Review Quiz in Philo Unit 3-4

In the study of Philosophy, the branch that inquires about the features, extent and limitations of human knowledge is called _________________.

• Ethics

• Epistemology

• Cosmology

• Existentialism

What type of knowledge is knowing how to ride a bicycle?

• Personal

• Practical

• Propositional

• Pivotal

1. What type of knowledge is this: “We can observe that there are other planets that have similarities to Earth, then there could be aliens living in those planets.”?

• Personal

• Practical

• Propositional

• Pivotal

1. Analyze this syllogism and fill in the blanks:

All monkeys are brown.

Boots is a monkey.

Hence, _________ is ____________.

• Boots, brown

• Brown, boots

• Monkeys, Brown.

• Boots, monkey

“All men are mortals.” – what is this an example of?

• Term

• Proposition

• Syllogism

• Symbol

Analyze the following and determine whether it is a term, proposition, or syllogism.

All men are mortal.

Plato is a man.

Therefore, Plato is mortal.

• Term

• Proposition

• Syllogism

• None of the above

Which of the following beings are the highest in the hierarchy?

• Animals

• Plants

• man

• minerals

The Fallacies of Presumption are committed due to a lack of what?

• Certainty

• Confidence

• evidence

• clarity

Where are fallacies committed?

• in the reasoning process

• in the conclusion of the argument

• in the rules of the syllogism

• in each proposition

Which fallacy was committed in this statement: “I would love to eat some desert, since it's hot and we're in the dessert."?

• fallacy of division

• fallacy of composition

• fallacy of accent

• fallacy of amphiboly