Philosophy 1st Exam
Philosophy 1st Exam
Philosophy 1st Exam
I. Multiple choice.
Instruction: Read the statements carefully and select the letter of the correct answer. Write it on your answer
sheet.
1. According to him all ideas and views are based on perception and our reality is based on what we can
sense and perceive.
a. Aristotle b. Plato c. Socrates d. Epicurus
2. A theory that proposes that everything that exists is based on an idea or template that can only be
perceived in the mind.
a. Theory of Evolution b. Theory of forms c. Dialectec d. Academy
3. He was a known advocate of living a simple and virtuous life.
a. Socrates b. Pythagoras c. Heraclitus d. Diagones
4. It is a method of inquiry where two opposing ideas are discussed in an attempt to arrive at a new
knowledge.
a. dialectic b. academy c. philosophy d. reasoning
5. It is the branch of Philosophy that explores the nature of moral virtue and evaluates human action.
a. Ethics b. Epistemology c. Aesthetics d. Metaphysics
6. It is a branch of Philosophy that focuses on beauty and what makes things beautiful.
a. Ethics b. Epistemology c. Aesthetics d. Metaphysics
7. It is a Filipino attitude which literally means living everything to God.
a. Bayanihan b. utang na loob . c. pakikisama d. bayanihan
8. It is the clear awareness and understanding of something.
a. knowledge b. courage c. intellect d. determinations
9. These are statements that are observed to be real or truthful.
a. facts b. opinion c. consensus d. knowledge
10. It is a branch of philosophy that discusses the nature of knowledge and knowing.
a. Aesthetics b.Logic c. Methaphysics d. Epistemology
11. He was the one who founded Phenomenology,
a. Rene Descartes b. Edmund Husserl c. Immanuel Kant d. Soren Kierkegard
12. It is an argument where force, coercion, or the threat of force, is given as a justification for a conclusion.
a. appeal to force b. appeal against the person c. False Cause d. Division
13. It is a tendency to judge a person’s personality by his or her actions, without regard for external factors
or influences.
a. correspondence b. framing c. hindsight d. cultural bias
14. It is an argument that attacks the person presenting the argument rather than the argument itself.
a. ad hominem b. ad baculum c. false cause d. begging questions
15. It is assuming that what is true of a part is true for the whole.
a. ad hominem b. division c. composition d. cultural bias
Test II. Identify if what fallacies and biases are stated below. Select the letter of the correct answer in the
box. For questions 16-20 check the answers on box no. 1 and 21-25 on box no. 2.
Box No. 1
a. ad hominem b. appeal to force c. appeal to emotion d. appeal to popular
e. appeal to tradition f. begging the questions g. cause-and-effect h.fallacy of composition
i. fallacy of division
Box No. 2
a.correspondence b. confirmation bias c. framing d. hindsight e. conflict of interest
f. cultural bias
16. We cannot accept John’s opinion about Christianity because he is an atheist.
17. I always had bread for breakfast, then one time I ate oatmeal and after that it rains. I will never eat
oatmeal again.
18. You come from the family of teachers, therefore you will become a teacher as well.
19.Tony wants us to believe that life was an “accident” when he spent most of his time in jail and doesn’t
have any idea about creation.
20 Every student now is playing Mobile Legends so you should play as well.
21. Lea is pregnant, it’s not shocking anymore because she used to go out with boys often.
22. I was in a restaurant and I happen to eat with some Koreans. I find it noisy and judge them without
manners because of the slurping noise when they have soup later did I realize that it is their culture as
Koreans.
23 I already feel that you are the next person to get married.
24.There is a rise in suicide cases in the country but people must also look at other aspects of the case
especially if there is foul plays.
25. Politicians who are doctors will more likely focus on health and medicine for it is there field of interest.
Test III.True or False. Read the statement below and write True if the statement is True and F if it is False.
Test IV. Fact or Opinion. Write F if it states fact and O if it states an opinion.
Test V. Define the following in 2 sentences. You will be given 2 points each.
41-42. Self-determination
43-44. Self-awareness
45-46. Frugality
47-48. Prudence
49-50. Embodiment.
Rubric:
2 points – answered in two (2) sentences with complete thought.
1 points – answered in one (1) sentence only and the thoughts are incomplete.