What are the humans looking at in their initial position

Question # 00241216 Posted By: solutionshere Updated on: 04/06/2016 03:39 AM Due on: 05/06/2016
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Question 1

What are the humans looking at in their initial position?

The sun

Artifacts

Shadows

Each other

Question 2

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 3

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 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

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 6

Match the explanation with the appropriate Key Term

Purpose

Information

Point of view

Assumptions

Concepts

Breadth

Clarity

Logic

Inference

Intellectual relativity

A.

General categories or ideas that humans use to interpret and classify the information that comes into their thinking

B.

Those things that humans take for granted based on their past experiential knowledge

C.

The idea that nothing can be proven to be true

D.

Data, facts, and observations that are used by human reason to understand its reality

E.

A step of the mind whereby someone concludes that something is true based on something else being true or seeming to be true

F.

Thinking that demonstrates consideration of alternative points of view

G.

The goal of objective of thinking

H.

Gateway intellectual standard that determines whether a statement is accurate or relevant

I.

The frame of reference, perspective, or worldview that underlies one’s reasoning

J.

Combination of thoughts that are mutually supporting and make sense in combination

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.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length

Question 8

Describe two intellectual standards, and give examples of each from your own life.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

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.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

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