CHAPTER TEST

Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person

_____ 1. Etymologically, the word “Philosophy” comes from the Greek words, philo and sophia which means:
a. Love for reality b. Love of Wisdom c. Quest for wisdom d. Knowledge and wisdom
_____ 2. Who is the father of Western Philosophy?
a. Plato b. Confucius c. Thales d. Aristotle
_____ 3. What is an example of first order inquiry?
a. A scientist practicing his science in his laboratory
b. A scientist having conversation with his fellow scientist
c. A philosopher criticizing a scientist work
d. A philosopher having conversation with a scientist
_____ 4. The history of Western Philosophy started with this group of metaphysicians from Miletus.
a. Greek triumvirates b. Milesians c. Believers d. Mythology
_____ 5. A strong desire for a particular objects is called_______.
a. Love b. Trust c. Justice d. Will
_____ 6. The correct application of knowledge is also known as _________.
a. Desire b. Wisdom c. Freedom d. Describe
_____ 7. The notion of God, soul and spirit.
a. Material being b. Superstitious belief c. Immaterial being d. Logical Reason
_____ 8. All the things that exists around us.
a. Beings b. Reason c. Knowledge d. Wisdom
_____ 9. Philosophy uses _________ as a tool which can be expressed in many forms.
a. Logic b. Knowledge c. Wisdom d. Reason
_____ 10. The following is an example of material being EXCEPT
a. Stones b. Soul c. Water d. Air
_____ 11. Introduced the concept of reductionism during the 17th century.
a. Pythagoras b. Rene Descartes c. John Locke d. Willy Ostreng
_____ 12. Refers to understanding complex ideas by reducing them to their parts.
a. Holism b. Analytical c. Speculative d. Reductionism
_____ 13. The term holism comes from the Greek word holos which means
a. All b. Empty c. Many d. Everywhere
_____ 14. Who states that “The whole is more than the sum of its parts”.
a. Thales b. Pythagoras c. Aristotle d. Plato
_____ 15. The virtue of putting yourself into somebody else’s shoes.
a. Empathy b. Sympathy c. Forgiveness d. Thoughtfulness
_____ 16. Branch of philosophy that seeks to answer the nature of reality.
a. Logic b. Metaphysics c. Aesthetics d. Ethics
_____ 17. The science and art of correct thinking and valid reasoning.
a. Epistemology b. Ethics c. Logic d. Ethics
_____ 18. Deals with the morality of human action.
a. Ethics b. Axiology c. Epistemology d. Metaphysics
_____ 19. The science of human knowledge.
a. Deontology b. Semantics c. Cosmology d. Epistemology
_____ 20. Studies the nature of beauty and art.
a. Aesthetics b. Logic c. Ethics d. Cosmology
_____ 21. The Filipino attitude as part of life which literally means to leave everything to God which is Bathala?
a. Bahala na b. Bayanihan c. Pakikisama d. Kalooban
_____ 22. Which Filipino value is helping others in times of need?
 a. Bahala na b. Bayanihan c. Pakikisama d. Kalooban
_____ 23. Which is reciprocating debts of gratitude between coordinates and subordinates holds the whole group
together?
a. Bahala na b. Bayanihan c. Pakikisama d. Utang na loob
_____ 24. A term that show sharing of one’s self to others?
a. Bahala na b. Bayanihan c. Pakikisama d. Kalooban
_____ 25. Which is the philosophy of “living in harmony with nature”?
a. Bahala na b. Bayanihan c. Pakikisama d. Kalooban

Test II. Match the Philosophers from column b with their corresponding works in column A. Write only the letter of the
correct answer in the space provided.
Column A Column B
____ 1. Reality is numbers. A.Thales
____ 2. He assumed that the earth is flat. B. Anaximander
____ 3. Reality is made of many seeds of elements. C. Anaximenes
____ 4. Reality is water. D. Pythagoras
____ 5.Fundamental substance is air. E. Heraclitus
____ 6. Reality is the infinite or the apeiron. F. Empedocles
____ 7. He write the idea about change. G. Paramides
____ 8. He gave the importance to the contemplative life. H. Anaxagoras
____ 9. Reality is made up of four elements.
____ 10. Being is the only permanent thing in this world.

Test III. Write the corresponding Branch of Philosophy from the following questions. Write only the letter.
M-Metaphysics/ Ep-Epistemology/ Et-Ethics/ L-Logic/ A-Aesthetics
_____ 1. Where does knowledge come from?
_____ 2. Is beauty in the thing or is it in the eyes of the beholder?
_____ 3. Why do things exist?
_____ 4. Where do they come from?
_____ 5. How should life be lived?
_____ 6. What is good reasoning?
_____ 7. What is known?
_____ 8. How meaning of something relates to truth and the world?
_____ 9. How is knowledge of one thing applies to other things?
_____ 10. If virtue is desirable, what makes its desirable?
_____ 11. What makes human action good or evil?
_____ 12. What are they made of?
_____ 13. Is our knowledge of things reliable?
_____ 14. Is it enough that our reasons are correct?
_____ 15. What makes a thing or a work of art beautiful?

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Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Confucius