Philosophy trivia and snacks
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Test your knowledge of philosophy with the 2006 IAP Philosophy Trivia Quiz! This quiz is extremely hard, so you might want to take a break at the Cognitive Science Cafe [pdf].
As a former philosophy major, I feel as though I should be scoring higher.
On the other hand, section 10 was a snap...
posted by infidelpants at 5:52 PM on February 7, 2006
On the other hand, section 10 was a snap...
posted by infidelpants at 5:52 PM on February 7, 2006
I got eleven, and I'm bitter too.
posted by exlotuseater at 6:19 PM on February 7, 2006
posted by exlotuseater at 6:19 PM on February 7, 2006
My Sophmore Greek Philosophy professor spent four classes over two weeks defining "Logos" and then suffered a stroke.
posted by longsleeves at 7:09 PM on February 7, 2006
posted by longsleeves at 7:09 PM on February 7, 2006
5, all from the 'last words' section. Kicked myself when I realised too late that section 10 was Monty Python, though.
posted by matthewr at 7:17 PM on February 7, 2006
posted by matthewr at 7:17 PM on February 7, 2006
Most of my points were on the first page, though about half of those were because of the non-philosophers. The questions felt very... I dunno. Is it just because my school isn't analytic enough? And I say this as someone taking a seminar in dynamical cognition.
Fucking Logos, or λόγος as my texts so accurately insist. Back to Heidegger :(
posted by maledictory at 7:21 PM on February 7, 2006
Fucking Logos, or λόγος as my texts so accurately insist. Back to Heidegger :(
posted by maledictory at 7:21 PM on February 7, 2006
All the answers to 12 are "Brian Leiter", aren't they?
posted by kenko at 10:25 PM on February 7, 2006
posted by kenko at 10:25 PM on February 7, 2006
Oh, I now see that it says in the question that they were all by the same guy.
posted by kenko at 10:25 PM on February 7, 2006
posted by kenko at 10:25 PM on February 7, 2006
The questions felt very... I dunno. Is it just because my school isn't analytic enough?
No, it's because these questions are all based around pointless trivia.
Still bitter.
posted by chrismear at 10:40 PM on February 7, 2006
No, it's because these questions are all based around pointless trivia.
Still bitter.
posted by chrismear at 10:40 PM on February 7, 2006
“A double-barreled sniping weapon
developed at M.I.T.”
- lots of smart assery.
“The business of any writer, and especially of the philosopher, is, as they say, to discover, utter, and diffuse truth and adequate conceptions. In actual practice this business usually consists in warming up and distributing on all
sides the same old cabbage.”
- Indeed.
posted by Smedleyman at 4:20 PM on February 8, 2006
developed at M.I.T.”
- lots of smart assery.
“The business of any writer, and especially of the philosopher, is, as they say, to discover, utter, and diffuse truth and adequate conceptions. In actual practice this business usually consists in warming up and distributing on all
sides the same old cabbage.”
- Indeed.
posted by Smedleyman at 4:20 PM on February 8, 2006
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I'm just bitter that I scored zero.
posted by chrismear at 4:58 PM on February 7, 2006