Understanding Philosophy Quiz

Philosophy can be discussed in two senses namely

• Worldly sense and Metaphysical sense

• Scientific sense and philosophical sense

• Populist sense and professional sense

• Greek sense and African sense

The populist notion expresses a __ understanding of philosophy

• Worldly

• Layman

• Greek

• General

In layman terms philosophy is

• An attitude to life

• The truth and the life

• A pattern of argument

• A branch of study

The earliest definition of philosophy is the

• Layman definition

• Critical definition

• Professional definition

• Etymological definition

The word Philosophy stems from two ___ words

• Latin

• Greek

• French

• Hebrew

In the etymology of philosophy, philos and Sophia means

• Argument and thought

• Criticism and argument

• Love and wisdom

• Criticism and wisdom

Who defined philosophy in terms of essence

• Plato

• Socrates

• Aristotle

• Thales

Who defined philosophy as the science of idea

• Plato

• Socrates

• Aristotle

• Thales

Western philosophy started with which philosopher

• Plato

• Socrates

• Aristotle

• Thales

John Dewey sees philosophy as

• Criticism of criticisms

• Argument on argument

• Thinking on thinking

• Logic of thinking