Department of Education

Region VIII
Division of Eastern Samar
CAN-AVID NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Can-avid, Eastern Samar

First Quarter Examination

INTRODUCTION to PHILOSOPHY of the HUMAN PERSON
Grade 12- TVL / ABM

Name: ________________________ Grade and Section:_________________

I. Analyze carefully the concepts presented by each item below. Choose and
write the letter only of the correct answer inside the box being interpreted by
the concept of each item.
a. Philosophy p. Philosophy as a Science
b. Principle of Identity q. Study of All Things
c. Principle of Sufficient Reason r. Emptying
d. Metaphysics s. Ethics
e. Epistemology t. Logic
f. Aesthetics u. Orientals
g. Occidentals v. Holistic and Interior Dimensions
h. Philosophy of Time w. Gift of Abundance
i. Phenomenology x. Existentialism
j. Postmodernism y. Analytic Tradition
k. Hasty Generalization z. Euphemism
l. Transcendence 1. Moksha
m. Law of Salvation 2. Human nature
n. Self-awareness 3. Self-determination
o. Spirit 4. Human person is an embodied spirit.

1. This originally means the love of wisdom, and in a broad sense, wisdom is still
the goal of Philosophy.
2. This sets the distinction between philosophy and other sciences. All other
sciences concern themselves with a particular object of investigation.
3. It is a science because the investigation is systematic. It follows certain steps
or it employs certain procedures.
4. An extension of a fundamental and necessary drive in every human being to
know what is real.
5. Whatever is it; and whatever is not is not; everything is what it is. Everything
is in its own being, and not being is not being.
6. Nothing exists without a sufficient reason for its being and existence.
7. This is an emotively neutral term to dull the force of what they say and make
acceptable what otherwise might not be.
8. One commits error if one riches an inductive generalization based on
insufficient evidence.
9. The conviction that to some significant degree, philosophical problems,
puzzles, errors are rooted in language and can be solved or avoided by a sound
understanding of language and careful attention to its workings.
10. Has come into vogue as the name for a rather diffuse family of ideas and
trends that in significant respect rejects, challenges, or aims to supersede
modernity.
11. Not primarily a philosophical method. A set of doctrines but of an outlook or
attitude supported by diverse doctrines centered on certain common themes.
12. Is an out flowing than incoming. It is not about amassing material things or
people but our relationship with others, ourselves, and with nature.
13. The sharing of one’s self to others. Loob puts one in touch with his fellow
beings.
14. The Eastern Thought.
15. The Western Thought.
16. A branch of philosophy that explores the nature of moral virtue and
evaluates human actions.
17. It deals with nature, sources, limitations, and validity of knowledge
18. A treatise on matters pertaining to the human thought.
19. The science of the beautiful in its various manifestation.
20. This means simplicity and humility in philosophy.
21. This is mistakenly interpreted as always delayed in the committed time of
arrival. This notion can be misleading since the Filipino farmers are early risers
to go to their field and waste no time for work.
22. Characteristics that distinguish humans from all other creatures.
23. The person having a clear perception of oneself, including his thoughts,
emotions, identity, and actions.
24. Both the human body and the spirit define human nature and experience.
25. The ability to surpass limits, and it is also one important traits that
distinguishes the human person from other beings in existence.
26. The capability of persons to make choices and decisions based on their own
preferences, monitor and regulate their actions, and be goal oriented and self-
directed.
27. A term for Hinduism which means humanity’s basic goal in life is the
liberation of spirit.
28. An intangible element which enables us to exercise thought, possess
awareness, interiority, and the capacity to reach out to the outside world and
other persons.
29. This is “Dharma” in Buddhism, a simple presentation of the gospel of inner
cultivation of right spiritual attitudes, coupled with a self-imposed discipline
whereby bodily desires would be channeled in the right directions.
30. This focuses on careful inspection and description of phenomena or
appearances, defined as any object of conscious experience, that is, that which
we are conscious of.

II. Express your own ideas of the following concepts:

1. “Abundance is not what we keep but what we give away.”
2. Apply logic and fallacies in determining truth and opinion.
3. “Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what
you believe.”
4. It is hotter now than it is usually during the summer months.

III. Make your reflections of the following:

1. Can you say that you have lived a meaningful life, considering all your
experiences and achievements? Why?
2. Describe how you will realize your limitations and possibilities for your
transcendence.

Good Luck!

Prepared by:
Ma’am J. G. Latoja
SHS-HUMSS Teacher