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Introduction to Philosophy: Straighterline Final Exam Questions And Correct Answers 2 Greek words for Philosophy - answerPhilein- love of Sophia-Wisdom or knowledge Philosophical steps for problem solving - answerDefine the problem Define the circumstances surrounding it Use logic, argument, t...

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Introduction to Philosophy: Straighterline
Final Exam Questions And Correct Answers

2 Greek words for Philosophy - answer✔✔Philein- love of Sophia-Wisdom or knowledge

Philosophical steps for problem solving - answer✔✔Define the problem
Define the circumstances surrounding it
Use logic, argument, the Socratic method, & opponents fallacies as tools

Epistemology - answer✔✔The theory, questions, or study of knowledge

Metaphysics - answer✔✔the branch of philosophy most interested in the question of reality and
existence; can be the most controversial and abstract field of philosophy.

Axiology - answer✔✔the study of value

Ethics - answer✔✔one of the fields of Axiology; looks at what is right and wrong, moral
character, and virtue.

Aesthetics - answer✔✔deals with the artistic value or the value of self-expression.

Philosophy can be thought of as - answer✔✔the grandfather of all the other academic disciplines

Philosphy's areas of inquiry - answer✔✔Metaphysics, Epistemology, Ethics, Logic

Logic - answer✔✔refers to both an area of philosophical inquiry and a tool used to pursue
knowledge, identity valid and invalid arguments, and come to reasonable conclusions.

A standard epistemology question - answer✔✔How do we know what we know?

The most active field of Philosphy - answer✔✔Ethics

The most popular branch of Ethics - answer✔✔Political Philosophy

There has been an increased interest in feminist philosphy since - answer✔✔The Feminist
Movement of the 1960s

A allegorical philosopher - answer✔✔(mental) Engineer

Illogical - answer✔✔the conclusion is not supported by the premise of the argument

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Argument - answer✔✔outlining your propositions and conclusions clearly while offering solid
evidence to support them, not only personal opinions.

Rhetoric - answer✔✔the presentation and speaking style of an argument, no sub for logical
reasoning.

Socratic Method - answer✔✔Obtaining knowledge through asking questions repeatedly to get a
sharpened and fine-tuned answer while also acknowledging that we know nothing.

Socrates - answer✔✔philosopher and teacher that lived in Athens from 470 BC to 399 BC,
developed the Socratic Method, inspired Plato and Aristotle.

Circular Reasoning - answer✔✔A fallacy in an argument, aka begging the question, finds a
conclusion based upon an assumption that is basically the same thing as the conclusion.

The Black or White Fallacy - answer✔✔AKA False Dilemma or "either- or fallacy"; assumed
that answers to questions must be one conclusion or its total opposite.

The Red Herring - answer✔✔when someone tries to distract from the main point in an argument
and avoid attacking the actual argument itself; occurs often in the media.

Argumentum ad hominem - answer✔✔"argument against the person"; repudiating philosophical
arguments based on the personal character or credentials of the person making the argument.

Straw Man - answer✔✔misrepresenting the views of another philosopher

Giving & rebutting arguments - answer✔✔the most basic philosophical activity

Counterarugments - answer✔✔Challenges or criticisms to your argument that calls for you to
defend your argument.

Basics of philosphizing - answer✔✔the ability to reason correctly, defend assumptions, and to
anticipate and rebut rebuttals.

Thought experiments - answer✔✔one of the most common methods to establish something in
Philosophy; to try to make yourself think something through will.

Reductio ad Absurdum - answer✔✔a way for philosophers to establish a thesis by demonstrating
that the contradictory of a theses is or leads to an absurdity

St. Anselm's ontological proof that God exists - answer✔✔the most famous Reductio ad
absurdum in the history of philosophy

Fallacy - answer✔✔a mistake in reasoning

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