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WorksheetsIntroduction to Philosophy of the Human Person Evaluation Exam
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 3600secs
Statement A: Philosophical Reflection compels us to look in a bigger picture or wider perspective.
Statement B: Philosophy allows us the freedom to ask even those questions that others believe to already have a definite answer.
Statement A is true; Statement B is false
Statement A is false; Statement B is true
Both statements are true
Both statements are false
Statement A: Argumentum ad Hominem is a fallacious argumentative strategy whereby an argument is rebutted by attacking the character.
Statement B: Equivocation occurs when someone takes another person's argument or point, distorts it or exaggerates it in some kind of extreme way, and then attacks the extreme distortion, as if that is really the claim the first person is making.
Statement A is true; Statement B is false
Statement A is false; Statement B is true
Both statements are true
Both statements are false
Statement A: Knowledge alone can guide us to life.
Statement B: In order to learn, one has to be more involved and more stimulated.
Statement A is true; Statement B is false
Statement A is false; Statement B is true
Both statements are true
Both statements are false
Statement A: Hearsay and opinion would count as knowledge.
Statement B: Knowledge without justification can considered as knowledge.
Statement A is true; Statement B is false
Statement A is false; Statement B is true
Both statements are true
Both statements are false
Statement A: Hermeneutics helps the philosopher reflect as philosophically as possible.
Statement B: A philosopher must make sure his message is understood well.
Statement A is true; Statement B is false
Statement A is false; Statement B is true
Both statements are true
Both statements are false
Statement A: It is easy to find truth and wisdom even we are not skilled in getting the right information.
Statement B: Democratization of information is a very good things but has also brought some very bad things.
Statement A is true; Statement B is false
Statement A is false; Statement B is true
Both statements are true
Both statements are false
Statement A: Philosophical Activity is the only cure to ignorance.
Statement B: One who pretends to know what is good choose what is good.
Statement A is true; Statement B is false
Statement A is false; Statement B is true
Both statements are true
Both statements are false
Statement A: Medieval Philosophers wondered about the world.
Statement B: There were several ancient philosophers who philosophized using theocentric views.
Statement A is true; Statement B is false
Statement A is false; Statement B is true
Both statements are true
Both statements are false
Statement A: Universal pertains to the whole.
Statement B: Particular refers to a part of the whole.
Statement A is true; Statement B is false
Statement A is false; Statement B is true
Both statements are true
Both statements are false
Statement A: To philosophize is look at life from a holistic perspective.
Statement B: Philosophers rely on opinions and hearsays as they philosophize.
Statement A is true; Statement B is false
Statement A is false; Statement B is true
Both statements are true
Both statements are false
Statement A: Only philosophers are free to engage in the pursuit of wisdom and knowledge.
Statement B: Philosophers believe that to be wise is the best we can be.
Statement A is true; Statement B is false
Statement A is false; Statement B is true
Both statements are true
Both statements are false
Statement A: Virtue is knowledge because to truly know what is good necessarily leads to the actual of what is good.
Statement B: What we believed to be true becomes the basis for our actions.
Statement A is true; Statement B is false
Statement A is false; Statement B is true
Both statements are true
Both statements are false
Statement A: It is enough to have information even we do not know how to make sense of that information.
Statement B: We become knowledgeable or wise because of the vastness of the information we can readily have.
Statement A is true; Statement B is false
Statement A is false; Statement B is true
Both statements are true
Both statements are false
Statement A: Thought and language are intrinsically not connected with each other.
Statement B: Language is not involved in every activity
Statement A is true; Statement B is false
Statement A is false; Statement B is true
Both statements are true
Both statements are false
Statement A: When we claim that our belief is true, we are required to explain why we know it to be true.
Statement B: To know is to be able to give rational justification.
Statement A is true; Statement B is false
Statement A is false; Statement B is true
Both statements are true
Both statements are false
Statement A: Linguistic Turn is the oldest model of truth that can be traced back to Plato and Aristotle.
Statement B: Problems in epistemology are answerable through correspondence theory.
Statement A is true; Statement B is false
Statement A is false; Statement B is true
Both statements are true
Both statements are false
Statement A: Sense is to be understood as meaning, but words can mean different meanings.
Statement B: Reference pertains to what is referred to or the denotation.
Statement A is true; Statement B is false
Statement A is false; Statement B is true
Both statements are true
Both statements are false
Statement A: Only philosophers can investigate everything, with the right rigor, discipline, and diligence.
Statement B: Anyone can know the truth themselves if they are not lazy to think.
Statement A is true; Statement B is false
Statement A is false; Statement B is true
Both statements are true
Both statements are false
Statement A: Existence precedes essence.
Statement B: An existentialist believes that only philosophers can create meanings and he/she must be responsible for it.
Statement A is true; Statement B is false
Statement A is false; Statement B is true
Both statements are true
Both statements are false
Statement A: Rationalism is a theory that all knowledge is ultimately derived from sense experience.
Statement B: Empiricism is committed to the view that knowledge is acquired through reason independent of sense experience.
Statement A is true; Statement B is false
Statement A is false; Statement B is true
Both statements are true
Both statements are false
