Philosophical Perspective

Question 1

Etymology of the word “philosophy”.

Answer 1

Philos (Love), Sophia (Wisdom)

Question 2

The 3 Great “Golden Age” Greek Philosophers are:

Answer 2

1. Socrates
2. Plato
3. Aristotle

Question 3

Reflects on and seeks to answer reality, knowledge, and values; the mother of all disciplines.

Answer 3

Philosophy

Question 4

The 6 branches of Philosophy: (MOEAEA)

Answer 4

1. Metaphysics
2. Ontology
3. Epistemology
4. Axiology
5. Ethics
6. Aesthetics

Question 5

It explores the fundamental nature of reality.

Answer 5

Metaphysics

Question 6

The nature of man.

Answer 6

Ontology

Question 7

The nature and process of knowledge (how do we know).

Answer 7

Epistemology

Question 8

Study of values and value judgment.

Answer 8

Axiology

Question 9

Understanding what is right and wrong.

Answer 9

Ethics

Question 10

What is beautiful?

Answer 10

Aesthetics

Question 11

Science or the study of mind and behavior.

Answer 11

Psychology

Question 12

Etymology of psychology.

Answer 12

Logos (Science); Psyche (Mind or soul)

Question 13

The 8 branches of Psychology are: (ABCDSCPH)

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1. Abnormal Psychology
2. Biological Psychology
3. Cognitive Psychology
4. Developmental Psychology
5. Social Psychology
6. Clinical Psychology
7. Personality Psychology
8. Health Psychology

Question 14

The study of the social life of individuals, groups, and societies.

Answer 14

Sociology

Question 15

The 4 branches of Sociology are: HEPA

Answer 15

1. History
2. Political Science
3. Economics
4. Anthropology

Question 16

The self has been defined as “a unified being, essentially connected to consciousness, awareness, and agency (or, at least, with the faculty of rational choice).”

Answer 16

Philosophy of the Self

Question 17

A unified being, connected to consciousness, awareness, and agency.

Answer 17

Self

Question 18

Argued that the ruler of the body is the soul; the soul pre-existed the body, and it is what makes the body alive.

Answer 18

Socrates

Question 19

He directed philosophy’s attention from the universe to examining our existence in the universe.

Answer 19

Socrates

Question 20

Quotes of Socrates:

Answer 20

“Know thyself”
“An unexamined life is not worth living”

Question 21

Socrates was a ________. He believed that man has a soul – which is divine, immortal, intelligible, uniform, indissoluble, and ever self-consistent and invariable – and a body – which is human, mortal, multiform, unintelligible, dissoluble, and inconsistent.

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dualist

Question 22

An exchange of questions and answers that ultimately aims to make the person remember all the knowledge they have forgotten.

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Socratic method/Dialectic method

Question 23

Knowing one’s degree of understanding about the world and knowing one’s capabilities and potential.

Answer 23

Self-knowledge

Question 24

An ancient Greek philosopher who was a student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle.

Answer 24

Plato

Question 25

Plato argued that the soul is ________ and constitutes the enduring self because the soul continues to exist even after death.

Answer 25

eternal

Question 26

An important part of Plato’s philosophy is the dichotomy of the _________ and the _________.

Answer 26

ideal world, material world

Question 27

The permanent, unchanging reality

Answer 27

Ideal world/World of forms

Question 28

The constantly changing representation. This is what we see around us.

Answer 28

Material world

Question 29

For Plato, this is just a _______ of the real world found in the world of Forms.

Answer 29

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