M. Kagan, Le Moyne College, PHL 201, Open Format Quiz #2, October 9, 2002

     This is an "open-format" quiz. It can be taken as an "open-book," in-class or take-home, group, individual, or oral [with the following instructions]. Written exams should not exceed one page per answer. (Oral exams will involve follow-up questions, but will not last longer than 30 minutes.)
     If taken in class OR as a take home as an individual effort, answer 1 of the following. All take-homes are to be typed, double-spaced, with citations for sources and assistance).
     The exam may be done by a group containing up to 5 members. The group needs to answer as many questions as there are members in the group. Group take-homes are to be typed, double spaced. If you wish to take this exam as an oral, please make an appointment as soon as possible.

The take-home versions of this exam are DUE Friday, October 11, 2002, in RH436 before 2:30 p.m.

1. Locate the general reading questions on the syllabus. Answer them for Huston Smith's chapter on Buddhism OR for Freud's The Future of an Illusion.
2. What, according to Freud, is a religion? Given Freud's view, would Buddhism count as a religion? Why or why not?
3. Why does H. Smith think different kinds of Buddhism developed? What kind appeals the most to you? Why?
4.What is the conflict of finitude? How well, if at all, does Buddhism address this conflict? Defend your answer.
5. Give an example of how Freud and Buddhism are alike OR give an example of how Freud and Buddhism are different.
6. Briefly explain what you take to be Buber's, Buddha's, and Freud's views of the conscious self, and whether or not these thinkers think such a self is an independent, enduring substance (if so please explain why; and if not, please explain why not).

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