Week 2 - Philosophical Perspective

Question 1

“An unexamined life is not worth living.”

Answer 1

Socrates

Question 2

Who said “pursue intellectual humility”?

Answer 2

Socrates

Question 3

According to ____, knowledge is power.

Answer 3

Socrates

Question 4

What was Renes Descartes’ philosophy?

Answer 4

“Dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum.”; “Cogito, ergo sum”

Question 5

According to Renes Descartes, the essence of our existence lies in 3 things. What are those 3 things?

Answer 5

Our ability to think, question, and doubt.

Question 6

What did John Locke say about knowledge?

Answer 6

“No man’s knowledge here can go beyond his experience.”

Question 7

This theory was proposed by David Hume.

Answer 7

The Bundle Theory - the self is a collection of different perceptions, different properties.

Question 8

The Categorial Imperative Formulation #2 by Immanuel Kant means:

Answer 8

“Act in such a way that you treat humanity whether in your own person or in the person of another. Never simply as means, but always an end.”