Philosophy Answers

What is one said to be engaged in when one examines one’s thoughts and beliefs with a critical 

perspective?

1 Critical self-reflection

2 Psychoanalysis

3 Formal Logic

4 Self healing

Which definition, provided below, best illustrates what “hermeneutics” is?

1 The philosophical discipline engaged with expressing, explaining, translating, and interpreting.

2 Invalid reasoning that suppresses relevant evidence, or contains questionable premises.

3 The fallacy that occurs when a word or phrase is used in one sense in one part of an argument 

and in a different sense in another part of the same argument.

4 An argument that asserts a claim of preference or a moral judgment about right and wrong, good 

and bad.

By moral, I reference the conscious choice of a self-reflectively conscious human agent to make 

decisions in conformity with the good.”

What is this definition best an example of?

1 Stipulative definition

2 Persuasive definition

3 Lexical definition

4 Enumerative definition

Identify which of the following is not an assumption.

If you could not do your work during the 2020 lockdown, you must be lazy.

2 When a courier delivers a parcel, the identity document of the recipient must be produced.

3 It is much better for the soul to listen to kwaito music over that Western R&B stuff.

4 The study of theology stimulates the mind a lot more than physics

What is the difference between enumerative and persuasive definitions?

1 An enumerative definition is also a ‘coining definition, whereas a persuasive definition provides 

examples to form a definition. 

2 An enumerative definition is definition by example, whereas a persuasive definition convinces 

of a particular meaning. 

3 An enumerative definition is a logical definition, whereas a persuasive definition declares that a 

term should be used in a particular way. 

4 An enumerative definition is a logical definition, whereas a persuasive definition is the standard 

dictionary definition.

From the list below, which is not a definition type?

1 Lexical definition 

2 Stipulative definition 

3 Analytic definition

4 Enumerative definition

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the English word ‘verboten’ means that something 

is ‘prohibited by dictate’ (2020).”

What kind of definition is this?

1 Stipulative

2 Lexical

3 Enumerative

4 Persuasive

Complete the following sentence making use of one of the options provided below:

“A ‘stipulative definition’ _______________________.”

1 … employs examples to define.

2 … clarifies in order to aid understanding.

3 … uses a word in a new or different way.

4 … re-states the meaning of a word

Identify the type of writing in the following extract from the options provided below.

“Unplug the injector harness connectors, labelling them to aid correct refitting later. Release the 

wiring harness clips from the top of the fuel rail, and lay the harness to one side” (Jex, VW POLO, 

2002 to May 2005 (51 to 05 reg) Petrol & Diesel: Owners Workshop Manual, 2007:4A, 4.).

1 Argumentative 

2 Explanatory

3 Descriptive

4 Narrative

Identify the type of writing in the following extract from the options provided below.

“… [T]he damp sandbar lay between us and the Blue Nile, when he reached out and said, ‘Give 

me your hand.’

“I lived a lifetime in the space and time between when I lifted my hand… and when it settled in his 

palm…” (Mamoun, Thirteen Months of Sunrise, 2019).

1 Narrative

2 Descriptive

3 Argumentative 

4 Explanatory