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Intro to Philosophy Semi-Final Exam

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1. Differentiate a philosophical reflection on a concrete situation from a holistic perspective. points: 3

2. Interpretation."We don't learn from experience, we learn from reflecting from our experience." -
John Dewey points: 3

3. He/she is the father of modern philosophy. points: 1

Plato
Descartes
Socrates
Aristotle

4. What is originally meant “love of wisdom”? points: 1

Ethics
Philosophy
Aesthetics
Epistemology

5. What is the branch of philosophy that explores the nature of moral virtue and evaluates human
action? points: 1
Ethics
Metaphysics
Aesthetics
Epistemology

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6. What is really only an extension of a fundamental and necessary drive in every human being to
know what is real? points: 1
Ethics
Metaphysics
Aesthetics
Epistemology

7. The Filipino attitudes as part of life which literally means to leave everything to God which is
Bathala? points: 1
Kalooban
Pakikisama
Bayanihan
Bahala na

8. He founded phenomenology. points: 1

Higgins
Kierkegaard
Socrates
Edmund Husserl

9. The most famous student of Socrates. points: 1

Plato
Aristotle
Husserl
Descartes

10. According to him, “to be happy, one must live a virtuous life". points: 1
Plato
Socrates
Aristotle
Descartes

11. This is a positive Filipino value or helping other in times of need. points: 1
Bayanihan
Kagandahang-kalooban
One for all
Utang na loob

12. He founded Stoicism. points: 1

Plato
Descartes
Socrates
Zeno of Citium

13. Which branch of philosophy deals with arguments? points: 1

Logic
Aesthetics
Ethics
Epistemology

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14. What Filipino values puts one in touch with one's fellow beings and is essentially interpersonal?
points: 1
Utang na loob
Hospitality
Loyalty
Pakikisama

15. The issue of who deserves to be a National Artist falls under which branch of Philosophy? points: 1
Logic
Metaphysics
Ethics
Epistemology

16. Etymologically, what does "philo" mean? points: 1

wisdom
to learn
to love
to survive

17. It is one of the positive Filipino values which is helping in times of need. points: 1
Kalooban
One for all
All for one
Bayanihan

18. What does “fillia” in the word Philosophy mean? points: 1

Wisdom
Love
Knowledge
Passion

19. What statement can best define “Philosophy” points: 1

The strong desire of a person to possess knowledge that is to be applied correctly
This is a systematic way of analyzing data and drawing valid conclusions
The ability of an individual to explain existence easily
The knowledge one possess in order to feel superior among all other beings

20. Everyone here is a known Philosopher except points: 1

Confucius
Plato
Einstein
Aristotle

21. Which of the following defines non-cognitive thinking in ethics? points: 1

A theory dependent on personal view points.
It defines the words good and bad.
Judgments that are not true or false because they express emotions.
It questions whether an action is right or wrong.

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22. The definition of Naturalism is points: 1
An expression of feelings to stimulate action
We intuitively now how to act.
A universal set of feelings
We can prove morals using empirical evidence from the natural world.

23. Empirical evidence is based on points: 1

What we can see, hear, touch etc
What The Bible tells us to do
What we can read about
The work of David Hume

24. The Ethical Theory that says we use our 'gut reaction' is called points: 1
Emotivism
Naturalism
Prescriptivsin
Intuitionism

25. Who said our intuition comes from our "unreflective consciousness"? points: 1
G E Moore
F H Bradley
H A Prichard
T S Elliot

26. Which of the following is a strength of emotivism? points: 1

Emotivism belittles our ability to reason.
Even when moral statements are carried by a weight of public emotion, that does not provide reason for them to
be adopted, nor does it make them right.
Emotions can unite people in a common moral bond, but can also isolate groups and individuals.
The importance of each individual’s moral feelings is stressed.

27. Which of the following is a weakness of emotivism? points: 1

History reveals many examples of emotivism methods of expressing moral views, even if they are not verifiable,
for example Hitler’s condemnation of the Jewish people.
It acknowledges and in some way values the existence of moral diversity.
"You cannot reduce morality to a set of cheers and boos."
It is culturally aware - arranged marriage, for example, could be good or bad depending on the stance of
different cultures.

28. What is the difference of Western and Eastern Philosophy. points: 4

29. Based on the nature of your personal choices, can you say that you are a totally free person?
points: 3

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30. How can the process of determining truth help us in our search for knowledge? points: 3

31. What is a moral relationship? points: 1

how much we consider the consequences of our actions on other things, including non-humans
how much we consider the consequences of our actions on other human beings
what is considered "right" or "wrong" human relationships

32. When do we say that an object has intrinsic value? points: 1

If it has value in and of itself
When it is valuable only when it is useful

33. When do we say that an object has instrumental value? points: 1

If it has value in and of itself
When it is valuable only when it is useful

34. Money has which of the following values? points: 1

Instrumental
Intrinsic Value

35. Human beings have which of the following values? points: 1

Instrumental
Intrinsic

36. Do pet animals have intrinsic or instrumental value? Why? points: 3

37. This view believes that humans are the center of moral consideration and the only beings with
intrinsic value. points: 1
Anthropocentrism
Panthocentrism
Biocentrism
Ecocentrism

38. This view believes that moral consideration should be extended to higher forms of animals
(including humans). points: 1
Anthropocentrism
Panthocentrism
Biocentrism
Ecocentrism

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39. What are the two main reasons animals should be extended moral consideration? points: 4

40. This view extends moral consideration not only to intelligent animals and humans, but to plants as
well. points: 1
Anthropocentrism
Panthocentrism
Biocentrism
Ecocentrism

41. This view regards the whole ecosystem as the center of moral consideration. points: 1
Anthropocentrism
Panthocentrism
Biocentrism
Ecocentrism

42. With this in mind, ecocentrism is a more _____ view of morality. points: 1
Individualistic
Communal

43. Which perspective of moral consideration do you agree with the most and why? points: 3

44. Aristotle referred this as the humanity's capacity to make choices. points: 1
wrong
right
free will
judgment

45. Being an existentialist, he/she believes that "Existence precedes essence" points: 1
Aristotle
Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Hobbes
Jean Paul Sartre

46. One of the most famous and influential philosophers of the French Enlightenment in the
eighteenth century. points: 1
Aristotle
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Aquinas
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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47. According to Thomas Aquinas, ______________ is love and love is our destiny. points: 1
God
Family
Knowledge
Happiness

48. Believes that we must take into account what the environment does to an organism not only
before, but also after it responds. points: 1
Yelon
B.F. Skinner
Thomas Aquinas
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

49. If you have the Filipino value of "utang na loob, which of the following will you most likely to do?
points: 1
repaying those who have helped us
establishing give-and-take-relationship
gratefulness to any help given by other people
all of the above

50. For Aristotle, God created humans to reason and are inclined to reason. Therefore, human beings
are __________. points: 1
Smart
Rational
Irrational
Open-minded

51. It is rooted in the human person's self-determination and the exercise of intellect and free will.
points: 1
love
hope
mind
freedom

52. Thomas Aquinas' one classification of law is the Natural Law. He defined it as the law that governs
natural phenomena in nature. The following are examples of Natural Law, EXCEPT: points: 1
people
gravity
elements
weather

53. En-soi refers to things in the world that simply "are". Sartre said that people make use of these
are their excuses to escape from obligations and acting on bad faith. Example of excuses are the
following, EXCEPT: points: 1
I was boen this way.
I grew up in a bad environment.
I can't reach my goal because I am poor.
This is my real attitude, but I can change it for the better.

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54. Freedom should not be squandered but taken as a wonderful gift that must be nurtured and
protected, not impinging the rights or freedom of others. This means that: points: 1
Actions are freedom.
We can do anything we want.
We should give our freedom to others
A person has freedom but is responsible for the consequences of his/her choices.

55. Who is the atheistic existentialist that states "God is dead"? points: 1
Thomas Aquinas
Albert Camus
Karl Jaspers
Friedrich Nietzsche

56. In Aristotle's Intellectual Freedom, what elements are said to drive each other? points: 1
reason, will, action
reason, will, decision
plan, process, action
input, process, output

57. Aquinas gave a fourfold classification of law: Eternal law, Natural law, Human law, and __________.
points: 1
Divine Law
Earth Law
Spiritual Law
Environmental Law

58. In the book "The Social Contract" by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, what theory did he elaborated?
points: 1
Theory of life
Theory of society
Theory of animals
Theory of human nature

59. Which philosopher is best known for his statement cogito ergo sum? points: 1
Rene Descartes
Plato
Socrates
Jean-Paul Sarte

60. Transcendental idealism argues that… points: 1

God is the ideal human
There is an afterlife
Our experience is based on our perceptions
Knowledge has foundations

61. Moral actions should be universalized, which means they points: 1

cannot bring about contradictions when applied to every person in every situation
can have contradictions as long as the can be justified

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62. Existentialism is defined by which of the following concepts? points: 1
wealth, pleasure, honor= the good life
Science will make everything better
living authentically