Mona Lumb Cunk on Earth Round 4

Question 1

epistemology

Answer 1

The study of knowledge and justified belief.

Question 2

Anthropocentric

Answer 2

human-centered

Question 3

existentialism

Answer 3

A philosophical theory emphasizing individual existence, freedom, and choice.

Question 4

paradox

Answer 4

A statement that contradicts itself

Question 5

nihilism

Answer 5

The belief that life is meaningless and rejects all religious and moral principles.

Question 6

Metaphysics

Answer 6

he branch of philosophy that deals with the fundamental nature of reality.

Question 7

absurdism

Answer 7

The belief that human beings exist in a purposeless, chaotic universe.

Question 8

Ethics

Answer 8

Moral values

Question 9

postmodernism

Answer 9

A late-twentieth-century reaction against the ideas and values of modernism.

Question 10

Dialectic

Answer 10

a method of argument for resolving disagreement.

Question 11

cognition

Answer 11

the mental action of acquiring knowledge.

Question 12

heuristics

Answer 12

Mental shortcuts that ease the cognitive load of making decisions.

Question 13

sociology

Answer 13

Social behavior.

Question 14

epistemic

Answer 14

Relating to knowledge or the degree of its validation.

Question 15

priori knowledge

Answer 15

knowledge that is independent of experience.

Question 16

utilitarianism

Answer 16

The greatest happiness for the greatest number.

Question 17

cultural relativism

Answer 17

The idea that a person’s beliefs and activities should be understood based on that person’s own culture.

Question 18

Reductionism

Answer 18

approach of reducing complex systems to simpler components.

Question 19

dichotomy

Answer 19

division into two parts.

Question 20

phenomenology

Answer 20

The study of structures of experience and consciousness.

Question 21

Theism

Answer 21

refers to a belief in a higher power

Question 22

solipsism

Answer 22

The philosophical idea that only one’s own mind is sure to exist.

Question 23

Determinism

Answer 23

asserts that all events are determined by previously existing causes

Question 24

absurdity

Answer 24

The state of not being normal or unusal

Question 25

ontology

Answer 25

The study of nature of being and existence.

Question 26

cynicism

Answer 26

Skepticism: being skeptical

Question 27

axiology

Answer 27

The study of values and value judgments.

Question 28

Libertarianism

Answer 28

advocates for minimal state intervention in personal and economic matters.

Question 29

abiogenesis

Answer 29

a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter

Question 30

allele

Answer 30

any of the forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus

Question 31

fermentation

Answer 31

the process in which a substance breaks down into a simpler substance