DIAGNOSTIC TEST

INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN

PERSON 15. If you assume that a set of statements is true, and yet
you can deduce a false or absurd statement from it, then the
Directions: Read each item carefully and choose your original set of statements as a whole must be false. This kind
answer from the options given. Choose the letter of the of argument is known as _____.
correct answer. USE CAPITAL LETTERS ONLY. a. modus tollens b. modus ponens
c. hypothetical syllogism d. reductio ad absurdum
1. What is originally meant “love of wisdom”?
a. Philosophy b. Ethics 16. The systematic use of critical reasoning to try to find
c. Epistemology d. Aesthetics answers to fundamental questions about reality, morality,
and knowledge is called _____.
a. the argumentative method b. the philosophical
2. What is the branch of philosophy that explores the nature
method
of moral virtue and evaluates human action?
c. propositional logic d. syllogistic reasoning
a. Philosophy b. Ethics c. Epistemology d. Aesthetics

17. The famous statement “An unexamined life is not worth

3. Which deals with nature, sources, limitations and validity
living” is attributed to _____.
of knowledge?
a. Aristotle b. John Locke c. Socrates d.
a. Metaphysics b. Ethics c. Epistemology d. Aesthetics
Plato
4. What is the science of the beautiful in its various 18. The study of reality in the broadest sense, an inquiry into
manifestations? the elemental nature of the universe and the things in it, is
a. Philosophy b. Ethics c. Epistemology d. Aesthetics known as _____.
a. metaphysics b. epistemology
5. What is really only an extension of a fundamental c. quantum physics d. axiology
and necessary drive in every human being to know what is
real? a. Metaphysics b. Ethics c. Epistemology d. Aesthetics
19. Questions like “What is knowledge?” and “What is
truth?” are mainstays in the branch of philosophy known as
6. The Filipino attitude as part of life which literally _____. a. logic b. metaphysics c. epistemology d.
means to leave everything to God which is Bathala? aesthetics
a. Bahala na b. Bayanihan
c. Pakikisama d. Kalooban
20. According to Socrates, a clear sign that a person
has _____ is her exclusive pursuit of social status, wealth,
7. Which is the philiosophy of “living in harmony with nature”? power, and pleasure.
a. Bahala na b. Bayanihan a. philosophical ambition b. worldly wisdom
c. Pakikisama d. Kalooban c. exceptional desires d. an unhealthy soul

8. Which Filipino value is helping others in times of need? 21. Michael strongly believes in honesty and tries to tell the
a. Bahala na b. Bayanihan truth in every situation; however, he also thinks that it is
c. Pakikisama d. Kalooban correct to lie to avoid hurting people's feelings. This is an
example of _____.
9. Which is reciprocating debts of gratitude between A. absurdism B. metaphysics C. justification D. belief
coordinates and subordinates holds the whole group
together? 22. The idea that not all events are predetermined is a part of
a. Bahala na b. Bayanihan _____.
c. Pakikisama d. utang na loob A. indeterminism B. libertarianism
C. empiricism D. materialism
10. A term that show sharing of one’s self to others?
a. Bahala na b. Bayanihan c. Pakikisama d. Kalooban 23. Which of these theorists wrote about how philosophers
have often focused on reason and observation in their work,
11. The four main divisions of philosophy are metaphysics, rather than emotion?
epistemology, axiology, and _____. A. Alison Jaggar B. Donna
a. bioethics b. logic c. aesthetics d. categorical logic Haraway
C. Dr. Martin Luther King D. Julia Cooper
12. For Socrates, an unexamined life is a tragedy because it
results in grievous harm to _____. 24.Phenomenology is a method that uses _____ to
a. the state b. the justice system describe things as they appear in consciousness. A.
c. the body d. the soul scientific experimentation B. passive observation C.
first-person information D. active observation
13. For Socrates, the soul is harmed by lack of _____.
a. knowledge b. wealth c. community d. courage 25.What is pragmatism?
A. A philosophical perspective that states that empirical
14. A question-and-answer dialogue in which propositions knowledge is not valid
are methodically scrutinized to uncover the truth is known as B. A branch of philosophy that studies human behavior
_____. C. A branch of philosophy that studies beauty
a. an argument b. the Socratic method D. A philosophical perspective that states that the truth is
c. the Socratic jest d. a debate what works on a practical level