PHIL 301 Ancient Philosophy Exam #3 Aristotle 100 points

This exam is due Thursday 12/10 in class, our last session. If you need additional time, you may turn in the exam by Thursday, 12/17 at 5pm in my office (HUM 359) or in the Department office (HUM 388). (You may drop of papers anytime between 12/10 and the 12/17 deadline. No emailed papers will be accepted. Unless have made prior arrangements with me for an Incomplete, all other exams (and your creative project) must be submitted by 5pm on 12/17. This is the last exam for the semester. There is no final exam.

Make sure your name, course number and semester appear on each page. All other text should be double-spaced. One inch margins on all sides.

Helpful hint: for the Aristotle references, you have some options. You can just use abbreviations and the Bekker numbers. Giving the line number specifically pinpoints the place from which you're drawing your information. For instance, DA 417a instead of De Anima 417a. If you use this method you don't need to also give the book and chapter along with the line number, e.g., DA II.5, 417a. Or you can often just refer to the work's book and/or chapter, DA II.1 or Cat. 2, etc. You can use both methods throughout the exam depending on the need. Cat. 2 really focuses on one thing whereas there are different things being addressed in DA II.1 and this will make it a little harder for the reader to locate the exact text you're addressing. Bottom line: do what you can to save space. You don't need to keep repeating a reference if the entire essay is focused on one passage or chapter, for instance.

Each essay is one (1) page long. 100 points total for the exam.

Aristotelian Concepts

Use my Aristotle Notes for review. 

Write a one (1) page essay on each concept. You must give examples to illustrate each concept. Be brief. Be direct. Be succinct. Don't beat around the bush. Avoid using quotations. Aim to put these concepts into your words. If you must quote, don't use long quotes (i.e., quotes over 10 words in length). 10 points per essay.

Answer each question. 25 points each question.

1. Aristotle's category theory (Categories = abbreviation Cat. 2) (1 page essay)
Briefly describe Aristotle's substance-accident ontology and subject-predicate analysis of entities.

2. Aristotle's four causes (Physics = abbreviation Phy. II.3) (1 page essay)

3. Aristotle's theory of change (Phy. I. 7-8) (1 page essay)

4. Aristotle's theory of four grades of potentiality and actuality
(De Anima = abbreviation DA II.1-3, 5-6 - but focus on II.5) (1 page essay)