Doing Philosophy

DOING PHILOSOPHY QUIZ

by PATRIA APOSAGA

Multiple Choice

What is the science and art of correct thinking?

• metaphysics

• ethics

• logic

• aesthetics

Multiple Choice

One of the triumvirate Greek philosophers who pioneered a method of argument called dialectic.

• PLATO

• SOCRATES

• ARISTOTLE

• PYTHAGORAS

Multiple Choice

Whatever is; whatever is not is not; everything is what it is. Everything is its own being, and not being is not being. What principle is this?

• Principle of Identity

• Principle of excluded middle

• Principle of Non-contradiction

• Principle of Sufficient reason

Multiple Choice

It is the idea that various systems (e.g. physical, biological, social) should be viewed as wholes, not merely as a collection of parts.

• HOLISM

• IDEALISM

• EXISTENTIALISM

• RATIONALISM

Multiple Choice

What is the branch of Philosophy that studies the nature and means of human knowledge?

• METAPHYSICS

• ETHICS

• EPISTEMOLOGY

• POLITICS

Multiple Choice

What kind of philosophy investigates things not by using any other laboratory instrument or investigative tools, neither on the basis of supernatural revelation?

• METAPHYSICS

• PHILOSOPHY

• NARURAL LIGHT OF REASONING

• SCIENCE

Multiple Choice

What kind of principle states that nothing exists without sufficient reason for its being and existence?

• ETHICS

• LOGIC

• PRINCIPLE OF EXCLUDED MIDDLE

• PRINCIPLE OF SUFFICIENT REASON

Multiple Choice

Where did the Bahala Na attitude of the Filipino come from?

• From the Spaniards

• From the ideas of all philosophers

• From the name of a supreme being which is Batula or Bathala

• From the name of an ancient people that gives their ideas and opinions.

Multiple Choice

What is the focus of the study of Metaphysics?

• Deals with nature, source, limitation and validity of knowledge

• Exploring the nature of moral virtue and evaluating human actions.

• Impossible for a thing to be and not to be at the same time, and at the same respect.

• An extension of a fundamental and necessary drive in every human being to know what is real.

Multiple Choice

According to the importance of studying philosophy, what can it offer us?

• Know the different philosophers and their philosophies in life?

• See the downs and lows in the development and history of philosophy.

• Survey the achievements of the different philosophers in various periods of history.

• Enhances our minds, understand what we encounter every day, and value our judgement.

Multiple Choice

Which statement describes the difference between holism and partial thinking?

• Holism is a perspective that looks at the “big picture” while partial thinking focuses on the specific aspect of the situation.

• Holism is a perspective that looks at the specific aspects of the situation while partial thinking looks at the big picture.

• Holism requires us to focus on a certain aspect of the problem while partial thinking requires us to have an open mindset.

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

He was said to have been the primary man to call himself a philosopher.

• Pythagoras

• Plato

• Socrates

• Einstein