Philosophy questions help? QUESTION 8 The heart of Parmenides\' argument against
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Philosophy questions help?
QUESTION 8 The heart of Parmenides' argument against change is that nothing can change, although some things appear to change. O nothing can change, because change is nothing. O nothing can change, because then God would not exist. O nothing can change because something cannot become what it is not. QUESTION 9 One of the following scenarios would contradict the narrator's view of morality in the story of the Ring of Gyges? A. One does the right thing because one fears bad social consequences if one were to act otherwise. O B. One does the right thing despite the fear of bad social consequences if one were to act otherwise. C. One doesn't do the right thing despite the fear of bad social consequences. O D. One doesn't do the right thing because one doesn't know what is right. QUESTION 10 A reductio ad absurdum of relativism is the claim that A. the relativist's assertion that relativism is true is also relative. O B. the relativist's asseon that "Might makes right" is also relative. C.the relativist's assertion that preferences vary is also relative. D.none of the above.Explanation / Answer
Question 5: According to amaury de riencourt , the Greek philosophy had logical consistency but lacked in matching the practical wisdom. She stated that " the absolute predominance of the dissociating, analytical masculine principle in Greek thought is obvious- hence its strength and its weakness." This implies, that the strength and weakness of Greek philosophy is same- its logic. Hence the answer is :
Option : its concern with logical coherence.
Question 6: Famously known as Heraclitus' philosophy of change and flow. He said that life resembles the flow of river and all the thoughts and thinking resemble peaks and troughs. He says life should be to go with the flow. Hence, the correct answer would be :
Option B: some things that seem to be stable and enduring are really in flux.
Question 7: Zeno' paradox of the dichotomy states that , that which is in locomotion must arrive at the half way stage before it arrives at the goal. This states that distances are divisible infinitely. Hence the refuting statement would be :
Option B: distances are only divisible finitely.
Question 8:
Option D : nothing can change because something cannot become what it is not