MODULE 1 MIDTERMS

Question 1

philos

Answer 1

love

Question 2

sophia

Answer 2

wisdom

Question 3

Philosophy is similar to science in that it exhibits critical thinking
and open-mindedness. Contrary to popular belief, Philosophy is
not about giving careless opinions.

Answer 3

philosophy as science

Question 4

Philosophy investigates things, not by using any other laboratory
instrument and investigative tools, neither on the basis of
supernatural revelation, otherwise it becomes theology; instead,
the philosopher uses his natural capacity to think or simply, human
reason alone or the so-called unaided reason

Answer 4

philosophy as natural light of reason

Question 5

This sets the distinction between philosophy from other sciences.
All other sciences, concern themselves with a particular object of
investigation. On the other hand, philosophy deals with questions
about everything and it tries to examine the principle or
judgement behind everything, including their existence!

Answer 5

philosophy as study of all things

Question 6

It is evident in Myths or legends. These stories are characterized by religious
elements or supernatural powers and not by natural or rational explanation.

Answer 6

pre-philosophical era

Question 7

who lived in Miletus (city of Ionia), became the first proper philosopher because he
investigated the natural world through observation and reason, not through supernatural or
mythological explanations.

Answer 7

thales

Question 8

The philosophers where called the philosophers of nature. They investigated the single
underlying substance that make up everything.

Answer 8

pre-socratic era

Question 9

The philosophers during this period placed an emphasis on how people should behave and
think, how society and government should operate, and what lies beyond the physical
world. These provided further development to ethics, philosophy of politics, and logic.

Answer 9

classical or socratic era

Question 10

The confluence of faith and reason. Philosophers in this period were concerned with
reconciling philosophy with religion. They tried to explain the existence of God through
logical arguments.

Answer 10

scholastiic or medieval era

Question 11

is the period when philosophers replaced God with man and his/her
achievements. Humanism is at the heart of their philosophy. Among the subjects of their
philosophy include the politics and the self.

Answer 11

renaissance and the age of reason

Question 12

The modern tradition in the history of philosophy is recognized to be concerned about
problems or issues about the source of human knowledge. It is often described as
dominated by two schools of thought – rationalism and empiricism – and ends with the
synthesis made by Immanuel Kant.

Answer 12

modern philosophy

Question 13

It is a school of thought that adheres to the idea that sensory experience is the only source of
knowledge.

Answer 13

empiricism