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Total questions: 72

Worksheet time: 36mins

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Class
Date
1.

Libertarians argue that we are morally responsible for our use of free will.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Philosophy comes from the Greek philosophia, meaning what?

a)

Lover of philosphy

b)

Lover of wisdom

c)

Lover of hope

d)

Lover of questions

3.

Philosophy comes from the Greek philosophia, meaning what?

a)

Lover of philosphy

b)

Lover of wisdom

c)

Lover of hope

d)

Lover of questions

4.

What does tabula rasa mean?

a)

Red tablet

b)

New knowledge

c)

Rise tomorrow

d)

Clean slate

5.

The allegory of the cave argues what?

a)

We are born with infinite knowledge.

b)

There is value in ignorance.

c)

Perceptions are sources of absolute knowledge.

d)

Our perceptions may not be accurate.

6.

The reality that exists outside our human experience.

a)

physics

b)

mathematics

c)

magnetics

d)

metaphysics

7.

The study of the human experience.

a)

Anthropology

b)

Antarctica

c)

Astrology

d)

Analogy

8.

The study of Truth or Knowledge.

a)

Epistemology

b)

Ecclesiology

c)

Ethnography

d)

Ecology

9.

This branch of philosophy studies the concept of knowledge.

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Empiricism

c)

Epistemology

d)

Theology

10.

The study of knowledge, truth, and the nature of ultimate reality.

a)

Philosophy

b)

Theology

c)

Anthropology

d)

Hamartiology

11.

What makes a bad decision bad? A question that falls under the branch of Philosophy called _________.

a)

Logic

b)

Epistemology

c)

Ethics

d)

Metaphysics

12.

What branch of philosophy deals with the study of moral judgments?

a)

Aesthetics

b)

Ethics

c)

Cosmology

d)

Psychology

13.

What branch of philosophy deals with the study of social institutions and the state?

a)

Sociology

b)

Psychology

c)

Politics

d)

Ethics

14.

What is the meaning of the Greek word "Sophia"?

a)

Happiness

b)

Freedom

c)

Love

d)

Wisdom

15.

If someone is a cheat and a liar, you might say, "She is not a (an) ________ person."

a)

moral

b)

ethical

16.

When a professional accepts payments to commit a wrongful act, we say that he/she is not acting according to the ___________ code.

a)

Ethics

b)

Moral

17.

Branch of Philosophy that deals with questions such as "What is reasoning"?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Logic

c)

Epistemology

d)

Ethics

18.

Errors in reasoning.

(a)  

19.

An obstacle to cognition wherein it refers to the tradition and practices as well as to beliefs which one accepts as frames of reference.

a)

Idols of the cave

b)

Idols of the tribe

c)

Idols of theatre

d)

Idols of the marketplace

20.

Idols of the mind.

(a)  

21.

This follows what kind of fallacy.

"Nothing is better than God".

"One loaf of bread is better than NOTHING".

"Ergo, one loaf of bread is better than God".

a)

Material Fallacy

b)

Formal Fallacy

c)

Semantical Fallacy

22.

Why do we study Philosophy?

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23.

Libertarians argue that we are morally responsible for our use of free will.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

When referring to cartesian dualism, soul and mind may be used interchangeably.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Descartes was determined to disprove the existence of God.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Idealism is a type of monism.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Socrates asserts that us human beings are nothing like the prisoners described in the Allegory of the Cave.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

The ability and the opportunity to perform whatever action we choose, that is, freedom from external forces, obstacles, and natural limitations that restrict or compel our actions.

a)

Metaphysical Freedom

b)

Circumstantial Freedom

c)

Determinism

d)

Metaphysics

29.

The mind-body problem asks which of the following question(s)?

a)

What is the mind?

b)

What is the relationship between the mind and the body?

c)

What is the relationship between mental properties and physical properties?

d)

All of the options listed.

30.

The theory that human beings can be explained completely and adequately in terms of their physical or material components.

a)

Physicalism

b)

Cartesian Dualism

c)

Functionalism

d)

Naturalistic Dualism

31.

A type of physicalism that denies the existence of a seperate, nonphysical mind and discards language that refers to mental events.

a)

Identity Theory

b)

Eliminativism

c)

Folk Psychology

d)

Reductionism

32.

David Chalmers is a proponent of

a)

Reductionism

b)

Eliminativism

c)

Identity Theory

d)

Naturalistic Dualism

33.

Which of the following solutions to the mind-body problem utilizes the theory of multiple realizability?

a)

Dualism

b)

Physicalism

c)

Functionalism

d)

Eliminativism

34.

John Searle’s Chinese Room Argument seeks to show that computers lack

a)

Qualia

b)

Intentionality

c)

Substance

d)

Material

35.

The dualist would agree with the _ that the unique nature of mental events is not explained by the physical makeup of our brains.

a)

functionalist

b)

physicalist

c)

reductionist

d)

compatibilist

36.

The claim that the mind and the body (which includes the brain) are separate entities.

(a)  

37.

According to David Chalmers, the _ is that which lies between physical processes and consciousness.

(a)  

38.

Who proposed the Evil Demon Thought Experiment?

a)

René Descartes

b)

Frank Jackson

c)

John Searle

d)

Alan Turing

39.

Latin meaning "I think, therefore I am"

(a)  

40.

The thesis that human thought, choices, and actions are, without exception, causally determined by prior events.

a)

Libertarianism

b)

Hard Determinism

c)

Compatibilism

d)

Dualism

41.

The principle of simplicity

a)

Ockham's Razor

b)

Multiple Realizability

c)

Qualia

d)

Monism

42.

The ___ disagrees that If we are determined, then we lack the freedom necessary to be morally responsible.

a)

Libertarian

b)

Hard Determinist

c)

Compatibilist

d)

Physicalist

43.

The teacher is a midwife of ideas who helps the students bring to birth the ideas latent within their minds.

a)

Empiricism

b)

Rationalism

44.

The mind is like a rubber band that encompasses the information that it acquires from the world. Hence, the job of the teacher is to stretch the students’ mind so that they can accommodate ever larger amounts of data.

a)

Empiricism

b)

Rationalism

45.

The students’ mind contains the seeds of understanding. The teacher is merely a gardener who prepares the soil and provides it with nourishment, so that the seeds can grow and produce fruit.

a)

Empiricism

b)

Rationalism

46.

The teacher is a lamplighter who illuminates the students’ mind so that the truth within will shine forth.

a)

Empiricism

b)

Rationalism

47.

The mind is like a copy machine that reproduces images of the data it has scanned from the external world.

a)

Empiricism

b)

Rationalism

48.

The teacher is a tour guide who leads the students into new and unfamiliar terrain.

a)

Empiricism

b)

Rationalism

49.

The teacher is an archaeologist who helps the students discover the treasures buried into the depths of their own minds.

a)

Empiricism

b)

Rationalism

50.

The mind is like a window that provides access to the outside world. Ignorance, prejudice, and dogmatism are like a haze or obstacles that the teacher must remove in order for the light of truth to shine through the window of intellect.

a)

Empiricism

b)

Rationalism

51.

The mind is like a computer. Its capabilities are only as good as the data it receives.

a)

Empiricism

b)

Rationalism

52.

The mind is like a computer. Without some built-in internal content such as logic circuits and an operating system, it is incapable of processing external data.

a)

Empiricism

b)

Rationalism

53.

What is empiricism?

a)

Knowledge derived from logical reasoning and deduction.

b)

Knowledge derived from religious beliefs and faith.

c)

Knowledge derived from intuition and speculation.

d)

Knowledge derived from sensory experience and observation.

54.

Who is considered the father of British empiricism?

a)

Immanuel Kant

b)

John Locke

c)

Francis Bacon

d)

Rene Descartes

55.

Which of the following best describes secondary qualities according to Locke

a)

qualities which are nothing in the objects themselves, rather they are powers that produce in us various qualities by their primary qualities

b)

characteristics that necessarily inhered in material bodies

c)

Sensory experience and observation of the external world.

d)

Intuition and innate ideas.

56.

What are simple ideas in empiricism?

a)

Innate knowledge

b)

Rationalism

c)

Intuition

d)

Basic elements of knowledge derived from sensory experience.

57.

What are complex ideas in empiricism?

a)

Derived from innate ideas

b)

Based on sensory experience

c)

Result of rational deduction

d)

Derived from simple ideas through mental operations.

58.

Which of the following is Not a complex idea

a)

color

b)

sound

c)

taste

d)

motion

59.

Which of the following is NOT a simple idea? (according to john locke)

a)

solidity

b)

motion

c)

extension

d)

modes

60.

Which of the following best describes primary qualities

a)

characteristics that necessarily inhered in material bodies

b)

those ideas which first enter the mind through the senses, pure and uncomplicated

c)

Theories of knowledge

d)

Theories of intuition

61.

which of the following are works written by John Locke?

a)

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

b)

The Social Contract

c)

Two Treatises of Government

d)

The Prince

62.

What is the concept of tabula rasa in John Locke's philosophy?

a)

The concept of tabula rasa in John Locke's philosophy is the belief that individuals are born with innate knowledge.

b)

The concept of tabula rasa in John Locke's philosophy is the idea that individuals are born with a blank slate and acquire knowledge through sensory perception and experience.

c)

The concept of tabula rasa in John Locke's philosophy is the idea that individuals are born with predetermined personalities.

d)

The concept of tabula rasa in John Locke's philosophy is the notion that individuals are born with a fixed set of abilities and talents.

63.

What is empiricism?

a)

Knowledge derived from logical reasoning and deduction.

b)

Knowledge derived from religious beliefs and faith.

c)

Knowledge derived from intuition and speculation.

d)

Knowledge derived from sensory experience and observation.

64.

Who is considered the father of British empiricism?

a)

Immanuel Kant

b)

John Locke

c)

Francis Bacon

d)

Rene Descartes

65.

Which of the following best describes secondary qualities according to Locke

a)

qualities which are nothing in the objects themselves, rather they are powers that produce in us various qualities by their primary qualities

b)

characteristics that necessarily inhered in material bodies

c)

Sensory experience and observation of the external world.

d)

Intuition and innate ideas.

66.

What are simple ideas in empiricism?

a)

Innate knowledge

b)

Rationalism

c)

Intuition

d)

Basic elements of knowledge derived from sensory experience.

67.

What are complex ideas in empiricism?

a)

Derived from innate ideas

b)

Based on sensory experience

c)

Result of rational deduction

d)

Derived from simple ideas through mental operations.

68.

Which of the following is Not a complex idea

a)

color

b)

sound

c)

taste

d)

motion

69.

Which of the following is NOT a simple idea? (according to john locke)

a)

solidity

b)

motion

c)

extension

d)

modes

70.

Which of the following best describes primary qualities

a)

characteristics that necessarily inhered in material bodies

b)

those ideas which first enter the mind through the senses, pure and uncomplicated

c)

Theories of knowledge

d)

Theories of intuition

71.

which of the following are works written by John Locke?

a)

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

b)

The Social Contract

c)

Two Treatises of Government

d)

The Prince

72.

What is the concept of tabula rasa in John Locke's philosophy?

a)

The concept of tabula rasa in John Locke's philosophy is the belief that individuals are born with innate knowledge.

b)

The concept of tabula rasa in John Locke's philosophy is the idea that individuals are born with a blank slate and acquire knowledge through sensory perception and experience.

c)

The concept of tabula rasa in John Locke's philosophy is the idea that individuals are born with predetermined personalities.

d)

The concept of tabula rasa in John Locke's philosophy is the notion that individuals are born with a fixed set of abilities and talents.