Question 1
According to Aristotle in the HAVO 2026 syllabus, what makes the human a distinctive animal?
Correct Answer:
A thinking animal with a rational soul (dier dat kan denken)
Question 2
René Descartes' view of non-human animals in the syllabus is best summarised as:
Correct Answer:
Complex machines that cannot experience (geen gevoel)
Question 3
Which Cartesian distinction separates mind from matter?
Correct Answer:
Res cogitans versus res extensa (substantiedualisme)
Question 4
Helmuth Plessner's key claim about the human difference is that humans have:
Correct Answer:
Excentrische positionaliteit (reflection on their own centric life)
Question 5
Darwin's evolutionary view, as used in the syllabus with Lori Gruen, mainly supports that human–animal differences are:
Correct Answer:
Gradual within one evolutionary process, not absolute species walls
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