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General Philosophy Game

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the tripartite definition of knowledge?

a)

Justified true belief

b)

There's no true knowledge

c)

It's your opinion

d)

True justified knowledge

2.

Philosophy comes from the Greek philosophia, meaning what?

a)

Lover of philosophy

b)

Love of wisdom

c)

Love of soapboxes

d)

Lover of questions

3.

What does tabula rasa mean?

a)

Red tablet

b)

New knowledge

c)

Rise tomorrow

d)

Blank slate

4.

Plato was a student to which philosopher?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Xenophon

c)

Socrates

d)

Thomas Aquinas

5.

The examination of reality beyond human experience

a)

realism

b)

idealism

c)

existentialism

d)

metaphysics

6.

The study of truth or knowledge

a)

epistemology

b)

metaphysics

c)

existentialism

d)

empiricism

7.

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

a)

Philosophy

b)

Theology

c)

Anthropology

d)

Metaphysics

8.

Transcendental idealism argues that…

a)

God is the ideal human

b)

There is an afterlife

c)

Space and time are features of how we perceive objects, not things in themselves that exist independently of us

d)

Knowledge has foundations

9.

The allegory of the cave argues that...

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.

10.

Descartes' extreme doubt is a form of radical

a)

rationalism

b)

idealism

c)

skepticism

d)

doubtism

11.

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

a)

Aesthetics

b)

Ethics

c)

Cosmology

d)

Psychology

12.

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

a)

Happiness

b)

Freedom

c)

Love

d)

Wisdom

13.

Which branch of Philosophy deals with questions such as "What is reasoning"?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Logic

c)

Epistemology

d)

Ethics

14.

2 + 2 = 4 is a statement which can be known

a)

A posteriori

b)

A priori

15.

An error in reasoning is a

(a)  

16.
An important emphasis of existentialism is 
a)
feeling and thinking
b)
freedom and choice
c)
speaking and listening
d)
eating and sleeping
17.

Which branch of philosophy deals with reasoning conducted or assessed according to strict principles of validity?

a)

Logic

b)

Epistemology

c)

Ethics

d)

Metaphysics

18.

What was the name of Plato's school?

a)

Philosophy University

b)

The Academy

c)

Plato's College

d)

The School of Plato

19.

Which philosopher taught by asking questions?

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

20.

Who wrote The Republic?

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

21.

They believe that general ideas are formed through sense perception.

a)

Empiricists

b)

Rationalists

c)

Pragmatists

d)

Anthropologists

22.

No book in English begins numbering its pages on a left-hand page.

This is a book in English.

Therefore it will begin its numbering on a right-hand page.

a)

Inductive

b)

Deductive

c)

Probable

d)

Certain

23.

A(n) __________ believes that we can have knowledge without sense perception.

a)

Empiricist

b)

Existentialist

c)

Rationalist

d)

Idealist

24.

What is the meaning of cogito ergo sum?

(a)  

25.

Berkeley's concept of esse est percipi entails that the physical world only exists insofar as it is being

a)

thought of

b)

perceived

c)

known

d)

discovered