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WorksheetsTRUTH AND METHODS OF PHILOSOPHIZING
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
He is an empiricist who believed that the human mind at birth is like an empty sheet or called as "tabula rasa"
George Berkley
What is the contribution of Rene Descartes in the method of acquiring knowledge?
He rejected the use of senses in knowledge acquisition.
He emphasized rationalism and systematic doubt as methods for acquiring knowledge.
Descartes believed knowledge is only gained through reasoning.
An abstract or generic idea generalized from particular instances.
Reality
Concept
Proposition
Argument
Series of statements that provide reasons to convince the reader that a claim is truthful.
Argument
It is the part of proposition that requires further examination and can be contested.
fact
Which of the following explains the objective domain of truth?
Which domain of truth relies on social norms?
Scientific Domain
Mathematical Domain
Personal Domain
Social Domain
Which of the following is an example of personal domain of truth?
This is the process of proving the truth or validity of a statement.
Justification
It is a domain of truth that is tested against the consistency and authenticity of the person who claims it.
Objective Domain
Social Domain
Personal Domain
Scientific Domain
Which of the following best describes an opinion?
A statement that can be proven true.
It refers to the statement that express convictions that are not easily and clearly explained by facts.
Opinion
Fact
Belief
Conclusion
It states that what we believe or say is true if it corresponds to the way things actually are.
It is a theory of truth assumes that a belief can only be true if we are able to confirm it with reality.
Which of the following best describe a pragmatic theory of truth?
It is a theory of truth that requires consistency of the truth of statements being claimed within the system that is being used or employed
Which of the following situations is not an example of pragmatic theory of truth?
A weather report stating "It is raining outside" is true if, in fact, rain is falling outside at that moment.
Penicillin cures bacterial infections is true because its practical application leads to recovery, regardless of metaphysical notions of truth.
Exercise improves a person's health.
Students learn better with interactive teaching methods.
What method of philosophizing is applied if a person keeps on asking questions to stimulate critical thinking and draw out ideas or knowledge?
Which of the following is the difference between the dialectical method of Marx and Hegel?
He introduced the Phenomenological Method in Philosophizing.
It clarifies how the philosophers used words through an analysis of language.
Phenomenological Method
Analytical Method
Dialectical Method
Secondary Reflection
A debate is an example of what method of philosophizing?
Socratic Method
Analytical Method
A fallacy that occurs when one attempts to apply the general rule to an irrelevant situation.
Begging the question
Fallacy of accident
Fallacy of division
Which of the following is an example of Begging Question?
I’m sure you want to have an i phone. Almost 80% of your schoolmates are using it. This is an example of what type of fallacy?
Appeal to pity fallacy
Attacking a person
Which of the following is an example of "Appeal to Tradition" fallacy?
Which of the following is an example of "Appeal to Force"?
What is hasty generalization?
Which of the following is an example of cause-and-effect fallacy?
Which of the following is an example of fallacy of composition?
