Identification Items:

A. Concise but complete definition ( 20 points )

a posteriori knowledge
deduction
empiricism
expressive function of language
the Herbartian method
Occam's Razor
realism
Socratic method of teaching
sound argument
sufficient condition

B. Philosopher plus concise but complete explanation ( 20 points )

abc's of subject matter
apperceptive mass
divided line
Divine Illumination
efficient cause
heteronomy
method of agreement
organic prizing
pansophism
primary qualities

Informal Fallacies ( 10 points )

Can you believe that Bucknell Univerity paid someone as stupid as Dan Quayle $20,000.00 to speak to the student body? He can't even spell "potatoe"! Boy, is he dumb! Bucknell is supposedly an institution which is attended by intelligent students. Their brilliance should not be tarnished by the thoughts of a dullard like Dan.

The Clinton Administration will never produce a health plan that will be passed by the Congress because Hillary Clinton is a J.D., Doctor of Law, and not an M.D., Doctor of Medicine. Thus, since she is not a medical doctor, anything that is proposed by the group which she is leading will not be useful in developing a national health care system.

I am a believer in reincarnation because the famous actress, Shirley Maclaine has testified to living many lives in the past and that is enough proof for me.

You can't believe any of the arguments that Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts makes for gay rights becuase he is a self-confessed homosexual.

Of the last five Presidents of the United States, three were graduates of Yale College or Yale Law School. So, if you want your child to be President, send her to Yale.

Short essay question ( 20 points )

Both Dewey and Aristotle see habit as being very important in education. Compare and contrast the views of these two philosophers on the role of habit in education.

Both Comenius and Rousseau believed that nature was an important guide for the education of the young. Explain how both used nature as a guide for education and compare and contrast their views concerning "nature."

Long essay question ( 30 points )

Compare and contrast the educational views of Plato and Rousseau. The following must be included in your essay: conception of human nature, views upon epistemology, views upon the relationship between education and society, views upoon the role of the teacher, and views upon the best way of teaching.