PORTULIN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSPOHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON

ASSESSMENT TEST

Name: _______________________________________ Grade and Section: ___________________________

I. Direction: TRUE OR FALSE. Write TRUE if the statement is correct otherwise choose FALSE. Write
your answer on the space provided. (2 PTS EACH)

1. Plato traced man’s need to philosophize to his sense of wonder.

2. The need to philosophize is driven by the love for wisdom.

3. This is an area in philosophy that understand the human person from a philosophical

perspective is holistic thinking.

4. Swiss-German philosopher Karl Jaspers saw the need to philosophize because of doubt.

Reflection requires a person to be willing to examine one’s thoughts, feelings, and action.

5. Reflection requires a person to be willing to examine one’s thoughts, feelings, and action.

II. Direction: Fill in the blanks. Write your answer on the space provided. (2 PTS EACH)

Experience Knowledge Greek

Holistic Thinking Partial Thinking Lover of Wisdom

Philosophy – comes from two ____________________word philos (love) and sophias (wisdom) is
the study of general and fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind,
and language.
Philosophers – or ______________________ people who are engage in philosophy.

A man needs to philosophize because of his sense of wonder, doubt and ______________________.

Philosophy does not limit itself to its own field as it makes sense of information gathered from various
fields of _________________________ (e.g., science, psychology, economics, politics, etc.,)

Philosophy of the Human Person is an area in philosophy that understand the human person from a
philosophical perspective which involves holistic thinking and _______________________.

Philosophical reflection is important in our daily lives as it ensures that our actions and decisions are
well thought by using a deeper, holistic perspective.

In doing philosophy, critical, logical, and analytical thinking, observation, and communicative skills were
involved.

III. Direction: encircle the letter of the correct answer. (1 PT EACH)

1. The word Philos is a Greek word means_________.

a. Love b. Wisdom c. Philosopher d. Philosophy

2. Sophia is a Greek word for ___________.

a. Love b. Wisdom c. Philosopher d. Philosophy
 3. The people who engages in philosophy are called________.
a. Love b. wisdom c. Philosophy d. Philosopher

4. He was considered the foremost philosophers of ancient times. He was credited with formulating the
Socratic method___________.
a. Plato b. Aristotle c. Socrates d. Democritus

5. A student of Socrates, he wrote down his mentor’s teaching and incorporated some of his own ideas
into them included his Theory of Forms________.
a. Plato b. Aristotle c. Socrates d. Democritus

6. It refers to a perspective that considers large-scale patterns in systems______.

a. Doubt b. Academy c. Holistic Thinking d. Partial Thinking

7. It focuses on specific aspects of a situation, as an individual focuses on certain areas or aspects of a

problem in order to understand it.
a. Doubt b. Academy c. Holistic Thinking d. Partial Thinking

8. It is the process by which specific statements are analysed to reach a conclusion or generalization.
a. Academy b. Deductive reasoning c. Holistic d. Partial

9. It requires a person to be willing to examine one’s thoughts, feelings, and action and to learn more
about one’s life and experiences.
a. Reflection b. Observation c. Knowledge d. Doubts

10. The Greek term for philosophy, philosophia, means ___.

a. Holistic Thinking d. Partial Thinking c. Love of wisdom d. Knowledge

IV. Direction. Identify each statement. Choose your answer from the box and write them on the space
provided.

Plato Wisdom Doubt Philosophy Holistic Thinking

Love of wisdom Karl Jaspers Partial Thinking Reflection Love

________________1. It is the study or discipline that uses human reason to investigate the ultimate causes,
reasons, and principles which govern all things.
_______________ 2. The Greek term, philosophia, means ______.
_______________ 3. The Greek word, philos, means _________.
_______________ 4. The Greek word, sophia, means _________.
_______________ 5. The Greek philosopher who believes that Philosophy is brought about by man’s sense of
wonder.
_______________ 6. He believes that persons engage in philosophy in order to make sense of difficult life
experiences.
_______________ 7. It is an activity that requires a person to examine his or her thoughts, feelings, and
actions and learn from experience.
_______________ 8. Rene Descartes consider this as a reason why people philosophize.
_______________ 9. It is a perspective that considers the “bigger picture” when looking at problems and
situations.
_______________ 10. It is a perspective that focuses on specific aspects of a situation.

God Bless!
- Miss Justine