Insight & Reading Philosophy

Question 1

A kind of seeing with the mind

Answer 1

Insight

Question 2

Two things to be considered with regard to an insight

Answer 2

The insight itself

What I do with the insight

Question 3

an abstract thought

Answer 3

Concept

Question 4

analysis by abstraction

Answer 4

Conceptual Analysis

Question 5

You pass your eyes over some words until some information about the world sticks in your head.

Answer 5

Reading for information

Question 6

You use a text as an opportunity to reflect upon yourself and your beliefs.

Answer 6

Reading for enlightenment

Question 7

Students spend most of their time identifying, reflecting upon, and defending their beliefs.

Answer 7

Problem-based

Question 8

is a text that describes what other people have argued.

Answer 8

Secondary source

Question 9

is a text where a person actually argues that a certain position is correct

Answer 9

Primary source

Question 10

students spend most of their time learning certain themes in the history of philosophy.

Answer 10

Historical-based

Question 11

students spend most of their time mastering what certain philosophers think.

Answer 11

Figure-based

Question 12

A reading process whose goal is to get a basic idea of what the article is about.

Answer 12

Pre-Read

Question 13

describes the topic of the text

Answer 13

Focal statement

Question 14

is a more specific description of the author’s goal.

Answer 14

Thesis statement

Question 15

A reading process whose goal of the fast-read is to develop a basic understanding of the text.

Answer 15

Fast-read

Question 16

When evaluating, your main tool is the _______.

Answer 16

summary

Question 17

The act of putting short notes on the margins of the text that will remind you of many details in the text.

Answer 17

Flagging

Question 18

Writing that moves in a straightforward way from one idea to the next, without examining (m)any supporting or contradictory ideas.

Answer 18

Linear Writing

Question 19

T/F: Philosophical writing is more linear.

Answer 19

False (dialogical)

Question 20

Writing that explicitly acknowledges and responds to criticism.

Answer 20

Dialogical Writing