Basic Philosophy MCQ
1. According to rudolf carnap, metaphysical claims ________.
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None of the above
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2. According to john dewey, philosophy arises from ________.
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Struggle with social or moral problems
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3. If you are shown that your argument commits a fallacy, you should __________.
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Revise the argument
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4. If the consequence of a prediction from a hypothesis does occur then __________.
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This confirms that the hypothesis was true
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5. John locke and john stuart mill are important philosophers for the ideology of ________.
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Liberty and political rights
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6. John locke believed that man without government was _____.
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Basically good
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7. In logic, the word some means _________________.
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All of the above
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8. The fallacy of _____ is trying to prove a conclusion by using that very same conclusion as support.
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Begging the question
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9. The basic idea behind empiricism is that ________.
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Everything we know is the result of our experience
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10. In argumentation, criticism is __________.
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An evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the argument
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11. It can be said that descartes offered a _________ view of the self.
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Atomistic
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12. Platos dialogues, including the apologia, _____.
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Are classical texts
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13. John locke disagreed with the doctrine of innate ideas. according to locke, ____.
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The mind is a blank slate at birth; therefore, there are no innate ideas
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14. As part of your resistance posture you should portray ______ at all times
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Innocence
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15. ________ refers to global evaluations of the self.
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Self-esteem
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16. Subjectivism differs from relativism in that it is __________ rather than __________.
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Individual; collective
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17. A great deal of legislation originates in _____.
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Specialized agencies
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18. ___________________ communicates meaning, passion, and intensity.
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19. Kierkegaard laments that society has replaced individuals with _____.
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Religious devotion
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20. Fiat is understood to mean a(n) ______ or a decree?
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21. Karl popper, a 20th-century philosopher, claimed that genuine scientific theories are __________.
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Falsifiable.
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22. If god has excellent reasons for laying down the moral law, then _____.
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All of the above
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23. Choose all that apply: plato categorized world into ___________________ and ______________________.
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Sensible and intelligible
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24. Aristotle states that a human being is happy when he or she ______.
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Acts reasonably
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25. According to modern logicians, statements of the form all p is q are ________ when no p exists.
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All of these
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26. Anselm assumes that a being that exists in reality is greater than a being that _____.
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Exists only in the understanding
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27. These lines from the declaration of independence are an example of the use of _______________.
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28. A(n) __________ presents a consideration for the acceptance of a claim.
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argument
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29. In _______________ utilitarianism, only the basic utility derived from an action is examined.
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30. For socrates the good of the soul is attained only through an uncompromising search for _____.
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What's true and real
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31. According to descartes, the enduring self is characterized by ________.
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32. In ipv6, the payload length gives the number of octets in the ________.
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Entire packet minus the main header
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33. Illuminate live is a lecture program used in schools and is considered a(n) _________ tool.
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Web conferencing
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34. If a caregiver disagrees with a physician's written orders, the caregiver __________.
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Should seek clarification from the ordering physician
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35. For james, the "conditions" of mental life are the influences of ____.
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36. According to a. j. ayer, ________.
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None of the above.
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37. A conditioned emotional response involves the pairing of a ________ with a(n) ________.
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Neutral stimulus; aversive emotion-inducing stimulus
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38. According to freud, when the moral standards of the _____ are violated, the individual feels _____.
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Conscience; guilt
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39. According to ____, there is no single correct universally applicable moral standard.
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Cultural relativism
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40. One way to make an inductive argument weaker is to __________.
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Make the conclusion weaker
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41. This form of inductive argument moves from the specific to the general __________.
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Inductive generalization
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42. The article by william baxter utilized primarily ________ reasoning.
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Anthropocentric
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43. One of the tips for mastering change is to recognize ____ as the labor of the information age.
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44. In the context of the argument making, there is no point to giving reasons __________.
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If the listener is not going to rely on those reasons in deciding what to believe with regard to the claim
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45. In a propositional argument form the variables represent _____________.
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Sentences
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46. Social ______ relates to a business's impact on society.
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Responsibility.
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47. Restating in your own words what you think the other person is saying is called_____.
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Paraphrasing
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48. The philosophy of muscular christianity stressed that __________________________.
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Sports activities reinforced moral values and should not be prohibited by religions
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49. The two parts of an argument are _________ and _________.
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Premises,Conclusions
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50. To solve an ethical dilemma, decision makers try to make a(n) ______ argument.
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51. The final stage of kohlberg's theory is the _____ level of development.
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Postconventional
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52. John locke is to immanuel kant as ________ is to ________.
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Nurture; nature
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53. On paul’s first missionary journey he took ___________ and ___________ with him.
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Barnabas/ John Mark
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54. "prison" study is to "shock" study as _____ is to _____.
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Zimbardo; Milgram
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55. "out of sight, out of mind" can describe the behavior of a child who lacks the concept of _____.
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Object permanence
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56. ______________ was not a judge in israel.
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Both of above
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57. ______________ was a judge in israel
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58. ________ and _________ are nonconsequentialist theories.
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The divine command theory, the Kantian theory
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