Answer the following essay questions. They should be type written. Be thorough with your answers.
1. Define Philosophy and discuss its ultimate aims.
2. Do you agree with Socrates when he said, "To be afraid of death is only another form of thinking that one is wise when one is not." What are your reasons?
3. What is the different between an inductive argument and deductive argument? Give an example.
4. What is the role of premises in an argument?
5. Name the four Argument Forms and explain when is an argument valid and when is invalid.
6. Write an example of an argument for each one of these forms: Modus Ponens, Modus Tollens, and Disjunctive.
7. Can you think of an instance from your own experience in which you at first thought something was real and later decided that it was not? What criteria did you use to make that decision?
8. Show how the allegory of the cave illustrates both Plato's theory of reality and his view of the importance of philosophy.
9. Name what is by far the most ancient branch of philosophy, and explain what is it about?
10. What do you think you can fruitfully learn from the study of philosophy? How can you apply philosophy to your life?