Paths of Knowledge 1

Question 1

Language of origin of the word epistemology

Answer 1

Greek

Question 2

Person who explains that epistemology is the philosophical and scientific discipline that considers knowledge as the object of study

Answer 2

Julio Herminio Pimienta Prieto

Question 3

Epistemology according to Julio Herminio Pimienta Prieto

Answer 3

Philosophical and scientific discipline that considers knowledge as the object of study

Question 4

Origin of the word epistemology

Answer 4

Greek - Episteme (Knowledge) + Logos (Reason)

Question 5

Affirmation fom Edgar Morín

Answer 5

Epistemology is the knowledge of knowledge

Question 6

Person who affirms that epistemology is the knowledge of knowledge

Answer 6

Edgar Morín

Question 7

Person who says that epistemology is a branch of philosophy that studies scientific research and its results. Also says that epistemology is not above or below science, and instead enriches it.

Answer 7

Mario Bunge

Question 8

Epistemology according to Mario Bunge

Answer 8

Branch of philosophy that studies scientific research and its results. Also says that epistemology is not above or below science, and instead enriches it.

Question 9

Reasons why philosophy is useful to science

Answer 9

a) It concerns science itself
b) Deals with philosophical problems tjat arrise durinf experimentation
c) It proposes satisfactory solutions to research
d) It distinguishes science from pseudoscience
e) Criticizes errors and suggests new approaches

Question 10

Fundamental elements of knowledge

Answer 10

Knowing subject (person)
Object of study (reality)
Relationship between these two (knowledge)

Question 11

Empiricism

Answer 11

Conept of knowledge where knowledge comes from experience

Question 12

Conept of knowledge where knowledge comes from experience

Answer 12

Empiricism

Question 13

Rationalism

Answer 13

Conept of knowledge where knowledge comes from reason and human thought

Question 14

Conept of knowledge where knowledge comes from reason and human thought

Answer 14

Rationalism

Question 15

Rationalist thinkers

Answer 15

Rene Descartes and Blase Pascal

Question 16

Rene Descartes and Blase Pascal are

Answer 16

Rationalist thinkers

Question 17

Empiricist thinkers

Answer 17

John Locke, George Berkeley, David Hume, Isaac Newton

Question 18

John Locke, George Berkeley, David Hume and Isaac Newton are

Answer 18

Empiricist thinkers

Question 19

Deduction

Answer 19

Reasoning where a statement or general approach is established, to study its parts and then explain how they relate

Question 20

Reasoning where a statement or general approach is established, to study its parts and then explain how they relate

Answer 20

Deduction

Question 21

Person who said that everything that helps the rationality of subjects is the foundation of any knowledge

Answer 21

Rene Descartes

Question 22

Person that said that real knowledge is based on doubt, and can only be deduced from other evident truths

Answer 22

Rene Descartes

Question 23

Person who established 4 rules for rational thinking

Answer 23

Rene Descartes

Question 24

4 rules that Rene Descartes established for any rational thinking method

Answer 24

Rule of evidence, analysis rule, rule of synthesis, rule of enumeration

Question 25

Rule of evidence

Answer 25

Rule which says to only accept clear and distinct ideas

Question 26

Rule which says to only accept clear and distinct ideas

Answer 26

Rule of evidence

Question 27

Analysis Rule

Answer 27

Rule which says that all problems should be divided into as many parts as necessary

Question 28

Rule which says that all problems should be divided into as many parts as necessary

Answer 28

Analysis Rule

Question 29

Rule of synthesis

Answer 29

Rule which says that you should sort thought from simplest to the most complex through deduction

Question 30

Rule which says that you should sort thought from simplest to the most complex through deduction

Answer 30

Rule of synthesis

Question 31

Rule of enumeration

Answer 31

The rule of evidence, analysis rule and rule of synthesis should be reviewed

Question 32

Rule which says that rule of evidence, analysis rule and rule of synthesis should be reviewed

Answer 32

Rule of enumeration

Question 33

Person who came up with reasons of the heart

Answer 33

Blaise Pascal

Question 34

Person who proposed knowledge of intuition

Answer 34

Blaise Pascal

Question 35

Knowledge of intuition

Answer 35

Intellectual reasoning that comes from within a human

Question 36

Intellectual reasoning that comes from within a human proposed by Blaise Pascal

Answer 36

Knowledge of intuition

Question 37

Person who affirmed that everything that we think and know is the result of our experience.

Answer 37

John Locke

Question 38

Person who said that reason by itself is empty and any idea must come from experience or must be linked to it to be reliable.

Answer 38

John Locke

Question 39

Person who said that at birth, the human mind is like a blank sheet that while living is printed on with our experiences

Answer 39

John Locke

Question 40

Empiricism extremist

Answer 40

George Berkeley

Question 41

Person who denied that anything existed if it is not possible for the individual to have an experience of it

Answer 41

George Berkeley

Question 42

Person who is the current symbol of empiricism

Answer 42

David Hume

Question 43

Person who tried to show that reason is not enough to know, and that the experience we have of the world is limited

Answer 43

David Hume

Question 44

Person who proposed skepticism

Answer 44

David Hume

Question 45

Person who stated that experience is particular and does not accout for all reality, but only a part of it

Answer 45

David Hume

Question 46

Skepticism

Answer 46

Attitude that doubts whether something is true or useful

Question 47

Attitude that doubts whether something is true or useful

Answer 47

Skepticism

Question 48

Person who used empirical experimentation to obtain universal laws

Answer 48

Isaac Newton

Question 49

Person who said that reality exists in itself, and does not need us to perceive it

Answer 49

Isaac Newton

Question 50

Concepts that have survived to this day based on empiricist and rationalist foundations

Answer 50

Empirical knowledge and analytical knowledge

Question 51

Methaphor from Francis Bacon

Answer 51

It is not about spiders or ants, but about bees.

Question 52

Dogma

Answer 52

Proposition held to be true and as an undeniable principle

Question 53

Proposition held to be true and as an undeniable principle

Answer 53

Dogma

Question 54

Animal that Bacon compares rationalists to

Answer 54

Spiders

Question 55

Bacon compares these thinkers to spiders

Answer 55

Rationalists

Question 56

Animal that Bacon compares empiricists to

Answer 56

Ants

Question 57

Bacon compares these thinkers to ants

Answer 57

Empiricists

Question 58

Person who agreed with Bacon and added that knowledge is only possible through the interaction between experience and reason.

Answer 58

Immanuel Kant

Question 59

Person who postulated materialism

Answer 59

Karl Marx

Question 60

Materialism

Answer 60

Says that reality is mental and material. Knowledge is obtained through reason and experience when analyzing the changes. Discovering laws that govern reality is only possible through reasoning.

Question 61

Says that reality is mental and material. Knowledge is obtained through reason and experience when analyzing the changes. Discovering laws that govern reality is only possible through reasoning.

Answer 61

Materialism