PHIL 100 QUIZ 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What are the three principal branches of philosophy? - Answers - Axiology (split into
two, Ethics and Aesthetic)
Epistemology
Ontology or Metaphysics
What is metaphysics? - Answers - Study of whats really real
What is epistemology? - Answers - 1
What is axiology? - Answers - 1
What is the etymological origin of the word, "philosophy"? - Answers - 1
What, for Socrates, is wisdom? - Answers - 1
What is wisdom for Aristotle? - Answers - 1
What is Descartes' philosophical method? What does Descartes hope to achieve by
applying it? - Answers - 1
What is Descartes' dream argument? - Answers - 1
What is Descartes' "evil genius"? - Answers - 1
Does Descartes regard logical, geometrical and mathematical truths as certain? -
Answers - 1
Why, for Descartes, do the senses not give us knowledge? - Answers - 1
What does Descartes have to say about the distinction between subject and object? -
Answers - 1
What is "Cartesian dualism"? - Answers - 1
For Descartes, what is the essence of the mind? - Answers - 1
What are Descartes' two arguments for the existence of God? How can they be
criticized? - Answers - 1
What is rationalism? - Answers - 1
What is empiricism? - Answers - 1
What are the three principal branches of philosophy? - Answers - Axiology (split into
two, Ethics and Aesthetic)
Epistemology
Ontology or Metaphysics
What is metaphysics? - Answers - Study of whats really real
What is epistemology? - Answers - 1
What is axiology? - Answers - 1
What is the etymological origin of the word, "philosophy"? - Answers - 1
What, for Socrates, is wisdom? - Answers - 1
What is wisdom for Aristotle? - Answers - 1
What is Descartes' philosophical method? What does Descartes hope to achieve by
applying it? - Answers - 1
What is Descartes' dream argument? - Answers - 1
What is Descartes' "evil genius"? - Answers - 1
Does Descartes regard logical, geometrical and mathematical truths as certain? -
Answers - 1
Why, for Descartes, do the senses not give us knowledge? - Answers - 1
What does Descartes have to say about the distinction between subject and object? -
Answers - 1
What is "Cartesian dualism"? - Answers - 1
For Descartes, what is the essence of the mind? - Answers - 1
What are Descartes' two arguments for the existence of God? How can they be
criticized? - Answers - 1
What is rationalism? - Answers - 1
What is empiricism? - Answers - 1
