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INTRO TO PHILO

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

According to him, "an unexamined life is not worth living."

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Augustine

d)

Descartes

2.

In his Theory of Forms, he introduces the concept of the two worlds: the world of forms (non-physical ideas) and the world of sense (reality)

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Augustine

d)

Descartes

3.

He is regarded as the "Father of Modern Philosophy"

a)

Gilbert Ryle

b)

John Locke

c)

René Descartes

d)

Paul Churchland

4.

He postulates that the human mind at birth is a blank slate or "tabula rasa"

a)

Immanuel Kant

b)

Sigmund Freud

c)

René Descartes

d)

John Locke

5.

He introduces the idea of eliminative materialism

a)

David Hume

b)

Aristotle

c)

Plato

d)

Paul Churchland

6.

He believes that the self is nothing but a collection of interconnected and continually changing perceptions passing through our theater of our minds

a)

David Hume

b)

Immanuel Kant

c)

Maurice Merleau-Ponty

d)

Paul Churchland

7.

He believes that the self is the brain

a)

Plato

b)

Paul Churchland

c)

Aristotle

d)

St. Augustine

8.

The Phenomenology of Perception is the work of:

a)

St. Augustine

b)

Sigmund Freud

c)

Maurice Merleau-Ponty

d)

Gilbert Ryle

9.

He believes that the mind is not the seat of self but behavior, thus the principle "I act, therefore, I am"

a)

Gilbert Ryle

b)

Sigmund Freud

c)

Socrates

d)

St. Augustine

10.

The cornerstone of Socrates' philosophy is:

(a)  

11.

it is the sense of "who you are"

(a)  

12.

who were the early philosophers that believes "each person possesses an immortal soul"

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

d)

Sigmund Freud

e)

St. Augustine

13.

it is the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.

(a)  

14.

Philosophy does not go beyond scientific investigation

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

15.

Who were the first philosophers that introduced the ancient Philosophical Frameworks?

(a)  

16.

What is the etymological definition of philosophy?

(a)  

17.

Who was Plato's teacher?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Socrates

c)

Homer

18.

"THE SELF IS AN IMMORTAL SOUL"

a)

Plato

b)

Socrates

c)

Sigmund Freud

d)

Paul Churchland

19.

"THE SOUL IS THE ESSENCE OF THE SELF"

a)

Aristotle

b)

Socrates

c)

Immanuel Kant

d)

René Descartes

20.

"THE SELF HAS AN IMMORTAL SOUL"

a)

David Hume

b)

John Locke

c)

St. Augustine

d)

Gilbert Ryle

21.

"I THINK, THEREFORE, I AM"

a)

Socrates

b)

René Descartes

c)

Maurice Merleau-Ponty

d)

Immanuel Kant

22.

"THE SELF IS CONSCIOUSNESS"

a)

Sigmund Freud

b)

Immanuel Kant

c)

David Hume

d)

John Locke

23.

"THERE IS NO SELF"

a)

Sigmund Freud

b)

David Hume

c)

Paul Churchland

d)

Immanuel Kant

24.

"WE CONSTRUCT THE SELF"

a)

St. Augustine

b)

Gilbert Ryle

c)

Sigmund Freud

d)

Immanuel Kant

25.

"THE SELF IS MULTILAYERED"

a)

Gilbert Ryle

b)

Sigmund Freud

c)

Immanuel Kant

d)

Maurice Merleau-Ponty

26.

"THE SELF IS THE WAY PEOPLE BEHAVE"

a)

Paul Churchland

b)

Gilbert Ryle

c)

Sigmund Freud

d)

Maurice Merleau-Ponty

27.

"THE SELF IS THE BRAIN"

a)

Maurice Merleau-Ponty

b)

Immanuel Kant

c)

Paul Churchland

d)

Gilbert Ryle

28.

"THE SELF IS EMBODIED SUBJECTIVITY"

a)

Maurice Merleau-Ponty

b)

René Descartes

c)

David Hume

d)

Paul Churchland

29.

Who was actually not a "philosopher"?

a)

Sigmund Freud

b)

Immanuel Kant

c)

René Descartes

d)

John Locke

30.

He stated: "AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF UNDERSTANDING THE SELF, IS SELF-AWARENESS"

(a)