FAML 100

Question 1

Axiology

Answer 1

Study of ethics and values. Wrestles with the questions as “what is good?” “What is ethical?” “What are right and wrong?”

Question 2

Epistemology

Answer 2

A study of how we know what is real or true. There are numerous epistemological systems.

Question 3

Authoritarianism

Answer 3

System by which truth is learned from those who are authorities or experts. We trust learned men and women, such as parents, teachers, religious leaders, and consultants, to give us truth in their areas of expertise.

Question 4

Rationalism

Answer 4

Gaining truth through logic.

Question 5

Pragmatism

Answer 5

Determines whether something works. The business world is often pragmatically oriented, focusing on whether a new product or marketing strategy actually produces the desired results. If it works, it’s valid. If it doesn’t, it is rejected.

Question 6

Empiricism

Answer 6

Uses observation or personal experience to arrive at truth. This knowledge is gathered primarily through the senses through what one sees, touches, hears, smells and tastes.

Question 7

Metaphysics

Answer 7

A branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of reality tries to answer the question “what is real”?