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Western Philosophy practice test 2 (T/F)

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Epistemology mainly asks us to consider the question, how do we know anything.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

The objective and subjective aspects of beauty are necessarily interdependent.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

For Plato, the realm of ideas (the forms) are less real than those things seen in the visible world.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Truth is the right relation between our words and our thoughts.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

All the fundamental values, according to Dr. Adler, are trans-cultural.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

6.

Wisdom is a special kind of truth, but it is not the same as truth.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

7.

According to Dr. Adler, pursuit of truth is the deepest human aspiration.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

8.

Truth in Western cultures is fundamentally different from that of Eastern cultures.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

Because people were treated differently when the Declaration Of Independence was written, we know that the claim, "All

men are created equal" must be relative.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

Imagination, as such, is neither true nor false.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.

"False knowledge" properly describes the situation where what was once believed to be true turns out to be false, as in, "People used to believe the earth was the center of the

universe, so that was false knowledge."

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

The term "blind faith" is redundant, because all faith by definition is blind.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

13.

There is more than one reality.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.

"False knowledge" is a contradiction in terms.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

15.

There are two aspects to history; Facts and Interpretation

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

16.

The words, "In my opinion" show that the claim is subjective.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

17.

In class we proved that no claims can be truly objective, because everybody is different.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

18.

If you truly believe anything, then it is "true for you."

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

19.

Parmenides was famous for saying, "Whatever is, is."

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

20.

Heraclitus was a monist.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

21.

Heraclitus was famous for saying that everything that is, is in a state of flux.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

22.

One opinion is just as good as any other.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

23.

Truth is discovered, not created.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

24.

Inferences are conclusions drawn by the receiver.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

25.

All normative claims are matters of opinion.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE