to explain change.
The erroneous viewpoint that the formal cause is insufficient to explain change.
Both A and B
4) Which of the following represents Aristotle's hierarchy of souls, progressing from the lowest type of soul to the highest?
Rational, Spiritual, Cosmic
Mineral, Animal, Vegetable
Nutritive, Sensitive, Rational
Sensitive, Rational, Spiritual
5) One difference between Aristotle and Plato's visions of happiness is that for Aristotle, but not Plato,
one can be unhappy while living a moral or just life.
one can be happy and live an immoral or unjust life.
one cannot be happy without living a moral or just life.
one cannot be happy without fulfilling one's proper function.
6) On which of the following points about the end (telos) of a good life, would Aristotle agree with Plato?
The end of a good life involved living virtuously.
The end of a good life is the fulfillment of function specific to being human.
The end of a good life is inseparable from the fulfillment of the human soul, which is inseparable from the body's entelechy.
None of the above.
A.If water can change into ice, then water must already contain ice as its form and final cause.
B.If water can change into ice, then water must be already both water and ice, which implies that water is already ice and that nothing changes.
C.Change implies plurality, but being is one.
D.All of the above.
Explanation / Answer
Question 1 - Correct Answer- c- Change implies plurality, but being is one.
Question 2 - Correct Answer- d- All of the above
Question 3 - Correct Answer- a -The erroneous viewpoint that the material cause is necessary to explain change.
Question 4 - Correct Answer- c- Nutritive, Sensitive, Rational
Question 5 - Correct Answer- c - one cannot be happy without living a moral or just life.
Question 6 - Correct Answer- b - The end of a good life is the fulfillment of function specific to being human.
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