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HZT-epistemology!!

Total questions: 485

Worksheet time: 4hrs 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Epistemology is:

a)

the theory of knowledge

b)

a paradigm

c)

a research

2.

What is ontology?

a)

A theory that establishes the two different ways of perceiving the world.

b)

A philosophical assumption.

c)

A general belief of people in the last century.

d)

A method.

3.

Who was John Locke?

a)

A Doctor

b)

A Philosopher

c)

A Minister

d)

An Apple Farmer

4.

This vocabulary term refers to the power of the mind to think, understand, and make sense of the world.

a)

Wisdom

b)

Reason

c)

Intelligence

d)

Faith

5.

John Locke is known for his:

a)

Rationalism

b)

Empiricism

c)

Nihilism

6.

What country was John Locke born in?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

America

d)

United Kingdom

7.

Is 'An Essay Concerning Human Understanding' John Locke's most famous work?

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Who is the Father of Modern Philosophy, known for stating that a human person is composed of body and mind?

a)

Descartes

b)

Ryle

c)

Kant

d)

Merleau-Ponty

9.

The self organizes different impressions that one gets in relation to their own existence.

a)

David Hume

b)

Immanuel Kant

c)

John Locke

d)

Sigmund Freud

10.

The self is nothing but a bundle of impressions and ideas.

a)

Hume

b)

Ryle

c)

Kant

d)

Sigmund Freud

11.

A science devoted to the discovery of the proper method for acquiring and validating knowledge

a)

Epistemology

b)

Logic

c)

Reasoning

d)

Philosophy

12.

Which of these philosophers does not belong to the group?

a)

John Locke

b)

George Berkeley

c)

David Hume

d)

Baruch Spinoza

13.

A mental grasp of reality reached either by perceptual observation or by a process of reason based on perceptual observation.

a)

Memory

b)

Power

c)

Knowledge

d)

Experience

14.

Which of these philosophers is not a rationalist?

a)

George Berkeley

b)

Baruch Spinoza

c)

Rene Descartes

d)

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

15.

A philosopher who posited that our mind is like a blank slate

a)

David Hume

b)

Rene Descartes

c)

George Berkley

d)

John Locke

16.

Translates to "blank slate," which refers to the idea that we are solely the product of our upbringing and experiences.

a)

Philosophy

b)

Logic

c)

Tabula Rasa

d)

Epistemology

17.

To know is to know something.

a)

Reality

b)

Perception

c)

Concept

d)

Proposition

18.

According to Aristotle, the senses give us knowledge of things or entities.

a)

secondary substance

b)

primary substance

c)

tertiary substance

d)

none of the above

19.

Plato argued that for something to count as knowledge...

a)

you must believe that it is and have sufficient reason for believing it is true.

b)

you must have sufficient reason that it is true and it must actually be true.

c)

you must believe that it is true, have sufficient reason to believe it is true, and it must actually be true.

d)

you must believe that it is true and be correct that it is true.

20.

The distinction between 'knowing-how' and 'knowing-that' is the distinction between...

(Select all that apply)

a)

knowing how to do something and knowing that another thing is true.

b)

knowing through experience and knowing through reason.

c)

knowing how to do something and knowing that something can be done.

d)

ability knowledge and propositional knowledge.

21.

Select the most precise definition of skepticism.

a)

The belief that knowledge (either in one area or more generally) is unattainable.

b)

The belief that no claim can be justified.

c)

The belief that nothing can be known to be certain.

d)

The belief that knowledge is impossible.

22.

Select the most precise definition of empiricism.

a)

The belief that most of our knowledge of the world ultimately depends on experience.

b)

The belief that we know things through experience.

c)

The belief that we learn about the world through our experiences.

d)

The belief that all knowledge of the world ultimately depends on experience.

23.

Select the most precise definition of rationalism.

a)

The belief that at least some of our knowledge can be gained by thinking about the world.

b)

The belief that at least some of our knowledge can be gained through experience.

c)

The belief that at least some knowledge of the world can be gained through reason and/or innate ideas.

d)

The belief that at least some of our knowledge of the world can be gained through innate ideas.

24.

According to Plato, the highest form of knowledge is:

a)

God

b)

virtue

c)

the idea of good

d)

harmony

25.

Which among the following is the perspective of David Hume?

a)

The human heart is insatiable.

b)

All ideas are derived from impressions.

c)

Knowing oneself is knowing God.

d)

I think. Therefore, I am.

26.

John Locke is the proponent of Empiricism, which believes that:

a)

Knowledge comes from reason.

b)

Knowledge comes from experience.

c)

Knowledge comes from impressions.

d)

Knowledge comes from magic.

27.

The term used by John Locke to mean "blank slate" or empty sheet.

a)

rabula tasa

b)

balura sata

c)

tabula rasa

d)

tabula sara

28.

What is the meaning of René Descartes' "I think, therefore I am"?

a)

I am human, therefore I am existing

b)

I am thinking, therefore I am existing

c)

I am thinking, therefore I am breathing

d)

I am existing, therefore I am human

29.

What is the definition given by Plato for one of his three components of the soul, the Rational Soul?

a)

Keeping our emotions at bay

b)

Based on the pleasure principle

c)

Based on desires

d)

The use of intellectual reasoning to manage affairs/situations

30.

How did Socrates differentiate between body and soul?

a)

"Body" - imperfect and temporary, "Soul" - perfect and permanent

b)

"Body" - perfect and temporary, "Soul" - perfect and permanent

c)

"Body" - imperfect and temporary, "Soul" - imperfect and permanent

d)

"Body" - imperfect and permanent, "Soul" - perfect and temporary

31.

What is the Greek version of "To know thyself"?

(Above doorway to Plato's academy and Room 306 at Marshall McLuhan CSS)

a)

Γνῶθι σuυτόν

b)

Γνῶθι σαυτόν

c)

Γwῶθι σαυτόν

d)

Γνῶθι σαυτόp

32.

This philosopher pointed out that the self will not exist without the physical body. Who is he?

a)

Rene Descartes

b)

St. Augustine

c)

David Hume

d)

Gilbert Ryle

33.

Who made a simple claim about the self, stating that "The SELF exists because of memory"?

a)

Immanuel Kant

b)

Sigmund Freud

c)

Aristotle

d)

John Locke

34.

Who is the philosopher that argued that if a man is not thinking, he is not considered to be existing?

a)

Sigmund Freud

b)

Socrates

c)

Rene Descartes

d)

John Locke

35.

He believed that if a person knows, all of his/her difficulties will vanish and everything will be simpler and clearer. Who is this philosopher?

a)

Plato

b)

Socrates

c)

Aristotle

d)

Freud

36.

Which philosopher agreed with the claims of Hume and Descartes?

a)

David Hume

b)

John Locke

c)

Immanuel Kant

d)

Socrates

37.

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

a)

A. Socrates

b)

B. Plato

c)

C. Aristotle

d)

D. René Descartes

38.

"I think, therefore, I am."

a)

A. Socrates

b)

B. Plato

c)

C. Aristotle

d)

D. Rene Descartes

39.

The human person is a rational animal.

a)

A. Socrates

b)

B. Plato

c)

C. Aristotle

d)

D. Rene Descartes

40.

"The true self of a human person is the rational soul."

a)

A. Socrates

b)

B. Plato

c)

C. Aristotle

d)

D. Rene Descartes

41.

"There is NO such thing as the SELF"

a)

A. St. Augustine

b)

B. John Locke

c)

C. David Hume

d)

D. Immanuel Kant

42.

It is the consciousness alone that identity exists, not in the soul and body.

a)

A. St. Augustine

b)

B. John Locke

c)

C. David Hume

d)

D. Immanuel Kant

43.

A British philosopher and physician laid the groundwork for an empiricist approach to philosophical questions. His revolutionary theory that the mind is a tabula rasa, a blank slate on which experience writes, is detailed in his Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690).

a)

Rene Descartes

b)

Immanuel Kant

c)

John Locke

d)

John Dewey

44.

Whose concept is "There is No Self" which states that humans so desperately want to believe that they have a unified and continuous self or soul that they use their imaginations to construct a fictional self? But this fictional self is not real; what we call the self is an imaginary creature, derived from a succession of impermanent states and events.

a)

Karl Marx

b)

David Hume

c)

Friedrich Nietzsche

d)

Slavoj ZIzek

45.

According to him, this meaning-constructing activity (We construct the self) is precisely what our minds are doing all the time: taking the raw data of experience and actively synthesizing it into the familiar, orderly, meaningful world in which we live.

a)

Voltaire

b)

David Hume

c)

Rene Descartes

d)

Immanuel Kant

46.

Who coined "Know Thyself"?

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Socrates

d)

Thales

47.

He discusses the concept of self as "Dualism"

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

d)

Thales

48.

The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially in an academic discipline.

a)

Theology

b)

Philosophy

c)

Psychology

d)

Scientology

49.

The self is just the physical body according to

a)

Immanuel Kant

b)

David Hume

c)

John Locke

50.

He's famous for having said, "I know that I know nothing."

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Socrates

d)

Pythagoras

51.

He is credited for identifying the "Lost City of Atlantis".

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Socrates

d)

Parmenides

52.

Who was the tutor of Alexander the Great?

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Socrates

d)

Leonidas

53.

He deduced, "I think, therefore I am."

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Socrates

d)

Descartes

54.

He is known for the concept of the mind as a "Tabula Rasa".

a)

John Rawls

b)

John Locke

c)

John Dewey

d)

John Stuart Mill

55.

John Locke's most important work is:

a)

Essay Concerning Human Understanding

b)

Candide

c)

One Hundred Years of Solitude

d)

Crime and Punishment

56.

Which is NOT a Socratic philosophy of 'the self'?

a)

Know thyself.

b)

The unexamined life is not worth living.

c)

Every person is dualistic.

d)

The soul is composed of three parts: our desires, the conscious awareness of reason, and the spirited part which gets angry at injustice.

57.

Idealism believes that the true reality and the only thing worth knowing are _____.

a)

Materials

b)

Ideas

c)

Senses

58.

Idealism stresses three values which are: ____.

a)

Truth, beauty, goodness

b)

Reality, perfection, virtue

c)

Integrity, decency, righteousness

59.

Who is the father of Idealism?

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

60.

According to him, "An unexamined life is not worth living".

a)

Plato

b)

Rene Descartes

c)

Socrates

d)

St. Augustine

61.

Which is not true about Idealism?

a)

Knowledge acquired through senses is the most important.

b)

Reality is found in the mind of a man and not in the physical and external world.

c)

The spiritual world is more important than the material world.

62.

It refers to the total characteristics or qualities of a person, both known and unknown to others.

a)

Trait

b)

Self

c)

Attribute

d)

Identity

63.

"To be is to be perceived."

Who am I?

a)

John Locke

b)

George Berkeley

c)

David Hume

64.

According to him, "we construct the self".

a)

David Hume

b)

Aristotle

c)

Immanuel Kant

d)

Paul Churchland

65.

"I think, therefore I am."

Who am I?

a)

Rene Descartes

b)

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

c)

Immanuel Kant

66.

What is the definition of personality?

a)

Made up of the characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that make a person unique

b)

A person's state of mind or feeling, usually categorized as optimistic or pessimistic

c)

One's judgment of what is important in life

d)

The mental and moral qualities of an individual, shown through the way they think, feel, and act

67.

Which of the following is John Locke's philosophy?

a)

Impressions are the original form of all our ideas.

b)

Only what is perceived or perceives is real.

c)

Difficult matters such as morality and religion can never be fully understood.

68.

Although some elements of personality stay the same over a lifetime, personality also grows and develops as a person does.

a)

True

b)

False

69.

According to him, "we construct the self".

a)

David Hume

b)

Aristotle

c)

Immanuel Kant

d)

Paul Churchland

70.

He believes that personal identity is founded in consciousness and not on the substance of either the soul or the body.

a)

David Hume

b)

Immanuel Kant

c)

Plato

d)

John Locke

71.

Who is considered the Father of Modern Philosophy?

a)

David Hume

b)

Plato

c)

Socrates

d)

Rene Descartes

72.

Epistemology is:

a)

the theory of knowledge

b)

a paradigm

c)

a research

73.

What is ontology?

a)

A theory that establishes the two different ways of perceiving the world.

b)

A philosophical assumption.

c)

A general belief of people in the last century.

d)

A method.

74.

This vocabulary term refers to the power of the mind to think, understand, and make sense of the world.

a)

Wisdom

b)

Reason

c)

Intelligence

d)

Faith

75.

John Locke is known for his:

a)

Rationalism

b)

Empiricism

c)

Nihilism

76.

What country was John Locke born in?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

America

d)

United Kingdom

77.

Is 'An Essay Concerning Human Understanding' John Locke's most famous work?

a)

True

b)

False

78.

Who is the father of modern philosophy, known for stating that a human person is composed of body and mind?

a)

Descartes

b)

Ryle

c)

Kant

d)

Merleau - Ponty

79.

The self organizes different impressions that one gets in relation to his own existence.

a)

David Hume

b)

Immanuel Kant

c)

John Locke

d)

Sigmund Freud

80.

"The self is nothing but a bundle of impressions and ideas."

a)

Hume

b)

Ryle

c)

Kant

d)

Sigmund Freud

81.

A science devoted to discovering the proper method of acquiring and validating knowledge

a)

Epistemology

b)

Logic

c)

Reasoning

d)

Philosophy

82.

Which of these philosophers does not belong to the group?

a)

John Locke

b)

George Berkeley

c)

David Hume

d)

Descartes

83.

A mental grasp of reality is reached either by perceptual observation or by a process of reason based on perceptual observation.

a)

Memory

b)

Power

c)

Knowledge

d)

Experience

84.

Which of these philosophers is not a rationalist?

a)

George Berkeley

b)

Baruch Spinoza

c)

Rene Descartes

d)

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

85.

Which philosopher stated that our mind is like a blank slate?

a)

David Hume

b)

Rene Descartes

c)

George Berkley

d)

John Locke

86.

"Blank slate" translates to which term that refers to the idea that we are solely the product of our upbringing and experiences?

a)

Philosophy

b)

Logic

c)

Tabula Rasa

d)

Epistemology

87.

To know is to understand something.

a)

Reality

b)

Perception

c)

Concept

d)

Proposition

88.

According to Aristotle, the senses give us knowledge of things or entities.

a)

Secondary substance

b)

Primary substance

c)

Tertiary substance

d)

None of the above

89.

Plato argued that for something to count as knowledge...

a)

You must believe that it is true and have sufficient reason for believing it is true.

b)

You must have sufficient reason to believe it is true and it must actually be true.

c)

You must believe that it is true, have sufficient reason to believe it is true, and it must actually be true.

d)

You must believe that it is true and be correct that it is true.

90.

The distinction between 'knowing-how' and 'knowing-that' is the distinction between...

(Select all that apply)

a)

Knowing how to do something and knowing that another thing is true.

b)

Knowing through experience and knowing through reason.

c)

Knowing how to do something and knowing that something can be done.

d)

Ability knowledge and propositional knowledge.

91.

Select the most precise definition of scepticism.

a)

The belief that knowledge (either in one area or more generally) is unattainable.

b)

The belief that no claim can be justified.

c)

The belief that nothing can be known to be certain.

d)

The belief that knowledge is impossible.

92.

Select the most precise definition of empiricism.

a)

The belief that most of our knowledge of the world ultimately depends on experience.

b)

The belief that we know things through experience.

c)

The belief that we learn about the world through our experiences.

d)

The belief that all knowledge of the world ultimately depends on experience.

93.

Select the most precise definition of rationalism.

a)

The belief that some of our knowledge can be gained by thinking about the world.

b)

The belief that some of our knowledge can be gained through experience.

c)

The belief that some knowledge of the world can be gained through reason and/or innate ideas.

d)

The belief that some of our knowledge of the world can be gained through innate ideas.

94.

According to Plato, the highest form of knowledge is:

a)

God

b)

Virtue

c)

The idea of good

d)

Harmony

95.

Which among the following is the perspective of David Hume?

a)

The human heart is insatiable.

b)

All ideas are derived from impressions.

c)

Knowing oneself is knowing God.

d)

I think. Therefore, I am.

96.

John Locke is a proponent of Empiricism, which believes that:

a)

Knowledge comes from reason.

b)

Knowledge comes from experience.

c)

Knowledge comes from impressions.

d)

Knowledge comes from magic.

97.

The term used by John Locke that means "blank slate" or "empty sheet".

a)

rabula tasa

b)

balura sata

c)

tabula rasa

d)

tabula sara

98.

What is the meaning of Rene Descartes' 'I think, therefore I am'?

a)

I am human, therefore I am existing

b)

I am thinking, therefore I am existing

c)

I am thinking, therefore I am breathing

d)

I am existing, therefore I am human

99.

What is the definition given by Plato for one of his three components of the soul, the Rational Soul?

a)

Keeping our emotions at bay

b)

Based on the pleasure principle

c)

Based on desires

d)

The use of intellectual reasoning to manage affairs or situations

100.

How did Socrates differentiate between the body and the soul?

a)

"Body" - imperfect and temporary, "Soul" - perfect and permanent

b)

"Body" - perfect and temporary, "Soul" - perfect and permanent

c)

"Body" - imperfect and temporary, "Soul" - imperfect and permanent

d)

"Body" - imperfect and permanent, "Soul" - perfect and temporary

101.

This philosopher pointed out that the self does not exist without the physical body. Who is he?

a)

Rene Descartes

b)

St. Augustine

c)

David Hume

d)

Gilbert Ryle

102.

Who made the simple claim about self, stating that "The SELF exists because of memory"?

a)

Immanuel Kant

b)

Sigmund Freud

c)

Aristotle

d)

John Locke

103.

Who is the philosopher who argued that if a man is not thinking, he is not considered to exist?

a)

Sigmund Freud

b)

Socrates

c)

Rene Descartes

d)

John Locke

104.

He believed that if a person knows himself, all of his difficulties will vanish and everything will become simpler and clearer. Who is this philosopher?

a)

Plato

b)

Socrates

c)

Aristotle

d)

Freud

105.

Who is the philosopher who agreed with the claims of Hume and Descartes?

a)

David Hume

b)

John Locke

c)

Immanuel Kant

d)

Socrates

106.

"An unexamined life is not worth living."

a)

A. Socrates

b)

B. Plato

c)

C. Aristotle

d)

D. Rene Descartes

107.

"I think, therefore, I am."

a)

A. Socrates

b)

B. Plato

c)

C. Aristotle

d)

D. Rene Descartes

108.

"The human person is a rational animal."

a)

A. Socrates

b)

B. Plato

c)

C. Aristotle

d)

D. Rene Descartes

109.

The true self of a human person is the rational soul.

a)

A. Socrates

b)

B. Plato

c)

C. Aristotle

d)

D. Rene Descartes

110.

"There is NO such thing as the SELF"

a)

A. St. Augustine

b)

B. John Locke

c)

C. David Hume

d)

D. Immanuel Kant

111.

Consciousness alone identifies existence, not the soul and body.

a)

A. St. Augustine

b)

B. John Locke

c)

C. David Hume

d)

D. Immanuel Kant

112.

A British philosopher and physician laid the groundwork for an empiricist approach to philosophical questions. His revolutionary theory that the mind is a tabula rasa, a blank slate on which experience writes, is detailed in his Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690).

a)

Rene Descartes

b)

Immanuel Kant

c)

John Locke

d)

John Dewey

113.

Whose concept is "There is No Self"? This concept states that humans desperately want to believe they have a unified and continuous self or soul. Therefore, they use their imaginations to construct a fictional self. However, this fictional self is not real; what we call the self is an imaginary creature, derived from a succession of impermanent states and events.

a)

Karl Marx

b)

David Hume

c)

Friedrich Nietzsche

d)

Slavoj Zizek

114.

According to him, this activity of constructing meaning (We construct the self) is precisely what our minds are doing all the time: taking the raw data of experience and actively synthesizing it into the familiar, orderly, meaningful world in which we live.

a)

Voltaire

b)

David Hume

c)

Rene Descartes

d)

Immanuel Kant

115.

Who coined "Know Thyself"?

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Socrates

d)

Thales

116.

Who talked about the concept of self as "Dualism"?

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

d)

Thales

117.

His idea of the self is, "The Self is Consciousness".

a)

Merleau-Ponty

b)

David Hume

c)

John Locke

d)

Immanuel Kant

118.

The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially in an academic discipline.

a)

Theology

b)

Philosophy

c)

Psychology

d)

Scientology

119.

According to whom is the self just the physical body?

a)

Immanuel Kant

b)

David Hume

c)

John Locke

120.

He is famous for having said, "I know that I know nothing."

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Socrates

d)

Pythagoras

121.

He is credited with identifying the "Lost City of Atlantis".

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Socrates

d)

Parmenides

122.

Who was the tutor of Alexander the Great?

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Socrates

d)

Leonidas

123.

He deduced, "I think, therefore I am."

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Socrates

d)

Descartes

124.

He is known for the concept of the mind as a "Tabula Rasa".

a)

John Rawls

b)

John Locke

c)

John Dewey

d)

John Stewart Mill

125.

What is John Locke's most important work?

a)

Essay Concerning Human Understanding

b)

Candide

c)

One Hundred Years of Solitude

d)

Crime and Punishment

126.

Which is NOT a Socratic philosophy of "the self"?

a)

Know thyself.

b)

The unexamined life is not worth living.

c)

Every person is dualistic.

d)

The soul is composed of three parts: our desires, the conscious awareness of reason, and the spirited part which gets angry at injustice.

127.

Idealism believes that the only true reality and the only thing worth knowing are _____.

a)

Materials

b)

Ideas

c)

Senses

128.

The concept of tabula rasa (blank slate), which represents work on the self, is most associated with whom?

a)

David Hume

b)

John Locke

c)

Immanuel Kant

d)

Sigmund Freud

129.

Idealism stresses three values which are:

a)

Truth, beauty, goodness

b)

Reality, perfection, virtue

c)

Integrity, decency, righteousness

130.

Who is the father of Idealism?

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

131.

Who said, "An unexamined life is not worth living"?

a)

Plato

b)

Rene Descartes

c)

Socrates

d)

St. Augustine

132.

Which statement about Idealism is not true?

a)

Knowledge acquired through senses is the most important.

b)

Reality is found in the mind of a man and not in the physical and external world.

c)

The spiritual world is more important than the material world.

133.

It refers to the total characteristics or qualities of a person, both known and unknown to others.

a)

Trait

b)

Self

c)

Attribute

d)

Identity

134.

"To be is to be perceived."

Who said this?

a)

John Locke

b)

George Berkeley

c)

David Hume

135.

According to him, "we construct the self".

a)

David Hume

b)

Aristotle

c)

Immanuel Kant

d)

Paul Churchland

136.

"I think, therefore I am."

Who said this?

a)

Rene Descartes

b)

George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

c)

Immanuel Kant

137.

What is the definition of personality?

a)

Made up of the characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that make a person unique.

b)

A person’s state of mind or feeling, usually categorized as optimistic or pessimistic.

c)

One’s judgement of what is important in life.

d)

The mental and moral qualities of an individual shown through the way you think, feel and act.

138.

Which of the following is John Locke's philosophy?

a)

Impressions are meant to be the original form of all our ideas.

b)

Only what is perceived or perceives is real.

c)

Difficult matters such as morality and religion could never be fully understood.

139.

Although some elements of personality stay the same over a lifetime, personality also grows and develops as a person does.

a)

True

b)

False

140.

Immanuel Kant believes that _____.

a)

Education should include training in discipline, culture, discretion, and moral training.

b)

All ideas are ultimately copied from some original impression.

c)

Only the mind is real and human thought progresses toward a destined ideal by a dialectical process.

141.

According to him, "we construct the self".

a)

David Hume

b)

Aristotle

c)

Immanuel Kant

d)

Paul Churchland

142.

Who said, "One's thoughts are a reflection of one's beliefs, values, conditions, experiences, and development"?

a)

John Locke

b)

Immanuel Kant

c)

Rene Descartes

d)

Plato

143.

He considers personal identity to be founded on consciousness and not on the substance of either the soul or the body.

a)

David Hume

b)

Immanuel Kant

c)

Plato

d)

John Locke

144.

Who is considered as the Father of Modern Philosophy?

a)

David Hume

b)

Plato

c)

Socrates

d)

Rene Descartes

145.

What is a priori knowledge?

a)

Knowledge that you're certain of

b)

Knowledge that you don't need proof of in order to know

c)

Knowledge that you do need proof of in order to know

d)

Knowledge no one can ever really know for certain

146.

Which of these statements are examples of a paradox? (Select all that apply)

a)

If there’s one thing that I know, it’s that I don’t know anything at all.

b)

I hate wearing jackets in cold weather.

c)

I am a compulsive liar.

d)

One must be cruel to be kind.

147.

What would be a good definition of justification?

a)

Providing a personal opinion on why something has happened

b)

Comforting someone by saying that we "can't know God's plans"

c)

Providing an irrefutable (and often factual) reason why something has happened

148.

What is the term for an argument that uses observations to make a "rough" or "most likely" and simple conclusion?

a)

Deductive

b)

Abductive

c)

Inductive

149.

To say that a statement is "consistent" with another suggests that they both support or help each other within the same argument.

a)

True

b)

False

150.

a priori

a)

Coming to accept a proposition as true on the basis of reasoning from other propositions taken to be true.

b)

Knowledge of propositions that can only be known to be true or false through experience.

c)

When one's perceptions of events misrepresent reality.

d)

Knowledge of propositions that do not require sense experience to be known to be true or false.

151.

What does 'sense data' refer to?

a)

All that exists are minds and ideas

b)

Mind-dependent objects in the world

c)

Mental images of what is perceived

152.

Locke's simple ideas

a)

Ideas that cannot be broken down any further.

b)

Ideas 'present and accessible to the attentive mind'.

153.

What are Locke's secondary qualities?

a)

Qualities that we impose on an object: colour, smell, texture, and so on

b)

Characteristics that exist whether or not we perceive them; they do not change (size, shape, etc.)

154.

What is rationalism?

a)

Reason is the foundation of knowledge - we create knowledge in our minds.

b)

Sense data is the foundation of knowledge - we create knowledge from the data we gather from our senses.

c)

The practice of questioning the reliability of our knowledge.

d)

A view of the proper structure of one's knowledge or justified beliefs.

155.

What is empiricism?

a)

Reason is the foundation of knowledge; we create knowledge in our mind.

b)

Sense data is the foundation of knowledge; we create knowledge from the data we gather from our senses.

c)

A view of the proper structure of one's knowledge or justified beliefs.

d)

A practice of questioning the reliability of our knowledge.

156.

What is skepticism?

a)

The interpretation of sensory information, how we construct reality.

b)

Sense data is the foundation of knowledge.

c)

The practice of questioning the reliability of our knowledge.

d)

Reason is the foundation of knowledge.

157.

What is perception?

a)

Knowledge that comes after sense data, depends on empirical evidence.

b)

Knowledge that precedes sense data, derived from our ability to reason.

c)

The practice of questioning the reliability of our knowledge.

d)

Interpretation of sensory information - how we construct reality.

158.

What is a priori?

a)

Knowledge that comes after sense data. It depends on evidence including science and aspects of personal knowledge.

b)

Knowledge that precedes sense data, derived from our ability to reason. It is independent from experience.

c)

The interpretation of sensory information, how we construct reality.

d)

Belief in the life cycle, reincarnation.

159.

What is a posteriori?

a)

Knowledge that comes after sense data. Knowledge that depends on evidence, including science and aspects of personal knowledge.

b)

Knowledge that precedes sense data, derived from our ability to reason. Independent from experience.

c)

The practice of questioning the reliability of our knowledge.

d)

Reason is the foundation of knowledge, we create knowledge in our minds.

160.

What is the representative theory of perception?

a)

Sense data is the foundation of knowledge.

b)

Reason is the foundation of knowledge.

c)

Things only exist when they are perceived, the existence of anything is dependent on perception.

d)

The world we see is not the real world itself, but merely an illusion or representation of that world.

161.

What is reality?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Epistemology

162.

Does God exist, and if so, can we prove it?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Epistemology

163.

What is knowledge and how does it differ from belief or opinion?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Epistemology

164.

Is the problem of evil due to human actions being free, or are they determined by some forces outside of our control?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Epistemology

165.

What is truth, and how can we determine if a statement is true?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Epistemology

166.

Do minds/souls exist, or are humans simply complex physical objects?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Epistemology

167.

What are the sources of knowledge?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Epistemology

168.

Do absolutes exist? If so, can we know them?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Epistemology

169.

What is the relationship between faith and reason?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Epistemology

170.

What is the meaning of life?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Epistemology

171.

What is time?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Epistemology

172.

Is there life after death?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Epistemology

173.

Philosophy begins when we ___ and ___ our basic beliefs.

a)

question

b)

accept

c)

wonder about

d)

cry about

174.

The goal of philosophy is ___ and ___.

a)

ask questions of others

b)

make up our own minds about a variety of issues

c)

answer questions for ourselves

d)

convince others of our arguments

175.

___ gives us freedom and the ability to decide for ourselves.

a)

Intelligence

b)

Accessibility

c)

Integrity

d)

Autonomy

176.

What is philosophy?

a)

The love and pursuit of wisdom

b)

Questioning everyone and everything

c)

Accepting fundamental beliefs

d)

Going on an intelligence crusade

177.

From whom does virtually all philosophy descend?

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

d)

Euthyphro

178.

Plato's Allegory of the Cave illustrates what?

a)

The various uses of fire

b)

Who can make the best shadow in a cave

c)

How we perceive reality

d)

Fun things to do when you're locked up in Athens

179.

What type of knowledge is represented by what is inside the cave, or 'what I think it is'?

a)

Implicit

b)

Ontological

c)

Epistemological

d)

Declarative

180.

What type of knowledge is represented by the world outside the cave, or "what things really are"?

a)

Implicit

b)

Ontological

c)

Epistemological

d)

Declarative

181.

Theories are the products of philosophy and will help you learn how to "do" philosophy.

a)

"do"

b)

"learn"

c)

"understand"

d)

"explain"

182.

These two are vital components for drawing valid conclusions.

a)

determination

b)

questioning

c)

critical thinking

d)

reasoning

183.

Match the following

a)

Epistemology

1.

knowledge

b)

Metaphysics

2.

reality

c)

Ethics

3.

values

d)

Greek word "philein"

4.

to love

e)

Greek word "sophia"

5.

wisdom

184.

A belief can be true or false.

a)

Yes

b)

No

185.

Example of intuitive knowledge:

a)

The earth is round

b)

Four is more than two

c)

Seoul is in Korea

d)

A ball is round

186.

What is Empiricism?

a)

Knowledge is based on logic and reason

b)

Truth is what works

c)

Lying is evil

d)

Knowledge is based on experience derived from the senses

187.

Two of the most frequently used human senses in gaining knowledge are:

a)

sight and taste

b)

sight and hearing

c)

hearing and touch

d)

touch and sight

188.

What is knowledge, according to Plato?

a)

A justified true belief

b)

There is no such thing as true knowledge

c)

Opinion

d)

That which can be proven

189.

Philosophy comes from the Greek word philosophia, which means what?

a)

Lover of philosophy

b)

Love of wisdom

c)

Love of soapboxes

d)

Lover of questions

190.

Which philosopher was Plato a student of?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Xenophon

c)

Socrates

d)

Thomas Aquinas

191.

The reality that exists outside of our human experience is called?

a)

Physics

b)

Mathematics

c)

Magnetics

d)

Metaphysics

192.

The _______ is the source of all human action.

a)

soul

b)

breath

c)

mind

d)

heart

193.

The study of the human experience

a)

Anthropology

b)

Antarctica

c)

Astrology

d)

Analogy

194.

What is the study of Truth or Knowledge called?

a)

Epistemology

b)

Ecclesiology

c)

Ethnography

d)

Ecology

195.

Which of the following is NOT a requirement of knowledge?

a)

Something that exists

b)

Belief

c)

Justification

d)

Love

196.

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

a)

Philosophy

b)

Theology

c)

Anthropology

d)

Hamartiology

197.

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

a)

Logic

b)

Epistemology

c)

Ethics

d)

Metaphysics

198.

Philosophy begins when we question and wonder about our basic beliefs.

a)

question

b)

accept

c)

wonder about

d)

cry about

199.

The goal of philosophy is ___ and ___.

a)

ask questions of others

b)

make up our own minds about a variety of issues

c)

answer questions for ourselves

d)

convince others of our arguments

200.

___ gives us freedom and the ability to decide for ourselves.

a)

Intelligence

b)

Accessibility

c)

Integrity

d)

Autonomy

201.

These two are vital components for drawing valid conclusions.

a)

determination

b)

questioning

c)

critical thinking

d)

reasoning

202.

This subarea of philosophy studies the nature of existence, one's purpose, and "being".

a)

Epistemology

b)

Axiology

c)

Ontology

d)

Biology

203.

The philosophical study of the nature, origin, and limits of human knowledge is known as:

a)

Ontology

b)

Epistemology

c)

Axiology

d)

Geology

204.

An important academic discipline with connections not only to philosophy, but also to things like cognitive science, historiography, and even quantum mechanics.

a)

Axiology

b)

Ontology

c)

Biology

d)

Epistemology

205.

You need to state your points of analysis on the work of art, which you'll discuss in your essay, in...

a)

Conclusion

b)

Body

c)

Introduction

d)

Thesis

206.

René Descartes is known for the phrase cogito ergo sum, or 'I think, therefore I am', which explains his approach to knowledge. He is most recognized for his significant contribution to...

a)

epistemology

b)

axiology

c)

ontology

d)

biology

207.

It cannot be reasonably said that someone knows something if they do not believe it to be true. This is a reflection of ....

a)

Axiology

b)

Ontology

c)

Epistemology

d)

Philosophy

208.

Kantian synthesis of rationalism and empiricism:

a)

Knowledge is an apprehension of necessary and universal principles.

b)

Knowledge is the result of organizing the information perceived on the basis of inborn cognitive structures, or "categories".

c)

Knowledge is created from the very beginning by the subject of knowledge.

d)

Knowledge is the result of reflection of external reality by means of sense organs and other observation instruments.

209.

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

a)

Aesthetics

b)

Metaphysics

c)

Epistemology

d)

Ethics

210.

If we use our senses and perception to acquire and validate knowledge, which school of thought are we referring to?

a)

Rationalism

b)

Empiricism

c)

Positivism

d)

Syllogism

211.

What is the 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.

212.

Which of the following is not a Natural Philosopher?

a)

Thales

b)

Anaximenes

c)

Anaxagoras

d)

Socrates

213.

Which of the following does not belong to the group?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Rene Descartes

c)

Plato

d)

Socrates

214.

What is epistemology?

a)

The branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of knowledge, justification, and belief.

b)

The study of insects

c)

The study of weather patterns

d)

The study of ancient civilizations

215.

Who is considered the father of modern epistemology?

a)

John Locke

b)

Immanuel Kant

c)

David Hume

d)

René Descartes

216.

What is skepticism?

a)

Having complete trust in all claims

b)

Blindly believing in everything

c)

Accepting knowledge without questioning

d)

Questioning attitude or doubt towards knowledge, beliefs, or claims.

217.

Which subtopic of epistemology questions the possibility of knowledge?

a)

Relativism

b)

Empiricism

c)

Rationalism

d)

Skepticism

218.

What is empiricism?

a)

Knowledge derived from religious beliefs and faith.

b)

Knowledge derived from logical reasoning and deduction.

c)

Knowledge derived from sensory experience and observation.

d)

Knowledge derived from intuition and speculation.

219.

Which subtopic of epistemology emphasizes the role of experience in acquiring knowledge?

a)

Rationalism

b)

Intuitionism

c)

Skepticism

d)

Empiricism

220.

What is rationalism?

a)

Rationalism is a philosophical belief that reason and logic are the primary sources of knowledge and truth.

b)

Rationalism is a psychological concept that focuses on emotions rather than rational thinking.

c)

Rationalism is a scientific theory that rejects the use of logic and reason.

d)

Rationalism is a religious belief that emphasizes faith over reason.

221.

Which subtopic of epistemology emphasizes the role of reason in acquiring knowledge?

a)

Rationalism

b)

Intuitionism

c)

Skepticism

d)

Empiricism

222.

According to rationalism, is knowledge primarily derived from experience or reason?

a)

Emotion

b)

Experience

c)

Intuition

d)

Reason

223.

What is knowledge according to Plato?

a)

A justified true belief

b)

There is no such thing as true knowledge

c)

Opinion

d)

That which can be proven

224.

Philosophy comes from the Greek word philosophia, which means what?

a)

Lover of philosophy

b)

Love of wisdom

c)

Love of soapboxes

d)

Lover of questions

225.

What point of view looks at all aspects of a situation?

a)

holistic

b)

partial

c)

partition

d)

reduction

226.

Who among the following students may have already developed a broader philosophical perspective?

a)

Mara, who regularly monitors the emotional well-being of her classmates

b)

Julie, who always listens to all sides of the argument before giving any advice

c)

Kristia, who consistently chats with her classmates about their interests and beliefs

d)

Trish, who rarely talks with her classmates, but is always observant of them

227.

Which of the following statements is true?

1. Both partial and holistic points of view are good contributors to doing philosophy.

2. Reflection is not required in doing philosophy.

a)

Both statements 1 and 2 are false.

b)

Statement 1 is false. Statement 2 is true.

c)

Statement 1 is true. Statement 2 is false.

d)

Both statements 1 and 2 are true.

228.

Which branch of philosophy deals with knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope?

a)

Logic

b)

Epistemology

c)

Ethics

d)

Metaphysics

229.

Which branch of Philosophy investigates objects, properties, space, time, cause and effect, possibilities, and existence?

a)

Logic

b)

Epistemology

c)

Ethics

d)

Metaphysics

230.

Which branch of Philosophy involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behaviors?

a)

Logic

b)

Epistemology

c)

Ethics

d)

Metaphysics

231.

Which branch of Philosophy deals with reasoning conducted or assessed according to strict principles of validity?

a)

Logic

b)

Epistemology

c)

Ethics

d)

Metaphysics

232.

Who is known to be the Father of Western Philosophy?

a)

Plato

b)

Socrates

c)

Aristotle

d)

Confucius

233.

It is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of existence.

a)

Existentialism

b)

Epistemology

c)

Ethics

d)

Metaphysics

234.

What does Philosophy mean?

a)

Love each other

b)

Learn to love

c)

Love of wisdom

d)

Knowledgeable love

235.

Which branch of philosophy tells us about the morals of a person?

a)

Ethics

b)

Metaphysics

c)

Logic

d)

Aesthetics

236.

Mark loves Ana so much that he only believes in Ana, even though others say she's cheating on him.

a)

Holistic Perspective

b)

Partial Perspective

c)

Partial Perspective

d)

Wholistic Perspective

237.

It is a branch of Philosophy that appreciates art.

a)

Aestetics

b)

Aesthetics

c)

Epistemology

d)

Epistimology

238.

It uncovers the underlying logical structure of a sentence that was used to express.

a)

Analytic Tradition

b)

Analytic Traditional

c)

Phenomenology

d)

Existentialism

239.

It is the study of good and bad reasoning.

a)

Rationalism

b)

Existentialism

c)

Ethics

d)

Logic

240.

All Grade 12 students are intelligent. Jessa is in grade 12, therefore Jessa is intelligent.

a)

Inductive Reasoning

b)

Deductive Reasoning

c)

Inductive Reasoning

d)

Deductive Reasoning

241.

What is epistemology?

a)

The theory of knowledge

b)

The theory of right action and the greater good

c)

The study of the fundamental nature of reality

d)

The study of the meaning and nature of religion

242.

Which belief statement represents empiricism?

a)

Truth is discovered with the mind

b)

Truth is perceived with the senses

c)

Truth is unknowable

d)

Truth changes from person to person

243.

What is the knowledge of things as they really exist?

a)

Objective truth

b)

Subjective truth

244.

What is knowledge based on a subject's perception or experience?

a)

Objective truth

b)

Subjective truth

245.

Who wrote "The Allegory of the Cave"?

a)

Plato

b)

Descartes

c)

Hume

d)

Kant

246.

Who claimed, "I think, therefore I am"?

a)

Plato

b)

Descartes

c)

Hume

d)

Kant

247.

What are Hume's impressions?

a)

Sensory data

b)

Thoughts

c)

Imagination

d)

Raw data

248.

Doubting whether knowledge is possible is called:

a)

Skepticism

b)

Causality

c)

Rationalism

d)

Fallibilism

249.

What is the knowledge that is built into the structure of our minds?

a)

A priori knowledge

b)

A posteriori knowledge

c)

Impressions

d)

Ideas

250.

What is the knowledge we gain from experience?

a)

A priori knowledge

b)

A posteriori knowledge

c)

Impressions

d)

Ideas

251.

What is the world as it really is, independent of our experience?

a)

The world of Forms

b)

The noumenal world

c)

The phenomenal world

d)

The Essential world

252.

What is the perfect world that our world is a shadow of?

a)

The world of Forms

b)

The noumenal world

c)

The phenomenal world

d)

The impressionable world

253.

What is the world as we experience it?

a)

The world of Forms

b)

The noumenal world

c)

The phenomenal world

d)

The Essential world

254.

Who wrote that all knowledge begins with experience, but it does not all come from experience?

a)

Plato

b)

Descartes

c)

Hume

d)

Kant

255.

Which best describes the definition of knowledge?

a)

Knowledge is a justified true belief

b)

Reasoning cannot be based on false premises

c)

Agents must use a reliable method of justification

d)

Truths that do not need to be believed to be valid

256.

What is rationalism?

a)

We acquire knowledge through experience

b)

We are born knowing only our version of the world

c)

We acquire knowledge through reasoning

d)

We are unable to acquire knowledge by any means

257.

Who is the main philosopher in skepticism?

a)

Socrates

b)

William James

c)

Rene Descartes

d)

John Dewey

258.

How many epistemological questions would skeptics say yes to?

a)

0

b)

1

c)

2

d)

3

259.

What is one thing skeptics are sure of?

a)

God

b)

Their own existence

c)

Sense experience

d)

Rational thought

260.

Who is considered to be the father of pragmatism?

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Plato

c)

Charles Sanders Peirce

d)

John Locke

261.

Which -ism is this: An approach that assesses the truth or meaning of theories or beliefs in terms of the success of their practical application.

a)

rationalism

b)

pragmatism

c)

scientific knowledge

d)

relativism

262.

Does relativism believe in universal truths?

a)

No

b)

Yes

263.

What is intuition?

a)

The raw data of sense perception

b)

Processed data from sense perception

c)

Frameworks that already exist within the mind

d)

A special gift of insight or a gut feeling

264.

Which of the following is NOT an anchor point of rationalism?

a)

Reason is the primary source of our knowledge about reality.

b)

Sense experience is an unreliable route to knowledge.

c)

The only source of genuine knowledge is sense experience.

d)

Fundamental truths about our world can be known a priori: innate or self-evident.

265.

Which of the following is NOT an anchor point of empiricism?

a)

Reason is a primary source of our knowledge about reality.

b)

The only source of genuine knowledge is sense experience.

c)

Reason is an unreliable and inadequate route to knowledge unless grounded in sense experience.

d)

There is no evidence of innate ideas within the mind that are known apart from experience.

266.

Ideas that are inborn; ideas or principles that the mind already contains prior to experience.

a)

Noumena

b)

Relativism

c)

Innate ideas

d)

Correspondence theory of truth

267.

Who came up with the concept of the phenomenal world vs the noumenal world?

a)

C.S. Lewis

b)

Willard V.O. Quine

c)

Plato

d)

Immanuel Kant

268.

What is the etymological definition of metaphysics?

a)

inside the physical

b)

beyond the physical

c)

without the physical

d)

below the physical

269.

If we ask ourselves the following question:

"What is an argument?"

The branch of Philosophy responsible for answering this inquiry is:

a)

Value theory

b)

Epistemology

c)

Logic

d)

Ontology

270.

The Greek word "episteme" means:

a)

love

b)

mind

c)

memory

d)

knowledge

271.

If we ask ourselves the following question:

"What makes an action right or wrong?"

The branch of philosophy in charge of answering that inquiry is:

a)

ethics

b)

aesthetics

c)

philosophy of politics

d)

logic

272.

True or False:

Is there a difference in the approach of philosophy between Eastern and Western philosophy?

a)

True

b)

False

273.

Philosophy was derived from:

a)

Greek words

b)

English words

c)

Latin words

d)

Arab words

274.

What are the major branches of Philosophy?

a)

Metaphysics, logic, logistics, and Epistemology

b)

Scientific, logic, and analytic

c)

Metaphysics, logic, epistemology, and axiology

275.

What is the meaning of Philosophia?

a)

Love and stigma

b)

Love and Wisdom

c)

Wisdom and brilliance

d)

Love, wisdom, and hate

276.

Which theory allows students to choose their own purpose in life?

a)

Behaviorism

b)

Existentialism

277.

Is philosophy important in education?

a)

No

b)

Yes

278.

The study of principles and values. Which branch of philosophy is this?

a)

Axiology

b)

Logic

c)

Epistemology

279.

Origin of the term Epistemology

a)

Episteme, logos

b)

Epistemology, logic

c)

Knowledge, Information

d)

Wisdom, knowledge

280.

What is the origin of the word Epistemology?

a)

Roman

b)

English

c)

Greek

d)

Latin

281.

Idealism

a)

The role of reason and senses in knowledge

b)

What is the object of knowledge?

c)

Limits to and the possibility of achieving certain knowledge

282.

Rationalism

a)

The role of reason and senses in knowledge

b)

What is the object of knowledge?

c)

Limits to and the possibility of achieving certain knowledge

283.

Skepticism

a)

The role of reasons and senses in knowledge

b)

What is the object of knowledge?

c)

Limits to and the possibility of achieving certain knowledge

284.

Relativism

a)

The role of reason and senses in knowledge

b)

What is the object of knowledge?

c)

Limits to and the possibility of achieving certain knowledge

285.

Empiricism

a)

The role of reason and senses in knowledge

b)

What is the object of knowledge?

c)

Limits to and the possibility of achieving certain knowledge

286.

According to Plato, what is knowledge?

a)

A justified true belief

b)

There is no such thing as true knowledge

c)

Opinion

d)

That which can be proven

287.

Philosophy comes from the Greek philosophia, meaning what?

a)

Lover of philosophy

b)

Love of wisdom

c)

Love of soapboxes

d)

Lover of questions

288.

What does tabula rasa mean?

a)

Red tablet

b)

New knowledge

c)

Rise tomorrow

d)

Clean slate

289.

Plato was a student of which philosopher?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Xenophon

c)

Socrates

d)

Thomas Aquinas

290.

The reality that exists outside of our human experience

a)

physics

b)

mathematics

c)

magnetics

d)

metaphysics

291.

The _______ is the source of all human action.

a)

soul

b)

breath

c)

mind

d)

heart

292.

The study of the human experience

a)

Anthropology

b)

Antarctica

c)

Astrology

d)

Analogy

293.

The meaning of telos

a)

Reason

b)

Option

c)

Purpose

d)

Ability

294.

All of creation participates in God's Existence or Being in a limited way known as

a)

being

b)

ability

c)

opportunity

d)

relation

295.

The study of truth or knowledge

a)

Epistemology

b)

Ecclesiology

c)

Ethnography

d)

Ecology

296.
Which is NOT a requirement of knowledge:
a)
Something that is
b)
Belief
c)
Justification
d)
Love
297.

This branch of philosophy studies the concept of knowledge.

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Empiricism

c)

Epistemology

d)

Theology

298.

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

a)

Philosophy

b)

Theology

c)

Anthropology

d)

Hamartiology

299.

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

a)

Logic

b)

Epistemology

c)

Ethics

d)

Metaphysics

300.

_______________ emphasizes the importance of transferring knowledge, information, and skills from the older (wiser) generation to the younger one

a)

Student-centered philosophy

b)

Teacher-centered philosophy

301.

Philosophy comes from the Greek philosophia, meaning what?

a)

Lover of philosophy

b)

Lover of wisdom

c)

Lover of hope

d)

Lover of questions

302.

What does tabula rasa mean?

a)

Red tablet

b)

New knowledge

c)

Rise tomorrow

d)

Clean slate

303.

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.

304.

The reality that exists outside of human experience.

a)

physics

b)

mathematics

c)

magnetics

d)

metaphysics

305.

Study of human experience.

a)

Anthropology

b)

Antarctica

c)

Astrology

d)

Analogy

306.

What is the study of truth or knowledge called?

a)

Epistemology

b)

Ecclesiology

c)

Ethnography

d)

Ecology

307.

This branch of philosophy studies the concept of knowledge.

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Empiricism

c)

Epistemology

d)

Theology

308.

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

a)

Philosophy

b)

Theology

c)

Anthropology

d)

Hamartiology

309.

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

a)

Logic

b)

Epistemology

c)

Ethics

d)

Metaphysics

310.

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

a)

Aesthetics

b)

Ethics

c)

Cosmology

d)

Psychology

311.

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

a)

Sociology

b)

Psychology

c)

Politics

d)

Ethics

312.

What does the Greek word "Sophia" mean?

a)

Happiness

b)

Freedom

c)

Love

d)

Wisdom

313.

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

a)

moral

b)

ethical

314.

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

a)

Ethics

b)

Moral

315.

Which branch of philosophy deals with questions such as "What is reasoning"?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Logic

c)

Epistemology

d)

Ethics

316.

What are errors in reasoning called?

(a)  

317.

The formal systematic study of the principles of valid inference and correct reasoning is called?

a)

ethics

b)

epistemology

c)

logic

d)

metaphysics

318.

This area of philosophy examines the way society organizes itself and inquires.

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Social and political philosophy

c)

Epistemology

d)

Ethics

319.

This area of philosophy examines the meaning of truth and the origins of knowledge.

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Epistemology

c)

Social and Political Philosophy

d)

Ethics

320.

This area of philosophy examines the way society organizes itself.

a)

ethics

b)

social and political philosophy

c)

metaphysics

d)

epistemology

321.

These are defects that weaken arguments.

a)

rhetoric

b)

fallacies

322.

Which language is used intentionally and primarily for the purposes of influencing others' beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors?

a)

Rhetoric

b)

Fallacy

323.

What is philosophy?

a)

It is the study of knowledge, its processes.

b)

It is the discipline that interrogates those things that are difficult to understand; uses questions as an inquiry tool.

c)

It is the study of the nature or essence of values and value judgements.

324.

What does Philos mean?

a)

Wisdom/Science

b)

Character

c)

Beloved

325.

What does Sophia mean?

a)

Beloved

b)

Customs or manners

c)

Wisdom/Science

326.

What does philosopher mean?

a)

He who loves wisdom

b)

He who does science

c)

He who questions everything

327.

What is the definition of theology?

a)

The study of God, characteristics, and properties of divinity.

b)

The study of knowledge, its processes, and the distinction between certainty, knowledge, and belief.

c)

The study of the principles and rules of reasoning, structures or forms of thought.

328.

What is the study of God, characteristics and properties of divinity?

a)

Aesthetics

b)

Epistemology

c)

Theology

329.

What is cosmology?

a)

It is the study of God, characteristics and properties of divinity.

b)

It is the study of the beyond, of the transcendent. Study of the being, its properties, principles, causes and foundations of its existence.

c)

It is the study of the universe, of the cosmos.

330.

It is the study of the universe, of the cosmos.

a)

Axiology

b)

Cosmology

c)

Ontology

331.

What is epistemology?

a)

It is the study of knowledge, its processes, and distinguishes between certainty, knowledge, and belief.

b)

It is the study of beauty.

c)

It is the study of the nature or essence of values and value judgements, which change according to culture and physiological needs.

332.

What discipline studies knowledge, its processes, and distinguishes between certainty, knowledge, and belief?

a)

Theology

b)

Logic

c)

Epistemology

333.

What is aesthetics?

a)

It is the study of the principles and rules of reasoning, the structures or forms of thought.

b)

It is the study of beings, things, entities.

c)

It is the study of beauty.

334.

What does logic study?

a)

The study of knowledge, its processes. It distinguishes between certainty, knowledge and belief.

b)

It studies the principles and rules of reasoning, the structures or forms of thought.

c)

Studies the beyond, the transcendent. The study of being, its properties, principles, causes and foundations of its existence.

335.

Which discipline studies the principles and rules of reasoning, its structures or forms of thought?

a)

Logic

b)

Epistemology

c)

Axiology

336.

What does axiology study?

a)

It studies beauty.

b)

It studies the nature or essence of value and value judgements, which change according to culture and physiological needs.

c)

It studies beings, things, entities.

337.

What does metaphysics study?

a)

It studies the nature or essence of values and value judgements, which change according to culture and physiological needs.

b)

It studies God, divinities characteristics and properties.

c)

It studies the beyond, the transcendent. It studies the being, its properties, principles, causes and foundations of its existence.

338.

Which discipline studies the beyond, the transcendent; the being, its properties, principles, causes and foundations of its existence?

a)

Axiology

b)

Epistemology

c)

Metaphysics

339.

What does ontology study?

a)

It studies beauty.

b)

It studies beings, things, entities.

c)

It studies the principles and rules of reasoning.

340.

Which discipline interrogates those things that are difficult to understand, using questions as an inquiry tool?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Philosophy

c)

Epistemology

341.

What does ethics study?

a)

Study of the nature or essence of values and value judgements.

b)

Study of good and bad, of virtues from the perspective of people, cultures, traditions, history, and circumstances.

c)

Study of knowledge, its processes, distinguished between certainty, knowledge, and belief.

342.

What discipline studies good and bad, virtues from the perspective of people, cultures, traditions, history, and circumstances?

a)

Aesthetics

b)

Ethics

c)

Morality

343.

What pertains to the individual character of a person?

a)

Morality

b)

Ethics

c)

Moral acts

344.

What pertains to the relationships between human beings?

a)

Ethics

b)

Morality

c)

Axiology

345.

What is morality?

a)

Norms not imposed, but chosen by rational individuals to live better.

b)

Set of beliefs, customs, values of a person or social group that work as a counselor of an action.

c)

It is the principles and rules of reasoning, it is the structures or forms of thought.

346.

What is an immoral act?

a)

An act done with bad intention, with the purpose to harm others.

b)

An act done accidentally.

c)

An act done with good intentions.

347.

What is a moral act?

a)

An act done with bad intention, with the purpose to harm others.

b)

An act done with good intention, to help others.

c)

An act done by accident, which may or may not hurt others.

348.

What does ethos mean?

a)

Customs or manners

b)

Character

c)

Purpose

349.

What does the Latin word moralis mean?

a)

Customs or manners

b)

Character

c)

Moral codes

350.

What is morality?

a)

Study of good and bad.

b)

Set of beliefs, customs, values of a person or social group that work as a counselor of an action.

c)

Study of beings, things, entities.

351.

This is the study of the methods and principles of correct reasoning.

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Social and Political Philosophy

c)

Logic

d)

Epistemology

352.

This field of philosophy examines the nature of being.

a)

Logic

b)

Metaphysics

c)

Social and Political Philosophy

d)

Epistemology

353.

This field of philosophy explores the meaning of truth, including definitions of truth and validity.

a)

Social and Political Philosophy

b)

Logic

c)

Metaphysics

d)

Epistemology

354.

This field of philosophy deals with concepts of right and wrong behavior

a)

ethics

b)

epistemology

c)

metaphysics

d)

social and political philosophy

355.

This field of philosophy examines how society organizes itself and makes inquiries.

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Ethics

c)

Logic

d)

Social and Political Philosophy

356.

What is the technical name, from Aristotle, for an argument in Logic?

a)

Syllogism

b)

Quarrel

c)

Dispute

d)

Beef

357.

Plato favored these types of arguments that provide a guarantee of the truth of the conclusion, provided that the argument's premises (assumptions) are true.

a)

deductive

b)

inductive

c)

abductive

358.

In this type of syllogism, the example is trying to establish a specific group or classification for an object, person, or event.

a)

Disjunctive examples

b)

Hypothetical examples

c)

Categorical examples

359.

Why is logic significant to philosophy?

a)

It helps you think.

b)

What?

c)

It makes humans more logical.

d)

It is one of the main branches in the study of truth.

360.

What language is used intentionally and primarily for the purposes of influencing others' beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors?

a)

Rhetoric

b)

Fallacy

361.

What are the defects that weaken arguments called?

a)

Rhetoric

b)

Fallacies

362.

What is the Greek word for love?

a)

Philos/Philia

b)

Sophia

c)

Episteme

d)

Doxa

363.

A branch of Philosophy that is concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world.

a)

Epistemology

b)

Aesthetics

c)

Logic

d)

Metaphysics

e)

Ethics

364.

It is the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of beauty, art, taste, and the creation and appreciation of beauty.

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Aesthetics

c)

Ethics

d)

Logic

e)

Epistemology

365.

It is also known as moral philosophy.

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Ethics

c)

Epistemology

d)

Aesthetics

e)

Logic

366.

Identify which branch of philosophy is best addressed in the question:

Does this piece of art invoke emotions?

a)

Aesthetics

b)

Metaphysics

c)

Epistemology

d)

Logic

e)

Ethics

367.

Identify which branch of philosophy is best addressed in the question:

Does God exist?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Epistemology

c)

Logic

d)

Ethics

e)

Aesthetics

368.

Identify which branch of philosophy is best addressed in the question:

What is truth?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Epistemology

c)

Logic

d)

Ethics

e)

Aesthetics

369.

Identify which branch of philosophy is best addressed in the question:

Which is better, to be right or to be kind?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Epistemology

c)

Logic

d)

Ethics

e)

Aesthetics

370.

Identify which branch of philosophy is best addressed in the question:

How can we validate the witness' testimony in a court trial?

a)

Ethics

b)

Aesthetics

c)

Metaphysics

d)

Logic

e)

Epistemology

371.

Philosophy, as the love of wisdom, could refer to a strong desire of the human person to possess knowledge and apply it correctly.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

372.

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

a)

Logic

b)

Epistemology

c)

Ethics

d)

Metaphysics

373.

This branch of philosophy studies the concept of knowledge.

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Empiricism

c)

Epistemology

d)

Theology

374.

The reality that exists outside of our human experience is known as?

a)

Physics

b)

Mathematics

c)

Magnetics

d)

Metaphysics

375.

Philosophy comes from two Greek words, which are...

a)

philo

b)

sophia

c)

agape

d)

phos

376.

Which branch of philosophy asks the following question: What is the nature of the Universe?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Value theory, aesthetics

c)

Value theory, ethics

d)

Epistemology

377.

Which branch of philosophy asks the following question: What is beauty?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Value theory, aesthetics

c)

Value theory, ethics

d)

Epistemology

378.

Which branch of philosophy asks the following question: 'What is goodness?'

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Value theory, aesthetics

c)

Value theory, ethics

d)

Epistemology

379.

Which branch of philosophy asks the following question: What makes something beautiful?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Value theory, aesthetics

c)

Value theory, ethics

d)

Epistemology

380.

Which branch of philosophy asks the following question: 'How do I know if what I know is true?'

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Value theory, aesthetics

c)

Value theory, ethics

d)

Epistemology

381.

Which branch of philosophy asks the following question: 'Do I have a soul?'

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Value theory, aesthetics

c)

Value theory, ethics

d)

Epistemology

382.

Which branch of philosophy asks the following question: What is the truth?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Value theory, aesthetics

c)

Value theory, ethics

d)

Epistemology

383.

Philosophy comes from the two Greek words "philos" and "sophia", which means:

a)

Love for humanity

b)

Love for wisdom

c)

Study of everything

d)

Science of existence

384.

Most British philosophers are:

a)

Empiricists

b)

Atheists

c)

Idealists

d)

Full of nonsense

385.

What is the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence?

a)

The study of the theoretical basis of a branch of knowledge or experience

b)

The study of the nature and validity of human knowledge

c)

The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence

d)

The study or theory of 'what is', i.e. the characteristics of reality

386.

What is the difference between ontology and epistemology?

a)

Ontology is the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, while epistemology is the study of the characteristics of reality

b)

Ontology is the study of the nature and validity of human knowledge, while epistemology is the study or theory of 'what is'

c)

Ontology is the study or theory of 'what is', while epistemology is the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence

d)

Ontology is the study or theory of 'what is', while epistemology is the study of the characteristics of reality

387.

Which branch of philosophy is concerned with the nature of being?

a)

Ontology

b)

Epistemology

c)

Methodology

d)

Paradigm

388.

What does epistemology study?

a)

The nature and validity of human knowledge

b)

The theoretical basis of a branch of knowledge or experience

c)

The fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence

d)

The characteristics of reality

389.

What is the distinction between ontology and epistemology?

a)

Ontology is the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, while epistemology is the study of the characteristics of reality

b)

Ontology is the study of the nature and validity of human knowledge, while epistemology is the study or theory of 'what is'

c)

Ontology is the study or theory of 'what is', while epistemology is the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence

d)

Ontology is the study or theory of 'what is', while epistemology is the study of the characteristics of reality

390.

What are the five goals of studying epistemology?

a)

To know how we know stuff

b)

To know if other people really know what they claim to know

c)

To distinguish what is knowable from what isn't

d)

To formulate an epistemological foundation that won't collapse when we try to build on it

391.

How does Descartes know that he exists?

a)

Because he knows what knowledge is

b)

Because he has made mistakes

c)

Because he can think and perceive

d)

Because he has a memory

392.

What is the meaning of the term 'epistemology'?

a)

Knowledge

b)

Understanding

c)

Acquaintance

d)

All of the above

393.

Who attempted to understand what it was to know and how knowledge is good for the knower?

a)

Plato

b)

Locke

c)

Kant

d)

Russell

394.
Who wrote "The Allegory of the Cave"?
a)
Plato
b)
Descartes
c)
Hume 
d)
Kant
395.
What is epistemology?
a)
The theory of knowledge
b)
The theory of right action and the greater good
c)
The study of the fundamental nature of reality
d)
The study of the meaning and nature of religion
396.
a priori
a)
coming to accept a proposition as true on the basis of reasoning from other propositions taken to be true.
b)
Knowledge of propositions that can only be known to be true or false through experience.
c)
When one's perceptions of events misrepresents represent reality.
d)
Knowledge of propositions that do not require sense experience to be known to be true or false.
397.
sense data
a)
All that exists are minds and ideas
b)
Mind-dependent objects in the world
c)
Mental images of what is perceived
398.
Locke's simple ideas
a)
Ideas that cannot be broken down any further.
b)
ideas 'present and accessible to the attentive mind'
399.
Locke's secondary qualities
a)
qualities that we impose on an object: colour, smell, texture, and so on
b)
characteristics that exist whether or not we perceive them; they do not change (size, shape, etc.)
400.
solispsism
a)
The view that the only thing I can be certain of the existence of is my own mind
b)
Latin for 'blank slate'
401.
relational properties
a)
properties that are intrinsic to the object
b)
Properties of an object that emerge in relation to the observer (e.g. the coin looks elliptical).
402.

What is rationalism?

a)

Reason is the foundation of knowledge - we create knowledge in our minds

b)

Sense data is the foundation of knowledge - we create knowledge from the data we gather from our senses

c)

The practice of questioning the reliability of our knowledge

d)

a view of the proper structure of one's knowledge or justified beliefs

403.

What is empiricism?

a)

Reason is the foundation of knowledge, we create knowledge in our mind

b)

sense data is the foundation of knowledge - we create knowledge from the data we gather from our senses

c)

a view of the proper structure of one's knowledge or justified beliefs

d)

a practice questioning the reliability of our knowledge

404.

What is skepticism

a)

the interpretation of sensory information, how we construct reality

b)

sense data is the foundation of knowledge

c)

the practice of questioning the reliability of our knowledge

d)

reason is the foundation of knowledge

405.

What is perception?

a)

knowledge that comes after sense data, depends on empirical evidence

b)

knowledge that precedes sense data, derived from our ability to reason

c)

the practice of questioning the reliability of our knowledge

d)

interpretation of sensory information - how we construct reality

406.

What is a priori

a)

knowledge that comes after sense data. Depends on evidence including science and aspects of personal knowledge

b)

knowledge that precedes sense data, derived from our ability to reason. is independent from experience

c)

the interpretation of sensory information, how we construct reality

d)

belief in the life cycle, reincarnation

407.

what is a posteriori

a)

knowledge that comes after sense data. Knowledge that depends on evidence, including science and aspects of personal knowledge

b)

knowledge that precedes sense data, derived from our ability to reason. Independent from experience.

c)

practice of questioning the reliability of our knowledge

d)

reason is the foundation of knowledge, we create knowledge in our minds

408.

What is the representative theory of perception?

a)

senes data is the foundation of knowledge

b)

reason is the foundation of knowledge

c)

things only exist when they are percieved, the existence of anything is dependent on perception.

d)

The world we see, is not the real world itself, but merely an illusion/representation of that world .

409.

What is a priori knowledge?

a)

Knowledge that you're certain of

b)

Knowledge that you don't need proof of in order to know

c)

Knowledge that you do need proof of in order to know

d)

Knowledge no one can every really know for certain

410.

Which of these statements are examples of a paradox? (tick all that apply)

a)

If there’s one thing that I know, it’s that I don’t know anything at all.

b)

I hate wearing jackets in cold weather.

c)

I am a compulsive liar.

d)

One must be cruel to be kind

411.

Which of these would be a good definition of justification?

a)

Giving a personal opinion on why something has happened

b)

Comforting someone by saying that we "can't know God's plans"

c)

Giving an irrefutable (and often factual) reason why something has happened

412.

To say that a statement is "consistent" with another is to suggest that they both support or help each other with the same argument.

a)

True

b)

False

413.

Contingent existence means that something exists only in the case of something else existing or being true.

a)

True

b)

False

414.
What is knowledge of things as they really exist?
a)
Objective truth
b)
Subjective truth
415.
What is knowledge based on a subject's perception or experience?
a)
Objective truth
b)
Subjective truth
416.
Who claimed, "I think, therefore I am"?
a)
Plato
b)
Descartes
c)
Hume 
d)
Kant
417.
What is the knowledge that is built into the structure of our minds?
a)
A priori knowledge
b)
A posteriori knowledge
c)
Impressions
d)
Ideas
418.
What is the knowledge we gain from experience?
a)
A priori knowledge
b)
A posteriori knowledge
c)
Impressions
d)
Ideas
419.

Who is the main philosopher of skepticism?

a)

Socrates

b)

William James

c)

Rene Descartes

d)

John Dewey

420.

What is one thing skeptics are sure of?

a)

God

b)

Their own existence

c)

Sense experience

d)

Rational thought

421.

Does relativism believe in universal truths?

a)

No

b)

Yes

422.

Which of the following is NOT an anchor point of rationalism?

a)

Reason is the primary source of our knowledge about reality.

b)

Sense experience is an unreliable route to knowledge.

c)

The only source of genuine knowledge is sense experience.

d)

Fundamental truths about our world can be known a priori: innate or self-evident.

423.

Which of the following is NOT an anchor point of empiricism?

a)

Reason is a primary source of our knowledge about reality.

b)

The only source of genuine knowledge is sense experience.

c)

Reason is an unreliable and inadequate route to knowledge unless grounded in sense experience.

d)

There is no evidence of innate ideas within the mind that are known apart from experience.

424.

Ideas that are inborn; ideas or principles that the mind already contains prior to experience.

a)

Noumena

b)

Relativism

c)

Innate ideas

d)

Correspondence theory of truth

425.

Which belief statement represents empiricism?

a)

Truth is discovered with the mind

b)

Truth is perceived with the senses

c)

Truth is unknowable

d)

Truth changes from person to person

426.

Doubting whether knowledge is possible is called:

a)

Skepticism

b)

Causality

c)

Rationalism

d)

Fallibilism

427.

What is the world as it really is, independent of our experience?

a)

The world of Forms

b)

The noumenal world

c)

The phenomenal world

d)

The Essential world

428.

What is the perfect world that our world is a shadow of?

a)

The world of Forms

b)

The noumenal world

c)

The phenomenal world

d)

The impressionable world

429.

What is the world as we experience it?

a)

The world of Forms

b)

The noumenal world

c)

The phenomenal world

d)

The Essential world

430.

Which best describes the definition of knowledge?

a)

knowledge is a justified true belief

b)

reasoning cannot be based on false premises

c)

agents must use a reliable method of justification

d)

truths that do not need to be believed to be valid

431.

What is rationalism?

a)

we acquire knowledge through experience

b)

we are born knowing only our version of the world

c)

we acquire knowledge through reasoning

d)

we are unable to acquire knowledge by any means

432.

What two Greek words does the word Philosophy came from?

a)

Sophia & philo

b)

Sophia & phylum

c)

philo & philia

d)

sophos & philos

433.

Which of the following is not a branch of philosophy

a)

metaphysics

b)

epistemology

c)

ethics

d)

physics

434.

According to Plato, what is knowledge?

a)

A justified true belief

b)

There is no such thing as true knowledge

c)

Opinion

d)

That which can be proven

435.

Philosophy comes from the Greek philosophia, meaning what?

a)

Lover of philosophy

b)

Love of wisdom

c)

Love of soapboxes

d)

Lover of questions

436.

What point of view looks at all aspects of a situation?

a)

holistic

b)

partial

c)

partition

d)

reduction

437.

Which of the following scenarios demonstrates a partial point of view?

a)

referring to only one source of information for your position paper

b)

participating in a class discussion

c)

listening to both your teachers’ and parents’ advice on how to improve your grades

d)

watching videos over the internet

438.

Who among the following students may have already developed a broader philosophical perspective?

a)

Mara, who regularly monitors the emotional well-being of her classmates

b)

Julie, who always listens to all sides of the argument before giving any advice

c)

Kristia, who consistently chats with her classmates about their interests and beliefs

d)

Trish, who rarely talks with her classmates, but is always observant of them

439.

Which branch of Philosophy deals with knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity and scope.

a)

Logic

b)

Epistomology

c)

Ethics

d)

Metaphysics

440.

Which of the following branch of Philosophy investigates the objects, properties, space, time, cause and effect, possibilities and existence?

a)

Logic

b)

Epistemology

c)

Ethics

d)

Metaphysics

441.

Which branch of Philosophy involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behaviors?

a)

Logic

b)

Epistemology

c)

Ethics

d)

Metaphysics

442.

Which of the following branch of Philosophy deals with reasoning conducted or assessed according to strict principles of validity?

a)

Logic

b)

Epistemology

c)

Ethics

d)

Metaphysics

443.

What is a necessary truth?

a)

Something you need to know in order to know something else

b)

Something only true sometimes

c)

Something true when it is necessary

d)

Something that is always true (often definitionally)

444.
Who claimed, "I think, therefore I am"?
a)
Plato
b)
Descartes
c)
Hume 
d)
Kant
445.
What is the knowledge we gain from experience?
a)
A priori knowledge
b)
A posteriori knowledge
c)
Impressions
d)
Ideas
446.

What is the perfect world that our world is a shadow of?

a)

The world of Forms

b)

The noumenal world

c)

The phenomenal world

d)

The impressionable world

447.

What is rationalism?

a)

we acquire knowledge through experience

b)

we are born knowing only our version of the world

c)

we acquire knowledge through reasoning

d)

we are unable to acquire knowledge by any means

448.

Ideas that are inborn; ideas or principles that the mind already contains prior to experience.

a)

Noumena

b)

Relativism

c)

Innate ideas

d)

Correspondence theory of truth

449.

Propositions known innately are...

a)

A priori

b)

A posteriori

450.

It is the study of the universe as a whole.

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Epistomology

c)

Ethics

d)

Politics

451.

It is regarded as the technology of philosophy because it tells us how human beings ought to function as a human being.

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Epistemology

c)

Ethics

d)

Politics

452.

It is the principle of a proper social system.

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Epistemology

c)

Ethics

d)

Politics

453.

It is the study of the nature of art and the objective judgement of beauty.

a)

Epistemology

b)

Ethics

c)

Politics

d)

Aesthetics

454.

(a)   is the science and art of correct thinking

455.

(a)   (country) is the birthplace of Philosophy.

456.
What is epistemology?
a)
The theory of knowledge
b)
The theory of right action and the greater good
c)
The study of the fundamental nature of reality
d)
The study of the meaning and nature of religion
457.
Which belief statement represents Empiricism?
a)
Truth is discovered with the mind
b)
Truth is perceived with the senses
c)
Truth is unknowable
458.
What is knowledge of things as they really exist?
a)
Objective truth
b)
Subjective truth
459.
What is knowledge based on a subject's perception or experience?
a)
Objective truth
b)
Subjective truth
460.
Who claimed, "I think, therefore I am"?
a)
Plato
b)
Descartes
c)
Hume 
d)
Kant
461.
What are impressions?
a)
Sense experiences, emotions
b)
Thoughts
c)
Imagination
462.
Doubting whether knowledge is possible is called ...
a)
Skepticism
b)
Causality
c)
Rationalism
463.
The idea that events are related so that one event causes another is called....
a)
Causality
b)
Constant conjunction
c)
Empiricism
464.
What is the knowledge that is built into the structure of our minds?
a)
A priori knowledge
b)
A posteriori knowledge
c)
Impressions
d)
Ideas
465.
What is the knowledge we gain from experience?
a)
A priori knowledge
b)
A posteriori knowledge
c)
Impressions
d)
Ideas
466.
What is the perfect world that our world is a shadow of?
a)
The world of Forms
b)
The noumenal world
c)
The phenomenal world
467.
What is the world as it really is, independent of our experience?
a)
The world of Forms
b)
The noumenal world
c)
The phenomenal world
468.
What is the world as we experience it?
a)
The world of Forms
b)
The noumenal world
c)
The phenomenal world
469.
Feeling that something is true is called ...
a)
Intuition
b)
A priori knowledge
c)
Sense experience
470.
What is JTB short for?
a)
justified true belief
b)
justified trio belief
c)
justified triple belief
471.
Which best describes "tripartite definition of knowledge"?
a)
knowledge is a justified true belief
b)
reasoning cannot be based on false premises
c)
agents must use a reliable method of justification
472.
What is "Empiricism"?
a)
we aquire knowledge via experience
b)
we are born knowing some things
c)
we aquire knowledge via reasoning
473.
What is "Rationalism"?
a)
we aquire knowledge via experience
b)
we are born knowing some things
c)
we aquire knowledge via reasoning
474.
"Tripartite" means…
a)
It has three parts to it
b)
It has two parts to it
c)
It has four parts to it
475.
"Tripartite theory of knowledge" is made up of…
a)
Justification, Truth and Belief (JTB)
b)
Justification, Trial and Balance (JTB)
c)
Justification, Track and Bring (JTB)
476.
What was Plato's main argument FOR the "Tripartite theory of knowledge"
a)
Justification, Truth and Belief could all be achieved through luck - this does not mean it is knowledge.
b)
A person only has knowledge if it's justifiable (have good reasons), true (no such thing as false knowledge) and they believe in it
477.
What was Plato's example used to demonstrate our experience of the realm of the forms?
a)
Brown in Barcelona
b)
The Allegory of the Cave
c)
Job Interview (Smith and Jones)
478.

What is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge?

a)

Ethics

b)

Metaphysics

c)

Epistemology

d)

Logic

479.

What are the core areas of debates in contemporary epistemology?

a)

The nature of knowledge and its conditions

b)

Sources of knowledge and justified belief

c)

The structure of knowledge or justified belief

d)

All of the above

480.

Who is often credited as the father of modern philosophy?

a)

Francis Bacon

b)

John Locke

c)

David Hume

d)

René Descartes

481.

What is the definition of knowledge as justified true belief?

a)

Belief is required to have an explanation to be correct

b)

Belief is required to be true and justified

c)

Belief is required to be true and have an explanation

d)

Belief is required to be justified and have an explanation

482.

Which philosophical school rejected justification on the basis of Agrippa's trilemma?

a)

Hellenistic Sceptics

b)

Pyrrhonian school

c)

Academic skepticism

d)

Ajñana school

483.

What is the etymology of the word 'epistemology'?

a)

Knowledge and understanding

b)

Science or discipline of knowledge

c)

Ancient Greek word for philosophy

d)

All of the above

484.

What is the main focus of epistemology?

a)

The nature of reality

b)

The nature of knowledge

c)

The nature of ethics

d)

The nature of logic

485.

Who resolved the dispute between empiricists and rationalists?

a)

Francis Bacon

b)

John Locke

c)

David Hume

d)

Immanuel Kant

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