Branches and Development of Philosophy

Plato and Aristotle agreed that philosophy began in...

• wonder

• amusement

• question

• investigation

Which of the following is not a main branch of philosophy?

• Metaphysics

• Epistemology

• Theodicy

• Ethics

What branch of philosophy studies the nature and scope of knowledge?

• Metaphysics

• Epistemology

• Ethics

• Logic

When Thales reasoned out that all is water, he is working in what branch of philosophy?

• Metaphysics

• Epistemology

• Ethics

• Logic

Philosophers have similar view of the world.

• True

• False

The first philosophers (Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes) problematized...

• the problem of knowledge

• the problem of religion

• the problem of freedom

• the problem of the world

The Sophists (Protagoras, Gorgias) philosophized that...

• through a dialog, a consensus can be reached

• change is impossible

• man is the measure of all things

• no man can step on the same river twice

The Stoics, the Epicureans, and the Skeptics attempted to escape sufferings inherent in the world and live a happy life.

• true

• false

For Pythagoras the fundamental principle of the world is..

• knowledge

• wisdom

• number

• none of the above

For Parminedes...

• change is impossible

• everything is change

• pleasure is the cause of suffering

• none of the above