Periodical Exam

Question 1

WHAT IS BENEFIT OF STUDYING
PHILOSOPHY?

Answer 1

We can develop our ability
to critically on variety of
ideas and social issues.

Question 2

PHILOSOPHY AND AREAS OF
INQUIRY:

Answer 2

ART

SCIENCE

POLITICS

Question 3

BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY:

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METAPHYSICS
LOGIC
AESTHETICS
EPISTEMOLOGY
ETHICS
ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY

Question 4

Mainly focused
on answering questions
related to what is real.

Answer 4

METAPHYSICS

Question 5

Focuses on reasoning
and sound argument

Answer 5

LOGIC

Question 6

Objective
standards for determining
what is beautiful

Answer 6

AESTHETICS

Question 7

branch of philosophy that deals with knowledge.

Answer 7

EPISTEMOLOGY

Question 8

branch of philosophy that is
concerned with the natural
environment and human beings place within it.

Answer 8

ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY-

Question 8

deals with rightness
and wrongness of actions.

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ETHICS

Question 9

synthesis of
knowledge and experiences
into insights that deepen
one’s understanding.

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WISDOM

Question 10

accumulation of facts and information

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KNOWLEDGE

Question 11

known to have happened or

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OPINION

Question 12

analysis based from facts, and is measurable and observable.

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OBJECTIVE INFORMATION

Question 13

FALLACIES EXAMPLE:

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APPEAL TO PITY
APPEAL TO IGNORANCE
APPEAL TO PEOPLE
AGAINST A PERSON
EQUIVOCATION
HASTY GENERALIZATION
COMPOSITION
DIVISION
APPEAL TO FORCE
FALSE CAUSE
BEGGING THE QUESTION

Question 14

Someone tries to win support for an argument or idea by
exploiting

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APPEAL TO PITY

Question 15

It says the notion is true because it is not yet been proven false
and vice versa

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APPEAL TO IGNORANCE

Question 16

A proposition must be true
because many or most people
believe it.

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APPEAL TO PEOPLE

Question 17

Attacking the person who asserts the argument to disprove his/her claim. Attacking the person being talked about to justify the argument about him/her.

Answer 17

AGAINST A PERSON

Question 18

Double meaning
of a term or word. Confusing
meanings.

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EQUIVOCATION

Question 19

Generalization based on
insufficient evidence.

Answer 19

HASTY GENERALIZATION-

Question 20

Something is true of the whole from the fact that it is true of some part of the whole.

Answer 20

COMPOSITION

Question 20

Involves an inference from the
attribution of some feature
to an entire class to the
possession of the same
features by each of its
individual members.

Answer 20

DIVISION

Question 21

Committed when one appeals to force or the threat of force to bring about the acceptance of a
conclusion.

Answer 21

APPEAL TO FORCE

Question 22

Cause is incorrectly identified.
Concluding one thing caused
another, simply because they
are regularly associated.

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FALSE CAUSE

Question 23

form of an argument where the conclusion is assumed in one of the premises.

Answer 23

BEGGING THE QUESTION

Question 24

is the use of invalid or otherwise faulty reasoning, or wrong moves in the construction of an argument. It may be created unintentionally or they may be created intentionally in order to deceive other people.

Answer 24

FALLACY

Question 25

IMPORTANT PEOPLE OF PHILOSOPHY TO REMEMBER:

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MILETUS ANAXIMANDER SOCRATES PLATO ARISTOTLE

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Greatest and wealthiest of Greek Cities

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MILETUS

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Known for boldy using not-mythological approach

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ANAXIMANDER

Question 28

One of the well- known Western/Greek Philosophers.

Answer 28

SOCRATES

Question 29

Known for his theory of DUALISM.

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PLATO

Question 30

This is the theory that states that the mental and the physical- or mind and body or mind and brain are distinct and separable modes

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DUALISM

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Known for his theory of MONISM.

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ARISTOTLE

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This is a theory that believes that our soul cannot exist apart from the body” or soul cannot exist independently of the body

Answer 32

MONISM

Question 33

refers to the relation of the self to the object-oriented world, as well as our concrete relations with others.

Answer 33

TRANSCENDENCE

Question 34

Transcendence originated from the words Trans, meaning "_______________", and scandare, meaning "_______".

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“go beyond” "climb"

Question 35

Nature of Human Personhood under Dharmic religions it is important to be aware of what are the actions that human should have. It is the sum of person’s action and a deciding factor of fate in future existence, this fate will defend on what we are doing whether it is good or bad.

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KARMA

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The continuous cycle of birth and death (Reincarnation).

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SAMSARA

Question 37

Each and everyone needs to be enlightened and we need proper guidelines in achieving them, this signifies the state of enlightenment & oneness according to Brahman.

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MOKSHA

Question 38

Things in our life that are already given; *Givens that was acquired through birth *Details that surround us in the environment (ex. Language, decisions etc.

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FACTICITY

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Our life here on earth has its own expiration, the day and the day when it will come is truly unpredictable in preparation what is does mean finite quality of state of existence (“we cannot live forever”)

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FINITUDE

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The power that allows for basics of existence– nourishment, growth, reproduction.

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VEGETATIVE SOUL

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Specific to human beings only and is the soul responsible for reason and thinking.

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INTELLECTUAL/RATIONAL SOUL

Question 42

Each and everyone needs to be enlightened and we need proper guidelines in achieving them, this signifies the state of enlightenment & oneness according to Brahman.

Answer 42

MOKSHA

Question 43

It is a branch of philosophy that is concerned with the natural environment and the human beings place within it.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY

Question 44

a sub-discipline under environmental philosophy that studies the moral relationship of human beings to the environment.

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ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

Question 45

A philosophical perspective affirming humans ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives towards personal fulfillment

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HUMANISM

Question 46

A human centered philosophical viewpoint arguing that human beings are the central or most significant entities in the world.

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ANTHROPOCENTRISM

Question 47

A philosophical perspective that holds that Earth’s ecology and ecosystems (including its atmosphere, water, land, and all life forms) have intrinsic value.

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ECOCENTRISM

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Study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment

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ECOLOGY

Question 49

Refers to the structural and functional unit of ecology. It is defined as the interaction between organisms and the surrounding environment.

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ECOSYSTEM

Question 50

Theory that implies that the whole system cannot be determined or explained by its component parts alone. Parts cannot exist independently of the whole

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HOLISM

Question 51

A philosophical perspective that implies that all living organism including plants are deserving of equal moral and ethical considerations.

Answer 51

BIOCENTRISM

Question 52

He is an Australian moral philosopher for him humans have moral obligation to not cause or inflict pain to animal.

Answer 52

PETER SINGER