Philosophy Final Exam QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

What is a philosopher? What does philosophy originally mean? correct answer: Philosophy originally means to love knowledge or wisdom. A philosopher is any person who sought knowledge in any area. The Greeks invented philosophy. What is a philosophical argument? correct answer: When you support a position by giving reason for accepting it, you are making an argument; Giving rebutting arguments (itself a form of argument) is the most basic philosophical activity; it distinguishes philosophy from mere opinion. The common theme of philosophical questions and how they deal with fundamental concepts? correct answer: These fundamental questions are un-avoidable. "How do i know if someone thinks like me?" Examples of questions of philosophy: -Is it good to spread freedom? -How do we know that? -And, What is freedom? Real life ethical dilemmas provide an excellent illustration for this. The branches of Philosophy are? correct answer: Epistemology, Metaphysics, Moral Philosophy (ethics), social philosophy, political philosophy, aesthetics, logic Epistemology correct answer: -Questions related to knowledge; -The theory of knowledge is the branch of philosophy concerned with these questions. -What is the nature of knowledge and what are its the criteria, sources, and limits? What is truth? Metaphysics correct answer: -Questions related to being or existence; -This is the branch of philosophy that is concerned with these questions. -Two basic questions of metaphysics are: What is being? and What are its fundamental features and properties? Moral Philosophy (Ethics) correct answer: -Questions related to values -The philosophical study of moral judgments Social Philosophy correct answer: -The philosophical study of society and its institutions Political Philosophy correct answer: -Which focuses on the state and seeks to determine its justification and ethically proper organization Aesthetics correct answer: -Philosophical study of art and of value judgments about art Logic correct answer: -Questions pertaining to the theory of correct inference