TMA 1
Score: 10
1 Despite the breaking away of natural and social sciences, does philosophy still remain the parent discipline of other discipline? _____
Answer: Yes
2 Etymologically, philosophy means _____
Answer: love of wisdom
3 ____ is the study of the method and principles used in distinguishing correct from incorrect reasoning
Answer: logic
4 An argument in which the premises do not lead to conclusion and certainty and is based on probabiltiy is called _____
Answer: inductive
5 ______ is the study of the first principle or ultimate reality
Answer: metaphysics
6 The coinage of the word metaphysics can be credited to _____
Answer: andronides
7 The branch of philosophy which deals with the theory of knowledge is called
Answer: epistemology
8 The questions "what is mind" Does God exist" can be linked to branch of philosophy called
Answer: metaphysics
9 Which of these statement is having problem
Answer: You can say you know something you are not sure of
10 The statement in option _______ is false
Answer: knowledge is subjective, non communicable and non-verifiable
11 The relationship and difference between knowledge, opinion and belief depend on the person's ________
Answer: position
12 When a philosopher possess information that is beyond doubt, we can use the term ______
Answer: know
13 If we know X, all the following are correct except __________
Answer: X must have counter evidence
14 From the understanding of a layman_____ is the general theory or principle about how we ought to conduct our lives
Answer: philosophy
15 The origin of philosophy can be traced to the _____
Answer: Ancient Greek
16 The first man to make a standard comment about the nature and definition of philosophy was ____
Answer: Pythagoras
17 ____ was credited with the prediction of the eclipse of 585 B.C.
Answer: Thales
18 _____ made an ingenious guess that man was originally born from animals of another species
Answer: Anaximander
19 Once upon a time, philosophy was pregnant and gave birth to many children. _____ is the oldest child of philosophy
Answer: Science
20 The statement that philosophy is the first and the last science can be credited to _____
Answer: Aristotle
TMA 2
Score: 10
1 Which of these aspect of knowledge is not intereseted in the ontic but in the ontelogical questions
Answer: Ethic
2 An average scientist always seek for explanation while the philosopher basically seek for ______
Answer: justification
3 Which of the following is not a source of knowledge
Answer: intuition
4 The theory which believes that human beings can acquire knowledge of reality by the use of mind or pure reason is called____
Answer: rationalism
5 All the following are part of logical processes except____
Answer: digitizing
6 Which of these list is not a conclusion-indicator
Answer: because
7 Etymologically, philosophy means _____
Answer: love of wisdom
8 A logical proposition is valid only when it can both be _________ and _________
Answer: denied and asserted
9 ____ argument is the argument that involves general to specific
Answer: deductive
10 An argument in which the premises do not lead to conclusion and certainty and is based on probabiltiy is called _____
Answer: inductive
11 Talking about the source of knowledge, which of these is out of place
Answer: mysticism
12 Which of these is associated with the rationalist
Answer: reason
13 Who among the earliest philosopher described man as a rational animal
Answer: Aristotle
14 Perceptual experience is not sufficient to acquire knowledge except with _______
Answer: reason
15 _________ is considered as the prima -matrix of human knowledge
Answer: reason
16 Who are primary proponent of sense experience
Answer: empiricists
17 The questions "what is mind" Does God exist" can be linked to branch of philosophy called
Answer: metaphysics
18 The questions such as "what is the relation between knowledge and reality" Is human mind capable of knowing? Are most likely from
Answer: epistemology
19 Which of these components of philosophy deals with the study of morality of human action in society
Answer: ethic
20 The assertion "The only thing I know is that I know nothing" can be credited to _____
Answer: Socrates
TMA 3
Score: 10
1 The word "Magister dixit" simply mean__________
Answer: Master said
2 _________ can be described as "immediacy of apprehension"
Answer: intuition
3 Deductive argument is valid if only if ______
Answer: all the options
4 An argument whose premises is true while its conclusion is false could be said to be ______
Answer: invalid
5 ______ is the name we give to the way awareness apprehends when awareness apprehends appearance directly
Answer: intuition
6 if I say I know "X" but "X" is not true, my statement is therefore_______
Answer: self contradicting
7 Philosophy is different from religion because ______
Answer: it often questions the assumptions of religion
8 Philosopher says he "knows" somebody only when ______
Answer: he/she possessed sufficient information about the person
9 The term " simple apprehension, judgement, reasoning and argument" constitute what is called
Answer: logical processes
10 In philosophy, authority is the ______ of knowledge
Answer: source
11 ______ can be seen as a pre-condition for knowledge
Answer: belief
12 According to Balm (1995:5), "intuition" is ______
Answer: immediacy of apprehension
13 Of the following, _____ is not a source of knowledge
Answer: internet
14 _________ is the act by which the mind forms the concept of something without affirming or denying anything about it
Answer: simple apprehension
15 Mathematics is to the science, ______ is to philosophy
Answer: logic
16 In logic, to infer means ______
Answer: to derive a conclusion of an argument from the premises of that argument
17 The premise in the statement "As soon as Dr. Ofotokun comes, he marks his scripts" is _______
Answer: "Dr Ofotokun comes"
18 ________ can be refered to as the Queen of all subjects acording to Otakpor
Answer: Logic
19 Syllogism is an argument, which contains ______ propositions, two of which are called the premise and the conclusion
Answer: three
20 Inductive argument proceeds from the experienced to the ______
Answer: inexperienced
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who among the following philosophers blended ethics, metaphysics, political philosophy and epistemology?
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