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IGS 1104: INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY AND CRITICAL THINKING
DECEMBER 2021 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER QUESTION ONE (a-e) AND ANY OTHER QUESTION
QUESTION ONE (25 MARKS)
1. a) Philosophy is a science of mind that enables one to think through life including and
not limited to scrutinizing ethical principles (accountability, transparency, and
responsibility) that affect humanity. Discuss this statement in view of one’s self esteem
while dealing with the public good.
b) What factors led to high corruption in Kenya today?
c) What is the relationship between philosophy and critical thinking?
 d) Discuss any three obstacles and any three fallacies that affect critical thinking.
e) Explain the main major branches of philosophy and their relation to critical
thinking.
f) Reason must prevail in all conflicting situation. Discuss.
g) Critical thinking employs intellectual abilities as opposed to emotions. Explain.
h) What are the six stages that university students can utilize in solving some of the
crimes affecting them?
i) Articulate any four principles of value-based leadership that university student
leaders can adopt to faithfully serve their colleagues.
j) What is emotional intelligence and how does it influence an individual in a
workplace?
QUESTION TWO (15 MARKS)
a) Distinguish between five philosophical and five non-philosophical questions.
b) Whys is epistemology an important branch of philosophy to you as a university
student?
c) Discuss any major contribution of two of the following philosophers:
i) Socrates
ii) Plato
iii) Aristotle
iv) Augustine of Hippo
v) Thomas Aquinas
QUESTION THREE (15 MARKS)
a) What are the key elements of a debate and their influence on you as a thinker?
b) Discuss any three ways on how critical thinking contribute to good public speaking.
c) What do you understand by the following concepts
i) Constitution and constitution making
ii) Leadership and governance
iii) Analytical thinking and decision making
iv) Reason and emotive thinking
v) Deductive and inductive reasoning
QUESTION FOUR (15 MARKS)
What do you understand by the following terms and their influence on human behaviour?
a) Freedom and free will
b) Conscience and conscious
 c) Human acts and acts of man
d) Subjective and objective argument
e) Moral and ethical actions
QUESTION FIVE (15 MARKS)
Analyze any five of the ten commandments (Fallacies) of logic and how they influence
on decision making.