PHILOQ1W3 - Truth and Opinion

Which of the following statements about opinion is true?

• Opinions are always based on facts
• Opinions cannot be changed
• Everyone's opinion is the same
• Opinions are personal beliefs or views

The following statements are true EXCEPT_________

• There is some truth in opinion

• Biases and prejudices have certain truth and must not be automatically discarded

• Truth is always relative

• It is possible to know the truth

Which of the following statements expresses an opinion?

• The sun will rise tomorrow

• The sea has no color of its own

• Candidate A is best suited for the presidency

• Dogs cannot fly

Truth is ________

• The collective mind set of people

• Subjective feeling towards certain things

• Biased and prejudiced

• Objective and based in rational evaluation

Opinion is _______

• Objective

• Akin to Holistic perspective

• A partial point of view

• The truth

Which of the following philosophers is famous for this dictum: "Cogito ergo sum"?

• Aristotle
• Plato
• Descartes
• Kant

Socrates is famous for his method called

• Elenchus

• Methodic Doubt

• Phenomenology

• Hippocratic Method

Who among the following has a greater chance of knowing the truth?

• Someone who takes information at face value

• Someone who believes in something because it is said by an authority

• Someone who relies on subjective interpretation of things

• Someone who rationally examines and validates information

The following methods lead to truth EXCEPT _____

• Emotional evaluation

• methodic doubt

• scrupulous scrutity

• rational demonstration

Doxa is equivalent to a partial point of view

• True
• False