INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON

SUMMATIVE TEST 1.2 (Module 2: Methods of Philosophizing)

NAME: ________________________ SECTION: ___________ SCORE: _____ Checker: ___________
Instruction: Read the following statements or questions, then choose the best answer from the choices. Write the
CAPITAL letter that corresponds to your answer in the space provided before the item number.
___ 1. Who is the famous French philosopher who stated that to philosophize is to doubt?
A. Aristotle B. Descartes C. Plato D. Socrates
___ 2. Which of the following is NOT among the bases of truth?
A. Action B. Consensus C. Facts D. Propositions
___ 3. This will help us learn the process of doing philosophy in a systematic way.
A. Doing Philosophy B. Methods of Philosophizing C. Philosophizing D. All of the above
___ 4. This is to think or express oneself in a philosophical manner.
A. Doing Philosophy B. Methods of Philosophizing C. Philosophizing D. All of the above
___ 5. Known as the empirical method, what is the process of determining truth or knowledge through
experimentation, inductive reasoning, and hypothesis or theory testing?
A. Dialectic Method B. Logical method C. Scientific Method D. Socratic Method
___ 6. Of the two types of reasoning, the conclusion comes first, followed by the main points, and the last will be
the supporting data, facts, examples, and evidence. The general idea comes first before the specific idea.
A. Deductive Reasoning B. Inductive Reasoning C. Both A and B D. Cannot be determined
___ 7. In this type of reasoning, supporting data, facts, examples, and evidence comes first followed by the main
points, and the conclusion will be the last part.
A. Deductive Reasoning B. Inductive Reasoning C. Both A and B D. Cannot be determined
___ 8. Which of the following is NOT a description or definition of TRUTH?
A. Being in accord with fact or reality C. Statement about the world or reality
B. Fidelity to an original or standard D. Truth to self, or authenticity
___ 9. If the subject matter of philosophy is questions, the following are their major characteristics, EXCEPT:
A. Philosophical questions are of perennial intellectual interest to human beings.
B. Philosophical questions cannot be settled by science, common sense, or faith.
C. Philosophical questions contain realizations that shall guide humans throughout life.
D. Philosophical questions have answers, but the answers remain in dispute.
___ 10. What occurs when there are two opposing points of view between at least two persons?
A. Argument B. Debate C. Interrogation D. Interview
___ 11. If you are asked to comment about the Philippine government’s current administration, which positive
opinion below would you choose to give?
A. I believe the President aims to invite more foreign investors to boost the country’s economy.
B. Philippines’ Head of the State traveled to Japan, Singapore, USA, and Indonesia, in the past months.
C. President Marcos enjoys traveling abroad instead of doing his job.
D. What the President does in his official time is none of my business.
___ 12. Which of the following is a factual statement?
A. Philippine’s lingua franca is Filipino. C. Can you speak other Philippine
dialects?
B. Visayan Filipinos prefer to speak English to Filipino. D. Iloco dialect is easy to learn.
___ 13. There is no hope in the Philippine government because it is a tropical country. What makes the
statement fallacious?
A. It is fallacious because the climate has nothing to do with the hope of the Philippine government.
B. It is fallacious because the Philippines does not have a tropical climate.
C. It is fallacious because the Philippines have a temperate climate, not a tropical one.
D. It is fallacious because there is actually hope for the Philippines despite being a tropical country.
___ 14. “Don’t listen to his opinion, he didn’t graduate from high school.”What type of fallacy is exemplified?
A. Argumentum ad Baculum C. Argumentum ad Misericordiam
B. Argumentum ad Hominen D. Argumentum ad Populum
___ 15. Read the following statements and determine which are factual statements or opinion statements.
 I. Increasing the minimum wage to P150 an hour is essential for the health of the Philippine economy.
II. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. was born in Sta. Mesa, Manila, on September 13, 1957.
III. Democracy is the greatest form of government.
A. Factual statements are found in I and III, and opinion statement is in II
B. Factual statement is found in II, and opinion statements are in I and III.
C. All three are factual statements.
D. All three are opinion statements.
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16. Andrew’s mother and father unloaded the van after the family returned for the basketball tournament.
Andrew was exhausted from playing in all eight games over the weekend. Andrew was not helping
because he ran inside the house to call his grandparents to tell them about the games. He had won a
trophy for being the most valuable player, and his team had won all of their games. He was extremely
excited.
Which of the following sentences is NOT factual information from the paragraph?
A. Andrew scored at least the most in every game.
B. Andrew was exhausted but excited about the tournament.
C. Andrew won a trophy in the basketball tournament.
D. Andrew’s team won all of their games in the tournament.
___ 17. Which among these headlines presented information that are fair, objective, and moderate?
A. Government vows to faster distribution of coronavirus aid.
B. It’s time to consider other means of cash aid distribution.
C. Other countries around the world have much better means in cash aid distribution
D. We can also learn lesson from Vietnam how they distribute their cash aid.
___ 18. In dealing with people, the familiar proverb, “Do not judge a book by its cover,” can attribute to which
type of bias?
A. Confirmation Bias C. Framing
B. Correspondence bias or attribute effect D. Hindsight
___ 19. What is the difference between a fact and an opinion?
A. A fact is something that can be proven true; an opinion is a person’s or group’s thoughts, feelings, or beliefs
B. An opinion is something that can be proven true; a fact is a person’s or group’s thoughts, feelings, or beliefs
C. A fact is true, while an opinion is false.
D. An opinion is wrong, while a fact is right.
___ 20. Identify how many factual statements and opinion statement are there in the paragraph.
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He grew up in a log cabin in the state of
Kentucky. He is the president responsible for the Emancipation Proclamation, the document abolishing slavery.
He gave many speeches as president and was the most eloquent president. He was assassinated on April 15,
1865.
A. The five sentences are all opinion statements.
B. There is one statement that contains opinion.
C. The five sentences are all factual statements.
D. There is one statement that contains fact.
___ 21. Hindsight bias is a cognitive bias that occurs when people overestimate their ability to predict outcomes,
after the fact. These phrases are often uttered when we discover hindsight bias in conversation or events,
EXCEPT:
A. “Don’t say I didn’t warn you!” B. “I knew it!” C. “I told you so!” D. “What?!”
22-23. Identify whether the statement below is a factual statement or an opinion statement, then explain in not
three to five sentences why you think it is a fact or opinion.
“(The) development of good character matters more than passing exams.” – Anthony Seldon, October 4, 2017
22.  Factual statement  Opinion statement
23. Explain: ________________________________________________________________________________
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24. Write a sentence that expresses an opinion about the general behavior of typical teenagers like yourselves.
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25. Share a story when you have experienced Correspondence Bias, where you were misjudged by a certain
action.
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Prepared by: Checked by: Approved by:

Vernadette A. Valle Arnel S. Dumo Gemma R. Flora
Subject Teacher MT II, Track Coordinator HTIII, OIC, Office of the Asst. Prin.