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Introduction to Logic

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 45mins

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1.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Philosophy comes from the Greek words philo and sophia, which together mean ____.

a)

love of truth

b)

love of thinking

c)

love of wisdom

d)

search for knowledge

e)

pursuit of reason

2.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. The Greek word philo (φίλος) literally means ____.

a)

truth

b)

love

c)

knowledge

d)

reason

e)

wisdom

3.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. The Greek word sophia (σοφία) means ____.

a)

argument

b)

inquiry

c)

reason

d)

wisdom

e)

knowledge

4.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. The Chinese term for philosophy is written as ____.

a)

b)

理学

c)

哲学

d)

e)

天命

5.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. The Indian term anviksiki means ____.

a)

a way of living

b)

a religious doctrine

c)

a system of morals

d)

a mode of seeing

e)

an examination of things using true cognition

6.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. The Indian word darsana or darshan means ____.

a)

a mode of seeing

b)

correct reasoning

c)

science of truth

d)

argumentation

e)

ethical living

7.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Philosophy is best described as a science that studies all things ____.

a)

through experimentation

b)

through revelation

c)

based on faith

d)

in their ultimate causes using reason

e)

through observation alone

8.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Who is considered the first philosopher in Western philosophy?

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

d)

Thales of Miletus

e)

Pythagoras

9.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. The Greek word thauma means ____.

a)

knowledge

b)

logic

c)

wonder

d)

wisdom

e)

truth

10.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. “To wonder is the beginning of wisdom” is attributed to ____.

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Socrates

d)

Pythagoras

e)

Thales

11.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Which of the following is NOT a branch of philosophy?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Epistemology

c)

Psychology

d)

Ethics

e)

Logic

12.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Which branch of philosophy studies knowledge?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Epistemology

c)

Ethics

d)

Logic

e)

Aesthetics

13.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Which branch of philosophy deals with beauty and art?

a)

Ethics

b)

Logic

c)

Metaphysics

d)

Epistemology

e)

Aesthetics

14.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Which branch of philosophy deals with correct reasoning?

a)

Logic

b)

Ethics

c)

Metaphysics

d)

Epistemology

e)

Aesthetics

15.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. The word logic comes from the Greek word logos meaning ____.

a)

wisdom

b)

truth

c)

speech or reason

d)

knowledge

e)

thought

16.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Logic as a science is primarily concerned with ____.

a)

persuasion

b)

valid reasoning

c)

creativity

d)

moral goodness

e)

emotions

17.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Logic as an art directs ____.

a)

language

b)

speech

c)

argument

d)

reason itself

e)

thinking speed

18.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. The material object of logic refers to ____.

a)

correctness of reasoning

b)

arguments

c)

mental acts

d)

truth

e)

propositions

19.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. The formal object of logic is the ____.

a)

mental acts

b)

concepts

c)

arguments

d)

correctness of reasoning

e)

language

20.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Which is NOT a mental operation?

a)

Simple apprehension

b)

Judgment

c)

Reasoning

d)

Observation

e)

Inference

21.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Simple apprehension produces a ____.

a)

judgment

b)

argument

c)

concept or term

d)

proposition

e)

inference

22.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Judgment is an act of the mind that ____.

a)

grasps ideas

b)

infers conclusions

c)

compares two ideas

d)

forms arguments

e)

defines terms

23.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Judgment is expressed through a ____.

a)

term

b)

concept

c)

inference

d)

argument

e)

proposition

24.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Reasoning is an act of the mind that ____.

a)

grasps reality

b)

forms ideas

c)

compares ideas

d)

draws conclusions

e)

defines terms

25.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Reasoning is expressed as ____.

a)

a concept

b)

a term

c)

a proposition

d)

an argument or inference

e)

a judgment

26.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Which mental operation comes first?

a)

Judgment

b)

Reasoning

c)

Inference

d)

Simple apprehension

e)

Proposition

27.

The correct sequence of mental operations is ____.

a)

Judgment–Reasoning–Simple Apprehension

b)

Simple Apprehension–Judgment–Reasoning

c)

Reasoning–Judgment–Simple Apprehension

d)

Judgment–Simple Apprehension–Reasoning

e)

Inference–Judgment–Reasoning

28.

A proposition belongs to which mental operation?

a)

Simple apprehension

b)

Reasoning

c)

Inference

d)

Judgment

e)

Concept

29.

An argument belongs to which mental operation?

a)

Judgment

b)

Simple apprehension

c)

Concept formation

d)

Proposition

e)

Reasoning

30.

Logic primarily helps a person to ____.

a)

argue emotionally

b)

persuade others

c)

think correctly

d)

memorize facts

e)

express opinions