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Who is considered the father of Western philosophy?

  • René Descartes
  • Socrates (correct)
  • Immanuel Kant
  • Plato
  • What is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of reality?

  • Metaphysics (correct)
  • Rationalism
  • Ethics
  • Epistemology
  • Who is the philosopher known for his theory of the 'cogito, ergo sum' (I think, therefore I am)?

  • Immanuel Kant
  • Plato
  • René Descartes (correct)
  • John Stuart Mill
  • What is the philosophical term for the study of values and moral principles?

    <p>Ethics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is the philosopher known for his concept of the 'will to power' and his criticism of traditional morality?

    <p>Friedrich Nietzsche</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the philosophical term for the belief that all events are predetermined and inevitable?

    <p>Determinism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the philosophical term for the study of beauty and the nature of art?

    <p>Aesthetics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which philosopher is known for his theory of the 'social contract' and the idea of a just society?

    <p>Jean-Jacques Rousseau</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the philosophical term for the belief that reality is ultimately composed of a single, unified substance?

    <p>Monism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is the philosopher known for his theory of the 'invisible hand' and his defense of free-market capitalism?

    <p>Adam Smith</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the philosophical term for the belief that the mind and body are two distinct entities?

    <p>Mind-body dualism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is the philosopher known for his theory of the 'veil of ignorance' and his concept of justice as fairness?

    <p>John Rawls</p> Signup and view all the answers

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