ANSWER KEY 16.

The systematic use of critical reasoning to try to find

PRETEST IN INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF answers to fundamental questions about reality, morality, and
THE HUMAN PERSON knowledge is called _____.
a. the argumentative method b. the philosophical
Choose the letter of the correct answer. USE CAPITAL method
LETTERS ONLY c. propositional logic d. syllogistic reasoning
17. The famous statement “An unexamined life is not worth
1. What is originally meant “love of wisdom”? living” is attributed to _____.
a. Philosophy b. Ethics a. Aristotle b. John Locke c. Socrates d. Plato
c. Epistemology d. Aesthetics 18. The study of reality in the broadest sense, an inquiry into
the elemental nature of the universe and the things in it, is
2. What is the branch of philosophy that explores the nature of known as _____.
moral virtue and evaluates human action? a. metaphysics b. epistemology
a. Philosophy b. Ethics c. Epistemology d. Aesthetics c. quantum physics d. axiology
19. Questions like “What is knowledge?” and “What is truth?”
3. Which deals with nature, sources, limitations and validity of are mainstays in the branch of philosophy known as _____.
knowledge? a. logic b. metaphysics c. epistemology d. aesthetics
a. Metaphysics b. Ethics c. Epistemology d. Aesthetics
20. According to Socrates, a clear sign that a person has _____
4. What is the science of the beautiful in its various is her exclusive pursuit of social status, wealth, power, and
manifestations? pleasure.
a. Philosophy b. Ethics c. Epistemology d. Aesthetics a. philosophical ambition b. worldly wisdom
c. exceptional desires d. an unhealthy soul
5. What is really only an extension of a fundamental and
necessary drive in every human being to know what is real? 21. Michael strongly believes in honesty and tries to tell the
a. Metaphysics b. Ethics c. Epistemology d. Aesthetics truth in every situation; however, he also thinks that it is
correct to lie to avoid hurting people's feelings. This is an
6. The Filipino attitude as part of life which literally means to example of _____.
leave everything to God which is Bathala? A. absurdism B. metaphysics C. justification D. belief
a. Bahala na b. Bayanihan
c. Pakikisama d. Kalooban 22. The idea that not all events are predetermined is a part of
_____.
7. Which is the philiosophy of “living in harmony with A. indeterminism B. libertarianism
nature”? C. empiricism D. materialism
a. Bahala na b. Bayanihan
c. Pakikisama d. Kalooban 23. Which of these theorists wrote about how philosophers
have often focused on reason and observation in their work,
8. Which Filipino value is helping others in times of need? rather than emotion?
a. Bahala na b. Bayanihan A. Alison Jaggar B. Donna
c. Pakikisama d. Kalooban Haraway
C. Dr. Martin Luther King D. Julia Cooper
9. Which is reciprocating debts of gratitude between
coordinates and subordinates holds the whole group together? 24.Phenomenology is a method that uses _____ to describe
a. Bahala na b. Bayanihan things as they appear in consciousness.
c. Pakikisama d. utang na loob A. scientific experimentation B. passive observation
C. first-person information D. active
10. A term that show sharing of one’s self to others? observation
a. Bahala na b. Bayanihan c. Pakikisama d. Kalooban
25.What is pragmatism?
11. The four main divisions of philosophy are metaphysics, A. A philosophical perspective that states that empirical
epistemology, axiology, and _____. knowledge is not valid
a. bioethics b. logic c. aesthetics d. categorical logic B. A branch of philosophy that studies human behavior
C. A branch of philosophy that studies beauty
12. For Socrates, an unexamined life is a tragedy because it D. A philosophical perspective that states that the truth is
results in grievous harm to _____. what works on a practical level
a. the state b. the justice system
c. the body d. the soul

13. For Socrates, the soul is harmed by lack of _____.

a. knowledge b. wealth c. community d. courage

14. A question-and-answer dialogue in which propositions are

methodically scrutinized to uncover the truth is known as
_____.
a. an argument b. the Socratic method
c. the Socratic jest d. a debate

15. If you assume that a set of statements is true, and yet you
can deduce a false or absurd statement from it, then the
original set of statements as a whole must be false. This kind
of argument is known as _____.
a. modus tollens b. modus ponens
c. hypothetical syllogism d. reductio ad absurdum