Deck 1: The Role of Philosophy

Question 1

Even though each academic field has its particular area of questions and phenomena that it studies, ultimately all knowledge is ...

A) uncertain.
B) deductive.
C) relative.
D) connected.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Every major scientific discipline was once part of ...

A) religion.
B) philosophy.
C) superstitions.
D) mathematics.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Physics, chemistry, biology, and astronomy are studied by those we now call "scientists," but they were originally called ...

A) humanists.
B) agnostics.
C) natural philosophers.
D) historiographers.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

While many people may imagine Albert Einstein working in a laboratory or gazing through a telescope, his theory of relativity was born from a ________________ that was inspired when he envisioned flying through space at the speed of light.

A) thought experiment
B) controlled experiment
C) research laboratory
D) skeptical assessment

Question 5

After graduating from college, Einstein worked as ...

A) a laboratory assistant in a physics department.
B) a clerk in the Swiss government patent office.
C) an insurance salesperson.
D) a mathematics high school teacher.

Question 6

Against the prevailing view of the concept of time, Einstein's radical new idea was that time is not absolute, it is ...

A) relative to our perspective.
B) based on a reductive notion of space.
C) the same for everyone.
D) derived from our position around the sun.

Question 7

In order to see the interrelatedness of knowledge, the reading looked at one extended example, the problem of ...

A) pollution.
B) climate change.
C) crime.
D) economic disparity.

Question 8

The area of philosophy that concentrates on the study of knowledge is called ...

A) forensics.
B) metaphysics.
C) morphology.
D) epistemology.

Question 9

Criminal trials rely on both the physical evidence (the epistemological questions) and the ________________ of the prosecution and the defense.

A) metaphysical aspects
B) logical arguments
C) motivation
D) culpability

Question 10

If the trial ends with a guilty verdict, then it enters the punishment phase. Here the philosophical questions concern the areas of _________and __________.

A) ethics; political philosophy
B) certainty; celerity
C) science; history
D) culture; religion

Question 11

The branch of philosophy that deals with what are often called "the ultimate questions of reality" is called ...

A) ethics.
B) cosmology.
C) interactionism.
D) metaphysics.

Question 12

Even though each academic field has its particular area of questions and phenomena that it studies, ultimately all knowledge is deductive.

Question 13

Every major scientific discipline was once part of philosophy.

Question 14

Physics, chemistry, biology, and astronomy are studied by those we now call "scientists," but they were originally called "natural philosophers."

Question 15

While many people may imagine Albert Einstein working in a laboratory or gazing through a telescope, his theory of relativity was born from a thought experiment that was inspired when he envisioned flying through space at the speed of light.

Question 16

After graduating from college, Einstein worked as a mathematics high school teacher.

Question 17

Against the prevailing view of the concept of time, Einstein's radical new idea was that time is not absolute; it is derived from our position around the sun.

Question 18

In order to see the interrelatedness of knowledge, the reading looked at one extended example, the problem of crime.

Question 19

The area of philosophy that concentrates on the study of knowledge is called "epistemology."

Question 20

Criminal trials rely on both the physical evidence (the epistemological questions) and the culpability of the prosecution and the defense.

Question 21

If the trial ends with a guilty verdict, then it enters the punishment phase. Here the philosophical questions concern the areas of ethics and political philosophy.

Question 22

The branch of philosophy that deals with what are often called "the ultimate questions of reality" is called "metaphysics."

Question 23

Discuss how the reading illustrates the interconnectedness of knowledge. Give some specific examples to illustrate this idea.

Question 24

Describe the thought experiment that Einstein used to develop his theory of relativity.

Question 25

Explain how the reading connected the area of epistemology to a crime.

Question 26

Give some specific examples of epistemological questions.

Question 27

Explain how the reading connected the area of metaphysics to a crime.

Question 28

Explain how the reading connected the area of ethics to a crime.

Question 29

Explain how the reading connected the area of political philosophy to a crime.

Question 30

Explain how the reading connected the area of logic to a crime.

Question 31

Describe how the defendant and the judge, who was about to pronounce sentencing, both used the idea of free will and choice to explain their actions.