Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Reviewer for prelim

_________________1. This early Greek philosopher view knowledge as merely an awareness of absolute, universal Ideas or Forms.

_________________2. This early Greek philosopher puts more emphasis on logical and empirical methods for gathering knowledge.

_________________3. It is the "top-down" approach of reasoning.

_________________4. It is called the "bottom up" approach of reasoning.

_________________5. It is a form of reasoning that makes generalizations based on individual instances.

_________________6.It is sometimes framed as reasoning about the future from the past.

_________________7. A form of reasoning which formulates laws based on limited observations of recurring phenomenal patterns.


_________________8. It draws a conclusion about a future individual from a past sample.

_________________9. It is a property (feature, characteristic, attribute) of argument forms.
_________________10. The agreement of the mind with outside reality.

_________________11. This is the key to knowledge because we value truth.

_________________12. The Greek philosopher who popularized the notion that knowledge is essential to the good life.

_________________13. The descriptive title of Philosophy three subject.

_________________14. According to theory, knowledge results from a kind of mapping or reflection of external objects, through our sensory organs, possibly aided by different observation instruments, to our brain or mind.

_________________15. This theory of knowledge sees knowledge as the product of sensory perception.

_________________16. This theory of knowledge sees knowledge as the product of rational reflection.

_________________17. According to this modern philosopher, knowledge results from the organization of perceptual data on the basis of inborn cognitive structures, which he calls "categories".

_________________18. This is the kind of thing the bartender says to customers when he's trying to close for the night but this is not inductive reasoning but sounds like it.

_________________19. This reasoning, by its very nature, is more open-ended and exploratory, especially at the beginning.

_________________20. This reasoning is more narrow in nature and is concerned with testing or confirming hypotheses.

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