INTRODUCTION OF PHILOSOPHY GRADE 12

1. Come from the greek words Philos and Sophia =Philosophy

2. Means loving = Philos

3. Means knowledge or wisdom =Sophia

4. Are people who are “lovers of wisdom” =Philosopher

5. Epistemology is the stud of the process of attaining = knowledge

6. Said, “the unexamined life is not worth living” = Plato

7. Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that deals with the examination of = existence

8. Is the branch of philosophy that delves into art = Aesthetics

9. Is the branch of philosophy dealing with the correct judgement =Ethics

10. A method is a series of question intended to questions ideas,topics,views, or assuptions =

Epistemology

11. A famous greek philosopher who wrote the “allegory of the cave” = Plato or Benjamin jowett

12. Is a disciplined, systematic investigation of verbal or written discourse to make ideas clear,
precise, and reasonable = critical thinking

13. Attempted to answer some of these philosophical questions, most notably about the nature
of reality = allegory of the cave

14. Is given the honor of being the very first philosopher to have coined the word philosophy and
philosopher =pythagoras

15. Is from latin verb scire(classic pronounciation ski.re) meaning to know = science

16. The kinds of disposition that a critical thinker possesses are :

 1.Truth-seeking
2.Open-minded
3.Analytical
4.Systematic
5.Self-confident
6.inquisitive
7.mature in judgement

17. Acquiring skills involves :

1.Interpretation
2. analysis
3.explanation
4.evaluation
5.self-regulation
6.inference

18. How do you learn to practice a new method of thinking?

1.Acquire skills
2.Develop the right disposition/trait
3.Evaluate of your thinking process according to correct standard

19. An authentic philosophical question involves three essential conditions.

1.TO KNOW SOMETHING
2.TO BECOME AWARE OF ONE’S IGNORANCE
3.TO BECOME AWARE OF THAT THERE MORE THAN ALREADY KNOWN.

20. Is a philosophical doctrine that asserts a given system as a whole determines how the
members or the parts of the whole system behaves = HOLISM

21. A philosophical activity that is like looking in a mirror except instead of trying to see your face,
you are trying to see your experience in order to make sense of it and to identify what to do in
the future = REFLECTION

22. Is a manner of studying personal experiences to improve performance so that the person
continuously learn and evolve = REFLECTIVE PRACTICE

23. Humans are born to philosophize =

24. Experience alone can results in learning =

25. A philosopher who said “the whole is more than the sum of its parts”= ARISTOTLE
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