Philosophy correct answers The theoretical analysis of a worldview, which elucidates its interpretation of the nature of reality, knowledge, and values
Epistemology correct answers study of knowledge as opposed to ignorance (how do we know what we (think we) know)
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Philosophy correct answers The theoretical analysis of a worldview, which elucidates its
interpretation of the nature of reality, knowledge, and values
Epistemology correct answers study of knowledge as opposed to ignorance (how do we know
what we (think we) know)
Facts correct answers descriptive claim about a concrete object which a subject believes is
actually the case
Metaphysics correct answers study of reality as opposed to illusory appearances (what is this
really)
(Hard) Determinism correct answers metaphysical theory that the reality of causal necessity
denies the possibility of free will (and moral responsibility)
Compatibilism (Soft Determinism) correct answers metaphysical theory that causal necessity and
human free will both co-exist in reality
Libertarianism correct answers metaphysical theory that the reality of human free will denies the
possibility of causal necessity
Ethics correct answers study of morality; how and why should we live rightly
Descriptive Ethics correct answers scientific approach to studying morality which empirically
observes the facts of actual human ideals and behaviors without making value judgements about
how they ought to be
Normative Ethics correct answers the metaphysical approach to studying morality which goes
beyond merely describing the facts of actual human ideas and behaviors to making value
judgements about what they ought to be
Metaethics correct answers the epistemological approach to studying morality which goes
beyond both describing and prescribing human ideals and behaviors by analyzing the meaning of
moral language and the logical structure of moral reasoning
Applied Ethics correct answers the practical approach to studying morality which attempts to put
ethical theories into practice by discerning right from wrong in particular situations
Business Ethics correct answers subfield of applied ethics which studies moral issues
surrounding the institution of business
Social Ethics correct answers the subdiscipline of applied ethics which studies moral issues
involving human groups and institutions
, Philosophical Anthropology correct answers the metaphysical study of human nature including
aspects such as the body, intellect, free will, senses, imagination, memory. emotions, desire,
conscience, etc.
Intellect correct answers In PA, the psychological capacity of a subject to apprehend and reason
about ideas and beliefs
Intellectualism correct answers the ethical theory that moral agency resides in the intellect which
recognizes goodness and causes the will to decide to act accordingly, failure to act morally is due
to ignorance
Free Will correct answers In PA, the ability of a moral agent to choose independently,
undetermined by an coercive subjective conditions (such as intoxicated, mental illness,
brainwashing, etc.)
Character correct answers the state of one's habitual dispositions, particularly one's moral
excellences (virtues) or moral deficiencies (vices)
Four Causes correct answers formal, material, efficient, final
Formal Cause correct answers principle of intelligibility; an ideal which serves as the essence of
a given entity if it orderly arranges matter
Form/Essence correct answers the set of necessary properties (that an entity needs to have) to
make it what it is by nature
Material Cause correct answers principle of individuation; the particular physical stuff which can
be orderly arranged by a formal cause to constitute an entity
Matter/Accident correct answers a contingent property that an entity might have which does not
affect what it is by nature
Efficient Cause correct answers principle of agency; the agent of motion which spatio-temporally
brings about the existence (or transformation) of an entity
Final Cause correct answers the principle of purposive function; the teleological end desired and
aimed at by an entity
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