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What are three components that make up the Hermeneutical triangle? 1. Author 2. Message 3. Audience True or False: The great philosopher Aristotle argued Rhetoric being taught by the Sophist was mere cookery and had no substance as a disciple of study False What are the different types of Critical thinking? Description Analysis Interpretation Evaluation Which Rhetorical patterns do critics look for in a message? Patterns of Repetition Patterns of Sequencin...

Chapter 1: Fair-Minded Thinking Exam Questions And Answers Fair-Minded Thinking - ANS - Entails the predisposition to consider all relevant viewpoints equally, without reference to one's own feelings or selfish interests, or the feelings or selfish interests of one's friends, community or nation. - Being uninfluenced/non biased by one's own advantage or the advantage of one's group. - Opposite is intellectual unfairness Weak-Sense Thinking - ANS - Also known as sophist - Us...

Critical Thinking Exam 1 with Questions and Answers Fairminded Thinker ANSWER must develop traits such as intellectual humility, intellectual integrity, intellectual courage, autonomy, empathy, perseverance, and confidence in reason. Sophist ANSWER Weak-sense thinker, the art of winning arguments, other viewpoints are ignored -unethical lawyers, prosecutors, and politicians Strong-sense thinkers ANSWER -consistent pursuit of the fair and just -strive to be ethical Critical Thinking...

Philosophy Areas of Study - correct answersMetaphysics, epistemology, ethics, social/political philosophy, aesthetics, and logic Philosophy - correct answersWonder, a dynamic process, wisdom, and truth "the love or persuit of wisdom) Philen - correct answersLove Sophia - correct answersWisdom Ultimate Aim of Philosophy - correct answers-to complete liberty of the mind -freedom from all social, political, or religious prejudice -to care for the well being of the soul - answe...

Philosophy Areas of Study - correct answerMetaphysics, epistemology, ethics, social/political philosophy, aesthetics, and logic Philosophy - correct answerWonder, a dynamic process, wisdom, and truth "the love or persuit of wisdom) Philen - correct answerLove Sophia - correct answerWisdom Ultimate Aim of Philosophy - correct answer-to complete liberty of the mind -freedom from all social, political, or religious prejudice -to care for the well being of the soul - answer the ques...

Philosophy Exam 1, questions and answers latest updated Philosophy Areas of Study Metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, social/political philosophy, aesthetics, and logic Philosophy Wonder, a dynamic process, wisdom, and truth "the love or persuit of wisdom) Philen Love Sophia Wisdom Ultimate Aim of Philosophy -to complete liberty of the mind -freedom from all social, political, or religious prejudice -to care for the well being of the soul - answer the questi...

Philosophy Exam 1 questions and answers latest updated List and define the four (4) topical divisions of philosophy: • Metaphysics- What is Real • Epistemology- What is Reasonable • Ethics- What is Good • Aesthetics- What is Beauty List the four (4) chronological periods of philosophy in order & their area of interest: • Ancients- Ontology • Medieval- Theology • Modern- Epistemology • Post Modern- Language What are the three (3) skills needed for Philosophy...

Philosophy Exam 1 questions and answers 2023Philosophy Areas of Study Metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, social/political philosophy, aesthetics, and logic Philosophy Wonder, a dynamic process, wisdom, and truth "the love or persuit of wisdom) Philen Love Sophia Wisdom Ultimate Aim of Philosophy -to complete liberty of the mind -freedom from all social, political, or religious prejudice -to care for the well being of the soul - answer the question, "what is...

1. Not investigating whether or not one's beliefs about the physical universe make sense in connection with their beliefs about their gods fails which criterion of good thinking/philosophy/science? a. consistency b. coherency c. adequacy d. applicability e. communicability b. coherency 2. Literary writing, like that of Hemingway or Steinbeck, a. mythic explana- in that it attempts to explain some aspect of human experience is an example of a. mythic explanation b. material explanation c....

Intro to Philosophy Test Bank 1. What is the etymological meaning of the term philosophy? a. Search for meaning b. Way of the sage c. Love of one’s own view d. Love of wisdom Correct: d. Love of wisdom 2. Which of the following involves the study of “ultimate reality”? a. Ethics b. Metaphysics c. Epistemology d. Social and political philosophy Correct: b. Metaphysics 3. What is the name for the branch of philosophy that studies the nature, origin, and even possibility, of knowledge? a. Met...