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WorksheetsIntroduction to Philosophy
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Philosophy comes from "philos" and "sophia", which translates to "love for science".
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The first universities in the western world were Plato's Lyceum and Aristotle's Academy.
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While science is the search for answers, philosophy is the academic way of finding out answers.
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Philosophy is independent from other disciplines.
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Entomology deals with the true nature of reality.
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Continental Rationalism originated with René Descartes.
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While general metaphysics was concerned with being at a broad, fundamental level, special metaphysics addressed more specific questions concerning existence.
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Epistemology investigates the acquisition of knowledge.
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The 2 forms of experience where a person can acquire knowledge are sensation and reflection.
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Immanuel Kant pointed out that beauty is objective and universal.
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Match the given inquiry to its corresponding branches of philosophy.
Can everybody become an artist?
Aesthetics
Metaphysics
Ethics
Epistemology
Match the given inquiry to its corresponding branches of philosophy.
How do people relate artistic expression and meaning to culture?
Aesthetics
Metaphysics
Ethics
Epistemology
Match the given inquiry to its corresponding branches of philosophy.
Did the universe ever have a beginning?
Aesthetics
Metaphysics
Ethics
Epistemology
Match the given inquiry to its corresponding branches of philosophy.
Does the world exist outside of the mind?
Aesthetics
Metaphysics
Ethics
Epistemology
Match the given inquiry to its corresponding branches of philosophy.
How is knowledge acquired?
Aesthetics
Metaphysics
Ethics
Epistemology
Match the given inquiry to its corresponding branches of philosophy.
What do people know?
Aesthetics
Metaphysics
Ethics
Epistemology
Match the given inquiry to its corresponding branches of philosophy.
What are the necessary and sufficient conditions of knowledge?
Aesthetics
Metaphysics
Ethics
Epistemology
Match the given inquiry to its corresponding branches of philosophy.
Is it right to be dishonest in a good cause?
Aesthetics
Metaphysics
Ethics
Epistemology
Match the given inquiry to its corresponding branches of philosophy.
Can we justify living in opulence while people starve elsewhere in the world?
Aesthetics
Metaphysics
Ethics
Epistemology
Match the given inquiry to its corresponding branches of philosophy.
Is going to war justified in cases where it is likely that innocent people will be killed?
Aesthetics
Metaphysics
Ethics
Epistemology
