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Philosophy-Methods of Philosophizing /Ecology

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A form of cooperative argumentative dialogue between individuals, based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to draw out ideas and underlying presuppositions.

a)

Socratic Method

b)

Dialectic Method

c)

Scientific Method

d)

Historical Method

2.

Also called empirical method, is a process of determining truth or knowledge through experimentation, inductive and deductive reasoning, and hypothesis or theory testing.

a)

Socratic Method

b)

Dialectic Method

c)

Scientific Method

d)

Historical Method

3.

An argument in which the arguer is maintaining that the premises show that the conclusion is necessarily true.

a)

Inductive Argument

b)

Deductive Argument

c)

Conductive Argument

d)

Abductive Argument

4.

An argument that is intended by the arguer to be strong enough that, if the premises were to be true, then it would be unlikely that the conclusion is false.

a)

Inductive Argument

b)

Deductive Argument

c)

Conductive Argument

d)

Abductive Argument

5.

A premise is an assertion or proposition which forms the basis for a work or theory

a)

True

b)

False

6.

A way of assessing a situation using all angles possible and weighing each perspective for the best answer

a)

Partial Point of View                      

b)

Holistic Perspective

c)

Atomistic Picture

d)

None of the above

7.

A way of assessing a situation using particular point of view based on personal beliefs and experience.

a)

Partial Point of View                      

b)

Holistic Perspective

c)

Atomistic Picture

d)

None of the above

8.

The Philosopher who is better known as Buddha and established Buddhism in the 5th Century

a)

Rene Descartes

b)

Plato

c)

Siddharta Gautama

d)

Aristotle

9.

How would you express an opinion?

a)

By expressing personal belief

b)

By stating propositions from a research

c)

By sharing statement with empirical evidences

d)

By proving a statement as true using reasoning

10.

How would you express a fact?

a)

By sharing biased argument.

b)

. By subjectively sharing a statement

c)

By proposition supported with empirical evidences

d)

By sharing personal point of view

11.

It refers to the intangible element enables us to exercise thought, possess awareness, interiority, and the capacity to reach out to the outside world and other persons.

a)

body

b)

mind

c)

Human

d)

Spirit

12.

What do you call the ability of a human person to surpass limits and weaknesses?

a)

Giftedness

b)

Human capacity

c)

Super Powers

d)

Transcendence

13.

As a human person, we stand with our own belief and perceptions for we believe that we have our own value and worth. What natures of the human person it is?

a)

Dignity

b)

Externality         

c)

Self-awareness

d)

Self-determination

14.

Which discipline in philosophy studies the moral relationship of human beings to, and also the value and moral status of the environment and its non-human contents?

a)

Environmental aesthetics

b)

Environmental ethics

c)

Sustainable Development

d)

Ecology

15.

Which of the perspective considers humans to be the most important species with a superior value than other species?

a)

Biocentrism

b)

Ecocentrism      

c)

Environmentalism

d)

Anthropocentrism

16.

Which of the following believes that humankind is merely a portion of the biological system or community and that we have an important role as stewards of nature?

a)

Biocentrism

b)

Ecocentrism      

c)

Environmentalism

d)

Anthropocentrism

17.

Which of these statements is related to sustainable development?

a)

Human activities must maintain the diversity and productivity of the earth

b)

Humans must be frugal and prudent in using our natural resources.

c)

Humans must use resources at a rate that it can be replenished in a natural way

d)

Human may exhaust resources for as long as he is satisfied.

18.

Which of the following is concerned with the physical or the natural environment and on how it withstands and stay diverse and productive

a)

Ecological balance

b)

Economic Sustainability

c)

Environmental Sustainability

d)

Social Sustainability

19.

What is existentialism?

a)

a philosophy concerned with the meaning of life

b)

religion based on the pursuit of worldly pleasure

c)

a philosophy concerned with death

d)

a school of thought based on the idea nothing matters

20.

Existentialism is concerned with finding the self through:

a)

Freewill

b)

Choice

c)

Personality Responsibility

d)

All of the above

21.

Existentialism is defined by which of the following concepts?

a)

wealth, pleasure, honor= the good life

b)

living authentically

c)

Science will make everything better

d)

Accept that life "is what it is"

22.

According to Kierkegaard, who is responsible for giving meaning to life?

a)

Society

b)

Religion

c)

Your parents

d)

the individual

23.

what is the notion of existentialism?

a)

humans spend their time doing recreational activities and not enough time trying to figure out where we came from

b)

humans existed first then spent their time trying to sculpt their essence or nature

c)

humans exist then spend their time tampering with scientific theories

d)

humans' existence was decided before they were born and have no say in their life choices

24.

who is noted for bringing the most international attention to existentialism in the 20th century

a)

Kierkegaard

b)

Jean-Paul Sartre

c)

Hegel

d)

Simon De Beauvoir

25.

Who is known as the father of existentialism?

a)

Søren Aabye Kierkegaard

b)

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

c)

Simone de Beauvoir

d)

Jean-Paul Sartre

26.
Study of interactions between organisms and their environment 
a)
niche
b)
community 
c)
ecology
d)
ecosystem
27.
An area where an organism finds food, shelter and water in a specific arrangement
a)
niche
b)
biosphere
c)
biome
d)
habitat
28.

Which is a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world from human actions

a)

Environmental Ethics

b)

Environmentalism

c)

Environmental Science

d)

Environmental Policy

29.

As the human population grows, resources...

a)

increase

b)

stay the same

c)

decrease

d)

increases then decreases

30.

False or True. Humans affect the environment, but the environment does not affect us.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

What will happen if we use resources globally at an unsustainable rate?

a)

when resources are unregulated, everyone takes what he or she or they can until the resources are depleted. No one takes responsibility, so everyone eventually loses.

b)

a lot can happen

c)

resources can replenish itself it just takes time.

d)

No one is responsible for using up all of the resources--its the Earth's own fault.