2024
PHILOSOPHY POWERPOINT
EXAM 1 PART 1 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS 2024
WHAT IS THE NATURE OF
PHILOSOPHY?
Doing Well Studying Philosophy (5) - CORRECT ANSWERS-1. critical
thinking not rationalization
2. examine an argument's presuppositions - yours as well as others.
3. characterize your opponent's position fairly before criticizing it (don't
commit the Straw Man Fallacy - mischaracterizing an opponent's
argument to make it easier to knock down.
4. don't let your ego impede the critical thinking process.
5. don't get defensive - try to articulate the reasons for why you hold a
certain position.
What is the main professional organization for philosophers in the English-
speaking world. - CORRECT ANSWERS-The American Philosophical
Association (APA)
What are the four traditional divisions of Philosophy? - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Epistemology
Metaphysics
Ethics
Logic
What is the Epistemology division of philosophy? - CORRECT ANSWERS-
The Study of Knowledge
1 is a term first used by the Scottish philosopher James Frederick Ferrier
to describe the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and scope
of knowledge;
2 it is also referred to as "theory of knowledge".
3 Put concisely, it is the study of knowledge and justified belief. It
questions what knowledge is and how it can be acquired, and the extent
to which knowledge pertinent to any given subject or entity can be
acquired. 4 Much of the debate in this field has focused on the
philosophical analysis of the nature of knowledge and how it relates to
connected notions such as truth, belief, and justification.
5 The term was probably first introduced in Ferrier's Institutes of
Metaphysic: The Theory of Knowing and Being (1854),
What is the Metaphysics division of philosophy? - CORRECT ANSWERS-The
Study of Reality
, 2024
1 Metaphysics is a traditional branch of philosophy concerned with
explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world that
encompasses it, although the term is not easily defined.
2 Traditionally, metaphysics attempts to answer two basic questions in
the broadest possible terms:
a Ultimately, what is there?
b What is it like?
What is the Ethics division of philosophy? - CORRECT ANSWERS-The Study
of the Moral Valuation of Human Action
(1) the rightness and wrongness of actions,
(2) the kinds of things which are good or desirable, and
(3) whether actions are blameworthy or praiseworthy.
(4) Important ethical issues today include abortion, sexual morality, the
death penalty, euthanasia, pornography, and the environment.
What is the Logic division of philosophy? - CORRECT ANSWERS-the study
of right reasoning.
1 It is the tool philosophers use to study other philosophical categories.
2 Good logic includes the use of good thinking skills and the avoidance of
logic fallacies.
What are other branches of Philosophy - CORRECT ANSWERS-Philosophy
of
Science, Religion, Law, Medicine, Technology, History, Mind, Language,
Art, Social/Political Philosophy
Knowing Your Subject Matter - CORRECT ANSWERS-1. To make meaningful
contributions to these secondary disciplines, the philosopher needs to
have a good working knowledge about or degree in that other area.
Brian Leiter, Philosophy of Law, PhD Philosophy, JD Law - University of
Chicago
H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., Philosophy of Medicine, Phd Philosophy, MD
Medicine - Rice University
Lindley Darden, Philosophy of Science, PhD Conceptual Foundations of
Sceince, MS Biology, MA, Philosophy - UM - College Park
Massimo Pigiliucci, Philosophy of Science, PhD Philosophy, PhD Botany,
PhD Genetics - SUNY - Stony Brook
William Dembski, Philosophy of Religion and Philosophy of Science, PhD
Philosophy, PhD Matematics, MDiv Theology, MA Philosophy, MS
Mathematics, MS Statistics, BA Psychology
Nobel Prize Laureates Who Where Philosophers (awarded in literature) -
CORRECT ANSWERS-Henry Bergson (1927)
Bertrand Russell (1950)
Albert Camus (1957)
Jean-Paul Sartre (1964, Prize Declined)
PHILOSOPHY POWERPOINT
EXAM 1 PART 1 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS 2024
WHAT IS THE NATURE OF
PHILOSOPHY?
Doing Well Studying Philosophy (5) - CORRECT ANSWERS-1. critical
thinking not rationalization
2. examine an argument's presuppositions - yours as well as others.
3. characterize your opponent's position fairly before criticizing it (don't
commit the Straw Man Fallacy - mischaracterizing an opponent's
argument to make it easier to knock down.
4. don't let your ego impede the critical thinking process.
5. don't get defensive - try to articulate the reasons for why you hold a
certain position.
What is the main professional organization for philosophers in the English-
speaking world. - CORRECT ANSWERS-The American Philosophical
Association (APA)
What are the four traditional divisions of Philosophy? - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Epistemology
Metaphysics
Ethics
Logic
What is the Epistemology division of philosophy? - CORRECT ANSWERS-
The Study of Knowledge
1 is a term first used by the Scottish philosopher James Frederick Ferrier
to describe the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and scope
of knowledge;
2 it is also referred to as "theory of knowledge".
3 Put concisely, it is the study of knowledge and justified belief. It
questions what knowledge is and how it can be acquired, and the extent
to which knowledge pertinent to any given subject or entity can be
acquired. 4 Much of the debate in this field has focused on the
philosophical analysis of the nature of knowledge and how it relates to
connected notions such as truth, belief, and justification.
5 The term was probably first introduced in Ferrier's Institutes of
Metaphysic: The Theory of Knowing and Being (1854),
What is the Metaphysics division of philosophy? - CORRECT ANSWERS-The
Study of Reality
, 2024
1 Metaphysics is a traditional branch of philosophy concerned with
explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world that
encompasses it, although the term is not easily defined.
2 Traditionally, metaphysics attempts to answer two basic questions in
the broadest possible terms:
a Ultimately, what is there?
b What is it like?
What is the Ethics division of philosophy? - CORRECT ANSWERS-The Study
of the Moral Valuation of Human Action
(1) the rightness and wrongness of actions,
(2) the kinds of things which are good or desirable, and
(3) whether actions are blameworthy or praiseworthy.
(4) Important ethical issues today include abortion, sexual morality, the
death penalty, euthanasia, pornography, and the environment.
What is the Logic division of philosophy? - CORRECT ANSWERS-the study
of right reasoning.
1 It is the tool philosophers use to study other philosophical categories.
2 Good logic includes the use of good thinking skills and the avoidance of
logic fallacies.
What are other branches of Philosophy - CORRECT ANSWERS-Philosophy
of
Science, Religion, Law, Medicine, Technology, History, Mind, Language,
Art, Social/Political Philosophy
Knowing Your Subject Matter - CORRECT ANSWERS-1. To make meaningful
contributions to these secondary disciplines, the philosopher needs to
have a good working knowledge about or degree in that other area.
Brian Leiter, Philosophy of Law, PhD Philosophy, JD Law - University of
Chicago
H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., Philosophy of Medicine, Phd Philosophy, MD
Medicine - Rice University
Lindley Darden, Philosophy of Science, PhD Conceptual Foundations of
Sceince, MS Biology, MA, Philosophy - UM - College Park
Massimo Pigiliucci, Philosophy of Science, PhD Philosophy, PhD Botany,
PhD Genetics - SUNY - Stony Brook
William Dembski, Philosophy of Religion and Philosophy of Science, PhD
Philosophy, PhD Matematics, MDiv Theology, MA Philosophy, MS
Mathematics, MS Statistics, BA Psychology
Nobel Prize Laureates Who Where Philosophers (awarded in literature) -
CORRECT ANSWERS-Henry Bergson (1927)
Bertrand Russell (1950)
Albert Camus (1957)
Jean-Paul Sartre (1964, Prize Declined)
