GST 212

PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FROM PHILOSOPHY AND HUMAN EXISTENCE

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1. Philosophy is a discipline that gives birth, touches and covers all other disciplines
2. Philosophy was the only available body of knowledge in the 12th – 13th century TRUE
3. All other disciplines refer to philosophy as the king of all discipline
4. Philosophy is called by some as mother or pillar of knowledge or foundation of all disciplines
TRUE
5. Philosophy is defined as study of universe and search for knowledge
6. The universe is simply the entire world TRUE
7. Knowledge is an important aspect of philosophy
8. The 2 essential faculties inbuilt in man by God are thinking and reasoning
9. There is no limit for knowledge in philosophy but it makes man superior TRUE
10.Philosophy is a one letter word having two Greek words philo and sophy which means love
and wisdom respectively
11.A philosopher is a lover of wisdom TRUE
12.There are 5 major branches of philosophy
13.The theory of knowledge is called epistemology while metaphysics is the theory of reality
14.The four classifications of philosophy are Western, African, Oriental and Asian
15.Korea republic falls under the oriental group of philosophy
16.The study of seen and unseen realities is called metaphysics
17.In metaphysics, the physics refers to the seen realities while the meta refers to the aspect of
unseen realities
18.The most abstract branch of philosophy is the metaphysics
19.Branches of metaphysics are natural philosophy, ontology, philosophy of religion, philosophy
of mind and philosophy of perception
20.Ontology is concerned with the study of existence
21.Philosophy of religion evaluates various claims and arguments about the existence of God
22.The doctrines in philosophy of religion are Theism, Atheism, Agnoticism, Monotheism and
Polytheism TRUE
23.Theism states that God exist while Atheism states that God does not exist
24.The doctrine which states that the existence of God is not known and can never be known is
Agnoticism
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25.The doctrine that leads to monotheism and polytheism is Theism
26.Judaism practice monotheism doctrine TRUE
27.Hinduism is to Indians while Zoroastrianism is to Chinese
28.Philosophy of mind attempt to reconcile the controversy between the mind and body
29.The theories under the philosophy of mind are Monism and Dualism TRUE
30.In the theory of Dualism, the mind is seen as inanimate object because it cannot be seen or
touched
31.Perception can be internal or external TRUE
32.Internal perception refers to activities that occur inside the body while external occur outside
the body TRUE
33.Fatigue, pain and thinking are all examples of internal perception
34.Epistemology is concerned with three questions: what is knowledge? How do we acquire
knowledge? And what do we know? TRUE
35.Knowledge refer to familiarity gained through experience
36.The byproduct of outcome of research is called knowledge
37.Knowledge can be acquired through three important ways as identified by philosophers
namely proportional, personal and procedural knowledge
38.Proportional knowledge makes a declarative statement and is also called half baked
knowledge
39.Personal knowledge gives all the information that we need to know about an object and is
called reliable knowledge
40.Knowledge that talks about methods required in performing certain activities involving
practical and physical manipulation of objects to get result is called procedural knowledge
41.Educationists classified ways of acquiring knowledge into three namely: discipline of nature,
discipline of society and discipline of superior force
42.Discipline of nature is the same thing as trial and error
43.Discipline of superior force means learning by the hard way as a corrective measure TRUE
44.There are seven types of knowledge TRUE
45.Rational knowledge employs use of reasoning to discover knowledge and it emphasizes the
power of intellect
46.Empirical knowledge is the use of senses to discover knowledge TRUE
47.Empirical knowledge states that knowledge is the product of experience TRUE
48.The two most celebrated knowledge in philosophy that oppose each other are rational and
empirical knowledge
49.Knowledge that enable man to do extra ordinary and unimaginable things is called intuitive
knowledge
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50.Mystic knowledge is the knowledge possessed by magicians, spiritualists and Babalawo
51.The type of knowledge that use strange language only understood by their practitioners,
enchantment and incantation is mystic knowledge
52.Mystic knowledge has the problem of verifiability
53.Revealed knowledge is the knowledge of God and other spiritual entities as revealed to man
by the Holy books
54.Scientific knowledge is based on observation and experimentations
55.Both scientific and empirical knowledge rely on the use of senses TRUE
56.According to scientists, for anything to exist, it must be tested and proved
57.Folk knowledge is the same thing as common experience acquired on daily basis TRUE
58.Most of the knowledge acquired by man comes from folk knowledge TRUE
59.Man can learn from Apriori and Aposteriori knowledge
60.Apriori knowledge exist independent of experience while Aposteriori knowledge depends on
experience
61.Apriori knowledge is rational knowledge while Aposteriori knowledge is empirical knowledge
62.The question of what do we know? Is answered by the theory of Skepticism
63.Theory of skepticism states that it is not possible for man to acquire knowledge TRUE
64.A person with the habit of doubting is called a skeptic
65.Aesthetics is the study of sensory and emotional values otherwise called judgment of
sentiments TRUE
66.In the study of aesthetics, we say that beauty is relative that is based on individual’s
perception
67.The 5 factors that affects aesthetic judgment are: culture, emotion, senses, desirability and
intellectual capacity
68.The essential pillars of logics are thinking and reasoning
69.Logic is the tool that prepare the man for critical and independent thinking
70.There are three forms of logic TRUE
71.Formal logic makes extensive use of language while symbolic logic employs the use of signs
and symbols to establishment truth of argument TRUE
72.Informal logic is used to clarify confusing terms and concepts TRUE
73.The properties of logic are consistency, soundness and completeness
74.Reasoning are of two major types, deductive and inductive
75.Deductive reasoning begins with general statement and end in a particular conclusion while
inductive reasoning begins with specific statement to end in general conclusion TRUE
76.There are three laws of thoughts namely: law of contradiction, law of identity, and law of
excluded middle
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77.The law of excluded middle says that in every logical statement, there should be no middle
position TRUE
78.Ethics is the theory of morality
79.Axiology is the study of value systems
80.Ethics is the theory that sees man as Homo – sapien that is having capacity to do good and
avoid evil
81.Ethics is seen as the basic principle of life which enables man to live a self moral life TRUE
82.The three types of ethics are Meta ethics, Normative ethics and Applied ethics
83.Meta ethics study meaning and origin of our ethical principles TRUE
84.Normative ethics has to do with the quality of life of man
85.Normative ethics has two theories namely: virtue theory and duty theory
86.Four virtues that enables man to live a sound moral life are wisdom, courage, temperance and
justice
87.Three duties we are to perform are duty towards God, duty towards others and duty towards
self
88.Our duty towards others include respect, love, and being each others keeper TRUE
89.Applied ethics is the branch of ethics used to solve matters of urgent importance, critical
issues that require saving human life
90.Some of the issues where applied ethics is used to solve include abortion and euthanasia
91.Western philosophy is also called European philosophy
92.The two major approaches or perspectives to philosophy are academic perspective and
personal perspective
93.Natural sciences includes Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Mathematics and Geology
94.TAR stands for Traditional African Religion
95.Logic helps to avoid errors, for clarity of expression, in decision making, in evaluation of
lengthy argument, correct reasoning and creates power of persuasion TRUE
96.The four founding fathers of first generation history of philosophy are Thales (624BC),
Anaxemes (585BC), Pythagoras (580BC) and Heraclitus (540BC)
97.Thales says that the most fundamental thing in the universe is water and he predicted eclipse
in 585BC (sun eclipse)
98.Anaxemes was born in the year eclipse occurred and he said that the most important thing in
the world is air
99.Pythagoras said all things exist in number and the most important number is 10 because it
covers all other original numbers.
100. The philosopher that is a religious person and a mathematician is called Pythagoras
101. Pythagoras says at death, human soul continue in journey to purity
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102. Heraclitus said that everything is in a state of motion TRUE
103. The philosophers in second generation history of philosophy are Socrates (469BC), Plato
(429BC) and Aristotle (384BC)
104. The first philosopher to discuss the study and importance of knowledge is Socrates TRUE
105. Plato categorized individuals into three in the society namely: guardians, producers and
rulers
106. Aristotle says that all men are political animals
107. Symbolic logic is completely empty of knowledge TRUE
108. In inductive reasoning, the conclusion must agree with the premise (body of argument)
TRUE
109. Logic help in the avoidance of fallacies TRUE
110. Knowledge is the sum total of information available to man
111. Personal knowledge is known as familiarity by acquaintance
112. Procedural knowledge is practical while proportional knowledge is theoretical
113. Discipline of society is the same as learning by imitation
114. The conditions to acquire knowledge are truth, belief and justification
115. Sensory knowledge is empirical while reasoning is rational knowledge TRUE
116. The Holy books include Holy Quran and Holy Bible
117. The principle of predestination is called fatalism which sees man as a helpless being and
was said by Richard Reidoff
118. The theory of existentialism says that it is man that determines what happen and man is
free to choose any action of his choice
119. Rationalism says that logic and mathematics are two areas of knowledge that always gives
man reliable information
120. The pillar of scientific theory is empiricism
121. The founding father of materials is Karl Marx
122. Pragmatism believes in action and is concerned with testing facts and looking forward to
result TRUE
123. The theory of happiness and satisfaction is utilitarianism
124. The principle that says for every event that occur there is always a cause is called
Determinism
125. Determinism says that cause is the primary event while effect is the secondary event
126. The theory of pleasure is Epicureanism
127. According to the principle of idealism, it is ideas that rule the world
128. The type of ethics that deals with norms and values is normative ethics
129. Religions that practice monotheism include Christianity, Islam and Judaism
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130. Hinduism religion is practiced in India TRUE
131. Jumping, kissing and running are examples of external perception TRUE
132. Plato said that producers (workers) are those who work hard to ensure economic survival
of the state. TRUE
133. Epistemology is concerned with the problem of truth
134. Epistemology is derived from two Greek words Episteme meaning knowledge and logos
meaning study
135. There are three types of truth namely correspondent truth, coherence truth and
pragmatist truth
136. Pragmatist truth considers the idea of truth to be an affair of practical experience
137. The five sensory organs in human body are smelling, hearing, touch, sight and taste
138. The sources of knowledge are sensory experience, reasoning, authority, and intuition
139. The three conditions for knowledge are objective, subjective and evidential requirements.
TRUE
140. Aesthetics is from the Greek word Aisthetike meaning science of how things are known via
the senses.
141. The theory with the view that everything is predetermined and what happen is not affected
by what we do is Fatalism
142. Fatalism sees man as a helpless being or lacks strength or capacity to initiate any action on
his own
143. The theory concerned with man, his question for existence and choice of destiny is
Existentialism
144. The founders of theory of Existentialism are Martin Heideggar and Karl Jasper
145. For Idealist philosophers, true knowledge is desirable from reason alone TRUE
146. The theory that matters with reality is called Materialism
147. Materialism does not believe in spiritual entities TRUE
148. The theory that establishes a relationship between event A and event B the effect, is called
Determinism and was founded by Bernard Berosky and Heraclitus
149. Empiricists maintain that our knowledge of external world comes from senses and every
knowledge must be a product of experience
150. The theory of Skepticism was formed by Sophist while that of Epicureanism was formed by
Epicurus.

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 PRINCIPLES AND FOUNDERS
1. Fatalism Richard Reidoff

2. Existentialism Martins Heideggar

Karl Jasper

3. Rationalism Renes Descartes

Epine Reibriz
Jean Jacque Rosseau

4. Empiricism Aristotle
John Locke
David Hume

5. Materialism Karl Marx

6. Idealism Plato
Kene Descartes
Thomas Hill
Charles Sanders Pierce

7. Pragmatism John Dewey

William James

8. Skepticism Sophist

9. Determinism Bernard Berosky

Heraclitus

10. Epicureanism Epicurus

11. Utilitarianism J.S. Mill

Jeremy Bentham
OTHERS
12. Dualism Rene Descartes

13. Monism Barudi Spinoza

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