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Intro to Philo

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Philosophy is defined as love of wisdom because it came from two Greek words Philos and Sophia. Philos means

a)

hate

b)

love

c)

Philippines

d)

wisdom

2.

It is the birthplace of philosophy in the West.

a)

Mexico

b)

Latin America

c)

Spain

d)

Greece

3.

He is the father of Philosophy in the Western Civilization

a)

Socrates

b)

Thales

c)

Plato

d)

Aristotle

4.

Philosophy is defined as love of wisdom because it came from two Greek words Philos and Sophia. Sophia means

a)

hate

b)

love

c)

Philippines

d)

wisdom

5.

A science devoted to the discovery of the proper method of acquiring and validating knowledge

a)

Epistemology

b)

Logic

c)

Reasoning

d)

Philosophy

6.

Which of these philosophers does not belong to the group?

a)

John Locke

b)

George Berkley

c)

David Hume

d)

Baruch Spinoza

7.

A mental grasp of reality reached either by perceptual observation or by a process of reason based on perceptual observation

a)

Memory

b)

Power

c)

Knowledge

d)

Experience

8.

Who among of these philosophers is not a rationalist?

a)

George Berkley

b)

Baruch Spinoza

c)

Rene Descartes

d)

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

9.

A philosopher who authored that our mind is like a blank slate

a)

David Hume

b)

Rene Descartes

c)

George Berkley

d)

John Locke

10.

Translates to "blank slate" which refers to either the idea that we are solely the product of our upbringing and experiences.

a)

Philosophy

b)

Logic

c)

Tabula Rasa

d)

Epistemology

11.

Is what philosophers call reality, existence, being.

a)

Anything

b)

Everything

c)

Something

d)

Nothing

12.

To know is to know something.

a)

Reality

b)

Perception

c)

Concept

d)

Proposition

13.

Another name for Universe

a)

Knowledge

b)

Experience

c)

Reality

d)

Existence

14.

According to Aristotle the senses give us knowledge of things or entities.

a)

secondary substance

b)

primary substance

c)

tertiary substance

d)

none of the above

15.

Is the process of forming wider and wider concepts

a)

Divisions

b)

Wider subdivision

c)

Wider generalization

d)

Subdivisions

16.

Consist of identifying finer and finer distinctions

a)

Divisions

b)

Wider subdivision

c)

Wider generalization

d)

Subdivisions

17.

Man to living organism is an example of

a)

Divisions

b)

Wider subdivision

c)

Wider generalization

d)

Subdivisions

18.

Man to a doctor is an example of

a)

Divisions

b)

Wider subdivision

c)

Wider generalization

d)

Subdivisions

19.

A process forming a higher level concepts

a)

subtraction from subtractions

b)

abstraction from abstractions

c)

addition from additions

d)

multiplication from multiplications

20.

The first concepts we formed are concepts of things like dog, cat, man, house, car. These elementary concepts are called

a)

first level concept

b)

second level concept

c)

third level concept

d)

fourth level concept