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90 min
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Universidad de La Rioja
0–10
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Gobierno de La Rioja
4.0
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Universidad de La Rioja (UR)
EUR 55.43
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2º Bachillerato Syllabus
The La Rioja PAU History of Philosophy exam (Historia de la Filosofía) is administered by Universidad de La Rioja (UR) and Gobierno de La Rioja 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 fundamental division characterizes reality (ontological dualism)?
A.The division between the sensible world of physical objects and the intelligible world of Forms (Ideas)
B.The division between divine consciousness and demonic forces
C.The division between material atoms and empty void
D.The division between subjective perceptions and historical economic structures
Explanation: Platonic dualism divides reality into the sensible world (world of physical, changing, imperfect objects perceived through the senses) and the intelligible world (realm of perfect, immutable, eternal Forms or Ideas accessible only through reason). Atomic void belongs to Democritus, economic structures to Marx, and divine/demonic dualism to religious traditions.
2In Plato's Myth of the Cave (Republic, Book VII), what does the Sun outside the cave represent?
A.The physical star that gives light to the sensible world
B.The Form of the Good (Idea del Bien), the supreme source of truth, reality, and knowledge
C.The tyrannical power of the Athenian democracy
D.The illusory shadows cast by artificial fire inside the cave
Explanation: In the Myth of the Cave, the Sun outside the cave represents the Form of the Good (Idea del Bien), which is the highest principle in the intelligible world. Just as the physical sun enables vision and growth in the sensible realm, the Form of the Good makes truth and knowledge possible in the intelligible realm. Shadows inside represent sensory illusions, not the Sun.
3What is Plato's epistemological theory of Anamnesis (Recollection)?
A.Learning is a process of accumulating empirical observations through sensory experience
B.Learning is remembering (recollecting) knowledge that the immortal soul acquired in the World of Forms before bodily incarnation
C.Knowledge is derived entirely from logical deductions starting from arbitrary mathematical postulates
D.Truth is created by linguistic convention and political consensus
Explanation: Plato's theory of Anamnesis (Recollection) posits that the human soul is immortal and contemplated the eternal Forms in the intelligible world prior to being incarnated in a physical body. Learning is therefore not the acquisition of new external information, but the recollection (reminiscence) of truths already known by the soul. Empirical accumulation belongs to empiricism, not Plato.
4How does Plato structure the tripartite human soul and its corresponding cardinal virtues in the Republic?
A.Rational (Wisdom), Irascible (Courage), Appetitive (Temperance)
B.Sensory (Prudence), Vegetative (Fortitude), Intellectual (Justice)
C.Logical (Faith), Emotional (Hope), Physical (Charity)
D.Theoretical (Science), Practical (Art), Productive (Craft)
Explanation: Plato divides the soul into three parts: Rational (logistikon), located in the head, whose virtue is Wisdom (sophia); Irascible (thymoeides), located in the chest, whose virtue is Courage (andreia); and Appetitive (epithymetikon), located in the abdomen, whose virtue is Temperance (sophrosyne). Harmony among all three under the guidance of reason produces Justice (dikaiosyne).
5According to Plato's Theory of Forms, what is the nature of a Form (Idea)?
A.A mental concept existing only inside individual human minds
B.An objective, eternal, immutable, perfect, non-material archetype that exists independently of sensory objects
C.A temporary physical pattern shaped by biological natural selection
D.A linguistic label used to group similar material objects together for convenience
Explanation: For Plato, Forms (Ideas) are not subjective mental concepts or nominal labels; they are objective, non-material, immutable, eternal realities that exist in the intelligible realm. Sensible objects are merely imperfect, changing copies that participate in (or imitate) these transcendent Forms. Nominalism and conceptualism view ideas as mere labels or mental states, which Plato explicitly rejects.
6Why does Plato advocate for the rule of 'Philosopher-Kings' in his ideal city-state (Kallipolis)?
A.Because philosophers possess wealth and military power to command armies
B.Because only philosophers have attained genuine knowledge of the Form of the Good and can govern based on truth rather than opinion or passion
C.Because political authority should rotate randomly among all citizens by lottery
D.Because philosophers are elected by democratic majority vote
Explanation: In the Republic, Plato argues that rulers must be philosophers (or kings must study philosophy) because only those who have escaped the cave of sensory illusion and grasped the Form of the Good possess true knowledge (episteme) rather than mere opinion (doxa). Therefore, only philosopher-kings can organize society according to objective justice. Wealth, military force, or democratic lotteries produce unjust or unstable regimes.
7In the Analogy of the Divided Line (Republic VI), what are the four levels of cognitive operation from lowest to highest?
A.Eikasia (illusion/conjecture), Pistis (belief), Dianoia (thought/mathematical reasoning), Noesis (pure intelligence/understanding)
B.Sensation, Perception, Memory, Imagination
C.Doxa, Episteme, Techne, Phronesis
D.Intuition, Deduction, Induction, Abduction
Explanation: Plato's Divided Line maps four levels of cognition and reality: Eikasia (conjecture/images of shadows), Pistis (belief regarding physical objects) — which together form Doxa (opinion); and Dianoia (discursive thought/mathematical principles), Noesis (direct intellectual intuition of Forms) — which together form Episteme (knowledge).
8What is Plato's primary criticism of democratic governance in the Republic?
A.Democracy fails because it gives power to demagogues who flatter the ignorant masses, leading to anarchy and eventual tyranny
B.Democracy is too rigid and prevents citizens from enjoying personal freedom
C.Democracy relies too heavily on philosophical experts rather than practical soldiers
D.Democracy encourages economic equality, which Plato considers immoral
Explanation: Plato criticizes democracy because it treats uneducated opinions as equal to expert knowledge, allowing manipulative demagogues to sway the crowd through rhetoric. This produces a lack of order, excessive liberty degenerating into license, and eventually paves the way for tyranny when a strongman restores order.
9In Plato's cosmological dialogue Timaeus, what role is played by the Demiurge?
A.The Demiurge is a divine craftsman who shapes pre-existing chaotic matter according to the eternal blueprint of the Forms
B.The Demiurge creates the universe out of nothing (ex nihilo) through a single word
C.The Demiurge is an evil deity who traps spiritual souls inside material bodies as punishment
D.The Demiurge represents the blind force of physical evolution operating by random chance
Explanation: In Timaeus, the Demiurge is an artisan/craftsman god who looks to the perfect, eternal Forms as a model and imposes order upon pre-existing chaotic matter (chora) to create the sensible cosmos. Unlike the Judeo-Christian God, the Demiurge does not create ex nihilo (out of nothing), nor is he an evil gnostic deity.
10In Plato's Symposium, how does Diotima describe the ladder of love (Eros)?
A.As an ascent starting from love of one beautiful physical body, progressing to all beautiful bodies, beautiful souls, laws/institutions, knowledge, and culminating in the Form of Beauty itself
B.As a descent from abstract intellectual ideas down into passionate physical consumption
C.As a cycle of emotional attachment and betrayal inherent to mortal relationships
D.As an illusion generated by physical hormones that philosophers must entirely eliminate
Explanation: In the Symposium (via Socrates reporting Diotima's speech), the ascent of Eros begins with physical attraction to a single beautiful body, expands to appreciate physical beauty in general, moves upward to moral/spiritual beauty in souls, laws, and sciences, and reaches its climax in the contemplation of the eternal, absolute Form of Beauty itself.
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