MODULE 2

Question 1

specific details that can be proven as true

Answer 1

facts

Question 2

based on objective evidence

Answer 2

facts

Question 3

based on feeling/ judgement/ belief

Answer 3

opinions

Question 4

what are the objective proofs

Answer 4

physical evidence
eyewitness
result of accepted scientific method

Question 5

facts are

Answer 5

objective
states reality
can be verified
presented w/ unbiased words

Question 6

opinions can be

Answer 6

subjective
interprets reality
cannot be verified
presented w/ value words

Question 7

ask uestions to identify facts

Answer 7

• can the statement be prove or demonstrated to be true
• can the statement be observed in practice or operation
• can the statement be verified by witnesses, manuscripts, or documents?

Question 8

systematic way to organized body of knowledge

Answer 8

methods in philosophizing

Question 9

3 major characteristics of methods inp hilosophizing

Answer 9

1. philosophical uestions have answers but the answers remain in dispute
2. philosophical uestions cannot be settles by science, common sense, or faith
3. philosophical uestions are of perennial intellectual interest to human being

Question 10

methos that philosophers use to address philosophical uestions

Answer 10

critical thinking

Question 11

what is critical thinking

Answer 11

it is a
- careful
- reflective
- rational
- systematic approach to uestions

Question 12

what is critical thinking all about

Answer 12

• reasoning
• problem-solving
• evaluating

Question 13

to come up with conclusion

Answer 13

evidence- based

Question 14

can help us from our own point and guide us in making decisions/actions

Answer 14

critical mind

Question 15

methods in critical thinking

Answer 15

• defining analyzing & devising solutions
• arriving at reasonable and informed conclusion
• applying understanding and knowledge to new and different problems
• willingness to ay “i dont know”

Question 16

attributes of critical thinkers

Answer 16

1. looks for evidence to support assumption and belief
2. adjust opinion
3. look for proof
4. examines the problem
5. rejects irrelevant and incorrect information

Question 17

philosophical methods

Answer 17

socratic
dialectic
scientific
historical

Question 18

truth based on reasoning and critical thinking

Answer 18

logic

Question 19

types of reasoning

Answer 19

deductive
inductive

Question 20

general idea first before specific data

Answer 20

deductive

Question 21

specific idea first before general idea

Answer 21

inductive

Question 22

expressed in critical examination o cross of position to the conversations

Answer 22

the socratic method

Question 23

intends not to convey new truth only guide to arriving the truth

Answer 23

the socratic method

Question 24

diagram of socratic method

Answer 24

self
community
society

Question 25

a discourse between 2 or more people holding different point of views

Answer 25

the dialectic method

Question 26

exclude subjective elements ( emotional appeal, modern pejorative sense of rhetoric)

Answer 26

the dialectic method

Question 27

diagram of the dialectic method

Answer 27

thesis
antithesis
synthesis

Question 28

3 theories of truth

Answer 28

correspondence theory
coherence theory
pragmatic theory

Question 29

state proposition is true if its corresponding to facts

Answer 29

correspondence theory

Question 30

state that if a proposition coherence w/ all the other propositions taken to be true, then it is true

Answer 30

coherence theory

Question 31

proposition is true if it is useful to believe

Answer 31

pragmatic theory

Question 32

father of pragmatism

Answer 32

william james

Question 33

one needs to test if the proposition works with reality

Answer 33

pragmatic theory

Question 34

3 perspectives regarding truth

Answer 34

• a belief is true if it can be justified or proven through the use of one’s senses
• a belief or statement is true if it is based on facts
• getting a consensus or having people agree on a common belief