Question 1
According to Plato, what would the people in the cave do to the person who had been outside the cave after this person returned to the cave?
Welcome him
Listen to the teachings of her new knowledge
Try to kill him
Make him king of the realm of the cave
Question 2
According to Plato, how do humans find themselves initially in the cave?
Walking around searching for the truth
Shackled to their seats
With the goal of moving out of the cave
Staring at a fire
Question 3
After one is dragged out of the cave, the last thing that one sees is __________.
the sun
shadows
reflections in pools
objects in the realm of the sun
Question 4
According to Plato, the sun outside the cave is __________.
happiness
the form of the good
the truth for those in the cave
heaven
Question 5
What are the humans looking at in their initial position?
The sun
Artifacts
Shadows
Each other
Question 6
Match the explanation with the appropriate Key Term
Purpose
Information
Point of view
Assumptions
Concepts
Breadth
Clarity
Logic
Inference
Intellectual relativity
A. Combination of thoughts that are mutually supporting and make sense in combination
B. A step of the mind whereby someone concludes that something is true based on something else being true or seeming to be true
C. Those things that humans take for granted based on their past experiential knowledge
D. Gateway intellectual standard that determines whether a statement is accurate or relevant
E. General categories or ideas that humans use to interpret and classify the information that comes into their thinking
F. The idea that nothing can be proven to be true
G. The frame of reference, perspective, or worldview that underlies one's reasoning
H. The goal of objective of thinking
I. Thinking that demonstrates consideration of alternative points of view
J. Data, facts, and observations that are used by human reason to understand its reality
Question 7
Define inference and assumption, and then explain the relationship between the two. Provide two examples of inferences that you made from assumptions that you have.
Question 8
Describe two intellectual standards, and give examples of each from your own life.
Question 9
Describe the movement of the person in Plato's allegory of the cave. Be very specific about the various stages in this movement, and then please explain how this allegory relates to at least two intellectual standards.
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