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Key Facts: Valencian Community PAU History of Philosophy Exam
90-minute written exam duration at Valencian public university centers
0–10 grading scale with a minimum 4.0 pass threshold in Access Phase
EUR 78.37 base registration fee for compulsory Access Phase in Valencian Community
Combines 60% Bachillerato average grade with 40% PAU Access Phase grade
Features core philosophical figures from Antiquity to 20th Century under LOMLOE
Master the 2026 Valencian PAU History of Philosophy syllabus covering Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Descartes, Locke, Hume, Kant, Marx, Nietzsche, Ortega y Gasset, and Hannah Arendt with 100 practice questions.
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1According to Plato's dualist ontology, what is the primary distinction between the Sensible World (Mundo Sensible) and the Intelligible World (Mundo Inteligible)?
A.The sensible world consists of non-physical entities, while the intelligible world is physical and changing
B.The sensible world is material, realm of opinion, and subject to change, whereas the intelligible world is immaterial, eternal, and home to true Forms
C.The sensible world is ruled by pure reason, while the intelligible world is perceived exclusively by sensory organs
D.The sensible world is perfect and eternal, while the intelligible world is imperfect and created by the Demiurge
Explanation: Plato divides reality into the Sensible World—perceived by senses, mutable, and generating mere opinion (doxa)—and the Intelligible World—accessed by intellect (nous), immutable, eternal, and containing the true Forms (Eide).
2In Plato's Allegory of the Cave (*Republic* Book VII), what does the Sun outside the cave symbolize?
A.The mathematical principles governing planetary motion
B.The Form of the Good, supreme cause of truth, existence, and intelligibility
C.The sensory illusions created by sophists and rulers
D.The physical light that enables empirical observation of shadow figures
Explanation: In the Allegory of the Cave, the Sun represents the Form of the Good (Idea del Bien), which illuminates all other Forms and makes knowledge, truth, and existence possible in the intelligible realm.
3What is the core thesis of Plato's doctrine of recollection (*anamnesis*) presented in the *Meno* and *Phaedo*?
A.The human soul acquires all genuine knowledge through empirical induction from sensory observation
B.Learning is not acquiring new information, but remembering innate knowledge of the Forms that the soul contemplated prior to embodiment
C.Knowledge is impossible because human memory degrades over time
D.Sensory experience creates brand new concepts that never existed prior to physical birth
Explanation: Plato's doctrine of anamnesis asserts that the immortal soul contemplated the eternal Forms in the intelligible world prior to incarnation; sensory experiences in the physical world act as catalysts to recall that pre-existing knowledge.
4How does Plato map the three parts of the human soul to their corresponding virtues in the *Republic*?
A.Rational -> Wisdom; Spirited -> Courage; Appetitive -> Temperance
B.Rational -> Courage; Spirited -> Temperance; Appetitive -> Wisdom
C.Rational -> Justice; Spirited -> Wisdom; Appetitive -> Courage
D.Rational -> Temperance; Spirited -> Justice; Appetitive -> Fortitude
Explanation: Plato structures the soul into the Rational part (governed by Wisdom/Prudence), the Spirited part (governed by Courage/Fortitude), and the Appetitive part (governed by Temperance/Moderation). Harmony among all three under reason produces Justice.
5Why does Plato advocate for the rule of Philosopher-Kings in his ideal state (*Kallipolis*)?
A.Philosophers possess the greatest military strength needed to conquer neighboring city-states
B.Only philosophers have achieved dialectical knowledge of the Form of the Good and can act with justice and rational wisdom
C.Philosophers are democratically elected by all social classes every four years
D.Philosophers are wealthy aristocrats who can fund public infrastructure without levying taxes
Explanation: In Plato's *Republic*, political authority must be united with philosophical knowledge because only those who have contemplated the Form of the Good possess the wisdom required to govern the polis justly without personal ambition.
6According to Plato's degeneration of regimes in *Republic* Book VIII, into which corrupt political form does extreme democracy inevitably devolve?
A.Timocracy
B.Oligarchy
C.Tyranny
D.Aristocracy
Explanation: Plato argues that unchecked liberty and desire in democracy lead to political anarchy, which inevitably paves the way for a demagogue to seize absolute power, transforming democracy into Tyranny.
7In Plato's cosmological dialogue *Timaeus*, what is the role of the Demiurge?
A.Creating matter out of absolute nothingness (*creatio ex nihilo*)
B.A divine craftsman who shapes pre-existing chaotic matter into the sensible universe using eternal Forms as blueprint models
C.An evil spirit that deceives human minds into believing physical objects exist
D.A mortal ruler who enforces moral laws across Greek city-states
Explanation: The Demiurge in Plato's cosmology is a benevolent divine craftsman who molds unformed, chaotic matter (*chora*) according to the eternal, perfect patterns of the Forms; he does not create ex nihilo.
8What is Aristotle's doctrine of Hylomorphism (*hyle-morphe*)?
A.The belief that body and mind belong to two completely separate metaphysical realms that never interact
B.The principle that every physical substance is a unified composite of matter (*hyle*) and essence/form (*morphe*)
C.The theory that all material objects are illusory shadows of transcendent Forms existing in another world
D.The assertion that motion is mathematically impossible
Explanation: Aristotle's hylomorphism holds that natural substances are composed of matter (hyle, potentiality) and form (morphe, actuality). Unlike Plato, Aristotle asserts that form exists immanently within physical objects, not in a separate transcendent realm.
9In Aristotle's physics and metaphysics, which of the Four Causes represents the purpose or ultimate end (*telos*) for which something exists or is made?
A.The Material Cause
B.The Formal Cause
C.The Efficient Cause
D.The Final Cause
Explanation: Aristotle's Final Cause (*causa finalis*) explains the ultimate purpose or end (*telos*) of a process or object (e.g., health is the final cause of walking).
10What is the defining feature of Aristotelian Teleology in natural philosophy?
A.All events are completely random and governed purely by mechanistic chance without any purpose
B.Nature acts for a purpose, and natural processes are directed toward intrinsic goals or mature actualizations
C.Only human artificial objects have causes, whereas natural living beings possess no causes
D.The physical world was created in six calendar days by a transcendent deity
Explanation: Aristotle's teleological view holds that nature does nothing in vain; natural entities possess an internal drive (*entelechy*) to realize their inherent potential and final goal.
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