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1ST PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION in PHILOSOPHY 101

September 24, 2020

Name:________________________ Score:____________

I. (F) FACT or TRUTH vs. (O) Opinion

_____1. Aside from graft and corruption, the Philippines is actually a tropical paradise.
_____2. The best education is available at very expensive schools which insist on quality education.
_____3. How far and successful one goes in a lifetime is provided on one’s aspirations, dreams, willingness to work, good health
and inspiring environment.
_____4. Health is wealth.
_____5. COVID can be controlled with face mask, washing hands and staying home.
_____6. Isko yorme Moreno and Vic Sotto are two of the best performing mayors in the NCR.
_____7. Karma works all the time especially during our most active years.
_____8. Wealth is as much a part of life as birth is.
_____9. Laziness is a major cause of failure in any examination or tests.
_____10. We breath oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide.
_____11. Ever since the time of Jose Rizal the FILIPUNO have always been optly described as INDOLENT.
_____12. The worse way of taking an examination or a test is to rely on someone else for the answers!
_____13. Students routinely fail in any examination because they don’t or they hardly read or go over the text or subject matter.
_____14. Going to school to follow your friends going to the same school is NEVER a formula for success.
_____15. People remain jobless because they don’t go to places where work is available. They rely on their local situation.
_____16. The outcome of many students going through a disciplined and strict policy or atmosphere is GAR better that those who
do not impose any order or discipline at all.

Reflection PYTHAGORAS WHY?

ELENCHUS SOCRATES PLATO
POLITICS WISDOME PHILOSOPHY
WHY? FALLACY LOGIC
ARISTOTLE METAPHYSICS EPICURUS
AESTHETICS EPISTEMOLOGY

SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER FROM THESE CHOICES. ANSWERS MAY BE REPEATED.
__________1. It is the study of general and fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind
and language.
__________2. It is the most basic and most important question ever in Philosophy.
__________3. The most prominent student of Plato, he actually remained in the famous Academy for 20 years before
founding his own school called Lyceum.
__________4. It is known as the question and answer method or the Socratic method, still in use especially in the law
schools around the world.
__________5. It ensures that almost everything we do are well thought out while being aware of consequences and
implications.
__________6. The branch of Philosophy that deals with CORRECT reasoning.
__________7. Clearly deals with citizens rights and privileges, power, influence, choices and plebiscites.
__________8. He firmly believed that philosophy could enable man to live a life of happiness.
__________9. He was clearly the most prominent student of Socrates and advanced his THEORY of FORMS. He
founded The Academy.
__________10. It is the study of knowledge itself and how we acquire it.
__________11. He was a great philosopher and a very prominent mathematician. He believed that the basis of all reality
was mathematical relationships.
__________12. It guides us to creati8ng valid arguments.
__________13. Although the son of a stone mason and a midwife, he is considered the father of Philosophy and is often
remembered but how he is NOT aesthetically pleasing (PANGIT!).
__________14. HE SAID “Wisdom starts with understanding yourself”.
__________15. He was the very famous tutor to the 13 y/o son of King Philip II. This pupil become Alexander the
Great.
__________16. It is the study of the universe and reality, an important branch in the study of philosophy.
__________17. It describes the FAULTY and MISGUIDED arguments based on wrong reasoning.
__________18. Who taught Aristotle?
__________19. It is the intended reason or the end of point of philosophizing.
__________20. It deals with everything that deals with beauty or the arts.

ANSWER ONLY THE FALSE statement. Leave BLANK the TRUE statements.
__________1. As philosophers, we do not assume that every statement is TRUE.
__________2. Doubt has a very important purpose in philosophy as it drives out desires to discover the truth.
__________3. One can find FACTS in scientific journals, encyclopaedias at loses, legal records and even an almanac
or history books.
__________4. An opinion is how a person or thing feels about something anyone can change an opinion.
__________5. One cannot change or alter a fact.
__________6. Bias is the disproportionate weight in favour of or against an idea or they, usually in a closed minded
prejudicial or unfair manner.
__________7. Claims are statements that require further examination to determine their truthfulness.
__________8. Conflict of interest refers to a person or groups CONNECTED TO or HAS A VESTED interest in the
issue being discussed.
__________9. When we reflect, we can judge whether our actions or decisions are reasonable or not.
__________10. In the process of doing philosophy, it is critical to have a HOLISTIC point of view- the perception of
looking at ALL ASPECTS of a situation first before making a conclusion.
__________11. A philosopher is a good communicator.
__________12. Men’s need to philosophize can be attributed to his SENSE OF WONDER according to Plato.
__________13. While under the influence of alcohol people tend to be argumentative usually by talking incessantly and
often angrily.
__________14. One’s sense of wonder, doubt and experience tend to fuel our need to philosophy.
__________15. Holistic doctors don’t just provide patients with medications or pills; instead, they look at ways to
improve life balance and eradicate health problems from their root source such as bad nutrition or high
stress.

MATCHING:
__________1. true ,real information T. BELIEFS
__________2. Convince a listener that a claim is truthful S. DIOGENES
__________3. Origins of philosophy Q. FACT
__________4. Being connected to or has a vested interest in an issue V. Public Opinion
__________5. Expresses convictions that are not easily explained by facts Y. overview or global perspective
__________6. HOLISTIC THINKING E. Greece
__________7. Convergence of the opinion of many people in a community I. AD Honunem
__________8. Attacking the person presenting the argument P. OPINION
__________9. Something one can change W. ARGUMENTS
__________10. Continues to walk the streets even at night to look for an honest man R. Conflict of interest

Prepared by:

Samuel C. Fernando, M.D.

Subject Teacher