HANDOUT 2

Question 1

Epistemology

Answer 1

> “episteme” meaning knowledge and “logy” meaning study
It is a branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge.
It is concerned with the mind’s relation with reality

Question 2

Ethics

Answer 2

> “ethos” meaning way of life
Branch of philosophy that is concerned with human conduct, more specifically the behavior of individuals in society.
In this subject Ethics we will definitely talk about “moral standards”

Question 3

Nature

Answer 3

> “natus” meaning “born” or simply “nature” which means “to be or being born”

Question 4

Cogito, ergo sum

Answer 4

I think, therefore I am
- the idea that we cannot try and think away what we are thinking right now in the present