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Philo chapter 1

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

defined as the science that by natural light of reason studies the first causes or highest principles of all things.

(a)  

2.

During the ancient times in Greek Ionia, before the emergence of philosophy as a discipline, any investigation regarding the nature of things would be labeled as ? Or ‘nature’ in the English language

(a)  

3.

according to ? , philosophy emerged as something revolutionary since their mythological explanation about the nature of the universe would be set aside in favor of a more coherent and rational one.

(a)  

4.

? is the mother discipline

(a)  

5.

? Is the Father of Western Philosophy

● First person to explain the world and universe outside mythological concepts and also explain that the world was made up of water

(a)  

6.

strong desire for a particular object

(Love)

(a)  

7.

correct application of knowledge

(Wisdom)

(a)  

8.

strong desire of human person to

possess knowledge and apply it correctly.

( Love of Wisdom )

(a)  

9.

LOVER OF WISDOM

(a)  

10.

According to Isaiah Berlin the characteristics of a philosophical Question are?

a)

Very broad or general

b)

No standard methodology

c)

No practical utility

d)

Brief description

11.

philosophy could be considered as a ? that transcends and crosses over different areas and discipline

(a)  

12.

The importance of the first group of philosophers known as ?

(a)  

13.

according to ? . It became the melting pot of ideas from other cultures in other parts of the globe.

(a)  

14.

The Milesians

a)

Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes

b)

Anaximenes, Thales, Anaximones

15.

He was a student of Thales

(a)  

16.

He was a student of Anaximander

(a)  

17.

Thales was the first philosopher to assume that the earth is ? And the fundamental substance or primary constituent of reality is ?

a)

Flat , water

b)

Cylindrical, apeiron

c)

Flat and round, air

18.

Anaximander claimed that the fundamental substance

of reality is the infinite or the ? And believed that the earth is ?

a)

apeiron, cylindrical

b)

Water, flat

c)

Air, flat and round

19.

first philosopher to attempt to draw a map.



(a)  

20.

Anaximenes concluded that the fundamental

substances must be ? And claiming that the earth is ?

a)

Air, Cylindrical

b)

Air, flat and round

c)

Air, flat

21.

Person who used as well his observations and reasoning to provide causes for other natural phenomena on earth.

(a)  

22.

He was the leader of a religious cult, known as the Pythagoreans and believed that the primary constituent or reality would be numbers.

(a)  

23.

He was known for the mystical nature of his

philosophy, especially his idea about change. He believes that the only thing that is permanent in this world is change (also known as flux or becoming).

(a)  

24.

He proposed that the only thing that is permanent in this world is being, that is, reality is made up of one contin- uous object or plenum called being.

(a)  

25.

According to Parmenides Change, for him is merely an ?.

(a)  

26.

He believed himself to be immortal and that he had magical powers.

(a)  

27.

Empedocles was the proponent of the notion that reality is made up of the four elements

a)

Solid, liquid, gas and matter

b)

earth, air, fire, and water.

c)

Earth, moon, sun and cloud

28.

Empedocles is regarded as a ? because he had four elements as his fundamental substances that reality is made of, instead of only one substance

(a)  

29.

philosophers who believe in just one element like Thales (water) or Anaximenes (air) are considered as ?

(a)  

30.

He believed that there is not just one element that reality is made of. As a matter of fact, for him, there are as many seeds or elements as there are kinds of things.

(a)  

31.

the important contribution of Anaxagoras is his idea about the ? or the mind, which was conceived of as external but is infinite and is self-ruled and according to him, "has the greatest strength and power over all things."

(a)  

32.

He was a student and loyal follower of Parmenides

(a)  

33.

L… and D… contributed their idea that the ultimate substance that reality is made of are atoms.

(a)  

34.

according to Broad, has two fundamental tasks: First, the analysis and definition of our fundamental concepts and second, the clear and resolute criticism of our beliefs.

(a)  

35.

tries to find an underlying explanation or general principle that could explain reality in its entirety.

(a)  

36.

The process of extracting a unifying explanation from the multiplicity of the things around them is called ?.

(a)  

37.

refers to understanding complex ideas by reducing them to their parts or individual constituents.

(a)  

38.

Rene Descartes first introduced the concept of Reductionism during 17th century n Part V of his treatise called ? on the Method.

(a)  

39.

works on the assumption that all properties in a given system cannot be broken down by its component parts alone, but rather the system as a whole entity decides how the individual parts behave.

(a)  

40.

This is what you get when you

apply to language the theory of holism. It is also called

Confirmation Holism.

(a)  

41.

every word has meaning only in relation to other words, sentences, or the language in which it is used.

(a)