self test q's

Question 1

Which method of enquiry in philosophy is concerned with finding the exact meaning of words?

Answer 1

linguistic analysis

Question 2

who were the most popular exponents of linguistic analysis?

Answer 2

Bertrand Russel + AJ Jayer

Question 3

Which philosophy claims that if we fail to solve a problem, no matter how hard we try, we are dealing with a meaningless set of words?

Answer 3

Linguistic analysis

Question 4

on whose thinking was linguistic analysis based?

Answer 4

Ludwig Wittgenstein + Bertrand Russel

Question 5

What did Russel + Ayer focus their work on?

Answer 5

logic
linguistic meaning
verifiable facts

Question 6

Who moved away from supporting linguistic analysis because of his experiences in World War 1 ?

Answer 6

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Question 7

What can linguistic analysis help us to do?

Answer 7

think more clearly
precise in what we mean
spot hidden assumptions in arguments
aware of manipulation + dishonesty in media + government

Question 8

what can linguistic analysis NOT help us with?

Answer 8

moral problems
life choices
facing own mortality
seeing people we love suffer
own suffering

Question 9

on what else did the philosophical movement that focused on linguistic analysis focus on ?

Answer 9

logic

Question 10

what is the aim of logic in philosophy?

Answer 10

get ‘bare bones of truth’

Question 11

which method of enquiry in philosophy maintains that EXPERIENCE gives us our most reliable form of knowledge?

Answer 11

empiricism

Question 12

On which method of enquiry in philosophy is modern science based?

Answer 12

empiricism

Question 13

what can empirisicism help us to do?

Answer 13

learn from experience
respect natural law of universe
test truth- certain claims
refute whats false
u.stand how physical world works

Question 14

what are FAILINGS of empiricism?

Answer 14

ignores:
 human values
things cant be explained scientifically
confines truth is experience through senses
too much emphasis is on science

Question 15

what would be the consequences for us if we ignored empiricism as a method of enquiry?

Answer 15

fail learn from own experience
vulnerable to false things
physically injured

Question 16

which philosophy did linguistic ananlysis, logical symbolism + empiricism together form?

Answer 16

logical empiricism

Question 17

what is logical empiricism also know as?

Answer 17

logical positivism

Question 18

what do we call the method of enquiry in philosophy that is concerned with SIGNS + SYMBOLs + way in which we interpret + u.stand them?

Answer 18

hermeneutics

Question 19

name 4 theorists who promoted hermeneutics?

Answer 19

carl Jung
John Dilthey
John Mbiti
Martin Heidegger

Question 20

Why is hermeutics largely ignored today?

Answer 20

the huge impact that sci, tech + consumerism have on todays life

Question 21

which areas of human endeavour does hermeneutics focus?

Answer 21

art
lit
film
crafts
music
poetry

Question 22

list 4 main idead propagated by hermeneutics

Answer 22

anti-authoritarian
encourages us create own meaning + u.standing
NB= listen + observe
life experience influences way u.stand world
NB dialogue= u.stand issues

Question 23

what can hermeneutics HELP us do?

Answer 23

create meaning
u.stand 1 another
discover hidden artistic abilities
tolerate 1 another

Question 24

to what, according to hermeneutics, is our happiness linked?

Answer 24

creativity in any form / cultural context its produced

Question 25

What would be consequences for us if we ignored hermeneutics as a method of enquiry in philosophy?

Answer 25

deeply unhappy people (ignore needs of others)

Question 26

which method of enquiry in philosophy has dominated Western society during the last 2 centuries?

Answer 26

modernism

Question 27

define modernism

Answer 27

philosophy holds sci + tech = fix anything

Question 28

according modernism, what will govern the ideal world?

Answer 28

sci + tech

Question 29

what does postmodernism tell us?

Answer 29

must be something else beside sci + tech that can fix things

Question 30

4 aspects of human condition that postmodernism examines:

Answer 30

way see self failure of sci to solve problems is tech morally neutral? inner needs

Question 31

4 thinkers who are associated with postmodernism

Answer 31

JEan Baudrillard Jacques Perrida Michael Faucault Jacques Lacon

Question 32

which philosophies are associated with postmodernism + why?

Answer 32

Hermeneutics (sym +images speak us) Empiricism (? actually going on) Feminism (who says male=norm?)

Question 33

what does postmodernism help us to do?

Answer 33

gain creative energy lead freer lives resist pressure=turn= workaholics

Question 34

where does postmodernism FAIL us?

Answer 34

encourages destructive behaviours | despair

Question 35

to what is postmodernism a response?

Answer 35

bewildering world of tech + virtual reality= mushroomed over past 20 yrs

Question 36

What would be the consequences , if we ignored postmodernism ?

Answer 36

closed people (rigid value systems)