Approaches of Philosophy Quiz

It is the belief that human behaviour can be explained by breaking it down into simpler component parts.

• Analytic

• Speculative

• Reductionist

• Holistic

What is the meaning of the Greek word holos?

• Hallway

• Holiday

• Whole

• Wonder

The focus of the holistic approach in philosophy is _______.

• Time

• Wholeness

• Parts

• Space

What is the most important point of holistic approach?

• Priority of the wholeness of being over its parts

• Relevance of the parts to understand the whole

• Realities of grammar and language

• Speculations and pure opinions

He is a philosopher who introduced reductionism in modern times.

• John Locke

• Immanuel Kant

• René Descartes

• Charles Darwin

Minima maxima sunt means ______.

• The smallest things are the most important

• The minimum wage is the maximum we can get

• The small efforts are the greatest

• The minimum standard of man is the maximum for humanity

He is a philosopher that introduced holism in metaphysics.

• Plato

• Socrates

• Thales

• Aristotle

The focus of the reductionist approach in philosophy is ______.

• Time

• Wholeness

• Parts

• Space

What is the most important point of the reductionist approach?

• Priority of the wholeness of being over its parts

• Relevance of the parts to understand the whole

• Realities of grammar and language

• Speculations and pure opinions

What is the difference between reductionist and holistic approach?

• Focus

• Topic

• Tools

• Action