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QUESTION
The following are the Branches of Philosophy, except:
Selected
Answer:
A. Rationality
Answers:
A. Rationality
B. Ethics
C. Metaphysics
D. Epistemology
Question 2
The following are the values of Philosophy by Russell,
except:
Selected
Answer:
A. Philosophy assures salvation of man both body
and soul.
Answers:
A. Philosophy assures salvation of man both body
and soul.
B. Philosophy frees us from being “practical man.”
C. Philosophy aims at knowledge—uniting sciences
and critical about them.
D. Philosophy finds meaning of life in times of
uncertainties.
Response
Feedback:
Letter A -Philosophy assures salvation of man both body and
soul is the answer. The word
except
in the questions
eliminates this idea. Philosophy does not talk about
SALVATION. This is not theology.
Question 3
Who asserted that human being is a “rational animal”?
Selected
Answer:
A. The Greek philosopher, Socrates
Answers:
A. The Greek philosopher, Socrates
B. The contemporary American philosopher,
Bertrand Russell
C. The Greek Pre-Socratic thinkers
D. The Greek philosopher, Aristotle
Question 4
It is the process of understanding of reality, that which
philosophers in the past have tried to understand, their concerns
become our concerns and their questions become our questions,
their answers become our answers.
Selected
Answer:
A. Doing philosophy
Answers:
A. Doing philosophy
B. Foundationalism
C. Constructivism
D. Law of Non-
contradiction
Question 5
Philosophy in etymological definition means:
Selected
Answer:
B. Finding the root words of the term philosophy.
Answers:
A. Finding the historical working definition of
philosophy.
B. Finding the root words of the term philosophy.
C. Finding the Aristotelian meaning of philosophy.
D. Finding the common sense meaning of the word
philosophy.
Response
Feedback:
The word "Etymology" means: finding the root words of the
term, in the case of philosophy, LOVE OF WISDOM is the
etymological meaning from its root words: philia and sophia.
Question 6
The following are something what Human Beings have in common with
animals, except:
Selected
Answer:
A. Capacity of Reason
Answers:
A. Capacity of Reason
B. Capacity for procreation.
C. Capacity of sensations.
D. Appetitive Capacity of
survival.
Response
Feedback:
ONLY REASON MAKES MAN RATIONAL. OTHER THAN THAT WE
SHARE WITH ANIMALS.
Question 7
The following are core teaching of Socrates, except:
Selected
Answer:
C. Do unto others you would want others do unto you.
Answers:
A. The Unexamined life is not worth living.
B. The truth lies within each one of us.
C. Do unto others you would want others do unto you.
D. We should strive for excellence in all areas in life.
Question 8
The “Aporia” that one encounters in philosophizing means:
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Selected
Answer:
B. Philosophy encounters the seeming difficulty but the
trying to wonder is more important than the
questioning and answering themselves.
Answers:
A. Philosophy is not for you.
B. Philosophy encounters the seeming difficulty but the
trying to wonder is more important than the
questioning and answering themselves.
C. Philosophy is a dogmatic study of ideas.
D. Philosophy has no value in life and “it does not
bake bread.”
Question 9
Which of the following question below is not philosophical in
nature?
Selected
Answer:
A. What is my next meal would
be?
Answers:
A. What is my next meal would
be?
B. What is the purpose of life?
C. Why death comes to life?
D. Does God really exist?
Response
Feedback:
Fundamental Question in philosophy is a radical and universal. Letter A is a
question of survival, but not everyone asked that question, for some they do
not care what to eat for next meal.
Question 10
Which of the following that describes Socrates as Midwife of ideas?
Selected
Answer:
B. That the method of Socrates by questioning bring out ideas from others,
thus he helps deliver ideas from the mind of his students.
Answers:
A. That Socrates' wife is a midwife by profession.
B. That the method of Socrates by questioning bring out ideas from others,
thus he helps deliver ideas from the mind of his students.
C. That Socrates helps mothers deliver their babies.
D. That Socrates promotes the work of a midwife.
Question 11
Wisdom for “Socrates” is:
Selected
Answer:
A. Knowledge of self
Answers:
A. Knowledge of self
B. Knowledge of religion
C. Knowledge to possess virtue to win, to dominate
and to rule.
D. Knowledge about the universe
Response
Feedback:
SOCRATES FAMOUS SAYING: know thyself.
Question 12
Which one does not play an important factor in promoting human
curiosity or philosophizing in Greek context?
Selected
Answer:
B. The Greek religiosity and mythology
Answers:
A. The natural intellectual capacity of a
person
B. The Greek religiosity and mythology
C. The economic status of a person
D. The socio-cultural status of a person
Response
Feedback:
B. The Greek religiosity and mythology is the correct answer.
The Greeks sense of religion with its superstitious beliefs,
supernatural tendencies, and polythiesm consider all life
events as a work of gods and goddesses, thus all questions
about nature, universe, science and knowledge derive from
gods. This attitude does not encourage thinking/ reasoning
and logic.
Question 13
Which of the following are qualities of critical thinkers, except:
Selected
Answer:
D. Obedient and Loyal
Answers:
A. Passionate and Insightful.
B. Curious but independent thinkers.
C. Skilled Discussants
D. Obedient and Loyal
Question 14
Which one defines Philosophy as Dynamic Process?
Selected
Answer:
C. Philosophy begins when there is a conflict of opinions.
Answers:
A. Philosophy begins with wonder.
B. Philosophy as a love of wisdom.
C. Philosophy begins when there is a conflict of opinions.
D. Philosophy as a science of truth.
Question 15
The following describe the pre-philosophical era, except:
Selected
Answer:
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C. Appeal to natural way through reason as source of
knowledge.
Answers:
A. Human existence is best explained in a
supernatural way.
B. The period of Greek religiosity that is polytheistic
in nature.
C. Appeal to natural way through reason as source of
knowledge.
D. The period of Greek Mythology to explain the meaning
of existence.
Response
Feedback:
The word except
in the question seeks that which do not belong to the
group. Three statements in the choices are pre-philosophical characteristics,
but one belong to philosophical period--the period of reason.
Question 16
Socrates as “gadfly” sent by god to the state means:
Selected
Answer:
A. He disturbs the status quo.
Answers:
A. He disturbs the status quo.
B. He moves like flies.
C. He mediates learning.
D. He believes in the god of
Delphi.
Question 17
To understand “rationality” today in terms of social construction,
thus defining truth (to be rational) as both historical and cultural.
Selected
Answer:
A. Constructivism
Answers:
A. Constructivism
B.
Foundationalism
C. Relativism
D. Rationalism
Question 18
Socrates is considered in the Apology of Plato as Gadfly send by God to the State. Which
one explains socrates as gadfly?
Selected
Answer:
B. He disturbs and irritates the people especially the sophists in their
beliefs about the things they know.
Answers:
A. He moves around during his retirement like flies.
B. He disturbs and irritates the people especially the sophists in their
beliefs about the things they know.
C. He moves around talking with people about their conventional beliefs.
D. None of the Above.
Question 19
Wisdom for the “Sophists” is:
Selected
Answer:
C. Knowledge to possess virtue which for them to
win, to dominate and to rule.
Answers:
A. Knowledge of one’s ignorance
B. Knowledge on how to live a good life
C. Knowledge to possess virtue which for them to
win, to dominate and to rule.
D. Knowledge about the universe
Response
Feedback:
Wisdom for sophists is to possess virtue which for
them to win, to dominate and to rule in socio-
economic and political life.
Question 20
To avoid “endless disagreements,” philosophers appeal to
objective and universal standard of rationality called:
Selected
Answer:
A. Foundationalism
Answers:
A. Foundationalism
B. Constructivism
C. Law of non-
contradiction
D. Rationalism
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