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PHILOSOPHY

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a proposition believed to be the absolute reality?

a)

FACT

b)

TRUTH

c)

OPINION

2.

It is a judgment based on personal convictions, which may or may not be factual, truthful or false.

a)

FACT

b)

TRUTH

c)

OPINION

3.

It is an ancient concept that dates back even to the time of Plato.

a)

COHERENCE

b)

CORRESPONDENCE

c)

PRAGMATIC

4.

It contends that a proposition is true if it is consistent wit ha system of other proposition considered true.

a)

COHERENCE

b)

CORRESPONDENCE

c)

PRAGMATIC

5.

This idealist theory of truth puts premium to the culture of a person and his/her set of beliefs as imposed by the society.

a)

COHERENCE

b)

CORRESPONDENCE

c)

PRAGMATIC

6.

This theory holds that a proposition is true if it is useful.

a)

PRAGMATIC

b)

COHERENCE

c)

CORRESPONDENCE

7.

It linked the nature of truth with the principle of action and the concept of utility

a)

PRAGMATIC

b)

COHERENCE

c)

CORRESPONDENCE

8.

This theory implies that in order to know the truth, a person must engage oneself with something that would give him/her the benefit or the highest form of success.

a)

PRAGMATIC

b)

COHERENCE

c)

CORRESPONDENCE

9.

individual person instead of the argumentit is attacking the

a)

appeal to pity

b)

appeal to force

c)

ad hominem

10.

Assuming the thing that you are trying to p[rove is true.

a)

begging the question

b)

ad hominem

c)

appeal to tradition

11.

Urging the hearer to accept the argument based upon an appeal to emotions.

a)

appeal to pity

b)

appeal to force

c)

appeal to tradition

12.

"You have to pass this text message to 10 people or else you will receive badluck

a)

appeal to force

b)

appeal to pity

c)

ad hominem

13.

"I cannot take the exam. You have to consider my dog my dog just died."

a)

appeal to force

b)

appeal to pity

c)

fallacy of composition

14.

It is a settled fact that a human is a rational animal, but his/her sense of  rationality must first be validated in order to determine the truthfulness of his/her contention

a)

fallacy

b)

truth

c)

fact

15.

It is the piece of information having objective reality which is acknowledged by the greater whole

a)

FACT

b)

TRUTH

c)

OPINION