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METHODS OF PHILOSOPHIZING

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the Socratic method?

a)

A method of determining truth through experimentation

b)

A form of cooperative argumentative dialogue

c)

A process of gathering evidence about the past

d)

A method of drawing conclusions from statements

2.

What is the dialectic method?

a)

A process of gathering evidence about the past

b)

A form of cooperative argumentative dialogue

c)

A method of determining truth through experimentation

d)

A method of drawing conclusions from statements

3.

What is the scientific method?

a)

A method of determining truth through experimentation

b)

A form of cooperative argumentative dialogue

c)

A process of gathering evidence about the past

d)

A method of drawing conclusions from statements

4.

What is the historical method?

a)

A method of determining truth through experimentation

b)

A form of cooperative argumentative dialogue

c)

A process of gathering evidence about the past

d)

A method of drawing conclusions from statements

5.

Which method involves asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking?

a)

Dialectic method

b)

Socratic method

c)

Scientific method

d)

Historical method

6.

Which method involves discourse between individuals holding different points of view?

a)

Scientific method

b)

Dialectic method

c)

Socratic method

d)

Historical method

7.

Which method involves experimentation and hypothesis testing?

a)

Socratic method

b)

Dialectic method

c)

Scientific method

d)

Historical method

8.

Which method involves examining evidence about the past?

a)

Dialectic method

b)

Historical method

c)

Socratic method

d)

Scientific method

9.

What is the main goal of the Socratic method?

a)

To determine knowledge through experimentation

b)

To establish the truth through reasoned argumentation

c)

To draw conclusions from statements

d)

To gather evidence about the past

10.

What is the main goal of the dialectic method?

a)

To draw conclusions from statements

b)

To determine knowledge through experimentation

c)

To gather evidence about the past

d)

To establish the truth through reasoned argumentation

11.

What is the main goal of the scientific method?

a)

To gather evidence about the past

b)

To draw conclusions from statements

c)

To determine knowledge through experimentation

d)

To establish the truth through reasoned argumentation

12.

What is the main goal of the historical method?

a)

To establish the truth through reasoned argumentation

b)

To determine knowledge through experimentation

c)

To gather evidence about the past

d)

To draw conclusions from statements

13.

Which method involves inductive and deductive reasoning?

a)

Socratic method

b)

Scientific method

c)

Dialectic method

d)

Historical method

14.

Which method aims to draw out ideas and underlying presuppositions?

a)

Socratic method

b)

Dialectic method

c)

Historical method

d)

Scientific method

15.

Which method aims to come up with present truths based on examining the past?

a)

Socratic method

b)

Dialectic method

c)

Scientific method

d)

Historical method