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Methods of philosophizing

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It involves creating a generalization from specific observations.

a)

Conductive

b)

Reductive

c)

Inductive

d)

Deductive

2.

It starts with general statement to find specific conclusion.

a)

Conductive

b)

Reductive

c)

Inductive

d)

Deductive

3.

He is the father of phenomenology and the author of “Logical Investigations.”

a)

Edmund Husserl

b)

Ludwig Wittgenstein

c)

Immanuel Kant

d)

Gabriel Marcel

4.

This method of philosophizing is also considered as a branch of philosophy.

a)

phenomenology

b)

existentialism

c)

logic

d)

postmodernism

5.

In which method of philosophizing is the word “freedom” associated?

a)

logic

b)

phenomenology

c)

existentialism

d)

postmodernism

6.

Appearance and experience were connected in which method of philosophizing?

a)

postmodernism

b)

logic

c)

existentialism

d)

phenomenology

7.

The Greek word of the term phenomenon which means appearance.

a)

phainomenon

b)

phenomeni

c)

phenomina

d)

phenomenus

8.

He intends a similar meaning except for the crucial fact that for him, it does not imply a contrast between the appearances and some underlying reality, between the phenomenon and a “noumenon” or “thing in itself.”

a)

Albert Camus

b)

Edmund Husserl

c)

Ludwig Wittgenstein

d)

Gabriel Marcel

9.

Analytic tradition also known as __________.

a)

Analytic logic

b)

Analytic perspective

c)

Analytic philosophy

d)

Analytic thinking

10.

It is a philosophy that emphasize in cultural perspective.

a)

Critical thinking

b)

Existentialism

c)

Postmodernism

d)

Logic

11.

These are statements which are observed to be real or truthful.

a)

Opinions

b)

Claims

c)

Facts

d)

Propositions

12.

It is a statement which is observable to be real or truthful.

a)

claims

b)

beliefs

c)

facts

d)

opinions

13.

This statement is not evidently or immediately known to be true, it needs further investigation or examination to see to it that this statement is true or false

a)

claim

b)

beliefs

c)

fact

d)

opinion

14.

This is a judgment based on certain facts.

a)

conclusion

b)

explanation

c)

argument

d)

premise

15.

These are series of statements that provide explanations to convince the listener or a reader that the opinion is truthful.

a)

conclusion

b)

explanation

c)

argument

d)

premise

16.

These are arguments based on faulty reasoning.

a)

conclusions

b)

fallacies

c)

knowledge

d)

biases

17.

It is about analyzing essences(eidos): what makes the thing you're contemplating what it is.

a)

Epoché

b)

Phenomenological Reduction

c)

Eidetic Reduction

d)

Transcendental Eidetic Reduction

18.

It is a philosophical belief that we are each responsible for creating purpose or meaning in our own lives.

a)

Phenomenology

b)

Existentialism

c)

Postmodernism

d)

Analytic Tradition

19.

Jean-François Lyotard is known for formulating _________.

a)

Phenomenology

b)

Existentialism

c)

Postmodernism

d)

Analytic Tradition

20.

It is a method of descriptive investigation of pure consciousness by means of which increasingly refined description having the purpose of establishing the essence (eidos) of an object.

a)

Phenomenology

b)

existentialism

c)

postmodernism

d)

analytic tradition

21.

This fallacy uses the threat of force or an undesirable event to advance an argument

a)

ad hominem

b)

appeal to force

c)

appeal to emotion

d)

appeal to tradition

22.

A fallacy using emotions such as pity or sympathy

a)

ad hominem

b)

appeal to force

c)

appeal to emotion

d)

appeal to tradition

23.

This fallacy presents an idea as as acceptable because a lot of people accept it

a)

appeal to force

b)

appeal to tradition

c)

appeal to emotion

d)

appeal to popular/people

24.

This fallacy assumes the thing or idea to be proven is true; also known as “circular argument”

a)

appeal to force

b)

appeal to popular

c)

begging the question

d)

fallacy of composition

25.

It is a fallacy occurs when someone incorrectly assumes that a causal relation exists between two things or events.

a)

False Cause

b)

Slippery slope

c)

Equivocation

d)

Hasty Generalization

26.

It’s a fallacy that attacks or appeals to prejudice or feelings or irrelevantly impugns another person's character.

a)

Appeal to pity

b)

Against the person

c)

Appeal to people

d)

Appeal to force

27.

He is also known as the father of “existentialism”

a)

Edmund Husserl

b)

Soren Kierkegaard

c)

Jean-Paul Sartre

d)

Jean-François Lyotard

28.

Students: Why must we need to do our homework? Teacher: Because you need to do your homework.

a)

Begging the question

b)

Equivocation

c)

Appeal to hypocrisy

d)

Appeal to ignorance

29.

Jason cheated on his girlfriend, All boys are cheaters.

a)

Hasty generalization

b)

False Cause

c)

False Dilemma

d)

Slippery slope

30.

You are poor, what makes you better than us?

a)

Appeal to people

b)

Appeal to authority

c)

Against the person

d)

Appeal to pity

31.

A type of fallacy in which the proposition to be proven is assumed implicity or explicity in the premise.

a)

Appeal to force

b)

Begging the question

c)

Appeal to people

d)

Against the person