The study of philosophy includes the study of all the following except:

Which of the following is not an example of a philosophical question?

Which of the following methods of acquiring knowledge uses senses such as seeing, hearing, tasting, feeling, and smelling?

Which of the following statement is false about deductive reasoning?

Which field of philosophy studies reality?

Phenomenology is a method in philosophizing that uses __________ to describe things as they appear in consciousness.

The Eastern philosophical tradition originated in______.

All of these activities emanate from deliberate reflection EXCEPT:

A method of philosophy that emphasizes the study of language and the logical analysis of concepts.

_________ is distinguishing facts and opinions or personal feelings and also takes into consideration cultural systems, values, and beliefs.

A reasoning that takes specific information and makes a broader generalization and the conclusion may not be 100% guaranteed to be a fact.

The following are the attributes of a critical thinker EXCEPT:

A method of philosophy that denies the absoluteness of truth.

In philosophy, systematic _________ is employed to help determine the truth. This means that every statement, claim, evidence, and experience is scrutinized and analyzed.

The following are the characteristics of truth EXCEPT for:

Logic is a branch of philosophy that deals with the question:

Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy that deals with the question:

This is kind of bias where a person or group is connected to or has a vested interest in the issue being discussed.

The type of reasoning where the general idea comes first before the specific or particular idea.

TRUE OR FALSE: Studying philosophy promises to give all serious students satisfying answers to the deepest questions pertaining to the world and the meaning of life.

TRUE OR FALSE: Critical thinking is a skill that encourages people to resist change and to passionately defend their most fundamental beliefs.

TRUE OR FALSE: Philosophy is defined as a person merely offering an opinion on a subject and nothing more.

TRUE OR FALSE: Existentialism emphasizes human freedom and responsibility.

TRUE OR FALSE: Sherlock Homes found clues that led him to make deductive conclusions that led him to the actual characters responsible for the crime.

TRUE OR FALSE: Reasoning is an activity that requires a person to examine his or her thoughts, feelings and actions and learn from experience.

TRUE OR FALSE: An opinion is a proposition based on personal belief, view, or judgment that cannot be verified with evidence.

TRUE OR FALSE: False cause is a fallacy that relates two unrelated instances only because they happened in a chronological order.

TRUE OR FALSE: Validity can be either strong arguments or relevant points that are factual and have a sound basis.

TRUE OR FALSE: If you think that beliefs can be best justified in light of the evidence we receive from the mental process of reasoning or intuition, then you are a rationalist.

DEDUCTIVE OR INDUCTIVE REASONING: To graduate from school, a student must earn twenty credits. Sally will graduate next month. Therefore, Sally must have earned twenty credits.

DEDUCTIVE OR INDUCTIVE REASONING: Earth, Mars, and Jupiter travel about the sun in elliptical orbits; therefore, all planets travel about the sun in elliptical orbits.

DEDUCTIVE OR INDUCTIVE REASONING: Cacti are plants and all plants perform photosynthesis; therefore, cacti perform photosynthesis.

DEDUCTIVE OR INDUCTIVE REASONING: My daddy has curly hair. My brother has curly hair. Therefore everyone I am related to has curly hair.

DEDUCTIVE OR INDUCTIVE REASONING: It has been observed that earthquakes precede the eruption of volcanoes. Thus, earthquakes cause volcanoes to erupt.

DEDUCTIVE OR INDUCTIVE REASONING: Obtuse angles are greater than 90 degrees. This angle is 110 degrees, so it is obtuse.

DEDUCTIVE OR INDUCTIVE REASONING: All observed houses on South Street have roofs that are falling apart. Sherry lives on South Street. Her roof is falling apart.

DEDUCTIVE OR INDUCTIVE REASONING: If an apple a day keeps the doctor away. And Joe ate an apple every day. Then Dr. Dre stayed away.

DEDUCTIVE OR INDUCTIVE REASONING: If all even numbers are divisible by 2 and 28 is even then 28 is divisible by 2.

DEDUCTIVE OR INDUCTIVE REASOINING: It is dangerous to drive on icy streets. The streets are icy now so it is dangerous to drive now.

Cell phone usage has increased in the last 20 years. Researchers discovered that brain cancers incidences have gone up in that time. Therefore, cell phone usage must cause brain cancer. What kind of fallacy is this?

What kind of fallcy is this: If you don’t join our demonstration against the expansion of the park, we will evict you from your apartment;

So, you should join our demonstration against the expansion of the park.

The boys in my neighborhood like to play basketball after school. So my new neighbor, Kevin, will like to play basketball with them. What kind of fallacy is the this?

What kind of fallacy is the following statement: My opponent raises a good point, but can we really trust him? I mean, he moved to this town only two years ago and everyone knows that his wife left him.

What kind of fallacy is the following statement: Capital punishment requires an act of murdering human beings.

So, capital punishment is wrong.

If I don’t take this class, then I won’t do well on the exam. If I don’t do well on the SocSci. exam, then I can’t get into a good college. If I can’t get into a good college, then I’ll never get a good job. If I can’t get a good job, then I’m going to have to live in my parents’ basement forever. What kind of fallacy is this?

The legs of this chair are made of wood, so the whole chair must be made of wood. What kind of fallacy is this?

Church should begin at 11am because that's the time that we have always begun the church service. What kind of fallacy is this?

The two courses I took at UP were not very interesting. I don't think it’s a good university. What kind of fallacy is this?

These days everyone (except you) has a car and knows how to drive; So, you too should have a car and know how to drive. What kind of fallacy is this?