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WorksheetsWhat is the truth?
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is epistemology?
The scientific study of the nature, origin, and limits of human knowledge.
Something to do with knowledge.
The philosophical study of the nature, origin, and limits of human knowledge.
The study of human existance.
What term does the TOK guide use to describe knowledge
(a)
What is inference?
Thinking
Reasoning
Summarising
Understanding
What is the difference between inductive and deductive?
Inductive reasoning relies on patterns and trends, while deductive reasoning relies on facts and rules.
Inductive reasoning relies on facts and rules, while deductive reasoning relies on patterns and trends.
Inductive reasoning relies on our own examples, while deductive reasoning relies on other people's examples.
There's no real difference.
What does the term "introspection" stand for?
The examination or observation of someone's personality.
Someone's mental and emotional processes.
The examination or observation of someone's mental and emotional processes.
The examination or observation of one's own mental and emotional processes.
What is the difference between truth and belief?
A belief may be justified or unjustified depending on the strength of the evidence for it. A truth is something we know to be true such that we require no further evidence or justification and could not be right.
A belief may be justified or unjustified. A truth is something we also don't know to be true.
A belief is unjustified. A truth is something we know to be true.
A belief may be justified or unjustified depending on the strength of the evidence for it. A truth is something we know to be true such that we require no further evidence or justification and could not be wrong.
Who was Descartes?
A French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician.
A Spanish philosopher, scientist, and mathematician.
A French writer and mathematician.
A French mathematician and art critic.
True or false: Confucius was a Chinese philosopher who lived in 14th century.
True
False
True or false: Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher, who used the allegory of the cave to illustrate the concept of truth.
True
False
True or false: A British philosopher John Locke encouraged others to use reason to seek for the truth.
False
True
