PHILOSOPHY AND EDUCATION EXAM SOLVED #2
What are the 3 branches of philosophy? - correct answer Metaphysics, Epistemology,
Axiology
Explain Metaphysics. Give examples of questions under this branch of philosophy. -
correct answer Branch of philosophy concerned with questions about the nature of
reality and the world in which we live. Literally meaning "beyond the physical."
What is reality? What is existence? Is the world rationally designed or ultimately
meaningless?
Explain Epistemology. Give examples of questions under this branch of philosophy. -
correct answer Branch of philosophy that examines questions about how and what we
know. Attempt to discover what is involved in the process of knowing.
What knowledge is true? How does knowledge take place? Is knowing a special sort of
mental act? Is there a difference between knowledge and a belief? Can people know
anything beyond the objects with which their senses acquaint them? Does knowing
make any difference to the object that is known?
Explain Axiology. Give examples of questions under this branch of philosophy. - correct
answer Branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of values. The study of value is
divided into ethics (moral values and conduct) and aesthetics (values in the realm of
beauty and art).
Ethics questions: What is the good life? How should we behave? When does the end
justify any means of achieving it?
Aesthetics question: Is art public and representative, or is the product of private
imagination?
What are the 4 schools of philosophy? - correct answer Idealism, Realism, Pragmatism,
Existentialism
Explain idealism - correct answer Holds that ideas and or concepts are the essence of
all that is worth knowing. The physical world we know is a manifestation/imperfect
representation of the spiritual world. The spiritual world is everlasting and not subject to
change because it is perfect.
Explain realism - correct answer Holds that reality, knowledge, and value exist
independent of the human mind. Ideas are not the ultimate reality. Focus on the
physical world.
Explain pragmatism - correct answer Stresses evolving and change rather than being.
Belief in an open universe that is dynamic, evolving, and in a state of becoming. There
What are the 3 branches of philosophy? - correct answer Metaphysics, Epistemology,
Axiology
Explain Metaphysics. Give examples of questions under this branch of philosophy. -
correct answer Branch of philosophy concerned with questions about the nature of
reality and the world in which we live. Literally meaning "beyond the physical."
What is reality? What is existence? Is the world rationally designed or ultimately
meaningless?
Explain Epistemology. Give examples of questions under this branch of philosophy. -
correct answer Branch of philosophy that examines questions about how and what we
know. Attempt to discover what is involved in the process of knowing.
What knowledge is true? How does knowledge take place? Is knowing a special sort of
mental act? Is there a difference between knowledge and a belief? Can people know
anything beyond the objects with which their senses acquaint them? Does knowing
make any difference to the object that is known?
Explain Axiology. Give examples of questions under this branch of philosophy. - correct
answer Branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of values. The study of value is
divided into ethics (moral values and conduct) and aesthetics (values in the realm of
beauty and art).
Ethics questions: What is the good life? How should we behave? When does the end
justify any means of achieving it?
Aesthetics question: Is art public and representative, or is the product of private
imagination?
What are the 4 schools of philosophy? - correct answer Idealism, Realism, Pragmatism,
Existentialism
Explain idealism - correct answer Holds that ideas and or concepts are the essence of
all that is worth knowing. The physical world we know is a manifestation/imperfect
representation of the spiritual world. The spiritual world is everlasting and not subject to
change because it is perfect.
Explain realism - correct answer Holds that reality, knowledge, and value exist
independent of the human mind. Ideas are not the ultimate reality. Focus on the
physical world.
Explain pragmatism - correct answer Stresses evolving and change rather than being.
Belief in an open universe that is dynamic, evolving, and in a state of becoming. There
