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PHILOQ1W3 - Truth and Opinion

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following statements about opinion is true?

a)
Opinions are always based on facts
b)
Opinions cannot be changed
c)
Everyone's opinion is the same
d)
Opinions are personal beliefs or views
2.

The following statements are true EXCEPT_________

a)

There is some truth in opinion

b)

Biases and prejudices have certain truth and must not be automatically discarded

c)

Truth is always relative

d)

It is possible to know the truth

3.

Which of the following statements expresses an opinion?

a)

The sun will rise tomorrow

b)

The sea has no color of its own

c)

Candidate A is best suited for the presidency

d)

Dogs cannot fly

4.

Truth is ________

a)

The collective mind set of people

b)

Subjective feeling towards certain things

c)

Biased and prejudiced

d)

Objective and based in rational evaluation

5.

Opinion is _______

a)

Objective

b)

Akin to Holistic perspective

c)

A partial point of view

d)

The truth

6.

Which of the following philosophers is famous for this dictum: "Cogito ergo sum"?

a)
Aristotle
b)
Plato
c)
Descartes
d)
Kant
7.

Socrates is famous for his method called

a)

Elenchus

b)

Methodic Doubt

c)

Phenomenology

d)
Hippocratic Method
8.

Who among the following has a greater chance of knowing the truth?

a)

Someone who takes information at face value

b)

Someone who believes in something because it is said by an authority

c)

Someone who relies on subjective interpretation of things

d)

Someone who rationally examines and validates information

9.

The following methods lead to truth EXCEPT _____

a)

Emotional evaluation

b)

methodic doubt

c)

scrupulous scrutity

d)

rational demonstration

10.

Doxa is equivalent to a partial point of view

a)
True
b)
False
11.

Adamant clinging on one's doxa or opinion will lead him to truth

a)
True
b)
False
12.

Doxa is better than episteme

a)
Yes, Doxa is better than episteme
b)
No, Doxa is not better than episteme
13.

Truth is basically subjective

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Episteme requires a rigid process of rationalization

a)

True

b)

False

15.

There is no truth in opinion

a)

True

b)

False