WorksheetsWhat is Philosophy?
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 29mins
In Ancient Greece, scholars were just beginning to make the distinction between ______________ and ___________.
(2:30 - 2:37)
HINT: Two correct answers
Mythos (storytelling)
Bio (life)
Philos (science)
Logos (thought or principle)
What is philosophia?
(2:50 - 2:54)
HINT: Two correct answers
The love of wisdom
A new way of trying to make sense of the world
The fear of philosophy
The love of philosophy
What did the earliest philosophers mean by “philosophy?”
(2:55 - 3:05)
The academic study of science
The academic study of religion
The academic study of feelings
The academic study of anything
How did scholars come to think of science and philosophy differently?
(3:15 - 3:25)
Science was considered a search for answers, while philosophy was considered a way of thinking about questions.
Science was considered a search for evidence, while philosophy was considered a search for truth.
Science was considered a search for accuracy, while philosophy was considered a way of thinking about personal beliefs.
Philosophers DO NOT mind that they may never get answers to their philosophical questions.
(3:30 - 3:35)
True
False
What is the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of reality?
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Metaphysics
Epistemology
Value Theory
What is the branch of philosophy that studies the nature and scope of knowledge?
(4:48 - 5:30)
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Value Theory
What is the branch of philosophy helps frame your thinking around what you actually do - like how you should act and what you should attach meaning to?
(5:38 - 5:46)
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Value Theory
What is the branch of Value Theory that studies & evaluates human conduct or how humans should live?
(5:04 - 6:27)
Value Ethics
Metaethics
Aesthetics
Ethics
What is the branch of Value Theory that studies & evaluates beauty and art?
(6:28 - 6:53)
Value Ethics
Metaethics
Aesthetics
Ethics
What do “aestheticians'' believe about beauty?
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Beauty is objectively true.
Beauty is subjective, based on preferences.
Beauty doesn't exist.
Beauty is only found in art.
Which of these are examples of "doing philosophy" that you might do every day?
HINT: Three correct answers.
Arguing with your parents
Wondering if you should date someone
Deciding to eat a salad instead of a ham and cheese hot pocket
Sleeping
What is one “big philosophical question” proposed in the video that you find most interesting?
