What is Philosophy?

In Ancient Greece, scholars were just beginning to make the distinction between ______________ and ___________.

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HINT: Two correct answers

• Mythos (storytelling)

• Bio (life)

• Philos (science)

• Logos (thought or principle)

What is philosophia?

(2:50 - 2:54)

HINT: Two correct answers

• The love of wisdom

• A new way of trying to make sense of the world

• The fear of philosophy

• The love of philosophy

What did the earliest philosophers mean by “philosophy?”

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• The academic study of science

• The academic study of religion

• The academic study of feelings

• The academic study of anything

How did scholars come to think of science and philosophy differently?

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• Science was considered a search for answers, while philosophy was considered a way of thinking about questions.

• Science was considered a search for evidence, while philosophy was considered a search for truth.

• Science was considered a search for accuracy, while philosophy was considered a way of thinking about personal beliefs.

Philosophers DO NOT mind that they may never get answers to their philosophical questions.

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• True

• False

What is the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of reality?

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• Metaphysics

• Epistemology

• Value Theory

What is the branch of philosophy that studies the nature and scope of knowledge?

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• Metaphysics

• Epistemology

• Value Theory

What is the branch of philosophy helps frame your thinking around what you actually do - like how you should act and what you should attach meaning to?

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• Metaphysics

• Epistemology

• Value Theory

What is the branch of Value Theory that studies & evaluates human conduct or how humans should live?

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• Value Ethics

• Metaethics

• Aesthetics

• Ethics

What is the branch of Value Theory that studies & evaluates beauty and art?

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• Value Ethics

• Metaethics

• Aesthetics

• Ethics