Pre-knowledge quiz (Eleventh Grade)

What is the meaning of "cogito ergo sum"?

• I think because I doubt

• I exist since I am thinking (I think therefore I am)

• I think so I exist

• Pienso mientras existo

What is typical Descartes method?

• Doubt

• Deduction

• Induction

• Analysis

What is a syllogism made of?

• Two premises and a conclussion

• Three premises and a conclusion

• Two arguments and a conclusion

• Three arguments an a conclusion

What type of knowledge tells us about the world, according to scientific empiricism?

• A priori

• Deduction

• A posteriori

• Induction

What is the rationalist challenge?

• Proving we can know about the world even without experience

• Proving that God exists

• Proving that our senses are reliable

• Proving the world is in our mind.

What does Descartes believe about senses?

• They are unreliable

• They are reliable

• They tell us nothing about the world

• They tell nothin about the world.

Modern philosophy is always referring to

• Greek philosophy

• Islamic philosophy

• Arab philosophy

• Western philosophy

Why most of the modern philosophers have a negative attitude towards religion?

• Religious belief contradict with greek philosophy

• No unification of the religious beliefs

• Religion is the cause of knowledge stagnancy.

• No unification of knowledge

Most important figures to medieval philosophy

• Plato and Chaerophon

• Plato and Aristotle

• Plato and Socrates

• Plato and Plotinus

What is this years topic?

• Contemporary philosophy

• Modern philosophy

• Medieval philosophy

• Greek philosophy