CHAPTER 6 STS

Question 1

“love of wisdom”

Answer 1

PHILOSOPHY

Question 2

An important part of our daily lives maintains order in society and the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observations and experiment.

Answer 2

SCIENCE

Question 3

focused on forms of metaphysics

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PLATO

Question 4

dealing with the relevance of human beings, identity, and change, as well as the essence and difference of mind and matter

Answer 4

METAPHYSICS

Question 5

student of Plato who focused on the deductive way of reasoning

Answer 5

ARISTOTLE

Question 6

the main proponent of skepticism

Answer 6

RENE DESCARTES

Question 7

proposed bundle theory of self

Answer 7

DAVID HUME

Question 8

reason is ought to be the slave of passion

Answer 8

BUNDLE THEORY

Question 9

proposed paradigm shift

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IMMANUEL KANT

Question 10

the transition of one’s behavior and thinking from one idea to another

Answer 10

PARADIGM SHIFT

Question 11

how an individual think or behave to accomplish or attain a goal

Answer 11

SCHOOL OF THOUGHTS

Question 12

denial of established norms, follow one’s natural inclinations; more of self-interest

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CYNICISM

Question 13

people should doubt their senses; no one can be certain about the knowledge one’s has

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SKEPTICISM

Question 14

pleasure and pain are the only two important aspects of living; happiness is achieved through pleasure and desire

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EPICUREANISM/HEDONISM

Question 15

virtue is the highest good based on perfect rationality; we best achieve happiness when we resign ourselves to fate

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STOICISM

Question 16

Focused on a coherent and comprehensive system that agrees with Muslim culture

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IBN SINA OR AVICENNA

Question 17

Used deductive and inductive way of thinking in science; applied philosophy in science

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FRANCIS BACON

Question 18

applied logic in mathematics

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RUSSEL BERTRAND

Question 19

observation to generalizations to paradigm

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INDUCTIVE REASONING

Question 20

theory to predictions to experiment

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DEDUCTIVE REASONING

Question 21

form observing to the closest conclusion

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ABDUCTIV REASONING

Question 22

studies the natural phenomena through empirical data

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NATURAL SCIENCE

Question 23

gives insight on human behavior on society to understand the society we are in and how it affects us and to be aware of what is happening

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SOCIAL SCIENCE

Question 24

sets of rules and theorems that includes mathematics, logics, statistics

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FORMAL SCIENCE

Question 25

Two groups of empiricists who maintained the verifiability principle or verificationism; empiricists who believed that all concepts originate in experience

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The Vienna Circle (1907) and Berlin Circle (1920)

Question 26

if a principle cannot be supported by empirical evidence, then it is regarded as meaningless

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VERIFICATIONISM

Question 27

as long as the experiment is not false, it is accepted as the prevailing explanation to the relevant phenomena; the hypothesis can be tested by experimentation

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FALSIFICATION PRINCIPLE

Question 28

proposed falsification principle

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KARL POPPER

Question 29

desirable intention or action

Answer 29

GOOD

Question 30

a feeling; something hard to define and more easy to feel it

Answer 30

HAPPINESS

Question 31

Greek concept = good-spirited; human flourishing or prosperity; central to the philosophy of Aristotle

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EUDAIMONIA

Question 32

eudaimonia is the end goal of human action and the highest human good; the “human god turns out to be an [rational] activity of the soul in accordance with virtue

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NICHOMACHEAN ETHICS

Question 33

analogous to the topmost position in Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs; highest personal needs

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SELF-ACTUALIZATION

Question 34

Greek word = manufacturing and arts

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TECHNE

Question 35

Technology is not an ____; it is a way of revealing the truth about the world.

Answer 35

INSTRUMENT

Question 36

technology is dangerous in the sense that it _______

Answer 36

FRAMES OUR THINKING ABOUT THE WORLD