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Philosophy Summative Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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.

2.

According to Plato, what is knowledge?

a)

A justified true belief

b)

There is no such thing as true knowledge

c)

Opinion

d)

That which can be proven

3.
The reality that exists outside our human experience
a)
physics
b)
mathematics
c)
magnetics
d)
metaphysics
4.
The study of Truth or Knowledge
a)
Epistemology
b)
Ecclesiology
c)
Ethnography
d)
Ecology
5.
This branch of philosophy studies the concept of knowledge. 
a)
Metaphysics
b)
Empiricism 
c)
Epistemology 
d)
Theology 
6.

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

a)

Logic

b)

Epistemology

c)

Ethics

d)

Metaphysics

7.

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

a)

Aesthetics

b)

Ethics

c)

Cosmology

d)

Psychology

8.

It means errors in reasoning.

a)

Fallacy

b)

Biases

c)

Socratice method

d)

Coherence

9.

Which philosopher wrote "The Allegory of the Cave"?

a)

Plato

b)

Socrates

c)

Aristotle

d)

Confucious

10.

Who proposed the four causes of things?

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Socrates

d)

Pythagoras

11.

The following are fallacies except

a)

attribution effect

b)

ad hominem

c)

appeal to force

d)

appeal to pity

12.

The following are the four causes by Aristotle, except

a)

Material Cause

b)

Efficient Cause

c)

Existential Cause

d)

Final Cause

13.

Which of the following is not part of the theories of truth?

a)

Coherence theory

b)

Constructivist theory

c)

Pragmatic Theory

d)

Absolutism

14.

In correspondence theory, we can determine the truth if the idea has a factual basis in reality.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Consensus theory states that something is true if we can put it into practice.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

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

a)

Aesthetics

b)

Ethics

c)

Cosmology

d)

Psychology

17.

Ad hominem means...

a)

Attacking the person instead of the argument

b)

Appeal to pity

c)

Threatening the person

d)

Hasty generalization

18.

The following are the four perspectives of human nature, except;

a)

Biological

b)

Psychological

c)

Economical

d)

Metaphysical

19.

This perspective assumes that man is a product pf evolution.

a)

Biological

b)

Economical

c)

Metaphysical

d)

Psychological

20.

Psyche includes both the conscious and unconscious mind.

a)

True

b)

False