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90 min
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Distrito Único Andaluz
0–10
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Junta de Andalucía
4.0
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Comisión Interuniversitaria
EUR 58.70
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2º Bachillerato Syllabus
The Andalusia PAU History of Philosophy exam (Historia de la Filosofía) is administered by the Distrito Único Andaluz and Comisión Interuniversitaria de Andalucía for students completing 2nd Bachillerato. The exam lasts 90 minutes and is graded on a 0–10 scale (minimum 4.0 required in the Access Phase). Note that local questions on this platform are an English-language MCQ study adaptation created to help students master the underlying 2nd Bachillerato curriculum.
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1In Plato's philosophy, what are the Forms (Ideas)?
A.Subjective thoughts created by the human mind during sensory perception
B.Immutable, perfect, and non-material essences existing in the intelligible realm
C.Physical atoms that combine to form visible material objects
D.Linguistic conventions used to categorize physical phenomena
Explanation: For Plato, the Forms (or Ideas) are objective, immutable, eternal, and non-material essences that exist independently of human minds in the intelligible world (Intelligible Realm or World of Forms). Physical objects in the sensible world are merely imperfect, changing reflections or participants in these ideal Forms.
2What does the sun symbolize in Plato's Allegory of the Cave?
A.The physical source of sensible heat and light
B.The Form of the Good, which illuminates all truth and reality
C.The deceptive nature of sensory experience
D.The arbitrary power of the political tyrant
Explanation: In the Allegory of the Cave (Republic, Book VII), the sun outside the cave represents the Form of the Good (Idea del Bien). Just as the physical sun provides light and enables vision in the sensible world, the Form of the Good provides truth, intelligibility, and existence to all other Forms in the intelligible realm.
3According to Aristotle, what is 'hylomorphism'?
A.The view that matter and form exist in separate transcendent realms
B.The doctrine that physical substances are compounds of matter (hyle) and form (morphe)
C.The theory that all change is an illusion created by sensory organs
D.The belief that only mind exists and physical matter is unreal
Explanation: Aristotle's hylomorphism holds that every physical substance is an inseparable composite of matter (hyle, potentiality) and form (morphe, actuality). Unlike Plato, who separated form from matter into a transcendent realm, Aristotle argues that form is immanent within physical objects.
4In Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, how is moral virtue defined?
A.An innate emotion present from birth without training
B.A habituated disposition aiming at the mean (golden mean) between extremes of excess and deficiency
C.Strict obedience to divine commandments revealed through scripture
D.The complete suppression of all physical pleasure and desire
Explanation: Aristotle defines moral virtue (arete) as a deliberate habit or disposition (hexis) concerned with choice, lying in a mean (mesotes) relative to us, determined by reason. For example, courage is the golden mean between the excess of rashness and the deficiency of cowardice.
5What is Plato's theory of recollection (anamnesis)?
A.Learning is the empirical accumulation of sensory impressions
B.Learning is the soul's remembrance of the Forms known prior to bodily incarnation
C.Knowledge is constructed entirely through logical deduction from mathematical axioms
D.Truth is acquired through divine mystical revelation during sleep
Explanation: Plato's theory of anamnesis (recollection) asserts that the immortal soul possessed direct knowledge of the Forms before birth. Sensory experience in the physical world serves merely as a prompt or reminder that enables the soul to recollect the knowledge it already contains.
6Which of Aristotle's Four Causes answers the question: 'For what purpose or end was something made?'
A.Material cause
B.Formal cause
C.Efficient cause
D.Final cause
Explanation: The final cause (telos) explains the ultimate purpose, goal, or function for which a thing exists or is produced. For example, the final cause of an acorn is to become a mature oak tree, and the final cause of a statue is aesthetic honor or appreciation.
7How does Plato structure the tripartite human soul in the Republic?
A.Vegetative, sensitive, and rational faculties
B.Rational (logistikon), spirited (thymoeides), and appetitive (epithymetikon) parts
C.Id, ego, and superego
D.Memory, intellect, and will
Explanation: In Republic IV, Plato divides the soul into three parts: the rational part (reason seeking truth), the spirited part (emotion, courage, honor), and the appetitive part (bodily desires and physical cravings). Justice in the individual occurs when reason rules with the help of spirit over the appetites.
8Why does Plato advocate for 'Philosopher-Kings' to govern the ideal city (Kallipolis)?
A.Because philosophers are wealth-seekers who stimulate economic growth
B.Because only philosophers possess knowledge of the Form of the Good and care for true justice
C.Because military commanders are prone to cowardice under pressure
D.Because hereditary monarchs are divinely anointed by the Olympic gods
Explanation: Plato argues in the Republic that political ills will never cease until philosophers become kings or kings become genuine philosophers. Because philosophers have contemplated the Form of the Good, their governance is guided by objective wisdom and justice rather than personal ambition, wealth, or power.
9What is the primary difference between Plato's and Aristotle's views on the nature of reality?
A.Plato is an empiricist who relies on observation, while Aristotle is a mystic who rejects sensory experience
B.Plato posits a transcendent dualism of two separate worlds, while Aristotle posits an immanent naturalism where forms reside inside material things
C.Plato believes physical matter is eternal and uncreated, while Aristotle believes the physical universe was created out of nothing
D.Plato denies the existence of soul, while Aristotle claims everything is made of pure spirit
Explanation: Plato's metaphysical dualism separates reality into the physical World of Sensible Things and the transcendent World of Forms. In contrast, Aristotle's immanent naturalism rejects separate transcendent Forms, arguing that essence (form) exists only within individual concrete substances (matter) in the observable world.
10In Aristotle's Politics, why is human being described as a 'political animal' (zoon politikon)?
A.Because humans are naturally aggressive and prone to party factionalism
B.Because humans possess speech (logos) and can only achieve moral perfection and eudaimonia within a polis
C.Because political leaders are selected through democratic lottery in all natural societies
D.Because humans are driven exclusively by economic exchange and trade
Explanation: Aristotle asserts that humans are by nature political animals (zoon politikon) because they possess speech (logos) to distinguish justice from injustice. An individual isolated from the polis (city-state) is either a beast or a god, because true human flourishing (eudaimonia) and moral virtue require civic life and social cooperation.
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