1. Mr.

A, the learning area of Philosophy Area, checked and evaluated the midterm question
prepared by his teachers if they are consistent with the institutional educational practice.
- Philosophy of Education
2. This kind of inquiry refers to the sound judgement based on a simple perception of the
situation or facts.
- Common Sense
3. Parmenides, an ancient philosopher, argued that change is illusion in contrast to the claim
of Heraclitus that everything is in constant flux.
- Metaphysics
4. Which of the following does not belong to the classification of philosophy according to
period
- Continental Philosophy
5. Karlitos and Zian argued whether or not petite girls are really sorry
- Philosophy of Language
6. In this philosophy, investigations may include inquiry into the nature of meaning,
intentionality, reference, the constitutions of sentences, concepts, learning and thought.
- Philosophy of Language
7. All Pigs are mammals
All mammals are warm blooded
Therefore, all pigs are warm blooded
- Logic
8. Only human beings are capable of philosophizing
- True
9. On the issue whether or not there are violations of the law, Congressman Targued that the
franchise of ABS-CBN should be renewed
- Ethics
10. According to St. Thomas Aquinas, natural law refers to a set of manufacturer’ directions
written into our nature so that we can discover through reason how we ought to act. Hence,
human law must conform to natural law
- Philosophy of Law
11. In existential philosophy, school is an institution where human life is discussed and
teachers may vary in their methods.
- Philosophy of Education
12. Ardentia believed that beauty is relative and culturally defined
- Axiology
13. Deduction refers to the reasoning that begins with general idea and concludes on a
specific idea while induction refers to reasoning that begins with a specific idea and concludes
with a general idea
- Logic
14. Which of the following is Applied Philosophy?
- Normative Ethics
15. The following are philosophies according to region except
- Ancient Philosophy
16. In interpreting a text, Martin Heidegger claimed that one’s biases and presuppositions can
be employed as the starting point in understanding
- Hermeneutics
17. In analyzing the meaning of a text, Schlelermacher proposed that author’s background
including his culture and language should be considered.
- Philosophy of Interpretation
18. Philosophy is both an activity and a way to understand the world and its meaning
- True
19. This kind of inquiry goes beyond the scientific inquiry. It is the one that inquires the
coherence quality, sense of human life itself as a comprehensive reality
- Philosophical Inquiry
20. Being a branch of Philosophy, it is proper to say that Ethics must be studied first to
understand Philosophy
- False
21. According to this Philosopher, wonder is the feeling of Philosopher, and Philosophy
begins in wonder
- Plato
22. The following are examples of limit situations except
- Love
23. In the context of philosophizing, inquiry is human being’s effort to integrate, to bring
harmony to the tension in human existence
- True
24. This philosopher believed that Philosophy is to be studied not for the sake of any definite
answers to it questions but for the sake of questions themselves
- Bertrand Russell
25. An ancient philosopher believed that happens is the ultimate aim of human existence. As
such, our actions and decisions are geared towards achieving happiness.
- Ethics
26. According to Wittgenstein, the activity of speaking of language is like the activity of playing
a game. They are governed by rules that are conventional and public. Like the rules of the
games that we play, the rules of language are just instituted by humans
- Philosophy of Language
27. A politician said that Philippine legal system is better than American legal system
- Philosophy of Law
28. Juana made a reading of Philippine literature and questioned their authenticity using
different methods of interpretation
- Hermeneutics
29. Lock’s philosophy was an attempt to understand the operations of human understanding,
Kant’s philosophy was an attempt to understand the conditions of the possibility of human
understanding and Russel’s philosophy was an attempt to understand how modern science
could be justified by appeal to sensory experience.
- Epistemology
30. Karlitos and Zian argued that BIg Bang Theory is better than creationism
- Philosophy of Science
31. In understanding the cause of things a philosophical view explains that God is the first
cause. He is the Uncaused cause
- Metaphysics
32. “No more exams!” The real test of learning is not objective exams and evaluations.
Rather, it is student’s ability to apply and relate in real life the concepts studied in the
classroom
- Philosophy of Education
33. Kulas used the philosophy of Georg Gadamer in providing as interpretation to his
teacher’s assigned reading
- Hermeneutics
34. Kalista argued that nude painting is just a form of art
- Axiology
35. Positivists School of thought claimed that laws are made and not found but Karl von
Savigny believed that laws are not made but found
- Philosophy of Law
36. Gottlob Frege’s Theory of meaning claims that the meaning of the word solely consists of
its reference or the objects it refers to
- Philosophy of Language
37. In an idealist philosophy, a teacher is someone who should be philosophically oriented,
someone who assists the students to critical thinking
- Philosophy of Education
38. Under the coherentist approach, a theory is validated if it makes sense of observations as
part of a coherent whole. This became prominent due to W.V Quine
- Philosophy of Science
39. According to one analyst, NBA valued profits over healthand safety when it decided to
resume the games despite the threat to health and safety
- Axiology
40. Hedonist Philosophy believes that pleasure is the norm of morality
- Ethics
41. According to David Hume, moral distinctions are not derived form reason while Kant’s
Philosophy says duties and obligations may become a norm of right and wrong
- Axiology
42. John Locke argued that knowledge comes from experience while Rene Descartes argued
that knowledge comes from innate ideas
- Epistemology
43. It is impossible to attain knowledge
- Epistemology
44. According to St. Thomas Aquinas, a tyrannical law, though not being according to reason,
is not a law, absolutely speaking, but rather a perversion of law (Arthur and Shaw: 1993; p.
72)
- Philosophy of Law
45. The following are philosophies according to topic except
- Indian Philosophy
46. Which of the following does not belong to the classification of philosophy according to
period
- Continental Philosophy
47. Which of the following is a philosophy according to period
- Modern Philosophy
48. This kind of inquiry refers to the careful investigation into some aspect of the natural world
whereby quantifiable relationships may be propounded
- Scientific Inquiry
49. The swans that I observed are white. Hence, all swans are white , Even the premise in
this argument is true, the conclusion can only be probably true
- Logic
50. Considering her strong adherence to Catholic principles, Mayor B did not approve the
contract which is contrary to law despite the possibility of losing
- Axiology
51. Juan purchased cheaper clothes than the one which has a check on it logo
- Axiology
52. What are the two major divisions of Philosophies
- Eastern Philosophy
- Western Philosophy
53. The following are characteristics of Philosophy except
- It is concerned with assumptions upon which a field of inquiry is based
54. There is fallacy of false cause when one says:
Einstein became a great physicist because his parents and his teachers left him alone to
dream. Had they badgered him to study, he never would have beyond the Swiss patent office.
- Logic
55. According to thomas kuhn “paradigm”
- Philosophy of Science
56. According to Karl Jaspers, these are inescapable realities that we can only acknowledge
but could not change
- Limit Situations
57. All questions seek for philosophical answers
- False
58. According to this philosopher, when man is confronted with mystery or something whose
causes are still unknown he wonders why
- Socrates
59. According to Emmanuel Dy, the following are sources pf philosophical except
- Wander
60. Ethics is a philosophical branch about right and wrong. It is not only about providing
norms or standards for right and wrong but also making sense and giving meaning to them
- True
61. All philosophers are thinkers while all thinkers are philosophers
- False
62. Philosophy, etymology means love of wisdom, focuses on knowledge. It primarily aims to
acquire knowledge, giving more importance to knowing over learning
- False