Methods of Philosophizing

In the study of Philosophy, the branch that inquires about the features, extent and limitations of human knowledge is called:

• Epistemology

• Metaphysics

• Ethics

• Ontology

Answer explanation

It originated from two Greek words, episteme which means ‘knowledge’, and logos which means ‘study’ or ‘discourse’. Epistemology, then, translates to ‘the study of knowledge’. It is a study that attempts to answer the question, ‘How do we truly know something?’.

Which of the following are the criteria for knowledge?

• Truth

• Belief

• Justification

• Acceptance

Answer explanation

A justified true belief is what constitutes knowledge.

Who is the "Father of Logic"?

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Socrated

• Thales

Answer explanation

The first recorded study of Logic is Aristotle's, specifically in his work the Organon.

Analyze the following and determine whether it is a term, proposition, or syllogism.

All men are mortal.

Bernie is a man.

Therefore, Jessa is mortal.

• Term

• Proposition

• Syllogism

• None

Answer explanation

Syllogisms are composed of three propositions that contain a central topic, which is the conclusion, and is supported by two premises or evidences for the conclusion.

What method of philosophizing uses the concept of "suspension or bracketing all" questions of reality or truth?

• Logic

• Existentialism

• Phenomenology

• Post Modernism

Answer explanation

The word “phenomenon” comes directly from the Greek (phainόmenon), meaning “appearance.” This process entails a method or a series of continuously revised methods –for taking up a peculiarly phenomenological standpoint, “bracketing out” everything that is not essential, thereby understanding the basic rules or constitutive processes through which consciousness does it work of knowing the world.

Which of the following is NOT a way of philosophizing?

• I am seeing only what seems to be too confusing.

• I weigh in things by reflection.

• I think holistically.

• I am seeing a wide angle or viewpoint.

Efren "Bata" Reyes is the best billiard player. Does the statement show a truth, opinion or fact?

• Truth

• Fact

• Opinion

Logic is to reasoning as Existentialism is to:

• Human freedom

• Human action

• Human perception

• Human limitation

He is the famous 19th century German philosopher and philologist, known for his critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy, and science? Who is he?

• Edmund Husserl

• Friedrich Nietzsche

• Marcel Gabriel

• Soren Kierkegaard