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6. Which of the following best describes the structure of the Forms?
- Hierarchical
- Subservient
- Egalitarian
- Linear
7. What is meant by the one over many argument?
- As we recognise similarities between particulars we have an innate ability to recognise the 'one' that is over the 'many'.
- Philosophers should rule society as they are the one over the many.
- Because each Form would need a Form of a Form, the chain of Forms must go on infinitely.
- The Form of the Good has to sit above all Forms
8. Which of the following is a feature particulars rather than Forms?
- They are eternal
- They are known through the intellect or reason
- They are non-physical
- They pass in and out of existence
- They are immutable (unchanging)
9. Rationalism deals with which type of knowledge?
10. In Plato's analogy what does the cave that the prisoners are trapped in represent?
- The Empirical world around us
- The world of the forms
- The limited nature of reason
- The lack of rational souls
11. In Plato's analogy what does the sun represent?
- The Human Soul
- The Prime Mover
- The Form of the Good
- The Demiurge
12. Which thinker criticised the one over many argument and argued we simply recognise share characteristics because we have been taught to do so?
- Wittgenstein
- Aristotle
- Hericlitus
- Hume
13. What is the role of the Form of the good in the hierarchy of Forms?
- To cause action or motion in the world
- To interact with humans
- To illuminate all others
- To create the world
14. Which philosopher defended empiricism by using the example of melting beeswax?
- Anscombe
- Descartes
- Wittgenstein
- Hume
15. “Something is no more ‘X’ than it is ‘Y’” is an argument found in the work of which philosopher?
- Plato
- Heraclitus
- Socrates
- Aristotle