Semester/Quarter: 1st - Week No. 1-2

Question 1

Is a timeless quest for meaning, it requires you to be more doubtful with everything in this world than to be simply contented from what you know and one can do philosophizing by having a sense of wonder.

Answer 1

Philosophy

Question 2

The only thing we require to be good philosophers is the _______,” says a ‘mysterious philosopher’ in Sophie’s World (a novel based on philosophy).

Answer 2

faculty of wonder

Question 3

is an aspect of our humanity, our rationality. We are born with a sense of wonder, but it seems that our sense of wonder may be dulled or quashed by our unexamined assumptions.

Answer 3

Wonder

Question 4

is the pursuit of wisdom, truth, and knowledge indeed it derived from the two Greek words: philos (love) and sophia (wisdom) which means love of wisdom.

Answer 4

Philosophy

Question 5

two greek words philos and sophia

Answer 5

love and wisdom

Question 6

This was soon applied to a science or discipline which uses human reason to investigate the ultimate causes, reasons, and principles which govern all things.

Answer 6

philosophy

Question 7

the first philosophical schools emerged in ancient Greece around the 6th century BCE

Answer 7

In the west

Question 8

questions the assumptions of popular and philosophical skepticism in pursuit of knowledge of the Truth in the same way that Socrates questions the skepticism of his day.

Answer 8

Philosophy

Question 9

is the position that knowledge of what is true is not possible for us, that ultimate reality is unknowable, that there are no answers to questions of ultimate reality.

Answer 9

Skepticism

Question 10

will help our mind to have a meaningful existence as we go on in our journey in life. This will be more memorable if he continues his journey and his mind is engaged in constant reflection.

Answer 10

Holistic and partial thinking

Question 11

refers to a perspective that considers large-scale patterns in systems. This is often described as looking at the big picture when describing and analyzing a situation or problem.

Answer 11

Holistic thinking

Question 12

on the other hand, focuses on specific aspects of a situation. The partial view is an important component of analytical thinking, as an individual that focuses on certain areas or aspects of a problem in order to understand it.

Answer 12

Partial thinking

Question 13

begins with seeking to find an answer, expecting that an answer may be found, however difficult.

Answer 13

Wonder

Question 14

is connected to curiosity, our desire to know. It is what drives science and philosophy, and almost all that advances humanity in a forward direction. Philosophy begins with a sense of wonder at the meaning of things.

Answer 14

Wonder

Question 15

in their pursuit of a definition of knowledge, wonder at the nature of things, the meaning of things

Answer 15

Socrates and Theaetetus

Question 16

is man’s tool of understanding. It is the method of identifying entities through one’s senses. It is the means of integrating those perceptions into concepts, gaining knowledge through this integration, integrating that knowledge into the rest of one’s knowledge, and evaluating and manipulating ideas and facts

Answer 16

Reason