Unit 2 Key Words

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Across
  1. 5. philosophy that emphasizes the power of reason and the principles of logic to derive statements about the world
  2. 6. belief that reality is composed of both materialism and idealism, body and mind.
  3. 7. doctrine holding that knowledge is deprived from ideas and emphasizing moral and spiritual reality as a preeminent source of explanation
  4. 10. an educational strategy attributed to Socrates in which a teacher encourages a student's discovery of truth by questions
  5. 11. the tendency to view one's own culture as superior to others, or fail to consider other cultures in a fair manner
  6. 12. an approach to analyzing how past and present societies are arranged and governed and how better societies may be created in the future
  7. 14. drawing generalizations based on the observation of specific examples
  8. 15. a belief similar to Darwin's notion of "survival of the fittest," that contends that society is a natural sorting system which rewards the talented and places the less deserving at the bottom of the social and economic pecking order
  9. 16. the love of or search for wisdom; the quest to understand the meaning of life
  10. 17. working from a general rule to identify particular examples and applications to that rule
  11. 19. branch of philosophy that examines the nature of beauty and judgements about it
  12. 20. name of the Ancient Greek school founded by Plato considered to be the first university
Down
  1. 1. branch of philosophy that examines the nature of knowledge and learning
  2. 2. philosophy that maintains that sensory experiences, such as seeing, hearing, and touching, are ultimate sources of all human knowledge
  3. 3. doctrine put forth by Aristotle asserting that virtue lies in the middle ground between two extremes
  4. 4. philosophical belief that asserts truth is what works and rejects other views of reality
  5. 8. philosophy focused on scientific observation and belief that existence is experienced only in the physical realm
  6. 9. branch of philosophy that deals with reasoning/defines the rules of reasoning, focuses on how to move from one set of assumptions to valid conclusions, and examines the rules of interference that enable us to frame our propositions and arguments
  7. 13. area of philosophy that examines the nature of reality
  8. 18. branch of philosophy that examines questions of right and wrong, good and bad