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Pre-knowledge quiz (Eleventh Grade)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the meaning of "cogito ergo sum"?

a)

I think because I doubt

b)

I exist since I am thinking (I think therefore I am)

c)

I think so I exist

d)

Pienso mientras existo

2.

What is typical Descartes method?

a)

Doubt

b)

Deduction

c)

Induction

d)

Analysis

3.

What is a syllogism made of?

a)

Two premises and a conclussion

b)

Three premises and a conclusion

c)

Two arguments and a conclusion

d)

Three arguments an a conclusion

4.

What type of knowledge tells us about the world, according to scientific empiricism?

a)

A priori

b)

Deduction

c)

A posteriori

d)

Induction

5.

What is the rationalist challenge?

a)

Proving we can know about the world even without experience

b)

Proving that God exists

c)

Proving that our senses are reliable

d)

Proving the world is in our mind.

6.

What does Descartes believe about senses?

a)

They are unreliable

b)

They are reliable

c)

They tell us nothing about the world

d)

They tell nothin about the world.

7.

Modern philosophy is always referring to

a)

Greek philosophy

b)

Islamic philosophy

c)

Arab philosophy

d)

Western philosophy

8.

Why most of the modern philosophers have a negative attitude towards religion?

a)

Religious belief contradict with greek philosophy

b)

No unification of the religious beliefs

c)

Religion is the cause of knowledge stagnancy.

d)

No unification of knowledge

9.

Most important figures to medieval philosophy

a)

Plato and Chaerophon

b)

Plato and Aristotle

c)

Plato and Socrates

d)

Plato and Plotinus

10.

What is this years topic?

a)

Contemporary philosophy

b)

Modern philosophy

c)

Medieval philosophy

d)

Greek philosophy