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A valid deductive argument is said to be _______________ if the premises of that

argument as well as the conclusion are all true prepositions.

a.Conclusive

b.Invalid

c.Sound

d.Valid

One of the following is not a type of categorical proposition.

a.Universal Negative proposition

b.Particular Conclusive proposition

c.Particular Affirmative Proposition

d.Universal Affirmative proposition

This form of logic is concerned with testing the truth-value validity of

propositions through logical rules and principles is called __________________

a.Formal Logic

b.Boolean Logic

c.Mathematical Logic

d.Propositional Logic

A definition that tries to identify the intention of a term by providing a synonymous linguistic expression or an operational procedure for determining the

applicability of the term is known as

a.Lexical Definition

b.Denotative Definition

c.Connotative Definition

d.Intentional Definition

A method of Philosophy that confined to sense experience.

a.Empiricism

b.Reductionism

c.Appraisal approach

d.Rationalism

Philosophy grew out of wonder and _____________________

a.Enlightenment

b.Prayer

c.Curiosity

d.Desire

A critical and philosophical look at law in its generality is the function of a

discipline called _________________

a.Ethical Law

b.Normative law

c.Metaphysics

d.Jurisprudence

An average scientist always seeks for explanation while the philosopher basically

seeks for _______________________

a.Love

b.Engagement

c.Justification

d.Details

For a _________________, the role of reason is basically one of interpreting and

defending the dogma derived from sources whose authority and truth is taken on

faith.

a.Religionist

b.Scientist

c.Sociologist

d.Philosopher

_______________ is a school of thought in epistemology which holds that human beings

can acquire knowledge of reality using our minds alone, by thinking or pure reason.

a.Reductionism

b.Rationalism

c.Conditionalism

d.Empiricism

_______________ is the only discipline that strictly lays down the rules which the

mind must follow to arrive at truth and thereby minimize if not totally eradicate

error.

a.Reasoning

b.Logic

c.Epistemology

d.Philosophy

Medieval Christian philosophers were all part of a movement called ________________

a.Analytic Philosophers

b.Philosophers

c.Socratic Movement

d.Scholasticism

Skepticism is also known as _____________________

a.Stoicism

b.Hedonism

c.Pyrrhonism

d.Cynicism

_______________ is a branch of Philosophy that is defined as the science of being as

being.

a.Epistemology

b.Metaphysics

c.Ethics

d.Axiology

One of the following is not a six step in every scientific inquiry.

a.Observation

b.Questioning

c.Hypothesis

d.Generalization

Etymologically, philosophy is derived from the Greek word

a.Wisdom

b.Reason

c.Logos

d.Philos

________________ believed that Empiricism and rationalism could be combined.

a.Hegel

b.Voltaire

c.Hobbes

d.Kant

____________________ founded the Positivism Movement in the Contemporary Period.

a.Kant

b.Descartes

c.Comte

d.Hobbes

A group that believes that there is no absolute truth and two points of view can be

acceptable at the same time.

a.Hedonism

b.Cynicism

c.Stoicism

d.Sophism

__________________ is best known as the originator of the Ontological Argument for

the existence of God by abstract reasoning alone.

a.St Anselm

b.St Augustine

c.St Thomas Aquinas

d.St Jude

The act by which the mind affirms or denies something of something else is called

what?

a.Reasoning

b.Simple Apprehension

c.Relevance of Logic

d.Judgement in Logic

Apart from John Locke, one of these Islamic Philosophers introduced the idea of“”Tabula Rasa””

a.Avicenna

b.Augustine

c.Maimonides

d.Averroes

That kind of argument that its premise(s) only support, but do not guarantee its conclusion is called

a.Boolean Argument

b.Deductive Argument

c.Inductive argument

d.Mathematical Argument

Identify the one that does not belong to this group.

a.Consequently

b.While

c.It follows

d.Therefore

The formal fallacy associated with the deviation from the Modus Ponens rule is

called __________________

a.Fallacy affirming the conclusion

b.Fallacy of affirming the consequent

c.Fallacy affirming the antecedent

d.Fallacy affirming an invalid argument

One of the following is not a type of categorical proposition.

a.Particular Conclusive proposition

b.Universal Negative proposition

c.Particular Affirmative Proposition

d.Universal Affirmative proposition

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