What is meant by scientism and, in scientism, what is meant by science?

What do the writers mean by the notion of the mind as a “crooked mirror”?

What is meant by post-modernism? And which concept could be its opposite within the framework of thinking about science?

What is meant by skepticism? And what is meant by ‘anything goes’?

Explain what the debate between scientism and skepticism entails? Give a current example of this debate.

Which questions are the most important in this book, according to the authors?

What do the writers of the book mean by the title: ‘Exploring humans’?

The book consists of three parts; what are these, and what are they about? Summarize each part in a sentence.

Which two methods of inquiry are distinguished by the authors? Describe them.

What is, according to you, the most important difference between the two ways of inquiry?

Which four methods of knowing do the authors describe? Summarize them.

What are the basic requirements of the scientific method according to these authors? Describe them.

What is meant with the ‘correspondence theory of truth’?

Explain what is meant with the following sentence: “However, although a belief must be true in order to qualify as knowledge, its truth is not sufficient for that believe to qualify as knowledge” (p. 24).

What is meant by epistemology and ontology?

Why can Plato be seen as a rationalist and Aristotle as an empiricist?

Why can Aristotle also be seen as a rationalist?

What does the Socratic method entail?

What is meant by metaphysics?

Name a difference between the ontologies of Heraclitus and Parmenides.

In what way does Plato follow Heraclitus and in what way does he follow Parmenides?

In your own words describe the Allegory of the Cave.

What is meant by Plato's nativism?

Is Aristotle a nativist? If yes, how does he express this side of himself? If no, how does he believe that people are born?

What does Plato mean by 'learning is remembering'?

What does Socrates try to prove in Plato's Meno?

What is Aristotle's Peripatetic Axiom?

According to Aristotle, what is science?

What is a syllogism? Think of a syllogism which isn't in the book.

What's the difference between induction and deduction?

What principle (induction or deduction) can be best applied to your personal philosophy? Explain.

Which principles can be seen as the foundation for Aristotle's scientific knowledge? Explain.

What is the induction problem?

What is meant by nous?

Give a (self-thought of) example of Aristotle's four causes doctrine.

What are some criticisms on Aristotle's philosophy?

Taking into account empiricism and rationalism as they were expressed in the antiquity: Would you consider yourself a rationalist or an empiricist? How does
this express itself?