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DIAGNOSTIC PHILOSOPHY TEST

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GENERAL DIRECTIONS: CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER FOR THE QUESTIONS BELOW.

1. Which philosopher is best known for his statement cogito ergo sum?

A) Socrates.
B) Jean-Paul Sartre.
C) Plato.
D) René Descartes.

2. Philosophy comes from the Greek philosophia, meaning what?

A) Love of wisdom.
B) Love of truth.
C) Lover of questions.
D) Love for books.

3. According to Plato, what is knowledge?

A) Opinion
B) There is no such thing as true knowledge
C) That which can be proven
D) A justified true belief

4. Who believed that a person begins life as a blank slate?

A) Plato
B) John Locke
C) Descartes
D) David Hume

5. Which philosopher most notably viewed that God created perfection but that man's free will created evil?

A) Irenaeu
B) Hick
C) Nietzsche
D) Augustine

6. What would Hume recognize as an impression?

A) The taste of food.

B) A belief in God.
C) An idea about faith.
D) A feeling of peace

7. Which political philosophy advocated for a revolution that results in the seizure of property from the
wealthy as well as the abolishment of private property rights and class distinction?

A) Neo-Republicanism.
B) Libertarianism.
C) Marxism.
D) Capitalism.

8. I have 3 apples. If Kim gives me 2 apples, then I would have 5 apples. This is an example of _____
knowledge.

A) general

 B) posteriori
C) a priori
D) total

9. According to which ethical view, a normal action is one that applies to every human regardless of the
situation or culture?

A) Ethical relativism
B) Ethical absolutism
C) Existentialism
D) Virtue ethics

10. In which of the following cases is there an 'appeal to nature' argument?

A) Sam deeply believes that marijuana is an excellent substance because it was recently legalized in many states.
B) Lilly is convinced that both herbs and pharmaceuticals could perform the same in many situations. She does not
prefer one over the other.
C) Kim argues that it is better to cure a flu with herbal tea than with pharmaceuticals because herbs are natural and
humans are meant to use natural resources.
D) George believes that aspirins are better than tea to fix a headache because humans evolved to produce them.

11. Which branch of philosophy is primarily concerned with the question of being?

A) Existentialism.
B) Humanism.
C) Neo-platonism.
D) Nihilism.

12. Thomas Aquinas’s cosmological arguments argue for…

A) The existence of knowledge.

B) The existence of God.
C) The existence of intelligent life.
D) Nihilism.

13. According to Marx, the bourgeoisie _____.

A) are wage earners

B) must start a revolution
C) own the means of production
D) lack capital

14. What does a False Dilemma Fallacy present?

A) An argument by analogy in which the analogy is poorly suited.

B) An occurrence in vivid detail, even if it is an exceptional occurrence, to convince someone that it is a problem.
C) A proponent of a position attempts to cite something as an exemption to a generally accepted rule or principle
without justifying the exemption.
D) A few options as though one of them must be true if the others are wrong.

15. According to Kant, the synthetic judgment contains _____.

A) information from different perspectives

B) an accurate definition that excludes any other information
C) multiple definitions
D) more than just a definition but also provides information

16. What does tabula rasa mean?

A) Red tablet.
B) New knowledge.
C) Clean state.
D) Rise tomorrow.

 17. Descartes’s meditation that led him to conclude that perhaps even mathematical laws are not true is
referred to as…

A) The foundationalism argument

B) The evil demon
C) The law denial argument
D) The Cartesian argument

18. Existential nihilism insists what?

A) Humans are naturally codependent.

B) Death is not the end.
C) The human condition has no meaning.
D) Knowledge is limited.

19. The allegory of the cave argues what?

A) We are born with infinite knowledge.

B) Perceptions are sources of absolute knowledge.
C) There is value in ignorance.
D) Our perceptions may not be accurate.

20. Metaphysics is the study of…

A) existence.
B) life.
C) mind.
D) politics.

21. Epistemology means the theory of…

A) cosmology.
B) poetics.
C) knowledge.
D) human nature.

22. Plato was a student to which philosopher?

A) Socrates.
B) Xenophon.
C) Aristotle.
D) Homer.

23. Jean-Jacques Rousseau is known for what?

A) Rejection of philosophy as a discipline.

B) Contributions to existentialism.
C) His publication Leviathan.
D) His publication The Social Contract.

24. What is the philosophical study of value called?

A) Ethics.
B) Ontology.
C) Axiology.
D) Valuation.

25. Which brand of philosophy is concerned with the nature and appreciation of art, beauty and good or bad
taste?

A) Dramatics
B) Aesthetics
C) Ethics
D) Art History.