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Q1 - Review - Philosophy

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the root meaning of the word "philosophy"?

a)

Love of ideas

b)

Love of knowledge

c)

Love of debate

d)

Love of wisdom

2.

Which of the following is NOT typically considered a branch of philosophy?

a)

Ethics

b)

Biology

c)

Metaphysics

d)

Logic

3.

Who is traditionally considered the "father of Western philosophy"?

a)

Socrates

b)

Thales

c)

Plato

d)

Aristotle

4.

Who claimed that "Man is the measure of all things"?

a)

Socrates

b)

Protagoras

c)

Pythagoras

d)

Plato

5.

Turing's philosophical contribution involved questions related to:

a)

Artificial intelligence and the mind

b)

Moral responsibility

c)

free will and determinism

d)

the nature of existence

6.

ways of explaining truth

a)
methods of truth
b)

theories of truth

c)

conditions of truth

d)

logic of truth

7.

study of values

a)

axiology

b)

epistemology

c)

phenomenology

d)

metaphysics

8.

Use to check the truth of an empirical statement

a)

intuition

b)

observation

c)

reasoning

d)

mystical experience

9.

A direct grasping of truth

a)

intuition

b)

observation

c)

reasoning

d)

mystical experience

10.

knowledge of skills

a)

propositional knowledge

b)

practical knowledge

c)

empirical knowledge

d)

knowledge by acquaintance

11.

What are the two charges of futility in Philosophy?

a)

Lack of Concrete Answers

b)

Perception of Impracticality

c)

Overemphasis on Logic

d)

Complexity of Language

12.

truth is reference to a fact

a)

Coherence Theory

b)

Correspondence Theory

c)

Pragmatic Theory

d)

Constructivist Theory

13.

Disagreement about preferences

a)

Disagreement in Belief

b)

Disagreement in Attitude

c)

Disagreement about Fact

d)

Merely Verbal Disagreement

14.

study of knowledge

a)

Logic

b)

Metaphysics

c)

Axiology

d)

Epistemology

15.

What are the four kinds of causes identified by Aristotle?

a)

Material, Formal, Efficient, Final

b)

Natural, Supernatural, Physical, Metaphysical

c)

Objective, Subjective, Relative, Absolute

d)

Empirical, Theoretical, Practical, Historical

16.

Which of the following concepts is not typically included in metaphysics?

a)

Materialism

b)

Idealism

c)

Dualism

d)

Feminism

17.

Truth is beneficial to believe

a)

Correspondence Theory

b)

Coherence Theory

c)

Pragmatic Theory

d)

Constructivist Theory

18.

Who were the group of intellectuals who taught oratory for a fee to individuals aspiring to have a successful career in politics?

a)

Stoics

b)

Sophists

c)

Philosophers

d)

Socratic

19.

Which of the following does not fall under the methodological types of philosophy?

a)

Hermeneutics

b)

Feminism

c)

Marxism

d)

Existentialism

20.

What is the term used to refer to a statement in philosophy?

a)

proposition

b)

argument

c)

thesis

d)

claim