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IPHP: Branches of Philosophy

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is a Greek Word which means "Love".

a)

Pylum

b)

Philo

c)

Sophos

d)

Logos

2.

Greek Word which means "Wisdom".

a)

Philia

b)

Sophia

c)

Logos

d)

Episteme

3.

Who said that "The unexamined life is not worth living"?

a)

Plato

b)

R.G. Collingwood

c)

Socrates

d)

Aristotle

4.

A Greek Word which means "knowledge".

a)

Sophos

b)

Logos

c)

Episteme

d)

Sophia

5.

Greek Word which means "Reason".

a)

Logos

b)

Episteme

c)

Sophos

d)

Philo

6.

It is the branch of philosophy that deals with the first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, time, and space. It also deals with the Ultimate Nature of Reality.

a)

Logic

b)

Aesthetics

c)

Epistemology

d)

Ethics

e)

Metaphyics

7.

He is a famous philosopher who devised the Theory of Forms.

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

d)

Karl Marx

8.

These are written and encoded conversations to record the teachings of Socrates.

a)

Papyrus

b)

Stone Tablets

c)

Dialogues

d)

Historical Scriptures

9.

A form of cooperative argumentative dialogue between individuals, based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to draw out ideas and underlying presuppositions.

a)

Conversational Method

b)

Socratic Method

c)

Cross-Examination

d)

Dialogues

10.

According to Plato, the Real World is the:

a)

World of Art

b)

Material World

c)

World of Ideas and Forms

11.

How do you determine the essence of a thing in accordance to the Theory of Forms?

a)

General Ideas of Things

b)

Common Characteristics

c)

Qualities that Define a Thing

d)

All of the above

12.

Branch of Philosophy which deals with moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity.

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Ethics

c)

Epistemology

d)

Aesthetics

e)

Logic

13.

Standard of conduct imposed by an outside group.

a)

Ethics

b)

Morality

c)

Aesthetics

d)

Logic

14.

It is your own or personal sense of right or wrong, rather than following an outside set of rules.

a)

Ethics

b)

Morality

c)

Aesthetics

d)

Relativism

15.

True or False: A person may live in a society that agrees on a certain code of conduct that he/she personally disagrees with.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Ethical Theory devised which emphasizes an individual's character rather than following a set of rules.

a)

Value Theory

b)

Aesthetic Theory

c)

Theory of Forms

17.

He is the Famous Philosopher who devised the Value Theory.

a)

Socrates

b)

Aristotle

c)

Plato

d)

Marco Evaristti

18.

A thing is good to the extent that it fulfills its function. Otherwise, it is bad to the extent that it does not fulfill its function.

a)

Value Theory

b)

Theory of Forms

c)

Proper Functioning

d)

Virtuousness

19.

What does it mean:

Doing the right thing, at the right time, in the right way, in the right amount or extent, toward the right people.

a)

Being Aesthetically Good

b)

Being Virtuous

c)

Proper Functioning

d)

Golden Mean

20.

It is the center of the spectrum of two extremes of deficiency and excessiveness.

a)

Logical Reasoning

b)

Proper Functioning

c)

Golden Mean

d)

Vices

21.

It may be called as Practical Wisdom, or being "Street Smart".

a)

Virtue

b)

Morality

c)

Ethics

d)

Eudaimonia

22.

This means that your life has been "well lived". Satisfaction that the life has been well lived, even for a day.

a)

Eudaimonia

b)

Blessedness

c)

Golden Mean

d)

Ethical Strength

23.

Branch of Philosophy which deals with the study of what the necessary and sufficient conditions are for knowing a particular statement.

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Epistemology

c)

Ethics

d)

Aesthetics

e)

Logic

24.

For you to have ____________, you should have: Belief, Truth, and Justification.

a)

Idea

b)

Knowledge

c)

Morality

25.

People who believe that knowledge requires experience by the five senses of the body.

a)

Empiricists

b)

Rationalists

26.

People who believe that knowledge comes from our mind and not from the external experiences.

a)

Empiricists

b)

Rationalists

27.

Part of philosophy which engages in asking about your deeply held beliefs, and shows you what can and cannot be justified.

a)

Ethics

b)

Metaphysics

c)

Logic

d)

Epistemology

28.

A linguistic act, either spoken or written, that has a truth value. It is also the state or measure of either being true, or false, or indeterminate.

a)

Premises

b)

Assertion

c)

Proposition

d)

Declaration

29.

True or False: Future Assertions are always determinate.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

It is the underlying meaning of what you are saying.

a)

Proposition

b)

Assertion

c)

Declaration

d)

Logic

31.

It is the acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists.

a)

Belief

b)

Justification

c)

Truth

d)

Proposition

32.

Believing something which are not true.

a)

Proposition

b)

Declaration

c)

Assertion

d)

False Belief

33.

True or False: Assertion must not correspond to reality for it to be true.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

It is the Evidence, or other support, for your belief.

a)

Belief

b)

Truth

c)

Justification

d)

Proposition

35.

It is the Branch of Philosophy concerned with Art and Beauty. It examines topics as aesthetic objects, aesthetic judgement, and aesthetic experience.

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Ethics

c)

Epistemology

d)

Aesthetics

e)

Logic

36.

It is the exhibit made in Denmark, involving fishes in blenders.

a)

Elena

b)

Yelena

c)

Pelena

d)

Helena

37.

He is the Artist who made the exhibit "Helena".

a)

R.G. Collingwood

b)

E.G. Collingwood

c)

Marco Evarissti

d)

Marco Evaristti

38.

What is the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.

a)

Art

b)

Beauty

c)

Aesthetics

d)

Morality

39.

This famous philosopher disagrees with art in its entirety, because it puts us away from being rational and focuses on the emotional soul of the person.

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

d)

Cicero

40.

He is the Philosopher who said that Art is a form of escape from life, a simple amusement, and a distraction.

a)

Richard George Collingwood

b)

Randy George Collingwood

c)

Robin George Collingwood

d)

Ronald George Collingwood

41.

It is a type of art which helps the audience escape from reality, diving into a “no-stakes” fictional world after a stressful day.

a)

Amusement Art

b)

Magic Art

42.

It is a type of art which helps the audience learn how better to interact with this world’s reality.

a)

Amusement Art

b)

Magic Art

43.

This Philosopher said that the aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. Where our bodies need to experience a full range of emotions in order to stay in balance.

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

d)

R.G. Collingwood

44.

A pleasurable release of emotions. Where a scary or sad movie can allow us to express strong negative emotions in a safe context, and the emotional purge that comes with the experience feels really good.

a)

Eudaimonia

b)

Catharsis

c)

Proper Functioning

d)

Magic Art

45.

Who said that the emotions we feel on those art are not real either. Hence, we experience ‘quasi-emotions’, basically emotion-like responses that can be triggered by fiction, but do not function or exist on the level of ‘true emotions’.

a)

Kendall Walton

b)

R.G. Collingwood

c)

Noel Caroll

d)

Marco Evaristti

46.

Who said that our emotions do not have to correspond to ‘external reality’, in order for the emotions themselves to be real. So we can feel just as strongly for the loves and losses of our favorite characters as we can for the plights of our friends and family.

a)

Kendall Walton

b)

Marco Evaristti

c)

Aristotle

d)

Noel Caroll

47.

This refers to the people who believes that Art and Morality are entirely separate.

a)

Aesthetic Moralists

b)

Autonomists

48.

This refers to the people who believes that Morality and Art are interconnected, and that Moral stained art makes the art Aesthetically flawed.

a)

Aesthetic Moralists

b)

Autonomists

49.

A Branch of Philosophy which deals with the study of reasoning, or the attempts to study the principles and valid criteria of valid inference and demonstration.

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Ethics

c)

Epistemology

d)

Aesthetics

e)

Logic

50.

It is our distinguishing characteristic which distinguishes us from beasts.

a)

Rationality

b)

Body

c)

Power

d)

Strength

51.

A series of statements, called the premises, intended to determine the degree of truth of another statement, the conclusion.

a)

Conclusion

b)

Premises

c)

Arguments

d)

Justification

52.

A part of the Tripartite Soul which seeks truth and is swayed by facts and arguments

a)

Rational / Logical

b)

Spirited / Emotional

c)

Appetitive

53.

A part of the Tripartite Soul which defines how feelings fuel your actions.

a)

Rational / Logical

b)

Spirited / Emotional

c)

Appetitive

54.

A part of the Tripartite Soul which drives a person to eat or protect oneself.

a)

Rational / Logical

b)

Spirited / Emotional

c)

Appetitive

55.

It is a proposition used to justify a conclusion.

a)

Belief

b)

Truth

c)

Assertion

d)

Premise

56.

A species of arguments which deals with the general ideas to make a specific conclusion.

a)

Deductive

b)

Inductive

c)

Abductive

d)

Analogical

e)

Reductio Ad Absurdum

57.

A type of reasoning which deals with a specific idea to create a generalization.

a)

Deductive

b)

Inductive

c)

Abductive

d)

Analogical

e)

Reductio Ad Absurdum

58.

A type of argument which creates a conclusion with an incomplete set of observations and proceeds to the likeliest possible explanation for the set.

a)

Deductive

b)

Inductive

c)

Abductive

d)

Analogical

e)

Reductio Ad Absurdum

59.

Reasoning based on perceived similarities are used as a basis to infer some further similarity that has yet to be observed.

a)

Deductive

b)

Inductive

c)

Abductive

d)

Analogical

e)

Reductio Ad Absurdum

60.

The form of argument that attempts to establish a claim by showing that the opposite scenario would lead to absurdity or contradiction.

a)

Deductive

b)

Inductive

c)

Abductive

d)

Analogical

e)

Reductio Ad Absurdum