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Whenever a question such as what is philosophy? Is asked

No straightforward answer can be given

It is love for wisdom

It is wondering about life

It has no definition

Philosophy as a discipline is

Confusing

Does not have a universal definition

Is a pure science

Can be consider as material science

The first problem a student encounter is that of the

Definition of philosophy

Definition of philosopher

Definition of logic

Metaphases

�The best way to define philosophy is to do philosophy� This assertion is

Absolutely correct

Absolutely wrong

Partially true

Has no premise

To philosophize is to

Wonder about life and the fundamental problem of human existence

Do philosophy

Think like a philosophy

Allowing nature to take it course

Philosophy to the average man-in-the street is

An attitude towards a certain line of action

The sum total of his fundamental beliefs and conviction

Confusing and abstractive

Doesn�t make any sense

For a layman, a person�s philosophy becomes

His lifestyle

His beliefs and conviction

The sum total of his beliefs and conviction

The sum total of his questions and answers to his problems

A philosophy of life include view on such things as

Nature of man and man�s place in the universe

Good and bad

Truth and false

Logic and proofs

To H. Harold to take things philosophically is

Faces situation calmly and reflectively

Sees problems in its broad perspective or as a part of large scheme of things

Accept both good and bad of life

Believing that whatever will be will be

For Joseph I. Omoregbe, taking thing philosophically implies

Nothing any man can do to prevent it from happening

Believing in philosophy

Wonder about things

To take heart

Who is a philosopher to a layman?

Person who excel in sustaining his position in a systematic, logical and consistent manner

Anybody with a Ph. D. Certificate from a reputable university or institution

Every human being

Nobody is qualify to be call a philosopher

When someone makes an imprecise and vague statement about something, that is a statement that cannot be easily be explain or understood, to a layman, the person is simply

Philosophizing

Getting philosophical

Getting logical

Getting confused

We have _______ways to understand philosophy

No ways

Two ways

Many ways

Only one way

Unlike the layman, the professional philosophers begins to define philosophy from

Its origin

Its history

Its founders

Dictionary

Academic understanding of philosophy is

Same with of layman

Opposite of that of the layman

Almost opposite of that of the layman

Counterfeit of the layman understandings

According to academic philosophers, Philosophy originated from

Greece

The Ancient Greek city of Mellitus

Italy

Africa

P. O Bodunrin says;

It is possible to think that the Greek or western philosophers would not have been influenced by Africa thought

It is impossible to think that the Greek or western philosophers would not have been influenced by Africa thought

Philosophy was stolen from Africa by foreigners

Philosophy is Older than mankind

It is on record that Ionian Philosophers especially Pythagoras and Thales visited Africa notably

Ancient Egypt

Nigeria

Ethiopia

Nigeria

Philosophy was first systematized as a discipline in

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greece

Italy

Rome

 _____was first to make standard comment about the nature of philosophy

Thales

Pythagoras

Anaximine

Ionians

He was a Greek mystic, mathematician and philosopher a.k.a �Love of wisdom� the person in question is

Thales

Pythagoras

Heraclitus

Anaximander

According to Onyewuenyi, What is called Greek philosophy should be regarded as haven been stolen from

Egypt

Italy

Africa

Black people

To the layman, when you say that philosophy is the parent of all discipline, it sounds to him like

A play

A joke

Untrue

Madness

It is on record that the first philosopher especially the Ionians or Miletians were mainly concern about

Nature of the universe

Existence of man

Existence of God

Shape and origin of the earth

____was the first to identify water as the �primary substance�

Anaximines

Heraclitus

Pythagoras

Thales of Miletus

Anaximines said the primary stuff was

Water

Air

Fire

God

_____is credited with the prediction of Eclipse of 585 B.C

Pythagoras

Sir Isaac Newton

Thales

Anaximander

_____is known to be the first scientist to explain the cause of rainbow

Pythagoras

Anaximander

Anaximine

Thales

-----Is known to have made an ingenious guess as to the origin of man. He was the first to maintain that man was originally born from animals of another species

Thales

Anaximine

Pythagoras

Anaximander

-------that is why even today many scholars still address him as �father of philosophy�

Pythagoras

Thales

Anaximene

Socrate

There was  no difference between scientific procedures and ____

Social procedures

Magical procedure

Religion Procedure

Marriage procedure

No serious astronomer, geographer, physicist, historian etc. can resist to paying homage to

Ancient Egypt

Ancient Greece

Ionian Philosophers

Africa

  In fact, science is the _____of philosophy

Source

Grandfather

Oldest son

Firstborn

These two philosophers (Plato and Aristotle) consider so many issues some of which now belong to the

Pure science

Social science

Special science

Material science

Aristotle is mostly known to have delved into almost all discipline including all the following EXCEPT

Biology

Meta-physics

Politics

None of the above

The highest degree awarded in the arts and sciences still bears the tile of

Professor

Ph. D

B. Sc.

Doctor of Arts

The 18 Century can be consider as

Century of science

Century of philosophy

Century of Art

Takeoff of delivery and settlement

It is in this period that _____which letter became natural science began to stand on its own

Greek philosophy

Natural Philosophy

Social Philosophy

Pure Philosophy

The first faction championed the cause of a single social science while the second championed

Diversity of the discipline

Natural science

Pure science

The history of the discipline

You  should know that it is _____to say that the social science originated from Greek Philosophers

Wrong

Tautology

Absurd

Annoying

This split was the result of _____ of some early Greek philosophers scientist

Coordination

Work

Orientation

Effort

19 century witnessed the breaking away and settlement of the

Social science

Natural science

Apply science

Pure science

Economic become the first to attain the status of single

Social science

Natural science

Behavioral science

Physical science

The birth and settlement of the social science was hastened in the

18 century

19 century

16 century

20 century

The breaking away of natural and social sciences from philosophy cannot be ______

Overlooked

Explained

Overemphasized

Entertained

J. L Austin for instance maintained that philosophy is at the verge of giving birth to a new type of

Logic

Linguistic theory

Science

Language

Logic which is one of the traditional branches of philosophy will soon break away because of its strong affinity to

Sciences

Physics

Mathematics

Computer

 Philosophy was, is and remains the ______

Parent discipline

Pure discipline

Core discipline

First discipline

According to Aristotle, Philosophy is the �First science� because

It presupposed every other science

In order to understand it, we must mastered other science

It is born with man

It is a natural science

it is the duty of a philosopher to_____the fundamental principle of the various science

Regulate

Coordinate

Provides

Protect

Etymologically, philosophy means

Knowledge and wisdom

Love and wisdom

Love of wisdom

Love for wisdom

Philosophy comes from two Greek words

Philo and Sophy

Phil and Sophia

Philo and Sophia

Love of wisdom

�Philo� means

Knowledge or wisdom

Wisdom

Love

Knowledge

The basic aim of philosophy is to deal with ____problem of life

Serious

Pressing

Pulsating

Frustrating

The early Greek philosophers did philosophize primarily to satisfy their curiosity to know the objective reality such as the perplexing feature and immensity of the _____world

Invincible

Physical

Natural

Spiritual

According to early Greek philosophers, all knowledge begins in

Wondering, doubt and curiosity

Questioning, observation and investigation

Wonders

Curiosity

�This sense of wonder is the mark of Philosopher. Philosophy indeed has no other origin� this is credited to

Aristotle

Plato

Pythagoras

Socrates

The scope and subject of matter of philosophy is

Mankind

Entire universe

The earth

History

Philosophy branched into

Two

Diverse areas

Five

Four

According to Pythagoras,  Knowledge and wisdom should not be taking to mean the same thing

True                   

False

Partial True

Philosophy branches into

Two

Four

Diverse area

Five

Etymologically, logic as a discipline derives from the Greek word logos meaning

Wisdom and study

Study word or discourse

Words or wisdom

Love for study

Any argument must have

Premises and condition

Purpose and objectives

Premises and conclusion

Validity and acceptance

______is the process of moving from the general to the specific

generalization

law

deductive

inductive

In logic, an argument is deductive when the conclusion follows from its premises with absolute certainty

True

False

Not always true

Argument which derived its conclusion from probability is called ___argument

Deductive

Inductive

Destructive

Instructive

Unlike logic, _____ is the study of the �first principle or ultimate reality?

Realism

Ethic

Epistemology

Metaphysics

History tell us that the word metaphysics was actually_____

An editorial mistake

Physics or nature

Physics

Etymological mistakes

Aristotle is considered as the founding father of metaphysics

Partially true

Absolutely true

False

It is not very certain

Andronicles is credited with the coming of the word

METAPHYSIC

METAPHYSIKS

METAPHYSICS

METAPHYSIKA

The Greek word �METAPHYSIKA� means

After things

After knowledge

After the things of nature or after nature

After the world

METAPHYSICS deals with questions of WHY only

False

Partially correct

Correct

�The only thing I know is that I know nothing� this is credited to

Aristotle

Pythagoras

Socrates

Plato

�Ethos� means

custom

law

behaviour

attitude

Ethics is divided into

Five

Two

Four

Six

�The unexamined life is not worth living�

Socrates

Thales

Pythagoras

Plato

There are ___ logical process

2

4

3

6

When  the mind forms the concept of something without affirming or denying about it we say

Argument

Simple apprehension

Agreement

Ontology

Logic is divided into

4

3

2

5

Who is often refer to as the father of idealism?

Aristotle

Plato

Socrate

Pythagoras

The father of realism is

Aristotle

Plato

Socrate

Pythagoras

The basic principle of philosophic realism is that

Matter is the ultimate reality

Man is the ultimate reality

God is the ultimate reality

Light is the ultimate reality

Plato describe an ideal society as the one ruled by highly virtuous

King

Philosopher

Philosopher king

Clergy

The leading existentialist of our time include all but one

Jean Paul

Karl Jaspas

Karl Max        

Martin Heidegger  

For existentialism, the physical universe, the world apart from man has

Meaning and purpose

Neither meaning nor purpose

Meaning but no purpose

Purpose but no meaning

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