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WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY?

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 4mins

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Class
Date
1.

Philosophy’s first topic was...

a)

nature

b)

human beings

c)

god

d)

knowledge

2.

Mental representations of perceived objects are called...

a)

images

b)

concepts

c)

ideas

d)

dreams

3.

Before philosophy was born...

a)

science existed

b)

there was no knowledge

c)

myths existed

d)

rational knowledge existed

4.

Metaphysics is the part of philosophy that studies...

a)

humans

b)

reality

c)

nature

d)

knowledge

5.

Which of the following disciplines aims to explain what human beings are?

a)

Cultural anthropology

b)

Philosophical anthropology

c)

Physical anthropology

d)

None of the above

6.

Myths ...

a)

considered the existence of a rational necessity.

b)

a)    only explained the origin of natural phenomena.

c)

a)    did not admit the existence of destiny.

d)

a)    made events be dependant on random causes.

7.

Philosophy considered as a way of thinking...

a)

was discovered by the Greeks.

b)

began during the 6th century BC.

c)

has existed since human beings have existed

d)

is the same as philosophy as a discipline.

8.

Plato and Aristotle belong to...

a)

the classical period of Greek philosophy

b)

the Hellenistic period

c)

the pre-Socratic period.

d)

the origins of Christian philosophy