KIN 2501 EXAMS SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
2025/2026 ALL GRADED A+
✔✔The branch of philosophy that examines the nature of knowledge and how one
comes to know this is called - ✔✔epistemology
✔✔____is the branch of philosophy that seeks to determine the nature of values. -
✔✔Axiology
✔✔Pragmatism can be seen as a philosophical response to changes such as____ in
the nineteenth century - ✔✔Urbanization
✔✔According to Kierkegaard, if people had the capacity to reason their way back to
god, then__ - ✔✔religion would be useless
✔✔Pragmatists argue that___ - ✔✔humans are embodied entities
✔✔Identify the characteristics of logic. - ✔✔It describes the ability to think systematically
✔✔Identify a metaphysical issue that has perplexed philosophers, scientists, and
theologians - ✔✔The nature of human existence
✔✔Kierkegaard's philosophy of existentialism argued for____ - ✔✔The existence of god
✔✔When compared to philosophy science strives ___ - ✔✔for objectivity
✔✔In phenomenology, from a metaphysics or monistic standpoint, the body is viewed
as the _____ - ✔✔instrument of communication with the world
✔✔Axiology is concerned with - ✔✔ethics and aesthetics
✔✔Phenomenology and existentialism may be used to better understand___ - ✔✔one's
sport and physical education experiences
✔✔History that tried to provide the who,what,when, and where of the past without
injecting ideas,values, or judgments from the present into the past is called_____ -
✔✔Descriptive history
✔✔Peyton witnesses a man being shot while walking home. Later, she is asked to
describe the shooting to the police. In the context of the different sources of information
used in historical research, Peyton is the police's_______source of information in the
above scenario. - ✔✔primary
, ✔✔A difference between Premodern and Modern Culture is that premodern Culture is
that premodern culture______ - ✔✔has little specialization of roles
✔✔Nietzsche's existentialism is attractive to sport philosophers because it_____ -
✔✔calls for a doctrine of action
✔✔Phenomenology and existentialism offer physical educators the opportunity to
promote____ - ✔✔Subjective experiences that enhance the human condition
✔✔In context the fields of kinesiology and physical education, a philosophy that would
place a greater value on physical activity is one that_____ - ✔✔unifies the mind and
body
✔✔Unlike the romans, the greeks underwent rigorious athletic training striving to
achieve____ - ✔✔Individual excellence
✔✔Identify the argument put forth by Nietzsche - ✔✔Science proved that there is no
spirit or such things as god.
✔✔In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the philosophy that would surpass the
limitations of the mind and body by focusing on experiences is called_____ -
✔✔Transcendentalism
✔✔Identify the concept that can be used to explain many attitudes and behaviors that
are present in the twenty-first century regarding sport, physical education, and play. -
✔✔The division of reality into two parts
✔✔Identify a characteristic of the premodern ideal sporting types. - ✔✔The organization
is at best informal and sporadic.
✔✔Which of the following is true about the modern ideal sporting types? - ✔✔Records
are sanctioned by national associations
✔✔What makes kierkegaard and existentialist was his emphasis on_____ - ✔✔life
experiences as the means of saving the soul
✔✔Identify a characteristic of Nietzsche's existentialism - ✔✔It refuses to surrender to
false human institutions
✔✔Which of the following assumptions do contemporary philosophies reject? -
✔✔Reality is composed of two parts
2025/2026 ALL GRADED A+
✔✔The branch of philosophy that examines the nature of knowledge and how one
comes to know this is called - ✔✔epistemology
✔✔____is the branch of philosophy that seeks to determine the nature of values. -
✔✔Axiology
✔✔Pragmatism can be seen as a philosophical response to changes such as____ in
the nineteenth century - ✔✔Urbanization
✔✔According to Kierkegaard, if people had the capacity to reason their way back to
god, then__ - ✔✔religion would be useless
✔✔Pragmatists argue that___ - ✔✔humans are embodied entities
✔✔Identify the characteristics of logic. - ✔✔It describes the ability to think systematically
✔✔Identify a metaphysical issue that has perplexed philosophers, scientists, and
theologians - ✔✔The nature of human existence
✔✔Kierkegaard's philosophy of existentialism argued for____ - ✔✔The existence of god
✔✔When compared to philosophy science strives ___ - ✔✔for objectivity
✔✔In phenomenology, from a metaphysics or monistic standpoint, the body is viewed
as the _____ - ✔✔instrument of communication with the world
✔✔Axiology is concerned with - ✔✔ethics and aesthetics
✔✔Phenomenology and existentialism may be used to better understand___ - ✔✔one's
sport and physical education experiences
✔✔History that tried to provide the who,what,when, and where of the past without
injecting ideas,values, or judgments from the present into the past is called_____ -
✔✔Descriptive history
✔✔Peyton witnesses a man being shot while walking home. Later, she is asked to
describe the shooting to the police. In the context of the different sources of information
used in historical research, Peyton is the police's_______source of information in the
above scenario. - ✔✔primary
, ✔✔A difference between Premodern and Modern Culture is that premodern Culture is
that premodern culture______ - ✔✔has little specialization of roles
✔✔Nietzsche's existentialism is attractive to sport philosophers because it_____ -
✔✔calls for a doctrine of action
✔✔Phenomenology and existentialism offer physical educators the opportunity to
promote____ - ✔✔Subjective experiences that enhance the human condition
✔✔In context the fields of kinesiology and physical education, a philosophy that would
place a greater value on physical activity is one that_____ - ✔✔unifies the mind and
body
✔✔Unlike the romans, the greeks underwent rigorious athletic training striving to
achieve____ - ✔✔Individual excellence
✔✔Identify the argument put forth by Nietzsche - ✔✔Science proved that there is no
spirit or such things as god.
✔✔In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the philosophy that would surpass the
limitations of the mind and body by focusing on experiences is called_____ -
✔✔Transcendentalism
✔✔Identify the concept that can be used to explain many attitudes and behaviors that
are present in the twenty-first century regarding sport, physical education, and play. -
✔✔The division of reality into two parts
✔✔Identify a characteristic of the premodern ideal sporting types. - ✔✔The organization
is at best informal and sporadic.
✔✔Which of the following is true about the modern ideal sporting types? - ✔✔Records
are sanctioned by national associations
✔✔What makes kierkegaard and existentialist was his emphasis on_____ - ✔✔life
experiences as the means of saving the soul
✔✔Identify a characteristic of Nietzsche's existentialism - ✔✔It refuses to surrender to
false human institutions
✔✔Which of the following assumptions do contemporary philosophies reject? -
✔✔Reality is composed of two parts
