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INTRO TO PHILO

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He/she is the father of modern philosophy.

a)

Plato

b)

Socrates

c)

Descartes

d)

Aristotle

2.

What is originally meant “love of wisdom”?

a)

Ethics

b)

Aesthetics

c)

Philosophy

d)

Epistemology

3.

What is the branch of philosophy that explores the nature of moral virtue and evaluates human action?

a)

Ethics

b)

Aesthetics

c)

Philosophy

d)

Epistemology

4.

What is really only an extension of a fundamental and necessary drive in every human being to know what is real?

a)

Ethics

b)

Aesthetics

c)

Metaphysics

d)

Epistemology

5.

The Filipino attitudes as part of life which literally means to leave everything to God which is Bathala?

a)

Kalooban

b)

Bayanihan

c)

Pakikisama

d)

Bahala na

6.

He founded phenomenology.

a)

Higgins

b)

. Socrates

c)

Kierkegard

d)

Edmund Husserl

7.

He/she is the most famous student of Socrates.

a)

Plato

b)

Husserl

c)

Aristotle

d)

Descartes

8.

According to him, “to be happy, one must live a virtuous life”.

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Socrates

d)

Descartes

9.

This is a positive Filipino value or helping other in times of need.

a)

Bayanihan

b)

One for all

c)

kagandahang-loob

d)

utang na loob

10.

He/she founded Stoicism.

a)

Plato

b)

Socrates

c)

Descartes

d)

Zeno of Citium

11.

Which branch of philosophy deals with arguments?

a)

Logic

b)

Ethics

c)

Aesthetics

d)

Epistemology

12.

What Filipino values puts one in touch with one's fellow beings and is essentially interpersonal?

a)

Loob

b)

Loyalty

c)

Hospitality

d)

Pakikisama

13.

The issue of who deserves to be a National Artist falls under which branch of Philosophy?

a)

Logic

b)

Ethics

c)

Metaphysics

d)

Epistemology

14.

Etymologically, what does "philo" mean?

a)

wisdom

b)

to love

c)

to learn

d)

to survive

15.

It is one of the positive Filipino values which is helping in times of need.

a)

Kalooban

b)

All for One

c)

One for All

d)

Bayanihan

16.

Statement A: Philosophical Reflection compels us to look in a bigger picture or wider perspective.

Statement B: Philosophy allows us the freedom to ask even those questions that others believe to already have a definite answer.

a)

Statement A is true; Statement B is false

b)

Statement A is false; Statement B is true

c)

Both statements are true

d)

Both statements are false

17.

Statement A: Argumentum ad Hominem is a fallacious argumentative strategy whereby an argument is rebutted by attacking the character.

Statement B: Equivocation occurs when someone takes another person's argument or point, distorts it or exaggerates it in some kind of extreme way, and then attacks the extreme distortion, as if that is really the claim the first person is making.

a)

Statement A is true; Statement B is false

b)

Statement A is false; Statement B is true

c)

Both statements are true

d)

Both statements are false

18.

Statement A: Knowledge alone can guide us to life.

Statement B: In order to learn, one has to be more involved and more stimulated.

a)

Statement A is true; Statement B is false

b)

Statement A is false; Statement B is true

c)

Both statements are true

d)

Both statements are false

19.

Statement A: Hearsay and opinion would count as knowledge.

Statement B: Knowledge without justification can considered as knowledge.

a)

Statement A is true; Statement B is false

b)

Statement A is false; Statement B is true

c)

Both statements are true

d)

Both statements are false

20.

Statement A: Hermeneutics helps the philosopher reflect as philosophically as possible.

Statement B: A philosopher must make sure his message is understood well.

a)

Statement A is true; Statement B is false

b)

Statement A is false; Statement B is true

c)

Both statements are true

d)

Both statements are false

21.

Statement A: It is easy to find truth and wisdom even we are not skilled in getting the right information.

Statement B: Democratization of information is a very good things but has also brought some very bad things.

a)

Statement A is true; Statement B is false

b)

Statement A is false; Statement B is true

c)

Both statements are true

d)

Both statements are false

22.

Statement A: Philosophical Activity is the only cure to ignorance.

Statement B: One who pretends to know what is good choose what is good.

a)

Statement A is true; Statement B is false

b)

Statement A is false; Statement B is true

c)

Both statements are true

d)

Both statements are false

23.

Statement A: Medieval Philosophers wondered about the world.

Statement B: There were several ancient philosophers who philosophized using theocentric views.

a)

Statement A is true; Statement B is false

b)

Statement A is false; Statement B is true

c)

Both statements are true

d)

Both statements are false

24.

Statement A: Universal pertains to the whole.

Statement B: Particular refers to a part of the whole.

a)

Statement A is true; Statement B is false

b)

Statement A is false; Statement B is true

c)

Both statements are true

d)

Both statements are false

25.

Statement A: To philosophize is look at life from a holistic perspective.

Statement B: Philosophers rely on opinions and hearsays as they philosophize.

a)

Statement A is true; Statement B is false

b)

Statement A is false; Statement B is true

c)

Both statements are true

d)

Both statements are false

26.

Statement A: Only philosophers are free to engage in the pursuit of wisdom and knowledge.

Statement B: Philosophers believe that to be wise is the best we can be.

a)

Statement A is true; Statement B is false

b)

Statement A is false; Statement B is true

c)

Both statements are true

d)

Both statements are false

27.

Statement A: Virtue is knowledge because to truly know what is good necessarily leads to the actual of what is good.

Statement B: What we believed to be true becomes the basis for our actions.

a)

Statement A is true; Statement B is false

b)

Statement A is false; Statement B is true

c)

Both statements are true

d)

Both statements are false

28.

Statement A: It is enough to have information even we do not know how to make sense of that information.

Statement B: We become knowledgeable or wise because of the vastness of the information we can readily have.

a)

Statement A is true; Statement B is false

b)

Statement A is false; Statement B is true

c)

Both statements are true

d)

Both statements are false

29.

Statement A: Thought and language are intrinsically not connected with each other.

Statement B: Language is not involved in every activity

a)

Statement A is true; Statement B is false

b)

Statement A is false; Statement B is true

c)

Both statements are true

d)

Both statements are false

30.

Statement A: When we claim that our belief is true, we are required to explain why we know it to be true.

Statement B: To know is to be able to give rational justification.

a)

Statement A is true; Statement B is false

b)

Statement A is false; Statement B is true

c)

Both statements are true

d)

Both statements are false

31.

Statement A: Linguistic Turn is the oldest model of truth that can be traced back to Plato and Aristotle.

Statement B: Problems in epistemology are answerable through correspondence theory.

a)

Statement A is true; Statement B is false

b)

Statement A is false; Statement B is true

c)

Both statements are true

d)

Both statements are false

32.

Statement A: Sense is to be understood as meaning, but words can mean different meanings.

Statement B: Reference pertains to what is referred to or the denotation.

a)

Statement A is true; Statement B is false

b)

Statement A is false; Statement B is true

c)

Both statements are true

d)

Both statements are false

33.

Statement A: Only philosophers can investigate everything, with the right rigor, discipline, and diligence.

Statement B: Anyone can know the truth themselves if they are not lazy to think.

a)

Statement A is true; Statement B is false

b)

Statement A is false; Statement B is true

c)

Both statements are true

d)

Both statements are false

34.

Statement A: Existence precedes essence.

Statement B: An existentialist believes that only philosophers can create meanings and he/she must be responsible for it.

a)

Statement A is true; Statement B is false

b)

Statement A is false; Statement B is true

c)

Both statements are true

d)

Both statements are false

35.

Statement A: Rationalism is a theory that all knowledge is ultimately derived from sense experience.

Statement B: Empiricism is committed to the view that knowledge is acquired through reason independent of sense experience.

a)

Statement A is true; Statement B is false

b)

Statement A is false; Statement B is true

c)

Both statements are true

d)

Both statements are false

36.

For Aristotle, a human being is _____________.

a)

Dependent

b)

Rational

c)

Independent

d)

Irrational

37.

He believes in the principle that “Existence precedes essence”.

a)

Aristotle

b)

Galileo

c)

Thomas Aquinas

d)

Jean Paul Sartre

38.

Karol Wojtyla is also known as _____________.

a)

Rousseau

b)

Martin Buber

c)

Jean Paul Sartre

d)

Pope John Paul II

39.

It is shifting of obligation to other persons upon repayment.

a)

Loob

b)

Utang na loob

c)

kagandahang-loob

d)

Kabutihang loob

40.

It is a way of life in medieval period.

a)

Feudalism

b)

Socialism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Spiritualism

41.

In this work, it argued that society should allow women to attain equal rights to philosophy and education given to men.

a)

Babae

b)

Women

c)

Fight for Right

d)

Vindication on the Rights of Women (1782)

42.

It is a philosophical movement that promoted the use of reason and intellect to understand and analyze natural phenomena and human nature.

a)

Realism

b)

Naturalism

c)

Rationalism

d)

Irrationalism

43.

He invested the telescope.

a)

Galileo

b)

David Hume

c)

John Locke

d)

Immanuel Kant

44.

It is a movement in which improvement and innovation of machines used in farms and factories changed people’s way of life.

a)

Revolution

b)

Industrious

c)

Industrial Revolution (IR)

d)

Artificial intelligence (AI)

45.

It is a branch of computer science or the study and design of intelligent agents where intelligent agent is a computer software that perceives its environment and autonomously takes actions.

a)

Revolution

b)

Industrious

c)

Industrial Revolution (IR)

d)

Artificial intelligence (AI)

46.

According to him, “for a person to be happy, one must live a virtuous life”.

a)

Plato

b)

Socrates

c)

Aristotle

d)

Descartes

47.

Based on this model, humans are essential and central to the universe.

a)

ecology

b)

ecocentric model

c)

ecosystem model

d)

anthropocentric model

48.

In this theory, ecological crisis is an outcome of anthropocentrism.

a)

Deep ecology

b)

ecofeminism

c)

social ecology

d)

ecosystem model

49.

This model highlights the ecological or relational integrity of humans that provides meaning to our morals and virtues.

a)

ecology

b)

ecocentric model

c)

ecosystem model

d)

anthropocentric model

50.

This theory that was coined by Francoise d’ Euabonne.

a)

Ecology

b)

Creation

c)

Ecofeminism

d)

Reincarnation

51.

Anaximander’s sketch of the genesis of the world termed as ____________.

a)

Creation

b)

evolution

c)

destruction

d)

creation and destruction

52.

This Chinese philosophy is a concept of dualism describing how seemingly opposite or contrary forces may actually be complementary expressed in colors black and white.

a)

Tao

b)

ni hao

c)

yin-yin

d)

Yin and yang

53.

It is an idea or belief that only natural (as opposed to supernatural or spiritual) laws and forces operate in the world.

a)

Realism

b)

Naturalism

c)

Rationalism

d)

Irrationalism

54.

It is the sum of all surroundings of a living organism, including natural forces and other living things which might bring growth and development, as well as danger or damage.

a)

body

b)

life

c)

animals

d)

Environment

55.

All of the following are effects of anthropocentric model, EXCEPT:

a)

unity

b)

famine

c)

earth pollution

d)

soil erosion