Philosophy 101- Review FINALS

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What is the natural knowledge of all things through their ultimate causes?

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Philosophy

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The word “philosophy” means “l__________” (philos [love] + sophia [wisdom]

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love of wisdom

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___________is an inflated confidence in the power of the empirical sciences. It holds that knowledge is found in the physical sciences alone and that its methods should be applied to all other disciplines.

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Scientism

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________ considers how some people disagree over what is true, and on that basis concludes that no claim to truth holds any privileged status over any other

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Relativism

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Relativism contradicts itself by claiming a privileged status over non-relative views of truth.

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True

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Is the statement, “All knowledge is found in the physical sciences alone,” a claim that can be proved scientifically?

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True

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Philosophy does provide us with certain knowledge about reality. However, the knowledge it provides will be philosophical; not scientific (in the modern sense). It will deal with the ultimate causes of everything. True or False?

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True

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It is the heart of philosophy. It investigates the existence of the universe and of ALL things in it.

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Metaphysics

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It investigates KNOWLEDGE. This branch of philosophy answers What does it mean “to know”? and What can we know?

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Epistemology

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The branch of philosophy that studies what actions are morally right and wrong. It answers the question Is there a right and wrong?

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Ethics