What is Philosophy

Check all that apply: Philosophy is________________

• an investigation of the nature, causes, or principles of reality

• the critical analysis of fundamental assumptions or beliefs.

• a love and pursuit of wisdom

• A system of thought based on or involving such inquiry

• the disciplines presented in university curriculums of science and the liberal arts, except medicine, law, and theology

True or False: Dogmatism is the refusal to change one's belief despite evidence of the contrary.

• True

• False

What is skepticism?

• Refusal of Philosophy as a subject

• Refusal to believe anything is true

• Refusal of education

• Acceptance of all premises and truths

Socrates was....

• The first pre-Socratic philosopher, believed everything was made out of water

• Was known as the weeping philosopher, who believed world was made of fire

• The first moral philosopher, known for his style of questioning called Elenchus

• Was known as the laughing philosopher, who believed everything is made of atoms

What are the 4 branches of Philosophy

• Logic

• Metaphysics

• Metachemistry

• Epistemology

• Axiology

The study of reasoning, thought, and successful arguments are known as

• Chemistry

• Physics

• Logic

• Sociology

• Axiology

True or False: Deductive Arguments base truths on experiences, knowing that they may be fallible

• True

• False

True or False: In Mr. K's class he gives the questions for our blog posts that are due every Friday, on Google Sites.

• True

• False

Name the informal fallacy: "If you don't get an A in Mr. K's class you will fail high school, never graduate, and end up fighting people for nickels under freeway as a career"

• Ad Hominem

• Appeal to Pity

• Red Herring

• Slippery Slope

Axiology

• Is the study of knowledge

• Is the study of ethics and beauty

• Is the study of the nature of reality

• Is the study of a sound and logical argument