EPISTEMOLOGY

What branch of philosophy is concerned with the acquisition and validation of knowledge?

• Aesthetics

• Metaphysics

• Epistemology

• Ethics

If we use our senses and perception in acquiring and validating knowledge, what school of thought are we referring to?

• Rationalism

• Empiricism

• Positivism

• Syllogism

Which of the following does not belong to the group?

• Senses

• Action

• Retrace

• Validate

Complete the analogy:

observation : empiricism :: _______ : rationalism

• reason

• validation

• knowledge

• truth

What is moral lesson of the Allegory of the Cave by Plato?

• Go outside your comfort zone

• We must enjoy life to the fullest.

• Senses can be deceived.

• Knowledge through perception is the ultimate truth.

Who was the Pre-Socratic philosopher that believed the source of everything is water, earth, fire and air?

• Hippocrates

• Thales

• Empedocles

• Anaxagorasa

What was the contribution of Hippocrates?

• He discovered medicine.

• He believed that illnesses and diseases were not inflicted by the gods.

• He formulated the ethical practice in curing sick people which is now called the Hippocratic oath.

• All of the aforementioned

The following are Natural Philosophers, except?

• Thales

• Anaximenes

• Anaxagoras

• Socrates

He was the philosopher that believed we are made of atoms.

• Democritus

• Pythagoras

• Empedocles

• Anaxagoras

Who among the following does not belong to the group?

• Aristotle

• Rene Descartes

• Plato

• Socrates