Philosophy Answers

Question 13 : Argument is a proposition that is made up of ____
inference and conclusion
comand and conclusion
premise and conclusion
premise and inference

Question 14 : ______ is the smallest unit of argumentation
conclusion
inference
premise
argument

Question 15 : ___________ can be desribed as an argument that contain three propositions, two of which are called the premises and one the conclusion
syllogism
subject
preidicate
fallacy

Question 16 : The argument that proceed from general proposition to particular proposition is called______
direct argument
deductive argument
inductive argumet
indirect argument

Question 9 : Given that "All men are mortal. Adamu is a man. Therefore, Adamu is mortal. This argument can be described as_______
unsound argument
inductive argumet
Deductive argument
sound argument

Question 10 : An argument is said to be ____________ when the conclusion of that argument follows from the premises
fallacious
invalid
valid
unsound

Question 11 : Which of the following best complete this proposition? "All Camerounians are strong" Song is a Camerounian _____
strong is a Camerounian
because Camerounians are strong
in as much as Song is strong
therefore Song is storng

Question 12 : The term that occur in both premises but does not occur in conclusion is called ____________
middle term
predicate
major term
minor term

Question 5 : Consider this: "All men are monkies. All monkies are politicians. So all men are politicians" which of these options is not correct?
the argument is valid
although the second premise is not correct the argument is still valid
the argumnet is not valid
all the premises are not true

Question 6 : An argument is said to be valid if ____________
inference are based on premises
the conclusion follows from that premises
premise follows from the conclusion
inference and premises agrees

Question 7 : From the above, _______________ is the minor term
footballer
therefore
Cameroonian
Etoo

Question 8 : The validity of an argument depends largely in the ______
truthfulness of the conclusion
falsity of the premises
how truth and falsity of the propositions
the link between the premises and the conclusion

Question 1 : Which of the following statement is true about valid argument?
if the conclusion is true, the premise and inference must agree
if the conclusion and premise disagree, the inference must be true
if the premises are false, the conclusion must be true
if the premises are true, then the conclusion must be true

Question 2 : Which of the following terms is not part of syllogism?
middle term
major term
minor term
tangential term

Question 3 : Given that "All Cameroonians are footballers. Etoo is a Cmeroonian. Therefore, Etoo is a footballer" What is the major term?
footballer
therefore
Etoo
Cameroonian

Question 4 : The type of argument that proceed from particular to general is called___________
deductive argument
indirect argument
direct argument
inductive argument

Question 16 : Which of these list is not a conclusion-indicator
thus
consequently
because
so

Question 17 : The sentence 'Nigeria is rich' can be best described as _____
inference
question
proposition
command

Question 18 : An average scientist always seek for explanation while the philosopher basically seek for ______
validation
justification
experimentation
conclusion

Question 19 : Which of these is not relevant in logic
inference
alucidation
conclusion
premise

Question 20 : _______ is a proposition which provide support for asserting the conclusion of an argumnent
indicator
alucidation
sentence
premise

Question 11 : An argument in which the premises do not lead to conclusion and certainty and is based on probabiltiy is called _____
deductive
implied
inductive
seductive

Question 12 : The theory which believes that human beings can acquire knowledge of reality by the use of mind or pure reason is called____
constructivism
idealism
rationalism
realism

Question 13 : Etymologically, philosophy means _____
love of knowledge
atom and molecules agrees in numbers
philo and sophia
love of wisdom

Question 14 : Which of these aspect of knowledge is not intereseted in the ontic but in the ontelogical questions
Ethic
epistemology
metaphysics
None of the above

Question 15 : All the following are part of logical processes except____
simple apprehension
digitizing
judgement
reasoning

Question 6 : The first two propositions in question above are called
indicator
inference
conclusion
premise

Question 7 : _______ is arrived at on the basis or strenght of information provided by the premise
conclusion
proposition
inference
statement

Question 8 : ____ argument is the argument that involves general to specific
valid
inductive
deductive
conclusive

Question 9 : Indicator such as 'since' 'for' 'because' "in as much as" are used to introduce ______
conclusion
premise
command
inference

Question 10 : Given that "All philosophy students are wise", Aira is a philosophy student. Therefore Aira is wise. The expression "Aira is wise" is reffered to as ______
conclusion
indicator
premise
inference

Question 1 : In a valid argument, the premises imply the _____
indicator
inference
command
conclusion

Question 2 : When a sentence can both be denied and asserted, then it can be called _____
command
conclusion
inference
logical proposition

Question 3 : Is the vice chancellor around? In logic, This can be best described as ______
statement
sentence
command
proposition

Question 4 : A logical proposition is valid only when it can both be _________ and _________
denied and asserted
dedductive and inductive
accepted and reframed
philosophised and contextualized

Question 5 : Which of the following is not a source of knowledge
sense experience
intuition
reason
permutation

Question 8 : Which of the following is not true?
there is no difference between a statement and a proposition
a sentence without question or command can be called logical statement
every logical statement is a sentence
every sentence is a logical statementQuestion 14 : Which of the following may not be the reason for studying logic
logic teaches the rules which the mind must follow in order to arrive at truth and minimize error
it helps to formulate different type of argumnet
it equip te student with the skill for effective and forceful presentation
it enhances the student communication competencyQuestion 18 : The term logic is generated from the the Greek word "logos". Logos may mean all the following except_______
wisdom
sentence
reason
discourse

Question 1 : Logic as a discipline was studied in all the following civilization except _____
Greece
India
Malaysia
PersiaQuestion 3 : In the west, Logic as a formal discipline was established by _____
Aristole
Plato
Socrate
Nastrodemus

Question 4 : Critical thinking can be reffered to as ____
formal logic
informal logic
orthodox logic
official logicQuestion 7 : Determination of correct or incorrect reasoning can be achieved through one of these branches of philosophy
Ethics
Logic
Metaphysics
Epistemology