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Key Facts: Extremadura PAU History of Philosophy Exam
90 Min
Official exam duration organized by UEx and Junta de Extremadura
Comisión Organizadora de la PAU de Extremadura
4.0 / 10
Minimum Access Phase mark required to combine with Bachillerato GPA
Spanish University Access Regulations (Real Decreto 534/2024)
14 Authors
Key authors in Extremadura curriculum across 4 historical periods
Junta de Extremadura 2º Bachillerato Curriculum
60% / 40%
Weighting of Bachillerato GPA vs PAU Access Phase mark
Consejería de Educación de Extremadura
EUR 78.26
Ordinary registration fee for Extremadura PAU
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Extremadura PAU History of Philosophy (UEx 2026) is a 90-minute university entrance exam assessing philosophical text comprehension, conceptual clarity, and essay writing across Ancient, Medieval, Modern, 19th-Century, and Contemporary Spanish and International philosophy.
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1Which Presocratic philosopher identified water (*hydor*) as the fundamental first principle (*arkhé*) of all nature, initiating the shift from mythological explanations (*mythos*) to rational inquiry (*logos*)?
A.Anaximander of Miletus
B.Heraclitus of Ephesus
C.Parmenides of Elea
D.Thales of Miletus
Explanation: Thales of Miletus is regarded as the first philosopher in Western tradition. He proposed that water is the primary substance (arkhé) from which everything arises, offering a naturalistic rather than mythological account of reality.
2Heraclitus of Ephesus argued that reality is governed by perpetual change and conflict (*panta rhei*). What unifying principle ensures that this universal flux remains harmonious and intelligible?
A.The Nous (Divine Intellect)
B.The Logos (Universal Rational Principle)
C.The Apeiron (Unlimited Void)
D.The Demiurge (Cosmic Craftsman)
Explanation: For Heraclitus, while all things are in constant motion and struggle between opposites, the Logos is the underlying rational principle and cosmic order that governs change and maintains unity.
3In his philosophical poem, Parmenides of Elea asserts that 'Being is, and Non-Being is not.' What epistemological consequence follows from this strict Eleatic ontology?
A.Sensory perception provides the only reliable path to absolute truth.
B.Change, multiplicity, and movement are rational truths demonstrated by logic.
C.Sensory perception yields mere illusion (doxa), whereas pure reason reveals unchangeable Being (aletheia).
D.Nothing can be known with certainty because reality is constantly coming into existence.
Explanation: Parmenides instituted a radical dualism between sensory appearance (doxa)—which falsely reports change and multiplicity—and rational truth (aletheia), which reveals that Being is eternal, immutable, indivisible, and unique.
4What is the primary objective of Socrates' maieutic method (*techne maieutike*) as depicted in Platonic dialogues?
A.To persuade audiences through sophisticated rhetorical techniques and emotional speeches.
B.To transmit fixed dogmatic doctrines from master to disciple via lectures.
C.To teach students how to win political debates at any cost regardless of truth.
D.To act as an intellectual midwife, guiding individuals through dialogue to discover truth within their own souls.
Explanation: Socrates compared his method to midwifery (*maieutics*). Rather than instilling pre-packaged knowledge, he used targeted questioning and irony to help interlocutors deliver truth and examine their own beliefs.
5Which ethical doctrine is encapsulated in Socrates' principle of Socratic Intellectualism (*moral intellectualism*)?
A.Moral values are subjective conventions constructed by political rulers to maintain power.
B.Ethical goodness is achieved purely through ritualistic observance and obedience to traditional laws.
C.Right action depends exclusively on calculating the pleasurable consequences of an act.
D.Virtue is knowledge; no one does wrong willingly, but only out of ignorance of the Good.
Explanation: Socratic Intellectualism posits that moral virtue (*arete*) is directly tied to knowledge (*episteme*). Whoever truly knows what is good will inevitably act virtuously; evil actions stem from cognitive ignorance of true value.
6According to Plato's Theory of Forms (*Eide*), what is the relationship between physical objects in the sensible world and eternal Forms in the intelligible world?
A.Forms are mental concepts abstracted from physical objects through empirical observation.
B.Sensible objects are imperfect copies or participants (*methexis*) in eternal, immutable Forms.
C.Sensible objects are completely identical in reality and perfection to their corresponding Forms.
D.Forms exist only as linguistic names created by human convention to categorize matter.
Explanation: Plato's metaphysical dualism holds that sensible objects are changing, imperfect material copies that participate (*methexis*) in or imitate (*mimesis*) transcendent, perfect, unchanging Forms residing in the intelligible realm (*topos noetos*).
7In Plato's *Republic* (Book VII), what does the sun outside the cave represent in the Allegory of the Cave?
A.The physical star that illuminates sensible material objects.
B.The deceptive illusions produced by political sophists and poets.
C.The Form of the Good, supreme cause of truth, existence, and intelligibility.
D.The rational soul imprisoned within the human body.
Explanation: In the Allegory of the Cave, the sun outside the cave represents the Form of the Good (*Idea del Bien*), which illuminates the intelligible realm, makes Forms knowable to the intellect, and provides truth and order to reality.
8How does Plato explain learning and genuine knowledge acquisition in the *Meno* and *Phaedo* through the doctrine of *Anamnesis*?
A.Learning is the mechanical accumulation of sense data collected by bodily organs.
B.Learning is the passive reception of divine revelations granted by the gods.
C.Learning is an arbitrary linguistic agreement constructed by civic assemblies.
D.Learning is recollection; the immortal soul remembers intelligible Forms known before incarnation.
Explanation: Plato's doctrine of *Anamnesis* (reminiscence) posits that the soul is immortal and contemplated the Forms before being reincarnated in a body. Sensible experiences trigger the soul to recall this latent intelligible knowledge.
9In Plato's tripartite division of the soul (*Republic*), which virtue corresponds to the harmonious governance of the rational part (*logistikon*) over the irascible (*thymoeides*) and appetitive (*epithymetikon*) parts?
A.Courage / Fortitude (*Andreia*)
B.Temperance / Moderation (*Sophrosyne*)
C.Justice (*Dikaiosyne*)
D.Wisdom / Prudence (*Sophia* / *Phronesis*)
Explanation: Wisdom (*Sophia* or *Phronesis*) is the virtue of the rational soul. Justice (*Dikaiosyne*) is the overarching virtue that arises when each of the three parts performs its proper function, but Wisdom specifically belongs to the ruling rational part.
10Why does Plato advocate for Philosopher-Kings to govern the ideal state (*Kallipolis*) in the *Republic*?
A.Because philosophers possess military strength superior to guardian warriors.
B.Because only philosophers have contemplated the Form of the Good and possess true knowledge (*episteme*) required for just governance.
C.Because philosophers are elected by democratic majority vote of citizens.
D.Because philosophers wealth makes them immune to financial corruption.
Explanation: Plato argues that state governance must be directed by reason. Only philosophers who have ascended dialectically to comprehend the Form of the Good possess the genuine knowledge (*episteme*) needed to rule justly without self-interest.
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