Week 2. The Nature of Philosophy

1. Philosophy means...

• Love of Wisdom

• Love of Reasoning

• Love of Divine Creator

• Love of Fellowmen

2. He rightly con­ceived of philosophy as the persistent attempt to seek clear notions.

• Plato

• Kierkeguard

• Freud

• Buddah

3. Philosophy is the rational attempt to have a ______

• logic

• ethics

• equilibrium

• world view

4. It is the critical analysis of the popular and scientific concepts, and the discovery of their relations to one another

• Ethics

• Values

• Philosophy

• Metaethics

5. Which of the following is not a main branch of Philosophy?

• Metaphysics

• Utililitarianism

• Axiology

• Logic

6. Is the branch of philosophy that considers the physical universe and the nature of ultimate reality

• Metaphysics

• Epistemology

• Axiology

• Logic

7. Is the branch of philosophy that considers the study of principles and values.

• Metaphysics

• Epistemology

• Axiology

• Logic

8. Is the branch of philosophy that seeks to organize reasoning. Logic has two types: deductive and inductive reasoning.

• Axiology

• Epistemology

• Logic

• Metaphysics

9. Is the branch of philosophy that considers how people come to learn what they know.

• Epistemology

• Metaphysics

• Logic

• Axiology

10. It is known as moral philosophy, is a branch of philosophy which seeks to address questions about morality; that is, about concepts like good and bad, right and wrong, justice, virtue, etc. Ethics is the questioning of morals and personal values.

• Reasoning

• Aesthetics

• Ethics

• Political Philosophy