HUMSS 11-A: PHILOSOPHY

Philosophy comes from the Greek philosophia, meaning what?

• Lover of philosophy

• Love of wisdom

• Love of soapboxes

• Lover of questions

The reality that exists outside our human experience

• physics
• mathematics
• magnetics
• metaphysics

The _______ is the source of all human action. 

• soul
• breath
• mind
• heart

The study of Truth or Knowledge

• Epistemology
• Ecclesiology
• Ethnography
• Ecology

This branch of philosophy studies the concept of knowledge. 

• Metaphysics
• Empiricism 
• Epistemology 
• Theology 

the study of knowledge, truth, and the nature of ultimate reality. 

• Philosophy 
• Theology
• Anthropology
• Hamartiology 

What makes a bad decision bad? A question that falls under the branch of Philosophy called _________.

• Logic

• Epistemology

• Ethics

• Metaphysics

_______________ emphasizes the importance of transferring knowledge, information, and skills from the older (wiser) generation to the younger one

• student centered philosophy
• teacher centered philosophy

Which branch of philosophy is primarily concerned with the question of being?

• Platonism

• Existentialism

• Marxism

• Humanism

What branch of philosophy deals with the study of moral judgments?

• Aesthetics

• Ethics

• Cosmology

• Psychology