Straighterline Philosophy Final Exam| 100 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

philosophy correct answer: love of wisdom or knowledge; encompasses all other disciplines epistemology correct answer: the theory or study of knowledge. It asks: How do we know what we know, and can we know anything at all? metaphysics correct answer: the branch of philosophy most interested in the question of reality and existence axiology correct answer: study of value; deals with artistic value or the value of self-expression ethics correct answer: looks at what is right and wrong, moral character, and virtue logic correct answer: a device used in philosophy that refers to both an area of philosophical inquiry and a tool to pursue knowledge Socratic Method correct answer: a philosophical method where questions and answers lead to wisdom circular reasoning correct answer: finds a conclusion based upon an assumption that is basically the same thing as the conclusion black or white fallacy correct answer: assumes that answers to questions must be once conclusion or its total opposite red herring fallacy correct answer: an attempt to discredit another philosophical proposition by invoking another unrelated point straw man fallacy correct answer: when philosophers misrepresent the view of another philosopher to repudiate their conclusions Heraclitus correct answer: "You cannot step in the same river twice"; believed the world was essentially made up of fire and that the world is ever changing, dynamic, and constantly on the move Parmenides correct answer: believed that all being and all reality is one, unified, and unchanging; knowledge comes from oneself and not the senses Atomism correct answer: the philosophical position that all things consist of minute, imperceptible, and indivisible particles; led by Leucippus and Democritus arche correct answer: a substance that causes and constitutes all things in the world