WorksheetsThe philosophical Knowledge 1
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 16mins
From which two words does the term philosophy come?
(a)
Important philosophers of classical antiquity are
Plato
Aristotle
Socrates
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Which of these questions belong to the great questions of philosophy, according to Kant?
What can we expect?
How does the human being function?
What should we know?
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Which of these objectives is not part of practical philosophy?
Improvement of social relations
Reflection on society and political institutions.
political institutions
Reflection on moral values
Obtaining a coherent and unified knowledge of our existence.
Who said the phrase: "A life without reflection is not worth living."?
Socrates
Thales of Miletus
Kant
Aristotle
When did the transition from myth to logos take place?
In the 3rd century BC
In the 8th century BC
In the 6th century BC
In the 4th century BC
Which of these objectives is not part of practical philosophy?
Improvement of social relations
Reflection on society and political institutions.
political institutions.
Reflection on moral values
Obtaining a coherent and unified knowledge of our existence.
unified knowledge of our existence
Who said the phrase: "A life without reflection is not worth living."
Socrates
Thales of Miletus
Kant
Aristotle
Logos means
Rational thought
Reason
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Word
In mythical thought, natural phenomena were considered to be dependent on the will of the gods, so that everything happened in a...
casual
chaotic
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Unpredictable
Medieval philosophy established a dialogue between _____________ and ___________________ .
(a)
Some important author of the medieval times is:
(a)
The philosophy of Modernity culminates with:
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The Enlightenment
The Renaissance
The Russian Revolution
An important author of 19th century philosophy because of his critique of capitalist society is (a)
In the pre-Socratic philosophers the following use of reason was predominant
Practical
Theorical
None of them
All of them
For the Greek philosophers of antiquity
Philosophy and science were antagonistic
antagonistic
Philosophy and science were one and the same knowledge
Philosophy and science were different but related
but related
None is correc
The practical use of philosophy is the transformation of reality and the (a)
of one's own life.
Socrates stated that
A life without reflection is not worthy of being lived.
lived
The duty of the human being is to know himself
lived
The practical purpose of philosophy is very important
important
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Aristotle asserted that what drives human beings to philosophise is the (a)
Philosophy can emerge from the realisation of the limitations of the (a) on which the security and habits of our personal existence are based.
Particular sciences are based on defining and delimiting a partial aspect of reality
True
False
One of the tasks of philosophy is to revise the presuppositions on which the particular sciences are based.
sciences
True
False
The object of philosophy is not to believe, but to know rationally and critically.
True
False
Western religions have sometimes made use of philosophy to try to make their revelations understandable to the human mind.
their revelations comprehensible to the human mind.
True
False
The method and ideal of philosophy is rational debate and argumentation shared by all human beings, regardless of
all human beings independently of any revelation.
True
False
Some characteristics of myths are:
They have their origin in emotional and imaginative
and imaginative activity
B
They are based on supernatural elements
They use symbolic representations,
such as anthropomorphic Gods
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From mythical thinking it is not possible to know the regularities that rule nature.
True
False
