Y9 Philosophy Key Terms 2

What is an allegory?

• A comparison between two things

• A story with a hidden meaning

• A theory of knowledge

• An argument based on physical experience

What does an analogy involve?

• A story with a hidden meaning

• A comparison between one thing and another

• A theory of knowledge

What is epistemology?

• The theory of knowledge

• The theory of evolution

• The theory of causation

• The theory of relativity

What does empirical mean?

• Based on reason

• Based on physical experience

• Theory of knowledge

• Based on the ideas of Plato

What is empiricism?

• The theory that knowledge is based on reason

• The theory that knowledge is based on experience

• A comparison between two things

• Based on the ideas of Socrates

What is rationalism?

• The theory that true knowledge is based on reason and logic

• The theory that knowledge is based on physical experience

• A type of argument

• The theory that God can be known through experience of the world

What does platonic mean?

• Based on the ideas of Socrates

• Based on the ideas of Plato

• Based on the ideas of Aquinas

• Based on the ideas of Aristotle

Which term refers to the non-physical, unchanging essences of all things

• The Big Bang

• The Forms

• The pre-Socratics

• The Four Causes

What does Socratic mean?

• Based on the ideas of Socrates

• Based on the ideas of Plato

• A theory of knowledge

• The belief that the reality is made up of 2 things: mind and matter

What does a priori mean?

• Based on experience

• Based on reason