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WorksheetsIntroduction to Logic
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 45mins
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Philosophy comes from the Greek words philo and sophia, which together mean ____.
love of truth
love of thinking
love of wisdom
search for knowledge
pursuit of reason
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. The Greek word philo (φίλος) literally means ____.
truth
love
knowledge
reason
wisdom
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. The Greek word sophia (σοφία) means ____.
argument
inquiry
reason
wisdom
knowledge
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. The Chinese term for philosophy is written as ____.
道
理学
哲学
德
天命
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. The Indian term anviksiki means ____.
a way of living
a religious doctrine
a system of morals
a mode of seeing
an examination of things using true cognition
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. The Indian word darsana or darshan means ____.
a mode of seeing
correct reasoning
science of truth
argumentation
ethical living
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Philosophy is best described as a science that studies all things ____.
through experimentation
through revelation
based on faith
in their ultimate causes using reason
through observation alone
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Who is considered the first philosopher in Western philosophy?
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Thales of Miletus
Pythagoras
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. The Greek word thauma means ____.
knowledge
logic
wonder
wisdom
truth
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. “To wonder is the beginning of wisdom” is attributed to ____.
Plato
Aristotle
Socrates
Pythagoras
Thales
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Which of the following is NOT a branch of philosophy?
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Psychology
Ethics
Logic
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Which branch of philosophy studies knowledge?
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Ethics
Logic
Aesthetics
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Which branch of philosophy deals with beauty and art?
Ethics
Logic
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Aesthetics
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Which branch of philosophy deals with correct reasoning?
Logic
Ethics
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Aesthetics
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. The word logic comes from the Greek word logos meaning ____.
wisdom
truth
speech or reason
knowledge
thought
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Logic as a science is primarily concerned with ____.
persuasion
valid reasoning
creativity
moral goodness
emotions
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Logic as an art directs ____.
language
speech
argument
reason itself
thinking speed
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. The material object of logic refers to ____.
correctness of reasoning
arguments
mental acts
truth
propositions
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. The formal object of logic is the ____.
mental acts
concepts
arguments
correctness of reasoning
language
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Which is NOT a mental operation?
Simple apprehension
Judgment
Reasoning
Observation
Inference
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Simple apprehension produces a ____.
judgment
argument
concept or term
proposition
inference
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Judgment is an act of the mind that ____.
grasps ideas
infers conclusions
compares two ideas
forms arguments
defines terms
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Judgment is expressed through a ____.
term
concept
inference
argument
proposition
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Reasoning is an act of the mind that ____.
grasps reality
forms ideas
compares ideas
draws conclusions
defines terms
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Reasoning is expressed as ____.
a concept
a term
a proposition
an argument or inference
a judgment
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Which mental operation comes first?
Judgment
Reasoning
Inference
Simple apprehension
Proposition
The correct sequence of mental operations is ____.
Judgment–Reasoning–Simple Apprehension
Simple Apprehension–Judgment–Reasoning
Reasoning–Judgment–Simple Apprehension
Judgment–Simple Apprehension–Reasoning
Inference–Judgment–Reasoning
A proposition belongs to which mental operation?
Simple apprehension
Reasoning
Inference
Judgment
Concept
An argument belongs to which mental operation?
Judgment
Simple apprehension
Concept formation
Proposition
Reasoning
Logic primarily helps a person to ____.
argue emotionally
persuade others
think correctly
memorize facts
express opinions
