Philosophy 101: Introduction to Philosophy

Russell Marcus, Instructor

Queens College, Spring 2006

Information Regarding the Final Examination

The Final Exam will be given on Wednesday, May 24, at 11am, in Powdermaker 152.

It will consist of fourteen questions, culled from the following boldfaced questions on Reading Guides #2-5.

You will be asked to answer any ten of the fourteen questions.

Some of the questions may be combinations of two questions from the original reading guides.

Neither notes nor texts will be allowed to be used during the exam.

Please remember that you must hand in your exam before leaving the classroom for any reason.

If you leave the room, you will not be permitted to return and resume the exam.

Only the following questions may be on the exam:

Locke:

3, 5, 6, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21.

Berkeley:

4, 6, 7, 10, 13, 17, 18, 21, 25, 31, 38, 40, 43, 62, 63, 66, 72, 74, 76, 83, 85, 86, 87.

Hume:
3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 21, 28, 34, 56, 67.

Plato:

6, 7, 9, 10, 20, 27, 34, 41, 45, 48.

Click here for full versions of all the questions.

At the beginning of this term, I mentioned that success in this course depends on being able to discuss a) what the philosophers say; b) why they say it; and c) whether they are right or wrong (i.e. provide some considered critical comments). I do not expect you to provide each of these for each question on the exam. But the best papers will include elements of critical analysis as well as explication of the readings.

Feel free to email me with any questions, or sample answers, for my feedback.