Philosophy C100 Quiz 1&2
PREVIEW: PHIL C100 Quiz 1
— P A G E 1 —
1. The word "philosophy" comes from the Greek philein (to love) and sophia (knowledge or wisdom). X | True | | False |
2. Which of the following is a "philosophical question": | Is there a God? | | Does the end justify the means? | | What form of government is best? | | What is Time? | X | All of the above. |
3. An argument is a reason for accepting a position. X | True | | False |
4. The area of philosophy concerned with "values" includes | Ethics | | Aesthetics | | Social/political philosophy | X | All of the above | | None of the above |
5. Trying to argue that "God exists" because it says so in the Bible and "the Bible is the word of God" is an example of the fallacy of: | Argumentum ad hominem | X | Begging the question | | Straw man | | Appeal to emotion |
6. The pre-Socratics were primarily interested in the study of Epistemology. | True | X | False |
7. A proposition whose truth does not depend on sensory experience is known as a(n) ___________ principle. | a posteriori | | ad hominem | | reduction ad absurdum | X | a priori |
8. The philosopher who introduced Philosophy to Athens and who introduced the "mind/matter" distinction was X | Anaxagoras | | Empedocles | | Socrates | | Democritus |
9. Parmenides and Heraclitus were concerned with the concepts of identity and change. X | True | | False |
10. The view that future states and events are completely determined by preceding states and events is called X | determinism. | | indeterminism. | | a prioism. | | None of the above. |
11. Thales, the first metaphysician, believed that the underlying principle of everything was | fire. | | air. | | earth. | X | water. |
12. The Ancient Greek rhetoricians who taught debating skills for a fee were the | Platonists. | X | Sophists. | |
— P A G E 1 —
1. The word "philosophy" comes from the Greek philein (to love) and sophia (knowledge or wisdom). X | True | | False |
2. Which of the following is a "philosophical question": | Is there a God? | | Does the end justify the means? | | What form of government is best? | | What is Time? | X | All of the above. |
3. An argument is a reason for accepting a position. X | True | | False |
4. The area of philosophy concerned with "values" includes | Ethics | | Aesthetics | | Social/political philosophy | X | All of the above | | None of the above |
5. Trying to argue that "God exists" because it says so in the Bible and "the Bible is the word of God" is an example of the fallacy of: | Argumentum ad hominem | X | Begging the question | | Straw man | | Appeal to emotion |
6. The pre-Socratics were primarily interested in the study of Epistemology. | True | X | False |
7. A proposition whose truth does not depend on sensory experience is known as a(n) ___________ principle. | a posteriori | | ad hominem | | reduction ad absurdum | X | a priori |
8. The philosopher who introduced Philosophy to Athens and who introduced the "mind/matter" distinction was X | Anaxagoras | | Empedocles | | Socrates | | Democritus |
9. Parmenides and Heraclitus were concerned with the concepts of identity and change. X | True | | False |
10. The view that future states and events are completely determined by preceding states and events is called X | determinism. | | indeterminism. | | a prioism. | | None of the above. |
11. Thales, the first metaphysician, believed that the underlying principle of everything was | fire. | | air. | | earth. | X | water. |
12. The Ancient Greek rhetoricians who taught debating skills for a fee were the | Platonists. | X | Sophists. | |