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 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Philosophy Chapter 2 Epistemology The Theory Of Knowledge Quiz 4 (21 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It seeks to generate a theorem that explains at a conceptual level, an action in a specific area. A) Narrative design. B) Grounded designs. C) Correlational designs. D) Explanatory designs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grounded designs. 2. What does the unity of knowledge mean? / Apakah maksud kesatuan ilmu? A) Traditional knowledge is always right / Ilmu tradisional sentiasa betul. B) Only one type of knowledge is valid / Hanya satu jenis ilmu yang sah. C) Different sources of knowledge should work together / Pelbagai sumber ilmu perlu bekerjasama. D) Science is the only true way of knowing / Sains adalah satu-satunya cara sebenar untuk mengetahui. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Different sources of knowledge should work together / Pelbagai sumber ilmu perlu bekerjasama. 3. Ideas that are inborn; ideas or principles that the mind already contains prior to experience. A) Innate ideas. B) Noumena. C) Correspondence theory of truth. D) Relativism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Innate ideas. 4. It is a set of systematic, empirical processes that apply to study a phenomenon: A) Philosophy. B) Research. C) Anthropology. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Research. 5. What is reality? A) Metaphysics. B) Epistemology. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphysics. 6. The researchers collect information about people's lives and then describe and analyze it. This refers to: A) Narrative design. B) Explanatory designs. C) Action research design. D) Correlational design. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narrative design. 7. Which-ism is this:An approach that assesses the truth of meaning of theories or beliefs in terms of the success of their practical application. A) Pragmatism. B) Relativism. C) Scientific knowledge. D) Rationalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pragmatism. 8. An argument which is first based on an observation, then considered through theory, to finally be given an infallible paradigm, is called what? A) Deductive. B) Inductive. C) Abductive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inductive. 9. The philosophy that states all knowledge must ultimately come from experience A) Empiricism. B) Imperialism. C) Reasonablism. D) Rationalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Empiricism. 10. What does Gettier argue about the Tripartite view of knowledge? A) That conditions are not individually necessary. B) That conditions are individually necessary. C) That conditions are not jointly sufficient. D) That conditions are jointly sufficient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That conditions are not jointly sufficient. 11. What is "Innatism" ? A) We aquire knowledge via experience. B) We are born knowing some things. C) We aquire knowledge via reasoning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We are born knowing some things. 12. A posteriori knowledge is ..... A) Knowledge from our experience. B) Knowledge from reason. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knowledge from our experience. 13. Synthetic propositions are ..... A) Necessarily true, based on A Priori knowledge. B) Contingently true, based on A Posteriori knowledge. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contingently true, based on A Posteriori knowledge. 14. What's the missing blank: ..... is a response to Gettier's No False Lemmas argument and focuses on good justification by a reliable process A) Reliabilism. B) JTB (Justifies True Belief). C) No False Lemmas. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reliabilism. 15. Kantian synthesis of rationalism and empiricism A) Knowledge is an apprehension of necessary and universal principles. B) Knowledge is the result of organizing the information perceived on the basis of inborn cognitive structures, or "categories" . C) Knowledge is created from the very beginning by the subject of knowledge. D) Knowledge is the result of reflection of external reality by means of sense organs and other observation instruments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knowledge is the result of organizing the information perceived on the basis of inborn cognitive structures, or "categories" . 16. How many of the epistemological questions would skepticists say yes to? A) 2. B) 1. C) 0. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 0. 17. A mathematician does not need to do experiments to gain knowledge. It just requires extensive thought. What philosophy does this reflect? A) Rationalism. B) Empiricism. C) Allegory of the Cave. D) Machiavellianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rationalism. 18. Contingent truth A) When one's perceptions of events misrepresents represent reality. B) A proposition that could be either true or false depending on how the world actually is. C) An argument whose conclusion is logically entailed by its premises, i.e. if the premises are true, the conclusion cannot be false. i.e. the inference is necessary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An argument whose conclusion is logically entailed by its premises, i.e. if the premises are true, the conclusion cannot be false. i.e. the inference is necessary. 19. The views of Greek philosophers A) Knowledge is the result of organizing the information perceived on the basis of inborn cognitive structures, or "categories" . B) Knowledge is identified with models aiming to represent the reality in such a way as to maximally simplify problem-solving. C) Knowledge is an apprehension of necessary and universal principles. D) Knowledge is created from the very beginning by the subject of knowledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knowledge is an apprehension of necessary and universal principles. 20. A biologist goes into the woods to research wolves. She observes them, records their behaviors, and uses this information to draw broad conclusions. A) Rationalism. B) Deductive reasoning. C) Kantian ethical analysis. D) Empiricism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Empiricism. 21. What does virtue epistemology focus on? A) The study of ancient texts. B) The development of political theories. C) Traits of persons or their faculties or psychological processes. D) The analysis of economic systems. 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