Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person: Pre Test

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True or False.
Instructions: Write “T” in the blank if the statement is correct or “F” if not.

1. The word “philosophy” comes from the Greek words “philo” meaning “to love” and “sophia”
meaning “wisdom”.
2. Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as
existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.
3. Epistemology is the study of the fundamental nature of reality.
4. Metaphysics is the study of the nature of knowledge.
5. Ethics is the study of moral principles, the concepts of right and wrong conduct.
6. Axiology is the study of art and beauty.
7. In phenomenology, “epoche” is “bracketing out” everything that is not essential in
consciousness.
8. One of the common themes in existentialism is human freedom.
9. Edmund Husserl was the first existential philosopher.
10. I keep the classrooms clean and orderly because I am a good student!
11. Existentialism, with Jean-Paul Sartre emphasizes the importance of free individual choice,
regardless of the power of other people to influence and coerce our desires, beliefs, and
decisions.
12. Postmodernism is actually a philosophy.
13. For philosophers in the analytic tradition, language can objectively describe truth.
14. Ludwig Wittgenstein said that language is socially conditioned.
15. You are committing a fallacy of Against the Person when instead of arguing, you use force,
coercion, or the threat of force as a justification for a conclusion.
16. Words have cognitive meaning if the purpose of the sentence is to inform or state a fact.
17. The words transcendental (adjective) and transcendence (noun) convey the basic concept of
“climbing or going beyond”.
18. According to Hinduism, the body is ultimately real; the existence of the soul is considered as
nothing more than an illusion and even an obstacle to an individual’s realization of one’s real
self.
19. According to Hinduism, man has a single nature.
20. I listen attentively in class and actively take notes because I am a good student!
21. For St. Augustine, philosophy is amor sapiential, the love of wisdom.
22. For St. Augustine, Christianity, as presenting the full revelation of the true God, is the only
full and true philosophy.
23. For St. Thomas Aquinas, of all creatures, human beings have the power to change
themselves and things for the better.
24. The ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras described the universe as the living embodiment
of numbers.
25. The German philosopher Immanuel Kant expressed beauty is ultimately a symbol of the
universe.
26. The Milesians, early Greek philosophers, regarded Nature as finite, that is, with boundaries.
27. Ecofeminism argues that the ecological crisis is a consequence of male dominance.
28. Social ecology argues that the ecological crisis is an outcome of anthropocentrism.
29. For Herbert Marcuse, nature has dominated humanity.
30. I exercise prudence and wisdom in making choices because I am a good student!
31. For Aristotle, human beings are rational.
32. St. Thomas Aquinas considered the human being as a moral agent.
33. Jean-Paul Sartre’s existentialism stems from his principle existence precedes essence.
34. B.F. Skinner said that behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequences.
35. Karol Wojtyla (Pope Saint John Paul II) maintained that the human person is a “rational
animal”.
36. For the German philosopher Martin Buber, human relationships are “I-it” relationships.
37. Jean Jacques Rousseau said that women should not be educated.
38. For Mary Wollstonecraft, women should be valued until their beauty fades.
39. The German philosopher Martin Heidegger said that humankind is monologue, idle talk.
40. I respect my teachers and my classmates because I am a good student!
41. Philosophically, our totality, wholeness, or “complete life” relies on our social relations.
42. John Locke, David Hume, and George Berkeley were the main exponents of imperialism.
43. Immanuel Kant’s philosophy is generally known as critical idealism.
“I know that I do not know.” - Socrates
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44. Socrates’ saying “knowledge is virtue, ignorance is vice” is a summation of what he wanted
to teach about how human beings should live a good life.
45. The more society is influenced by technology, the less we need to consider the social and
ethical aspect of each decision and choice.
46. Socrates said that for a person to be happy, he has to live a virtuous life.
47. For Jean-Paul Sartre, for a person to exist, he must first define himself.
48. According to Plato, the soul is a source of endless trouble for us.
49. French philosopher Gabriel Marcel’s phenomenological method consists of primary,
secondary, and tertiary reflection.
50. I am thankful for the opportunity to learn every day because I am a good student!

“I know that I do not know.” - Socrates