Overveiw Of Philosophy

Question 1

Philosophy means “love of ____________.”

Answer 1

wisdom

Question 2

_______________ studies reality, knowledge, existence, ethics, and meaning.

Answer 2

Philosophy

Question 3

____________ is the study of reality and existence.

Answer 3

Metaphysics

Question 4

The study of knowledge is called ____________.

Answer 4

Epistemology

Question 5

The study of right and wrong is known as _______.

Answer 5

Ethics

Question 6

The study of reasoning and argument is _______.

Answer 6

Logic

Question 7

____________ is the study of beauty and art.

Answer 7

Aesthetics

Question 8

____________ said “Know thyself” and used questioning to seek truth.

Answer 8

Socrates

Question 9

_______ believed in the World of Forms beyond the physical world.

Answer 9

Plato

Question 10

Aristotle is known as the father of ______.

Answer 10

logic

Question 11

Medieval philosophy often merged philosophy with ____________.

Answer 11

religion

Question 12

Descartes famously said, “I think, therefore __ ___.”

Answer 12

I am

Question 13

_____ argued knowledge comes from experience (empiricism).

Answer 13

Locke

Question 14

Kant blended reason and ____________ in his philosophy.

Answer 14

experience

Question 15

Sartre and Camus were leading thinkers of _________________, focusing on individual freedom.

Answer 15

existentialism

Question 16

Postmodernism challenges absolute ______ and grand narratives.

Answer 16

truth

Question 17

The belief that knowledge comes from reason is called ____________.

Answer 17

rationalism

Question 18

____________ teaches to control what you can and accept what you cannot.

Answer 18

Stoicism

Question 19

Buddhism teaches that the end of suffering comes from ending ____________.

Answer 19

attachment

Question 20

Taoism encourages living in harmony with the ____.

Answer 20

Tao

Question 21

________________ emphasizes respect, duty, and moral harmony.

Answer 21

Confucianism

Question 22

____________ means to question everything and doubt assumptions.

Answer 22

Skepticism

Question 23

The ____________ problem asks how consciousness arises from the body.

Answer 23

mind-body

Question 24

Utilitarianism seeks the greatest good for the greatest ____________.

Answer 24

number

Question 25

Eastern philosophy often focuses on harmony, unity, and ____________ over the self.

Answer 25

balance

Question 26

Philosophy teaches how to _______, not what to think.

Answer 26

think

Question 27

Philosophy encourages you to ask better ____________.

Answer 27

questions