Week 1

The fallacy of arguing that a claim must be true simply because many people believe it is known as _____?

The Appeal to Popularity.

A question-and-answer dialogue in which propositions are methodically scrutinized to uncover the truth is known as ______?

The Socratic Method.

Questions like "What is knowledge?" and "What is truth?" are mainstays in the branch of philosophy known as ______?

Epistemology.

For Socrates, the soul is harmed by lack of ______?

Knowledge.

The four main divisions of philosophy are metaphysics, epistemology, axiology, and _________?

Logic.

The study of reality in the broadest sense, an inquiry into the elemental nature of the universe and the things in it, is known as _____?

Metaphysics.

The famous statement "An unexamined life is not worth living" is attributed to ______?

Socrates.

______ is arguing either that (1) a claim is true because it hasn't been proven false or (2) a claim is false because it hasn't been proven true.

The Appeal to Ignorance.

For Socrates the good of the soul is attained only through an uncompromising search for ______?

What's true and real.

The renowned philosopher who lived and worked in the Greek city of Alexandria in the fifth century was ______?

Hypatia.