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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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