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EPISTEMOLOGY

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2mins

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Class
Date
1.

What branch of philosophy is concerned with the acquisition and validation of knowledge?

a)

Aesthetics

b)

Metaphysics

c)

Epistemology

d)

Ethics

2.

If we use our senses and perception in acquiring and validating knowledge, what school of thought are we referring to?

a)

Rationalism

b)

Empiricism

c)

Positivism

d)

Syllogism

3.

Which of the following does not belong to the group?

a)

Senses

b)

Action

c)

Retrace

d)

Validate

4.

Complete the analogy:

observation : empiricism :: _______ : rationalism

a)

reason

b)

validation

c)

knowledge

d)

truth

5.

What is moral lesson of the Allegory of the Cave by Plato?

a)

Go outside your comfort zone

b)

We must enjoy life to the fullest.

c)

Senses can be deceived.

d)

Knowledge through perception is the ultimate truth.

6.

Who was the Pre-Socratic philosopher that believed the source of everything is water, earth, fire and air?

a)

Hippocrates

b)

Thales

c)

Empedocles

d)

Anaxagorasa

7.

What was the contribution of Hippocrates?

a)

He discovered medicine.

b)

He believed that illnesses and diseases were not inflicted by the gods.

c)

He formulated the ethical practice in curing sick people which is now called the Hippocratic oath.

d)

All of the aforementioned

8.

The following are Natural Philosophers, except?

a)

Thales

b)

Anaximenes

c)

Anaxagoras

d)

Socrates

9.

He was the philosopher that believed we are made of atoms.

a)

Democritus

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Empedocles

d)

Anaxagoras

10.

Who among the following does not belong to the group?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Rene Descartes

c)

Plato

d)

Socrates