PHILOSOPHY (UNIT ONE)

Question 1

The branch of Philosophy that can be described as the science of correct thinking.

Answer 1

LOGIC

Question 2

The school established by Aristotle who is known as the tutor of Alexander the Great.

Answer 2

LYCEUM

Question 3

This Greek City state is known for its militaristic activities and said to be involved in the Peloponnesian War.

Answer 3

SPARTA

Question 4

The term that defines the boundless element that is believed to be the source of everything.

Answer 4

APEIRON

Question 5

AKA “The Laughing Philosopher”

Answer 5

DEMOCRITUS

Question 6

This Pre-Socratic philosopher believed that water is the source of everything.

Answer 6

THALES OF MILETUS

Question 7

The branch of philosophy that deals with the existence of things.

Answer 7

METAPHYSICS

Question 8

The branch of philosophy that evaluates human actions.

Answer 8

ETHICS

Question 9

This Pre-Socratic philosopher believed that air is the basic element that gives life.

Answer 9

ANAXIMENES

Question 10

Wrote the “Allegory of the Cave”. Believes that women have equal rights like men.

Answer 10

PLATO

Question 11

TRUE/FALSE: Philosophy came from the Greek words “Philia/Philo” which means love and “Sophia” which means wisdom. Etymologically, it can be said that philosophy is the “love of wisdom”.

Answer 11

TRUE.

Question 12

TRUE/FALSE: Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy that deals with how you know things to be true based on what you know.

Answer 12

FALSE. (Answer: Epistemology)

Question 13

TRUE/FALSE: Under the Principle of Identity, this states that an object cannot either be or not be at the same time.

Answer 13

FALSE. (Answer: Principle of Non-Contradiction)

Question 14

TRUE/FALSE: Philosophy isn’t considered to be a science because it doesn’t have to be systematically organised.

Answer 14

FALSE. (Answer: Philosophy itself is considered as a science as it needs a process to come to a detailed conclusion using unaided reason)

Question 15

TRUE/FALSE: In Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave”, the two other prisoners went along with the newly freed man to see the outside world for they wanted to see the truth.

Answer 15

FALSE. (Answer: The two other prisoners killed the newly freed man for they are afraid of the light they don’t wanna see. In short, they are also afraid of change.)

Question 16

TRUE/FALSE: For Socrates, to be happy, one must live without the use of virtues.

Answer 16

FALSE. (Answer: Read p. 8 of your book.)

Question 17

TRUE/FALSE: Mankind has 100% freedom.

Answer 17

FALSE. (Answer: “We have no ABSOLUTE freedom.” - Sir Ejjay the Great)

Question 18

TRUE/FALSE: According to Plato, everything we experience in the physical world with our five senses is real.`

Answer 18

FALSE. (Answer: According to him, nothing we experience in the physical world is real. They’re just ideas of forms and can only be detected by the intellect.)

Question 19

This is to express or think through using a philosophical manner.

Answer 19

PHILOSOPHIZING

Question 20

The German philosopher who refers to the phenomenon to our world of experience.

Answer 20

IMMANUEL KANT

Question 21

The thesis that states that the truth is dependent on the peculiarities of the human mind and that philosophy is reducible to psychology.

Answer 21

PSYCHOLOGISM

Question 22

This emphasizes the importance of free individual choice, regardless of the power of other people to influence or coerce our desires, beliefs, and decisions.

Answer 22

EXISTENTIALISM

Question 23

Reasoning based on observations to make generalizations.

Answer 23

INDUCTIVE REASONING

Question 24

A fallacy which uses the same word many times that gives a different meaning each time.

Answer 24

EQUIVOCATION

Question 25

A fallacy that claims that something is already true when just taken from a part of a whole.

Answer 25

COMPOSITION

Question 26

The apostle that wrote letters to the people of Corinth. Can be read in the 1st and 2nd Corinthians in the Bible.

Answer 26

Paul

Question 27

TRUE/FALSE: Too much honey will kill you.

Answer 27

FALSE. (Answer: Too much honey will make you vomit/)

Question 28

A fallacy that uses a threat to advocate/justify their conclusion. Answer in Latin or English.

Answer 28

ARGUMENTUM AD BACULUM OR APPEAL TO FORCE

Question 29

TRUE/FALSE: One commits an error in hasty generalization if they reach an inductive generalization based on insufficient evidence.

Answer 29

TRUE

Question 30

TRUE/FALSE: You cannot attack the character of your opponent during a debate at all times.

Answer 30

FALSE (Answer: Exempted situations are when the issue is related to the character.)

Question 31

TRUE/FALSE: God can lie.

Answer 31

FALSE (Answer: God CANNOT lie even if he is omnipotent.)