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Study Guide for the Midterm
Examination
Introduction to Philosophy, HUM 127-0C1
Fall, 2003
Remember that you must take the midterm exam in the
Oakton Testing Center at the Des Plaines Campus or at the Skokie campus.
The time limit for the exam will be two hours so please arrive at the Testing
Center at least two hours before it closes. Here is a link that lists the hours
that the Testing
Center is open. Be sure to
bring a picture ID. You will have
two hours to complete the exam. This
should give you more time than you will need.
In preparing for this exam, please be sure to review
both the tapes and the reading assignments.
- Part
One of the midterm will ask you to match philosophers with their ideas,
their important works, or important events from their lives.
The answers to these matches will be:
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Anselm, Aquinas, Freud, Feuerbach, Marx, James,
Kierkegaard, Theresa, Descartes, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Quine,
Kant, Humboldt. (24%)
- Part
Two of the midterm will ask you to match philosophical terms with their
definitions. The answers to
these matches will be: epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, theology,
monotheism, atheism, agnosticism, mysticism, ontological
argument, cosmological argument, argument from design, problem of evil,
rationalism, empiricism, skepticism,
idealism, innate ideas, primary qualities, secondary qualities, sense data,
phenomenal world, noumenal world, Sapir-Whorf hypothesis (22%)
- Part
Three will consist of two essay questions. (50%) The topics for the essay questions will
come from the following list:
- Socrates’
philosophical method
and how philosophy differs from myth
- The
three major arguments for God’s existence and one critical objection to
each argument
- The
philosophical debate over the significance of mystical experience
- Descartes'
philosophical methodology
- The
contrast between rationalism and empiricism and how Kant synthesizes these
two opposed views
- Part
Four will ask you to evaluate simple arguments for validity and soundness
and/or to define terms used in logic. My
notes on logic will be all you need for this section. (4%)
- Study
hints:
- It
may help you to review the quizzes. You
may retake any of the quizzes as part of your preparation. (Re-taking the
quiz does not change your original grade.)
- Making
flash cards may also help you with the objective part of the exam.
- To
study for the essay questions, write your own questions based on the
topics and answer them. I am
happy to look at any questions, outlines, or answers you want to submit for my
critique.
- If
you have questions about the material, you may want to participate in the
Thursday evening chat. You can also post questions about the midterm
on the Discussion Forum. If
you need extra help, please see me during my office hours.
You may want to call or email for an appointment.
Page Author: Hollace Graff
Oakton Community College
Last Update: October 1, 2003
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