Conclusion
1. Philosophy is:
1. the same as science.
2. the same as religion.
3. the love of wisdom.
4. the love of argumentation.
answer: 3
2. In order to engage in philosophical thought, a person must:
1. know what the Truth is and argue for it.
2. accept everyone's arguments for the Truth.
3. reject the idea of Truth alltogether.
4. strive toward the Truth but always be open to new questions.
answer: 4
3. Historically, the first Presocratic philosopher was:
1. Thales.
2. Pythagoras.
3. Plato.
4. Socrates.
,answer: 1
4. Scientific thinking:
1. makes no assumptions about reality.
2. explains the world in terms of supernatural causes.
3. explains the world in terms of natural causes.
4. does not offer causal explanations.
answer: 3
5. Religious thinking:
1. makes no assumptions about the reality.
2. explains the world in terms of supernatural causes.
3. explains the world in terms of natural causes.
4. does not offer causal explanations.
answer: 2
6. Mythic thinking:
1. explains and describes reality in purely naturalistic terms.
2. explains and describes reality philosophically.
3. uses story telling in order to explain and describe reality.
,4. does not exist in the modern world.
answer: 3
7. One of the major ways in which Ancient philosophy differs from Medieval philosophy is:
1. the Ancient philosophers did not give arguments.
2. the Medieval philosophers were not concerned with Truth.
3. the Ancient philosophers were not influenced by Abrahamic religions.
4. the Medieval philosophers were not influenced by Greek philosophy.
answer: 3
8. Socrates was:
1. predominately concerned with posing questions.
2. predominately concerned with winning arguments.
3. predominately concerned with showing the stupidity of others.
4. not really a philosopher.
answer: 1
9. The Presocratics were:
1. not really philosophers.
2. concerned with offering supernatural explanations.
, 3. not concerned with using logic.
4. concerned with questioning the assumptions of myth makers.
answer: 4
10. Philosophy:
1. involves only curiosity and wonder.
2. involves wonder and distress.
3. involves only wonder.
4. involves only distress.
answer: 2
11. Plato wrote that:
1. only the gods philosophize.
2. all of the gods philosophize.
3. some of the gods philosophize.
4. none of the gods philosophize.
answer: 4
12. The three major Socratic philosophers are:
1. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
1. Philosophy is:
1. the same as science.
2. the same as religion.
3. the love of wisdom.
4. the love of argumentation.
answer: 3
2. In order to engage in philosophical thought, a person must:
1. know what the Truth is and argue for it.
2. accept everyone's arguments for the Truth.
3. reject the idea of Truth alltogether.
4. strive toward the Truth but always be open to new questions.
answer: 4
3. Historically, the first Presocratic philosopher was:
1. Thales.
2. Pythagoras.
3. Plato.
4. Socrates.
,answer: 1
4. Scientific thinking:
1. makes no assumptions about reality.
2. explains the world in terms of supernatural causes.
3. explains the world in terms of natural causes.
4. does not offer causal explanations.
answer: 3
5. Religious thinking:
1. makes no assumptions about the reality.
2. explains the world in terms of supernatural causes.
3. explains the world in terms of natural causes.
4. does not offer causal explanations.
answer: 2
6. Mythic thinking:
1. explains and describes reality in purely naturalistic terms.
2. explains and describes reality philosophically.
3. uses story telling in order to explain and describe reality.
,4. does not exist in the modern world.
answer: 3
7. One of the major ways in which Ancient philosophy differs from Medieval philosophy is:
1. the Ancient philosophers did not give arguments.
2. the Medieval philosophers were not concerned with Truth.
3. the Ancient philosophers were not influenced by Abrahamic religions.
4. the Medieval philosophers were not influenced by Greek philosophy.
answer: 3
8. Socrates was:
1. predominately concerned with posing questions.
2. predominately concerned with winning arguments.
3. predominately concerned with showing the stupidity of others.
4. not really a philosopher.
answer: 1
9. The Presocratics were:
1. not really philosophers.
2. concerned with offering supernatural explanations.
, 3. not concerned with using logic.
4. concerned with questioning the assumptions of myth makers.
answer: 4
10. Philosophy:
1. involves only curiosity and wonder.
2. involves wonder and distress.
3. involves only wonder.
4. involves only distress.
answer: 2
11. Plato wrote that:
1. only the gods philosophize.
2. all of the gods philosophize.
3. some of the gods philosophize.
4. none of the gods philosophize.
answer: 4
12. The three major Socratic philosophers are:
1. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
