Doing Philosophy, Truth & Opinion, Human Limitation & Transcendence

Question 1

What is Philosophy?

Answer 1

1. pursuit of wisdom
2. search for general understanding of values and reality
3. love for wisdom

Question 2

Philosophy came from the greek terms _______ which means love and SOPHIA which means ________

Answer 2

PHILOS, Wisdom

Question 3

Considered the main purpose of doing philosophy as an activity

Answer 3

Understand the fundamental truth

Question 4

How can a person fully understand how philosophy is done?

Answer 4

By engaging on it

Question 5

Doing philosophy entails what?

Answer 5

Doing philosophy entails a holistic rather than a partial perspective

Question 6

The appearance of the eye of objects in respect to their relative distance and positions; aiding vision

Answer 6

Perspective

Question 7

Relating to or concerned with complete rather than with individual parts

Answer 7

Holistic

Question 8

Look at all aspect of the given problem or situation

Answer 8

Holistic Point of View

Question 9

It promotes little knowledge on the situation which leads to wrong conclusions

Answer 9

Partial Point of View

Question 10

All aspects are tied together to form a general overview of the problem

Answer 10

Holistic Point of View

Question 11

Conclusions are made based on considering some, but not all sides of the problem

Answer 11

Partial Point of View

Question 12

Bird’s eye view of the whole; it raises from level of everyday life to a higher level

Answer 12

Abstractive thinking

Question 13

seeing with the mind or using the mind to see the world

Answer 13

insights

Question 14

Viewing things and situations in a larger broader perspective

Answer 14

Holistic Perspective

Question 15

a person must learn to and see how a thing is related to everything else

Answer 15

mark of holistic perspective

Question 16

ensuring that our actions and decisions are well thought out and are done with due regard for their implications and consequences on ourselves, others, and our surroundings.

Answer 16

Reflection

Question 17

this enables a person to engage in critical analysis and interpretation of concepts, definitions, arguments, and problems

Answer 17

Doing Philosophy

Question 18

improves problem-solving and decision making

Answer 18

Doing Philosophy

Question 19

refers to a person’s ability to apply knowledge to daily life particularly in making sound choices

Answer 19

Wisdom

Question 20

Knowledge of Philosophy can contribute to ______________

Answer 20

self-development

Question 21

related to science because it is the field that delivers knowledge about the world

Answer 21

truth

Question 22

Truth understood this way is what philosophers call ___________

Answer 22

Objective Truth

Question 23

process of proving the truth of validity of the statement

Answer 23

Justification

Question 24

statement of judgement of a person about something in the world

Answer 24

Opinion

Question 25

In order for an opinion to gain the status of truth, it must be able to pass the _______________

Answer 25

Test of Justification

Question 26

group of statements that serve to support a conclusion or explains the validity of an opinion

Answer 26

Argument

Question 27

conclusion of an argument

Answer 27

Claim

Question 28

reasons used to support a conclusion

Answer 28

Premises

Question 29

What are the three domains of truth?

Answer 29

1. Objective Domain 2. Social Domain 3. Personal Domain

Question 30

the "truth" is analogous with general or consensus on what is right as opposed to what is wrong

Answer 30

Social Domain

Question 31

mostly products of an "agreement" in society that has been established over time

Answer 31

Social Domain

Question 32

known as the scientific truth; this truth is tested or justified through empirical evidence

Answer 32

Objective Domain

Question 33

the "truth" is analogous with sincerity; truth is tested or justified against the consistency and authenticity of the person who claims it

Answer 33

Personal Domain

Question 34

many things that are related to our existence as persons are related to our bodies--age, sex, race, relationships and others

Answer 34

Embodied Existence

Question 35

they have in the sense been given to us as permanent basis. it then comes no surprise that the body is the source of frustration to many

Answer 35

Human Limitation

Question 36

refers to the things in our lives that are already given

Answer 36

facticity

Question 37

fact that we are born and that we exist in a particular place and time already sets limitation

Answer 37

Spatial

Question 38

we recognize our mortality and accept that we will not live forever

Answer 38

Temporality

Question 39

my body as intermediary limits me in communicating with other people

Answer 39

Body as Intermediary

Question 40

transcendence originated from the words TRANS meaning _________ and SCANDARE meaning ___________

Answer 40

go beyond, climb

Question 41

Going beyond the limits of the ordinary experience

Answer 41

Transcendence

Question 42

for the better or greater that what is usual; act of rising above to a superior state

Answer 42

Transcendence

Question 43

we cannot simply truly change our facticity, but we what we can do is change our attitude towards them

Answer 43

TRANSCENDING LIMITATIONS - Facticity

Question 44

history making creatures, and we are not limited to what nature has initially given us

Answer 44

Historicity

Question 45

It is a challenge on how to make our lives more interesting and more meaningful; and a challenge to make the most out of our time in this life

Answer 45

TRANSCENDING LIMITATIONS - Spatial-Temporal

Question 46

this serves as a challenge for us to work on a good relationship with people whom we want to open for us. learn how to be responsible, to be patient, sensitive, understanding, and a lot of other values

Answer 46

TRANSCENDING LIMITATIONS - Body as Intermediary

Question 47

use to win the support for an argument or idea by exploiting the opponent's feelings of pity or guilt; appeal to emotion

Answer 47

Argumentum ad Misericordiam (Appeal to Pity)

Question 48

A proposition is true because many or most people believe it; appeal to masses, majority, popularity

Answer 48

Argumentum ad Populum (Bandwagon Fallacy)

Question 49

attacking the character, motive or the attribute of the person, making the argument associated with the argument rather than attacking the substance of the argument

Answer 49

Argumentum ad Hominem (Argument against the person)

Question 50

group of statements that appear to be arguments but fail to support to conclusion; use of faulty reasoning

Answer 50

Fallacy

Question 51

use of real or threatened violent or non violent coercion; used by people who want to win a conflict by issuing threats to their opponents

Answer 51

Argumentum ad Baculum (Appeal to Force)

Question 52

diverting away from the actual argument by bringing up another issue

Answer 52

Red Herring Fallacy

Question 53

arguing against an oversimplified or distorted version of your opponent's argument

Answer 53

Straw Man Fallacy