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What makes much philosophizing a social endeavor?

Logic
Practical Philosophy
Dialectic (correct)
Phenomenology

Which method focuses on the significance of our experiences rather than what we see?

Practical Philosophy
Methodic Doubt
Phenomenology (correct)
Logic

What type of argument guarantees the truth of the conclusion with certainty?

Inductive
Deductive (correct)
Dialectic
Phenomenology

What is the purpose of methodic doubt in philosophy?

To arrive at the greatest truth through doubting (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of the rules governing the validity of an argument?

Logic (A) Signup and view all the answers

What analogy is used to describe 'methods' in philosophy?

'Tools' used in laboratory experiments for empirical scientists (D) Signup and view all the answers

Who is considered the Father of Philosophy?

Thales (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which branch of philosophy focuses on the study of moral judgement?

Ethics (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of Empiricism?

Knowledge depends on sense perception. (B) Signup and view all the answers

What was the first question that initiated philosophy?

Where does everything come from? (B) Signup and view all the answers

In epistemology, what does JTB stand for?

Justified True Belief (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of Political Philosophy?

Justification of proper organization (D) Signup and view all the answers

According to Anaximander, what is the principle of all things?

Indeterminate Boundless (A) Signup and view all the answers

Who designated Air as the primary substance from which all things originated?

Anaximenes (B) Signup and view all the answers

What did Pythagoras believe everything originated from?

Numbers (A) Signup and view all the answers

Who focused on the problem of change and believed in constant flux?

Heraclitus (C) Signup and view all the answers

According to Heraclitus, what is the only thing that does not change?

Change itself (A) Signup and view all the answers

Who stated that change is an illusion and that the world consists of one indivisible thing?

Parmenides (D) Signup and view all the answers

What does the term 'Philosophy' etymologically mean?

Love of wisdom (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of Philosophy according to the text?

Searching for the meaning of life (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is 'Urstoff' referring to in Philosophy?

Primary element or principle of all things (C) Signup and view all the answers

What does Philosophy encourage a person to think incessantly about?

Basic ground of beliefs (D) Signup and view all the answers

How does Philosophy relate to 'truth' according to the text?

It unifies and articulates the 'truth' (B) Signup and view all the answers

What characterizes Philosophy's role in modern times?

Synthesizing vast scientific data (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which philosopher is known for the famous statement 'Cogito ergo sum'?

Rene Descartes (A) Signup and view all the answers

What does the text mention as the duality of human nature in the theory discussed?

Mind and Body (C) Signup and view all the answers

Which Christian theologian and philosopher proposed that the human person is a unity of body and soul?

Karl Rahner (B) Signup and view all the answers

How does the text describe the body in relation to the soul?

The body is seen as the window of the soul (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is regarded as the spiritual part of the human person that cannot be seen?

Mind and Will (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is defined in the text as the characteristic activity of living things?

Thinking and Deciding (A) Signup and view all the answers