Module 2: Philosophy of the Human Person/Philosophy of Man

Question 1

Philosophy begins with ______.

Answer 1

A sense of wonder

Question 2

They were interested in the nature of the cosmos.

Answer 2

Early Greek philosophers

Question 3

They focused on God.

Answer 3

Medieval philosophers

Question 4

They marked a shift in philosophy towards the study of the human being.

Answer 4

Renaissance and Reformation, Descartes

Question 5

The human person is the ____.

Answer 5

Object of inquiry

Question 6

They attempted to understand the human person.

Answer 6

Socrates and others

Question 7

With its rise in the modern times, the human person has become the primary and exclusive object of many different disciplines (psychology, sociology, anthropology).

Answer 7

Experimental sciences

Question 8

It can be understood as an attempt to unify different ways of understanding human nature.

Answer 8

Philosophy of the human person

Question 9

It emerged in the later modern period as an outgrowth of developing methods in philosophy, such as phenomenology and existentialism.

Answer 9

Philosophy of the human person

Question 10

It is the methodical reflection of human experience as well as from the philosopher’s own personal experience.

Answer 10

Phenomenology

Question 11

It is concerned with interpersonal relationships and the dynamics of these relationships.

Answer 11

Existentialism

Question 12

It can be defined as the study of human beings, which interprets the data of experience in light of the metaphysical principles.

Answer 12

Philosophy of the human person

Question 13

Philosophy of the human person has two sources:

Answer 13

• Data of experience
• Metaphysical principles

Question 14

Source that is supplied mainly by everyday experience and confirmed by experimental sciences

Answer 14

Data of experience

Question 15

Source that is supplied by ontology or metaphysics

Answer 15

Metaphysical principles

Question 16

It is also the branch of philosophy that concerns itself with trying to respond to the deepest and perennial questions about human beings.

Answer 16

Philosophy of the human person

Question 17

The goal in studying human beings

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Respond to issues

Question 18

Also known as the philosophy of the human person which seeks to unify the empiritical investigations of human nature in an effort to understand inidivduals as creatures of their environment and creators of their values

Answer 18

Philosophical anthropology

Question 19

Studies human beings, society and cultures through a comparative lens

Answer 19

Social anthropology

Question 20

Studies the evolution of humans, their variability, and adaptations to environmental stresses

Answer 20

Biological anthropology

Question 21

Deals with the study of human societies and cultures

Answer 21

Cultural anthropology

Question 22

It delves deeper into the human psyche by rational reflection on the implications of human activity.

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Rational psychology

Question 23

Comes from the Greek words psyche (mind) and logos (science).

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Psychology

Question 24

The science of the facts and laws of mental life, as cquired by everyday experience

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Empirical psychology

Question 25

Tries to understand the human person in terms of reading, measurement, ant behavior patterns obtained from experimental observation

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Experimental psychology

Question 26

Required by every investigation

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Method

Question 27

A systematic way of doing something; a series of steps taken to acquire knowledge

Answer 27

Method

Question 28

Because philosophy of the human person is a ____, it also needs a method so it can bring out its subject matter in a lucid and logical manner.

Answer 28

Rational investigation

Question 29

Every investigation begins with a ____.

Answer 29

Observation

Question 30

We use observations regarding human beings, without yet attempting to interpret or draw speculative conclusions from our data.

Answer 30

Phenomenology of human existence

Question 31

The second phase which follows the phenomenology of human existence

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Transcedental phase

Question 32

In this phase, we seek the ultimate meaning of the data; searches for a final, conclusive, and exhaustive justification and explanation for all human behavior, etc.

Answer 32

Transcedental phase

Question 33

Study of interpretation

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Hermeneutics

Question 34

We interpret all of the significant data that phenomenology provides.

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Hermeneutical in nature

Question 35

Important information about the human person:

Answer 35

* Self-consciousness * Abstract intelligence * Language * Contemplation * Objectification * Culture * Volitional freedom * Sociality * Hermenutical nature