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What does "objective truth" mean?

Objects are true, as in they exist

Truth lies within the object and doesn't depend on what people think

The possibility of objecting to the truth

Truth lies within the perceiver of the object

What is true about objectivism? (Pick 3)

The truth is present in the object

The truth is present in the subject's perception of the object.

The truth is mind-dependent (depends on what people think)

The truth is mind-indepedent (doesn't depend on what people think)

The truth is not relative to the culture or circumstance

The truth is relative to the culture and circumstance

What type of truth something depends on the individual's idea of it?

Objective truth

Subjective truth

Subjectivism is the idea that the truth depends on:

What people think is true or not.

What the subject in topic is.

Whether the subject is true or not.

What is actually true.

What do we call a "truth" that is only considered so in a particular culture or society?

Objective truth

Subjective truth

Relative truth

Particular truth

The sophists were known for which of the following things? (multiple answers)

Arguing that the truth is relative

Being good in rhetoric and the art of persuasive speech

Making sophisticated arguments to prove their argument right

Claiming that what is true is the result of convention.

Protagoras had claimed that:

Man should measure all things

Man is the measure of all things that are considered true

Man is what created measurements for things

Measuring was invented by man

In order to demonstrate the impossibility of having proper knowledge, Gorgias makes use of:

Pandora's box

Paradontax

Paradox

Pantalox

Which of the following are correct about Moral relativism?

Morality is relative to the culture

Morality is relative to what is true

The culture determines what is considered as right or wrong

The truth is relative to reason

Morality is relative to God

Morality is the product of society

Every society has its' own morality

There is one objective moral code

Why is rhetoric important according to the sophists?

It helps make you sound good

It helps make you look smart

It can help you fool people

It helps you make better arguments

What is the usefulness of well-built arguments?

They help establish what is considered as true

They help establish your superiority over others

They help you show your intelligence

They are well built bro!

According to the sophists, the truth is the product of what?

Multi-national corporations

Convention

God's creation

Objectivism

What leads to the truth is considered relative or subjective?

The fact that people say it

The lack of possible verification to confirm what is true

The possibility of people to come up with narratives and stories

The ability of people to talk about subjects

What do we call the art of persuasive speech?

Manipulation

Speechful

Rhetoric

Oration

What technique is used to establish something as true?

Relativism

Rotary

Rhetoric

Fallacies

Which of the following describes morality according to the sophists?

Relative

Objective

Subjective

False

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