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Monday, January 27, 2014

Flanagan: Chapter Two Questions

I thought I would post a few more factual questions just to get the ball rolling as well as have something to study.  I've included one I posted earlier too.

(I'm working from a non-paginated Kindle version.  If you have a page number, post them below and I'll edit for future use.)

Q: When the rich king Plousios asked, "What kind of man is the worst among men?" How did Penicros answer?
A: He who is good in his own esteem.  Parables 1:16

Q: Does Flanagan argue that normative questions (e.g., is-ought, fact-value) can be addressed empirically?
A: yes

Q: How does Flanagan conceive of or interpret the Platonic Forms?
A: as natural categories

Q: According to Flanagan, what is the overarching reason that restrains humans from taking full advantage of human vulnerability, for example, obtained by Plato’s Lydian shepherd's ring of invisibility?
A: we are designed to be fit as social animals

Q: from Devin:  In the Platonic sense, what do all humans across cultural boundaries search for?
A: What is good, true, and beautiful.

1 comment:

  1. Devin here, Another good question may be in the Platonic sense, what do all humans across cultural boundaries search for?
    A- Humans across various worlds show a motivation to locate what is good, true, and beautiful.

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