HZT 4U Unit One Test

Themes: 1) General Introduction of Philosophy

2) Epistemology

The Unit Test will have the following styles of questions on the test:
- Matching ( 5 mins)
- Multiple Choise ( 10 mins)
- Essay Question ( 35 mins)

Terms to Define / Explain / Apply:

Philosophy autonomy materialists empiricist
Argument syllogism Socratic method truth
Greek Rationalism epistemology rationalist reason
A priori knowledge skepticism direct knowledge causality
A posteriori knowledge sophists indirect knowledge
Deconstructionism Edifying pragmatism
“cogito ergo sum” “tabula rasa” Paradigm Shift
knowledge philosophical system builder thought experiment

Philosophers to Recognize
Thales of Miletus Thomas Aquinas Jacques Derrida
Socrates Rene Descartes Abraham Maslowe
Plato Immanuel Kant Edmund Gettier
Aristotle David Hume Richard Rorty

Sample Question
1. Explain the basic nature and purpose of philosophy.
Why should we study philosophy?
Explain Plato’s view of philosophical activity (Use the Allegory of the
Cave as a specific example).
Explain the basic method by which Socrates would engage in
philosophical discussion – how did this method reflect the purpose of
philosophy?
Explain how Maslowe’s Heirachy of needs illustrates how philosophy
can assist humanity in meeting their full potential.

2. Use the flow chart from the film, “The Day the Universe Changed – It
Started With the Greeks!” Explain the relationship between
philosophy, science, technology and religion as it is represented in this
documentary film.
3. Describe how the ideas of philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle have
influenced subsequent philosophers like Rene Descartes (deductive
reasoning), John Locke, and Immanuel Kant, and Thomas Aquinas
4. Identify and explain the six basic divisions of philosophy. Why has
philosophy been subdivided into these different areas of philosophy?
5. Compare and contrast the various theories of the perception of truth
(Plato’s theory, common-sense realism, representative theory,
subjective idealism, phenomoenalism, correspondence theory of truth,
coherence theory, pragmatic theory).

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