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Philosophy

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

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1.

Philosophy comes from the Greek philosophia, meaning what?

a)

Lover of philosphy

b)

Lover of wisdom

c)

Lover of hope

d)

Lover of questions

2.

What does tabula rasa mean?

a)

Red tablet

b)

New knowledge

c)

Rise tomorrow

d)

Clean slate

3.

The allegory of the cave argues what?

a)

We are born with infinite knowledge.

b)

There is value in ignorance.

c)

Perceptions are sources of absolute knowledge.

d)

Our perceptions may not be accurate.

4.

The reality that exists outside our human experience.

a)

physics

b)

mathematics

c)

magnetics

d)

metaphysics

5.

The study of the human experience.

a)

Anthropology

b)

Antarctica

c)

Astrology

d)

Analogy

6.

The study of Truth or Knowledge.

a)

Epistemology

b)

Ecclesiology

c)

Ethnography

d)

Ecology

7.

This branch of philosophy studies the concept of knowledge.

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Empiricism

c)

Epistemology

d)

Theology

8.

The study of knowledge, truth, and the nature of ultimate reality.

a)

Philosophy

b)

Theology

c)

Anthropology

d)

Hamartiology

9.

What makes a bad decision bad? A question that falls under the branch of Philosophy called _________.

a)

Logic

b)

Epistemology

c)

Ethics

d)

Metaphysics

10.

What branch of philosophy deals with the study of moral judgments?

a)

Aesthetics

b)

Ethics

c)

Cosmology

d)

Psychology

11.

What branch of philosophy deals with the study of social institutions and the state?

a)

Sociology

b)

Psychology

c)

Politics

d)

Ethics

12.

What is the meaning of the Greek word "Sophia"?

a)

Happiness

b)

Freedom

c)

Love

d)

Wisdom

13.

If someone is a cheat and a liar, you might say, "She is not a (an) ________ person."

a)

moral

b)

ethical

14.

When a professional accepts payments to commit a wrongful act, we say that he/she is not acting according to the ___________ code.

a)

Ethics

b)

Moral

15.

Branch of Philosophy that deals with questions such as "What is reasoning"?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Logic

c)

Epistemology

d)

Ethics

16.

Errors in reasoning.

(a)  

17.

An obstacle to cognition wherein it refers to the tradition and practices as well as to beliefs which one accepts as frames of reference.

a)

Idols of the cave

b)

Idols of the tribe

c)

Idols of theatre

d)

Idols of the marketplace

18.

Idols of the mind.

(a)  

19.

This follows what kind of fallacy.

"Nothing is better than God".

"One loaf of bread is better than NOTHING".

"Ergo, one loaf of bread is better than God".

a)

Material Fallacy

b)

Formal Fallacy

c)

Semantical Fallacy

20.

Why do we study Philosophy?

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