Are You Ready For An Oral Exam??

[BloodlinE]

Topics covered: Pre-Socratic era, Socrates and Plato

A: Discuss the shift of concern of the Pre-Socratic thinkers from their earlier predecessors and cite at least three thinkers of the said era.

B: Socrates was quoted saying "wise is he who knows that he does not know", explain the philosophy behind this quotation by elaborating on the aspects of his ideas.

C:Plato being a strict follower of Socrates went with Idealism, explain the said school of thought by elaborating on his ideas on the theory of knowledge and the theory of forms.

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Topics covered: Medieval thought and St.Augustine

A: Discuss the trend of thought from the Ancient Era towards the Dark Ages(Medival Era) by citing examples of thought.

B: St. Augustine's life reflected what was to be his contribution in Philosophical thought, trace his life and elaborate on the needed aspects of his life.

C: Discuss St.Augustine's theory of knowledge and elaborate on how he was able to answer his dilemmas.

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Topics Covered: Modern thought, Rene Descartes and John Locke

A: Explain why Rene Descartes was considered as the father of modern Philosophy.

B:Rene Descartes is known to have help the idea on the Universal Methodic Doubt, explain the content of the said idea and give the value of the said idea in line with Philosophy

C: Compare and Contrast Rationalism and Empiricism by elaborating on the ideas of John Locke.

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Topics covered: Aabye Kierkegaard, Jean Paul Sarte and Karl Henrich Marx

A: Kierkegaard was known to have held a Philosophy centered on the self, explain his view on human existence and elaborate on the three stages of development and regression from one stage towards the other.

B: Explain Sarte's view on essence and existence by elaborating on the view of the latter citing examples if needed.

C: Identify the five epochs of history in line with Marx then afterwards explain how the Hegelian dialectics works through history( Historical Materialism)

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Topics covered: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

A: Explain how Nietzsche proposes to overcome the morality of his time if one is to declare that "God is Dead"

B: Nietzsche believes that the will to live is merely subsidiary to the will to power, expound on whether you would agree or disagree with the said statement.

C: Man is a 'being' towards a 'becoming', explain this thought by elaborating on Nietzsche's idea of the 'Ubermensche'

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I failed this exam even though I studied for a month. Help is much appreciated because I will retake the exam tommorow. T_T
anyway Discuss.

[Belthus]

No, I am not ready for that exam, given that I haven't taken that course. But you, I assume, have done the readings, attended the lectures, had the questions in advance, and had a month to prepare. If it's not against the rules to get help, maybe you could pay someone knowledgeable (e.g., a philosophy grad student) to look over your answers in written form and give feedback. However, with less than 24 hours, there may not be time to do more than try to diagnose the problems yourself. Good luck.

[BloodlinE]

No, I am not ready for that exam, given that I haven't taken that course. But you, I assume, have done the readings, attended the lectures, had the questions in advance, and had a month to prepare. If it's not against the rules to get help, maybe you could pay someone knowledgeable (e.g., a philosophy grad student) to look over your answers in written form and give feedback. However, with less than 24 hours, there may not be time to do more than try to diagnose the problems yourself. Good luck.

your just about right about everything. i had 3 weeks to prepare and he gave the test questions in advance. anyway thanks.

[Pineapple]

Philosophy? The best way to remember everything is to view the history of Philosophy as a dialogue between the different perspectives. How does that one really old guy disagree with that other really old guy? Do they both agree on anything? It can't be too hard, since the name of the perspective should trigger the information you've learned about that perspective (e.g. "Empiricism, I wonder if that has anything to do with the scientific method or the acquisition of empirical evidence to support claims...hmm...")

You said that he gave the questions out beforehand. Is the make-up going to have the same questions? Or does he choose a few questions from this "master list"?

[BloodlinE]

Philosophy? The best way to remember everything is to view the history of Philosophy as a dialogue between the different perspectives. How does that one really old guy disagree with that other really old guy? Do they both agree on anything? It can't be too hard, since the name of the perspective should trigger the information you've learned about that perspective (e.g. "Empiricism, I wonder if that has anything to do with the scientific method or the acquisition of empirical evidence to support claims...hmm...")

You said that he gave the questions out beforehand. Is the make-up going to have the same questions? Or does he choose a few questions from this "master list"?

it does not work that way. I shall answer them all whether I like it or not. >.<

[Pineapple]

So you need to answer all the questions (that he gave you beforehand)? I just don't see why you couldn't have rewrote the answers once every day/week until you could memorize what to write without even having the test paper in front of you.

[BloodlinE]

So you need to answer all the questions (that he gave you beforehand)? I just don't see why you couldn't have rewrote the answers once every day/week until you could memorize what to write without even having the test paper in front of you.

he gave the test questions when we where taking our major exams to fail us grr. so instead of reviewing philosophy we ended up reviewing our major subjects, when the major exams was finally finished we have 4 days to review but i failed it for the first time. he gave me another chance(because all of us failed the exam).

[Pineapple]

Ah. Yesterday, you said you were retaking the exam "tomorrow". Have you not taken it yet? Countdown?