WorksheetsFinals Introduction of Philosophy ( Semester 1 2024)
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 18hrs 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the natural knowledge of all things through their ultimate causes?
a)
Philosophy
b)
Metaphysics
c)
Logic
d)
Epistemology
2.
Kant’s philosophy is an attempt to reconcile Rationalism with Empiricism. What are the two kinds of judgements he recognized?
a)
analytic or synthetic.
b)
simple or compound
c)
political of natural
d)
true or false
3.
What is the book that Immanuel Kant wrote?
a)
Critique of Pure Reason
b)
Critique of Rationalism
c)
Critique of Empiricism
d)
Critique of Idealism
4.
What is the kind of judgment in which the predicate is contained in the subject and the truth of such judgments depends on the definition of its terms?
a)
analytic judgment
b)
synthetic judgment
c)
hypothetical judgment
d)
relative judgement
5.
What is the kind of judgment in which the predicate is not contained in the subject. The truth of such judgments depends on how the world really is?
a)
synthetic judgment
b)
analytic judgment
c)
hypothetical judgment
d)
relative judgement
6.
Identify the argument given
All Catholics are baptized.
Mr. Sandoval is Catholic.
Therefore, Mr. Sandoval is baptized.
a)
Deductive Arguments
b)
Inductive Arguments
7.
A ___________are not established through sense experience (apart from learning a language). They are necessary and universal. Example: “Triangles have three sides.”
a)
posteriori judgments
b)
priori judgments
c)
synthethic Judgement
d)
relative judgement
8.
A___________are established through sense experience. They are not necessary or universal. Example: “Mars has two moons.”
a)
priori judgments
b)
posteriori judgments
c)
synthethic Judgement
d)
relative judgement
9.
The analytic/synthetic distinction has to do with what makes a judgment true; the a priori/a posteriori distinction has to do with what makes a judgment _______________
a)
knowable
b)
desirable
c)
believable
d)
authenticated
10.
Kant called his philosophy transcendentalism idealism. It is _____________ because it goes beyond, or transcends sensation to those things that human reason contributes to knowledge. It __________because it makes objects of knowledge, and reality, dependent on the mind.
a)
transcendental, idealism
b)
idealism, motivism
c)
transcendental, motivism
d)
idealism, egoism
11.
Who is the young mathematician who thought it might be good to overthrow Aristotelian-Thomism altogether?
a)
Rene Descartes
b)
John Locke
c)
George Berkeley
d)
David Hume
12.
What is the Incoherence Objection?
a)
It is the Objection which explain that dream argument requires a distinction between wakefulness and sleep and it claims there is no such distinction.
b)
It is the Objection which explain that the Evil Demon argument uses illusion to undermine our confidence in sensation
c)
It explains that the existence of God guarantees that there is a material world that corresponds to our ideas..
d)
It explains that we had innate, synthetic a priori knowledge. Such knowledge is universal and necessary, but not limited to sense experience.
13.
What is the Sensation Objection?
a)
It is the Objection which explain that dream argument requires a distinction between wakefulness and sleep and it claims there is no such distinction.
b)
It is the Objection which explain that the Evil Demon argument uses illusion to undermine our confidence in sensation
c)
It explains that the existence of God guarantees that there is a material world that corresponds to our ideas..
d)
It explains that we had innate, synthetic a priori knowledge. Such knowledge is universal and necessary, but not limited to sense experience.
14.
What does Descartes mean I think therefore I am?
a)
He couldn’t doubt was himself as the subject of thought. As long as he was thinking, he knew for certain that he existed
b)
He doubt that he has the subject of thought. He is certain that he do not exist.
c)
He believed that he knows everything.
d)
He explained that we are rational being.
15.
What is the Latin word for I think therefore I am?
a)
Cogito, ergo sum.
b)
Covito ergo sum.
c)
Cojnito ergo sum.
d)
Ergo sum rationalis .
16.
What is the distinction Descartes drew between himself as an immaterial thinking thing, and his body as a material extended thing?
a)
Cartesian Dualism
b)
Cojito, ergo sum.
c)
Tabula rasa
d)
Incoherent objection
17.
What is the new philosophy of Descartes that knowledge is depended on the process of reason, rather than sensation?
a)
Empiricism
b)
Dualism
c)
Rationalism
d)
Egoism
18.
What is the view that knowledge of reality begins with sense experience?
a)
Empiricism
b)
Dualism
c)
Rationalism
d)
Egoism
19.
Who are the proponents of Empiricism?
a)
John Locke, George Berkely, and David Hume.
b)
St. Thomas John Locke, George Berkely,
c)
George Berkely, David Hume, St. Augustine and John Locke
d)
Soren Kierkegaard, John Locke and David Hume.
20.
Who created phenomenology and why? What does phenomenology study?
4 lines
21.
Summarize the theme of “God is dead.”
4 lines
22.
Rationalism is the view that knowledge of reality begins with sense experience. Its main proponents were John Locke, George Berkeley, and David Hume
a)
True
b)
False
23.
For a judgment to be synthetic a priori, its truth would have to depend on how the world actually is, and it would have to be established apart from sense experience (making it necessary and universal
a)
True
b)
False
24.
The distinction Descartes drew between himself as an immaterial thinking thing, and his body as an extended thing, results in Caesarian Dualism (the view that soul and body are really distinct).
a)
True
b)
False
25.
For Descartes, there were only three kinds of substances: God, souls, and bodies. In the created world, there are only souls, and bodies. These two are completely distinct and independent
a)
True
b)
False
26.
Who is this Greek Philosopher!: He was the Teacher of Plato:
a)
Socrates
b)
Aristotle
c)
Plato
27.
Who is this Greek Philosopher!: He was the Teacher of Alexander The Great?
a)
Aristotle
b)
Socrates
c)
Plato
28.
Who is this Greek Philosopher!: He wrote/created "The Republic"
a)
Socrates
b)
Aristotle
c)
Plato
29.
Who is this Greek Philosopher!: He Started the Academy!
a)
Socrates
b)
Plato
c)
Aristotle
30.
Who is this Greek Philosopher!: He was the creator of the Socrative Method
a)
Aristotle
b)
Plato
c)
Socrates
31.
What subject did Aristotle form?
a)
Logic
b)
Epistemology
c)
Ethics
d)
Metaphysics
32.
What was the name of the group that follows Aristotle?
a)
Peripatetics
b)
Academia
c)
Aristotelian
d)
Scholars
33.
Socrates contributions to the development of ancient Greek philosophy provided the foundation for all of Western Philosophy.
a)
True
b)
False
34.
How was Socrates’ appearance described?
a)
He was taller than most people
b)
He was not a very attractive man; he was short, fat, and considered ugly
c)
He was completely average for the time
d)
He was considered very handsome
35.
Who among the Philosophers is the proponent of the Natural Law?
a)
Socrates
b)
Aquinas
c)
Augustine
d)
Plato
36.
Whose philosophy did Aquinas theologize?
a)
Plato
b)
Aristotle
c)
Socrates
d)
Augustine
37.
What particular religious order did Aquinas secretly joined?
a)
Augustinian
b)
Jesuits
c)
Franciscans
d)
Dominican
38.
Where did these 3 Greek Philosophers live(Socrates, Plato, Aristotle)?
a)
Greece
b)
Sparta
c)
Athens
d)
Corinth
39.
What was the crude nickname given to Thomas by his friends?
a)
Lazy Sloth
b)
Prickly Porcupine
c)
Crazy Skunk
d)
Dumb Ox
40.
What is the name of the great work written by St. Thomas Aquinas?
a)
Didache
b)
Fratelli Tutti
c)
Summa Theologica
d)
Rerum Novarum
41.
Summarize the theme of “eternal recurrence”
4 lines
42.
The word “philosophy” means “l__________” (philos [love] + sophia [wisdom]
a)
love for knowledge
b)
love of God
c)
love of wisdom
d)
love oneself
43.
___________is an inflated confidence in the power of the empirical sciences. It holds that knowledge is found in the physical sciences alone and that its methods should be applied to all other disciplines.
a)
Empiricism
b)
Scientism
c)
Pragmatism
d)
Syllogism
44.
________ considers how some people disagree over what is true, and on that basis concludes that no claim to truth holds any privileged status over any other
a)
Relativism
b)
Scientism
c)
Pragmatism
d)
Empiricism
45.
It is the heart of philosophy. It investigates the existence of the universe and of ALL things in it.
a)
Metaphysics
b)
Epistemology
c)
Ethics
d)
Logic
46.
It investigates KNOWLEDGE. This branch of philosophy answer What does it mean “to know”? and What can we know?
a)
Logic
b)
Epistemology
c)
Ethics
d)
Metaphysics
47.
The branch of philosophy that studies what actions are morally right and wrong. It answer the question Is there a right and wrong?
a)
Logic
b)
Metaphysics
c)
Ethics
d)
Epistemology
48.
______studies right reasoning and argumentation. It answer the question Do all claims have a truth value?
a)
Logic
b)
Epistemology
c)
Metaphysics
d)
Social
49.
Greek word "ethos" means _________
a)
character
b)
love
c)
ethics
d)
knowledge
50.
Latin word "mos" means _________
a)
custom
b)
love
c)
moral
d)
money
51.
Philosophy studies that which is ultimate. It asks the most radical question in any area of research. Its questions go beyond the established areas of research.
a)
True
b)
False
52.
Logic is the science of _________. It’s a tool, or instrument that philosophers use to acquire knowledge
a)
correct reasoning
b)
intellect
c)
debating
d)
thinking
53.
A _________ is the result of a good argument. Philosophers have to be sensitive to what makes an argument good.
a)
knowledge
b)
right conclusion
c)
truth
d)
syllogism
54.
What can be obtain when the contents of my intellect (expressed through my statements) corresponds to objective reality?
a)
truth
b)
argument
c)
knowledge
d)
conclusion
55.
What are the three reasoning process?
a)
Apprehension, Judgement and Reasoning
b)
Knowing, Identifying and Conclusion
c)
Judgment, Identifying and conclusion
d)
Reasoning, Processing and Summarizing
56.
The principle of________states that a thing is what it is. Reality consists of distinct, unified individuals
a)
identity
b)
excluded middle
c)
contradiction
d)
sufficient reason
57.
The principle of ________ states that it is impossible for a thing to be and not be in the same way
a)
Identity
b)
Excluded Middle
c)
contradiction
d)
Sufficient Reason
58.
The principle of _______ states that whatever comes into being must have an explanation for its existence.
a)
sufficient reason
b)
Contradiction
c)
Identity
d)
Excluded Middle
59.
The principle of_________ states that a thing either is or it is not. There is no middle ground.
a)
identity
b)
sufficient reason
c)
contradiction
d)
excluded middle
60.
What is another word for reasoning?
a)
faith
b)
argument
c)
believing
d)
syllogism
61.
In deductive arguments where the premises are true, the conclusion must necessarily be true.
a)
True
b)
False
62.
Identify what kind of argument the example given
All men are mortal.
Mr. Sandoval is a man.
Therefore, Mr. Sandoval is mortal.
a)
Deductive Arguments
b)
Inductive Arguments
63.
Identify the argument example given.
Mr. Sandoval is a teacher at YC.
Most teachers at YC are Catholic.
Mr. Sandoval is likely Catholic.
a)
Deductive Arguments
b)
Inductive Arguments
64.
Western philosophy traces its historical origin to ___________in the 6th-century B.C.
a)
Ancient Greece
b)
Ancient Egypt
c)
Ancient France
d)
Ancient Germany
65.
He was another 6th-century philosopher who taught that abstract numbers were the source of everything. These numbers formed patterns, which in turn constituted material things.
a)
Pythagoras
b)
Heraclitus
c)
Herminedes
d)
Plato
66.
He taught that fire was the source of everything.
More importantly, he taught that everything was in a constant state of flux. Nothing is permanent.
a)
Heraclitus
b)
Parmenides
c)
Thales
d)
Pythagoras
67.
A corollary of Parmenides’ philosophy is that there is only being, and all reality is one. Moreover, change is an illusion. This is called __________.
a)
Static monism
b)
Static dualism
c)
Static monarchism
d)
Static monasticism
68.
Heraclitus taught that everything was in a constant
state of flux. Nothing is permanent. There is no stable being, there is only becoming. This is called
_______________.
a)
dynamic monism
b)
dynamic monadism
c)
dynamic monasticism
d)
dynamic dualism
69.
They were traveling educators who charged fees for
teaching young men grammar, rhetoric, and philosophy.
a)
Sophist
b)
existentialist
c)
Thomist
d)
pragmatist
70.
Socrates used questions to expose a
person’s fundamental assumptions. This
came to be known as the _________.
a)
Socratic method
b)
Socratic dialogue
c)
Socratic discourse
d)
Socratic debate
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