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INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON

SUMMATIVE TEST 1
Name: __________________________________ Date: _________________________
Grade/ Section: _______________________ Score: ________________________

I. Multiple Choice. Read the statement below. Fill in the blanks with the correct answer.
__________1. What is originally meant “love of wisdom”?
a. Philosophy c. Epistemology
b. Ethics d. Aesthetics

__________2. What is the branch of philosophy that explores the nature of moral virtue and evaluates human
action?
a. Philosophy c. Epistemology
b. Ethics d. Aesthetics

__________3. Which deals with nature, sources, limitations and validity of knowledge?
a. Metaphysics c. Epistemology
b. Ethics d. Aesthetics

__________4. What is the science of the beautiful in its various manifestations?

a. Philosophy c. Epistemology
b. Ethics d. Aesthetics

__________5. What is really only an extension of a fundamental and necessary drive in every human being to
know what is real?
a. Metaphysics c. Epistemology
b. Ethics d. Aesthetics

__________6. This is the process of thinking about something in a logical way in order to form a
conclusion or judgement.
a. reasoning c. intuition
b. proposition d. reflection

__________7. It is an activity that requires a person to examine his or her thoughts, feelings and
actions and learn from experience.
a. reflection c. wondering
b. questioning d. reasoning

__________8. According to the importance of studying philosophy, what can it offer us?
a. Know the different philosophers and their philosophies in life?
b. See the downs and lows in the development and history of philosophy.
c. Survey the achievements of the different philosophers in various periods of history.
d. Enhances our minds, understand what we encounter every day, and value our judgement.

__________9. In our daily lives we encounter events, situations or issues that we need to ponder and
think deeply. This activity which requires a person to examine his or her thoughts, feelings
and actions and learn from experience is related to the concept of:
a. philosophical reflection c. philosophical wondering
b. philosophical questioning d. philosophical reasoning
__________10. A ______________ is a way of assessing a situation using all angles possible and weighing each
perspective for the best answer.
a. partial point of view c. perspective
b. holistic perspective d. reflection

__________11. Conclusions are made based on considering some, but not all sides of the problem/situations.
a. partial point of view c. perspective
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b. holistic perspective d. reflection

__________12. It is the style of inquiry and method that involved a continuous pattern of asking questions
until a contradiction or flaw is found.
a. deliberate reflection c. holistic perspective
b. Socratic method d. philosophical reflection

__________13. All Blackpink Kpop girls are cute. Jennie is a Blackpink member. Jennie is
cute. This argument is an example of ___________________________.
a. deliberate reflection c. inductive reasoning
b. holistic perspective d. deductive reasoning

__________14. Jungkook is single. Taehyung is single. Jungkook and Taehyung are both BTS
members. All BTS members must be single. This argument is an example of
___________________________.
a. deliberate reflection c. inductive reasoning
b. holistic perspective d. deductive reasoning

__________15. It is a school of thought in Philosophy which states that all beliefs can be
proved false.
a. Skepticism c. Epistemology
b. b. Ethics d. Aesthetics

II. Essay (5 pts.) 16-20. If a person is a murderer, a thief, and liar, is it now right to kill him for the
betterment of the society? Explain your answer.
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