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Basic Philosophy

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is considered the father of existentialism?

a)

Friedrich Nietzsche

b)

Søren Kierkegaard

c)

Jean-Paul Sartre

d)

Albert Camus

2.

Which existentialist philosopher wrote "Being and Nothingness"?

a)

Martin Heidegger

b)

Jean-Paul Sartre

c)

Friedrich Nietzsche

d)

Simone de Beauvoir

3.

"Existence precedes essence" is a principle most closely associated with which philosopher?

a)

Friedrich Nietzsche

b)

Jean-Paul Sartre

c)

Søren Kierkegaard

d)

Albert Camus

4.

Which existentialist philosopher famously declared "God is dead"?

a)

Jean-Paul Sartre

b)

Søren Kierkegaard

c)

Friedrich Nietzsche

d)

Martin Heidegger

5.

Which philosopher is known for the concept of "the Absurd"?

a)

Søren Kierkegaard

b)

Friedrich Nietzsche

c)

Jean-Paul Sartre

d)

Albert Camus

6.

"Thus Spoke Zarathustra" was written by which existentialist philosopher?

a)

Jean-Paul Sartre

b)

Friedrich Nietzsche

c)

Albert Camus

d)

Martin Heidegger

7.

This is a loose chronological term applied to the Greek Philosophers who lived before Socrates

a)

Post-Socratics

b)

Pre-Socratics

c)

Platonists

d)

Ante-Socratics

8.

He is famous for the quote "you cannot step in the same river twice."

a)

Aristotle

b)

Heraclitus

c)

Meno

d)

Theano

9.

According to Plato, what is truly real is not the objects we encounter in sensory experience but, rather, ___________, and these can only be grasped intellectually.

a)

Patterns

b)

Archetypes

c)

Meanings

d)

Forms

10.

Who coined the phrase "Cogito, ergo sum"?

a)
René Descartes
b)

Aristotle

c)

Socrates

d)

Blaise Pascal

11.

Who proposed the Evil Demon Thought Experiment?

a)

René Descartes

b)

Frank Jackson

c)

John Searle

d)

Alan Turing

12.

Who created the theory of elliptical orbits for planets?

a)

Newton

b)

Copernicus

c)

Kepler

d)

Galileo

13.

Which were caused by the Scientific Revolution?

a)

the belief that the earth was an unmoving object at the center of the universe

b)

Enlightenment thinking and the use of reason to think about the world around them

c)

the belief in Superman.

d)

the belief that the ancient thinkers were right all along.

14.
How did Hobbes sum up people's quality of life in a state of nature?
a)
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
b)
poor, nasty, brutish, and short
c)
fulfilling, long-lived, philosophical, and introspective
d)
scared, hungry, lonely, and cold
15.

Who did Aristotle tutor?

a)

Your mom

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

Miky

d)

Bob

e)

i don't know

16.
"I think therefore I am."
a)
Kierkegaard
b)
Descartes
c)
John Locke
d)
Spinoza
17.
I was a professional wrestler.  
a)
Pythagoras
b)
Plato
c)
Socrates
d)
Epicurus
18.

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

a)

Libertarianism

b)

Hard Determinism

c)

Compatibilism

d)

Dualism

19.

The principle of simplicity

a)

Ockham's Razor

b)

Multiple Realizability

c)

Qualia

d)

Monism