PHI 215 Philosophical Issues Quiz 1

PHI 215 Philosophical Issues
Quiz 1 - Plato's Line Analogy and Allegory of the Cave

In questions 1 - 4 classify the statements according to Plato's hierarchy of knowledge.
Justify your conclusions by a brief explanation as to why Plato would thus classify them.

1. A television commerical. _______________________

2. The base angles of an isosceles triangle are equal. ________________________

3. The sky is blue. ____________________

4. God is good. _______________________

In the allegory of the cave what do the following images symbolize:

5. The prisoners:

6. The shadows on the cave wall:

7. The ascent from the cave and the discovery of the outside world:

8. The sun:

9. The return of the freed prisoner to the cave:

10. Plato's concept of the Forms is the hardest to grasp of all the different types of knowledge and "reality". Why does Plato feel that they are required to explain order in the world?