True or False


1	The term "philosophy" literally means “love of wisdom."
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


2	Metaphysics is the study of the nature of knowledge.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


3	Plato's Apology tells the story of how sorry Socrates was for having upset his fellow Athenians with his persistent questioning.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


4	If asked, Socrates would have identified himself as a sophist.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


5	Socrates believed good people are often harmed by immoral folk who take advantage of them.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


6	In Plato's Allegory of the Cave the prisoner who is liberated and then returns is celebrated as a wise man by the prisoners who are still in chains.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


7	An argument in the philosophical sense is a set of statements in which one or more of the statements attempt to provide reasons or evidence for the truth of another statement.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


8	It's possible for a valid argument to have false premises
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


9	One handy trick for locating the parts of an argument in everyday language is to remember that the conclusion is always stated at the end of a discourse.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


10	Coherence is a criterion that considers how well the various parts of a theory "hang together."
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE

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