This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > Philosophy > Class 12 Philosophy Chapter 2 Epistemology The Theory Of Knowledge – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Philosophy Chapter 2 Epistemology The Theory Of Knowledge Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these seems to exclude children from being able to gain propositional knowledge? A) Reliabilism. B) The tripartite definition. C) Virtue epistemology. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tripartite definition. 2. What are Hume's impressions? A) Imagination. B) Sensory data. C) Raw data. D) Thoughts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory data. 3. Do minds/souls exist, or are humans' simply complex physical objects? A) Metaphysics. B) Epistemology. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphysics. 4. Inferences are statements that are clearly marked out in the argument and definitely true. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. What does "begging the question" mean? A) Saying something that obviously highlights another issue/ question to be raised. B) Purposely avoiding answering a specific problem or question. C) When an argument assumes that its conclusion is already correct in order to make its initial point. D) Really wanting to ask something but being unable to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When an argument assumes that its conclusion is already correct in order to make its initial point. 6. What is the knowledge that is built into the structure of our minds? A) A priori knowledge. B) Ideas. C) Impressions. D) A posteriori knowledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A priori knowledge. 7. To say that a statement is "consistent" with another is to suggest that they both support or help each other with the same argument. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. According to Leibniz, what type of knowledge is innate? A) Necessary truths. B) Contingent truths. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Necessary truths. 9. Relational properties A) Properties that are intrinsic to the object. B) Properties of an object that emerge in relation to the observer (e.g. the coin looks elliptical). C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Properties of an object that emerge in relation to the observer (e.g. the coin looks elliptical). 10. What is the meaning of life? A) Metaphysics. B) Epistemology. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphysics. 11. Which example does Plato use to show that we have innate knowledge? A) A slave boy learning geometry. B) A stick in a glass of water. C) A blank slate. D) A block of marble. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A slave boy learning geometry. 12. A rationalist philosopher would probably agree that people learn to think by having varied experiences A) Sort of. B) Sure, why not. C) No way. D) Ish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No way. 13. What is the definition of a posteriori knowledge? A) Knowledge that can be acquired without experience of the external world. B) Knowledge that can only be acquired from experience of the external world. C) Knowledge that can be acquired through intuition and deduction. D) Knowledge that can be acquired through logical contradiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knowledge that can only be acquired from experience of the external world. 14. Locke's secondary qualities A) Qualities that we impose on an object:colour, smell, texture, and so on. B) Characteristics that exist whether or not we perceive them; they do not change (size, shape, etc.). C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Qualities that we impose on an object:colour, smell, texture, and so on. 15. In the context of justified true belief, which of the following is a key component in addition to belief and truth? A) Logical reasoning. B) Consensus among peers. C) Intuition. D) Justification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Justification. 16. What does agnosticism say about God's existence? / Apakah yang dikatakan oleh agnostisisme tentang kewujudan Tuhan? A) God definitely exists / Tuhan pasti wujud. B) God does not exist / Tuhan tidak wujud. C) It is impossible to know if God exists / Mustahil untuk mengetahui sama ada Tuhan wujud. D) God is everywhere and in everything / Tuhan berada di mana-mana dan dalam segala sesuatu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is impossible to know if God exists / Mustahil untuk mengetahui sama ada Tuhan wujud. 17. What does knowledge from perception mean? A) Knowledge that we can work out using our brain. B) Knowledge that we acquire from our experience of the world. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knowledge that we acquire from our experience of the world. 18. Locke's simple ideas A) Ideas that cannot be broken down any further. B) Ideas 'present and accessible to the attentive mind'. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ideas that cannot be broken down any further. 19. Which best describes:Knowing a person, or knowing attributes about them-e.g. "I know Jack" . A) Acquaintance knowledge. B) Ability Knowledge. C) Propositional Knowledge. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acquaintance knowledge. 20. Who is known for laying the foundation for the modern inductive logic and attempting to systemize the scientific method? A) Gottfried Leibniz. B) Sandra Harding. C) Francis Bacon. D) David Hume. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Francis Bacon. 21. What is the main purpose of skepticism in epistemology? A) To say knowledge is fake. B) To support belief without proof. C) To test ideas by using doubt. D) To stop all thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To test ideas by using doubt. 22. What is a synthetic statement? A) A statement about synthetics. B) A statement based on sensory experience. C) A statement that you cannot be certain of. D) A statement that is fake, or false. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A statement based on sensory experience. 23. Which type of knowledge can easily be transferred from one person to another? (Zagzebski said this) A) Acquaintance knowledge. B) Ability Knowledge. C) Propositional Knowledge. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Propositional Knowledge. 24. Which best describes:Knowing how to do something such as how to drive a car A) Acquaintance knowledge. B) Ability Knowledge. C) Propositional Knowledge. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ability Knowledge. 25. A large number of people conveying the same news so much so that it is impossible for the news to be a fake.This is: A) Epistemology. B) Skepticism. C) Coherence theory of truth. D) Mutawatir. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mutawatir. 26. Arguments in which the premises make the conclusion likely are ..... A) Deductive. B) Abductive. C) Inductive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inductive. 27. What was Plato's example used to demonstrate our experience of the realm of the forms? A) Brown in Barcelona. B) The Allegory of the Cave. C) Job Interview (Smith and Jones). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Allegory of the Cave. 28. What is knowledge and how does it differ from belief or opinion? A) Metaphysics. B) Epistemology. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epistemology. 29. What is the main focus of empiricism in epistemology? A) Knowledge derived from mathematical truths. B) Knowledge derived from innate ideas. C) Knowledge derived from logical reasoning. D) Knowledge derived from sensory experience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knowledge derived from sensory experience. 30. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a justified belief under reliabilism? A) It must be produced by guesswork. B) It may itself be false. C) It is produced by a reliable process. D) It typically yields truths. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It must be produced by guesswork. 31. What does dogmatism mean? / Apakah maksud dogmatisme? A) Questioning all beliefs / Mempersoalkan semua kepercayaan. B) Accepting beliefs without question / Menerima kepercayaan tanpa persoalan. C) Believing only in science / Percaya hanya kepada sains. D) Thinking logically before believing anything / Berfikir secara logik sebelum mempercayai sesuatu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accepting beliefs without question / Menerima kepercayaan tanpa persoalan. 32. Contingent existence means that something exists only in the case of something else existing or being true. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 33. In Kuhn's historical relativism, how does the scientific community decide what theories are to be embraced? A) They must be completely new and nearly unrecognizable from current theories. B) The scientific community does not agree on what theories are embraced. C) It must not be new knowledge, only already proved scientific theory. D) It must fit within the current paradigm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It must fit within the current paradigm. 34. What is knowledge of things as they really exist? A) Objective truth. B) Subjective truth. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Objective truth. 35. Find the synonym:to aid A) To grasp. B) To help. C) To discard. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To help. 36. Who wrote "The Allegory of the Cave" ? A) Descartes. B) Kant. C) Plato. D) Hume. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plato. 37. If I claim that everyone has the capacity to learn, which philosophy does this reflect? A) Rationalism. B) French existentialism. C) Kantian ethical analysis. D) Empiricism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rationalism. 38. It is the method that is carried out to test a hypothesis looking through data collection and statistical analysis: A) Qualitative method. B) Quantitative method. C) Mixed method. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quantitative method. 39. What is the main focus of epistemology? A) The study of knowledge. B) The study of existence. C) The study of ethics. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The study of knowledge. 40. Does God exist, and if so, can we prove it? A) Metaphysics. B) Epistemology. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphysics. 41. Epistemology is: A) The theory of knowledge. B) The theory of mankind. C) Empirical processes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The theory of knowledge. 42. Which theory of truth says that something is true if it is useful in real life? / Teori kebenaran manakah yang menyatakan bahawa sesuatu itu benar jika ia berguna dalam kehidupan sebenar? A) Religious theory / Teori keagamaan. B) Correspondence theory / Teori korespondensi. C) Pragmatic theory / Teori pragmatik. D) Coherence theory / Teori koheren. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pragmatic theory / Teori pragmatik. 43. What is a priori A) Knowledge that comes after sense data. Depends on evidence including science and aspects of personal knowledge. B) Knowledge that precedes sense data, derived from our ability to reason. is independent from experience. C) The interpretation of sensory information, how we construct reality. D) Belief in the life cycle, reincarnation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knowledge that precedes sense data, derived from our ability to reason. is independent from experience. 44. Phenomenal principle A) Characteristics that exist whether or not we perceive them; they do not change (size, shape, etc.). B) When we perceive something as F, then there is something that is F. This is important for the indirect realist argument that we perceive sense-data not an object directly. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When we perceive something as F, then there is something that is F. This is important for the indirect realist argument that we perceive sense-data not an object directly. 45. Which theory leaves a very limited form of propositional knowledge? A) Infallibilism. B) No False Lemmas. C) Reliabilism. D) Epistemic Virtue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infallibilism. 46. If someone claims that there is no possible way a man can truly understand what it feels like to be pregnant, which philosophy does this reflect? A) Capitalism. B) Socialism. C) Rationalism. D) Empiricism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Empiricism. 47. Who is the main philosopher in skepticism? A) William James. B) Rene Descartes. C) Socrates. D) John Dewey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rene Descartes. 48. Empiricism is a branch of philosophy which says that knowledge comes from ..... A) Our senses. B) Our feelings. C) Our ability to reason. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Our senses. 49. Which of the following is an example of using human senses to gain knowledge? A) Knowing that the Earth orbits the sun because of mathematical calculations. B) Understanding that fire is hot by feeling the heat from a flame. C) Learning about historical events by reading a textbook. D) Knowing the outcome of a sporting event by watching it on television. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understanding that fire is hot by feeling the heat from a flame. 50. According to reliabilism, is knowledge of the reliability of a process necessary for a belief to be justified? A) No, the belief can be justified without the agent knowing its reliability. B) Yes, but only in certain academic fields. C) No, beliefs are never justified based on their process. D) Yes, the agent must know the process is reliable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No, the belief can be justified without the agent knowing its reliability. 51. Evolutionary epistemology A) Knowledge is viewed as independent of any concrete individual. B) Knowledge is the result of reflection of external reality by means of sense organs and other observation instruments. C) Knowledge is built by subjects in such a way as to maximally contribute to their adaptation to the existing conditions. D) Knowledge is created from the very beginning by the subject of knowledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knowledge is built by subjects in such a way as to maximally contribute to their adaptation to the existing conditions. 52. What is a priori knowledge? A) Knowledge that you're certain of. B) Knowledge that you don't need proof of in order to know. C) Knowledge that you do need proof of in order to know. D) Knowledge no one can every really know for certain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knowledge that you don't need proof of in order to know. 53. What example did Leibniz give to describe the innate nature of our knowledge? A) A block of marble. B) A stick bent in water. C) A tree falling in a forest. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A block of marble. 54. Which fits:If something is infallible, it cannot be wrong-not just that the individual feels certain, the proposition itself has to be certain. A) Infallibilism. B) JTB (Justifies True Belief). C) Tripartite definition of knowledge. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infallibilism. 55. Who wrote about "No False Lemmas" ? A) Plato. B) Gettier. C) Descartes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gettier. 56. What is JTB short for? A) Justified true belief. B) Justified trio belief. C) Justified triple belief. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Justified true belief. 57. "Tripartite" means ..... A) It has three parts to it. B) It has two parts to it. C) It has four parts to it. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It has three parts to it. 58. The philosophy that states that knowledge comes from reason, or thinking, and that people must have some degree of innate ideas A) Rationalism. B) Inductive reasoning. C) Deductive reasoning. D) Empiricism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rationalism. 59. What does reliabilism in its simplest form state about a belief? A) A belief is justified if it is produced by a reliable psychological process. B) A belief is justified if it is universally accepted. C) A belief is justified if it is supported by empirical evidence. D) A belief is justified if it is older than a century. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A belief is justified if it is produced by a reliable psychological process. 60. Which of the following is NOT a type of feminist? A) Gender feminist. B) Equity feminist. C) Ontological feminist. D) Essentialist feminist. 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