Ch 9 Answer

Question 1

Philosophy

Answer 1

Study and acquisition of wisdom (the study of knowledge , truth and the nature of ultimate reality)

Question 2

Materialism

Answer 2

Reality is composed solely of matter

Question 3

Naturalism

Answer 3

Phenomena can be explained in terms of natural causes

Question 4

Dialectical materialism

Answer 4

Only the material world exists and that class struggles are the mechanism behind social and economic constructs

Question 5

Anti realism

Answer 5

Denial of the existence or accessibility of objective reality

Question 6

Spiritual monism

Answer 6

Reality is ultimately divine

Question 7

Dualism

Answer 7

Reality is composed of two essential substances

Question 8

Scientific empirism

Answer 8

We can only know what we discover through the scientific method