09-PHI Plato's Cave

Which branch of philosophy deals with questions about the nature of reality?

• Epistemology

• Metaphysics

• Allegory

• Analogy

What does Epistemology study?

• The nature of reality

• The love of wisdom

• Questions about knowledge

• Symbolic representation

What is an Allegory?

• A branch of philosophy

• A story with a hidden meaning

• A comparison between objects

• A literal interpretation

What is the main question of the lesson?

• What is knowledge?

• How do you know if something is real?

• What is wisdom?

• How do we compare objects?

What should students write in their books according to the lesson content?

• Only the title

• New Topic, Title, LQ, and Keywords

• Just the keywords

• Only the lesson objectives

What is the purpose of an allegory?

• To provide literal meaning

• To entertain with stories

• To represent or symbolize ideas

• To compare objects

What is the literal meaning of the Greek word 'Philosophia'?

• The Love of Knowledge

• The Love of Wisdom

• The Love of Truth

• The Love of Life

Philosophers use (a)   to answer big questions.

• Meditation and prayer
• Reasoning, intellectual questioning
• Experimentation and observation
• Intuition and dreams

What did Hume argue about how we get evidence for what is real?

• Through our senses

• Through logical reasoning

• Through dreams

• Through imagination

Who was Plato a student of?

• Socrates

• Aristotle

• Pythagoras

• Hume