Assignment:
Section I : Explain the Following Terms; no less than 75 words for each question
1. Epistemology
2. Axiology
3. Correspondence Theory of Truth
4. Plato & The Republic
5. Socrates & Apology
6. Ethical Relativism
7. Metaphysic and Cosmology
8. Deductive Argument
9. Regression Therapy & Reincarnation
10. Divine Law Theory of Ethics
Section II : Explain and analyze the following philosophical theories. You only need to answer "Two Questions." No less than "250" words for each question.
1. What are the "Allegory of Cave" and "The Divine Line"? What are Plato's theories of knowledge, purpose of education and obligations of philosophers? Demonstrating your knowledge through citing the examples of Socrates from the readings of "Socratic Wisdom," and "Allegory of Cave."
2. Analyze the viewpoints of ‘good & evil,' ‘virtues,' and ‘free-will' behind the myth of Adam & Eve. Illustrate the problems of those viewpoints by introducing two additional ethical theories that you have learned from this class, and point out their challenges to the conventional understanding of this story.
Define the following four kinds of metaphysics and illustrate their differences in terms of their understanding of God/ultimate reality, purpose of life, relationship between religions, and genders...etc.
(A). Mono-theism,
(B) Poly-theism,
(C) Pan-theism, and
(D) Heno-theism (political mono-theism).