Chapter 1 Quiz - Doing Philosophy

Philosophy etymologically means

• lover of wisdom

• love of wisdom

• wisdom of love

• love of God

Philosophy humbly starts from

• question

• answer

• wonder

• wisdom

“Nihil est in intellectu quod non prius in sensu” means

• Nothing is in the senses that were not first in the intellect

• To know is to remember

• Nothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses

• Knowledge is innate

Philosophy encourages judgment based on partial perspective.

• True

• False

Philosophical questions are greatly grounded on

• human existence

• existence of God

• knowledge

• purpose

It is the branch of philosophy that deals with abstract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, time, and space.

• Cosmology

• Epistemology

• Metaphysics

• Aesthetics

It is the branch of philosophy that focuses on the methods of judgment, types of propositions, hypothesis, definition, etc.

• Logic

• Ethics

• Epistemology

• Rational Psychology

It is the branch of philosophy that concerns with the material world.

• Metaphysics

• Cosmology

• Epistemology

• Aesthetics

It is the branch of philosophy that discusses the criteria of right and good.

• Aesthetics

• Rational Psychology

• Epistemology

• Ethics

It is the philosophy of art that discusses the nature and criteria of beauty.

• Aesthetics

• Ethics

• Metaphysics

• Cosmology