WorksheetsSHS Philo 2nd Assessment
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
For Aristotle, a human being is _____________.
Dependent
Rational
Independent
Irrational
If you have the Filipino value of "utang na loob, which of the following will you most likely to do?
repaying those who have helped us
establishing give-and-take-relationship
gratefulness to any help given by other people
All of the above
For Aristotle, God created humans to reason and are inclined to reason. Therefore, human beings are __________.
Smart
Rational
Irrational
Open-minded
Which of the following shows partial point of view?
A mother loves equally all the family members even some of them are not responsible.
A mayor gives money to his/her constituents regardless of socio-economic status.
A student searches all related literature to gather relevant and reliable sources for his/her study.
A doctor focuses on a specific set of symptoms to determine the cause of a patient's illness.
What is the impact of having a holistic perspective in making decisions in life?
I. It gives us a credible and logical situation.
II. It helps us think analytically of a particular situation.
III. It tends us to scrutinize a particular aspect of the problem.
IV. It enables us to explore all possible things to happen.
I and II
II and III
III and IV
I and IV
Which statement about Philosophy is not true?
Doing Philosophy is loo9king at reality from a holistic perspective and not from a partial perspective.
A partial view will always give us a more realistic and correct answer.
The best way to understand Philosophy is to do it.
We philosophize many times each day.
Which is a philosophical question?
What should I wear today?
What makes an action moral and good?
What is the life cycle of a butterfly?
What shall I eat today?
Which statement about truth is not true?
There is only one truth about something always.
Not all truths are facts, but all facts are truth.
People mostly equate truth with scientific facts.
Philosophers are not as concerned with the truth, as they are concerned with the process how these truths have been arrived at.
Objective truth can be justified through the following methods EXCEPT.
Observing
Getting the opinion of the majority
Analyzing
Doing an experiment
Who said that "The unexamined life is not worth living"?
Plato
R.G. Collingwood
Socrates
Aristotle
A Greek Word which means "knowledge".
Sophos
Logos
Episteme
Sophia
Greek Word which means "Reason".
Logos
Episteme
Sophos
Philo
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.
Logic
Aesthetics
Epistemology
Ethics
Metaphyics
He is a famous philosopher who devised the Theory of Forms.
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Karl Marx
How do you determine the essence of a thing in accordance to the Theory of Forms?
General Ideas of Things
Common Characteristics
Qualities that Define a Thing
All of the above
Branch of Philosophy which deals with moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity.
Metaphysics
Ethics
Epistemology
Aesthetics
Logic
It is your own or personal sense of right or wrong, rather than following an outside set of rules.
Ethics
Morality
Aesthetics
Relativism
Branch of Philosophy which deals with the study of what the necessary and sufficient conditions are for knowing a particular statement.
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Ethics
Aesthetics
Logic
Part of philosophy which engages in asking about your deeply held beliefs, and shows you what can and cannot be justified.
Ethics
Metaphysics
Logic
Epistemology
It is the Branch of Philosophy concerned with Art and Beauty. It examines topics as aesthetic objects, aesthetic judgement, and aesthetic experience.
Metaphysics
Ethics
Epistemology
Aesthetics
Logic
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.
Metaphysics
Ethics
Epistemology
Aesthetics
Logic
This branch of philosophy studies the existence of an object, real or supernatural.
Epistemology
Aesthetics
Metaphysics
Ethics
This branch of philosophy studies about a beauty and appeal of an object.
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Ethics
Aesthetic
What do we need to master in doing philosophy the correct way?
Philosophical Retention
Philosophical Reduction
Philosophical Reflection
Philosophical Redemption
According to Plato, true knowledge can be found in...
World of appearances
World of forms
In the _____, we can find the ideal or perfect forms of things, while in the _____, we can only find imperfect copies, or shadows, of the ideal things.
World of forms; world of appearances
World of appearances; world of forms
World of perfection; world of shadows
World of God; world of Satan
In the Allegory of the Cave, the shadows cast on the walls represented what was real and ideal.
True
False
According to Plato, _____ is what we know based on experience, and _____ is what we know about the world of forms using our intellect.
Knowledge; opinion
Opinion; knowledge
Ideas; knowledge
Propaganda; ideas
advanced the "theory of forms" which held that everything had a form that we could see but that was not real and a perfect form, which we could not see
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
What was the idea behind Plato's Cave theory?
that people are sometimes are trapped without real understanding.
the people should hide in a cave to get away from other people.
Answers are always found in a cave.
seek to find the truth
What is an allegory?
A literary work used to symbolize and reveal deeper meanings about life
The use of a protagonist to represent a cave
The use of similes, metaphors, and personification
The use of story telling to teach about nature and culture
What have the prisoners seen their entire lives?
Carvings and other artifacts
Statues
Shadows of objects
Plato
What keeps the prisoners from seeing anything other than the shadows?
Their heads are immobile.
They have been blindfolded.
They were struck blind.
They had no desire to see.
The prisoners symbolize...
people in prison.
homeless people.
unenlightened people.
people who have never read a book.
The prisoners seeing a shadow of the objects is different than seeing the actual object.
True
False
"Some light...namely from a fire that casts its glow toward them"
What does cast mean as it is used in this quote?
to form a mold to set and heal
to project or give forth
a type of iron skillet
to throw
The shadows represent...
knowledge that sadness can overwhelm.
hidden images.
blank stares.
knowledge/beliefs we gain from others and accept as true.
In Plato’s Allegory of the cave, what does “The Return” elucidates?
People are scared of knowing philosophical truths.
People are startled of their own knowledge.
People supports and trust philosophers.
People are into exploration of new ideas.
