St.

Mary’s College of Catbalogan

Formerly Sacred Heart College
Catbalogan City, Samar 6700

THIRD PERIODICAL TEST IN INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON

A.Y. 2018-2019

Name: ___________________________________________ Grade & Section: ________________ Score:

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Teacher: __________________________________________ Date: _________________________

TEST I- IDENTIFICATION
DIRECTION: Identify the following items. Write your answers in the space provided before each item.
__________________________1. A soccer ball is a soccer ball and not a kitchen stove. Principle of Identity
__________________________2. Solving problems by critical thinking alone or unaided reason.
__________________________3. If Istanbul is the capital of Turkey, then it is not true that Istanbul is the non-
capital of Turkey.
__________________________4. If it is a cat, then it is a non-cat.
__________________________5. Love of Wisdom
__________________________6. A≠ non-A.
__________________________7. A thing is just itself and not something else.
__________________________8. A=A.
__________________________9. Nothing exists without a sufficient reason for its being and existence
__________________________10. Science that by natural light of reason studies the first causes or highest
principles of all things.
__________________________11. The idea that all properties of a given system cannot be determined or
explained by its component parts alone.
__________________________12. A narrow provincialism of mind, limited to the ideas and outlook of a single
age.
__________________________13. A principle is that from which something proceeds in any manner
whatsoever.
__________________________14. Sophia.
__________________________15. Philo.

TEST II- MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE

DIRECTION: Write TRUE if the statement is correct. If false, CHANGE THE UNDERLINED word to
make the statement correct.

1. Natural Light of Reason does not provide us knowledge of the world

directly, for logic is considered as a tool, and, therefore does not contribute
directly to the content of our thoughts.
 2. Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy that explores the natures of moral
virtue and evaluates human actions.
3. Cosmology concerns the nature and scope of knowledge.

4. Ethics concerns the nature of art, including both the performing arts and
painting, sculpture, and literature.

5. Metaphysics seeks basic criteria for determining what sorts of things are
real.
6. Thales was the great philosopher who described everything as water.
7. Logic is generally a study of the nature or moral judgement.

8. Principle of Identity states that it is impossible for a thing to be and not to

be at the same time, and at the same respect.

9. Principle of Non-contradiction states that nothing exists without a sufficient

reason for its being and existence.
10. Principle of Sufficient Reason states that whatever is, is; and whatever is
not is not; everything is what is, is what is. Everything is its own being,
and not being is not being.

TEST III- MATCHING TYPE

DIRECTION: Analyze each item carefully. Match the items in the COLUMN A to the items found in
COLUMN B. Write your answers on the space provided before each item.

COLUMN A COLUMN B
1. Varied kinds of reasoning may be used, and all are of interest to the
logician. A. Metaphysics
2. How do we tell good from evil or right from wrong? B. Epistemology
3. Are persons highly complex physical systems, or do they have C. Ethics
properties not reducible to anything physical? D. Logic
4. Helps us assess how well our premises support our conclusions; to E. Aesthetics
see what we are committed to accepting when we take a view, and
to avoid adopting beliefs for which we lack adequate reasons.
5. The branch of philosophy that explores the natures of moral virtue
and evaluates human actions.
6. Is there knowledge beyond the reach of science?
7. This could be reasoning in science, medicine, in ethics and law, in
politics and commerce, in sports and games, and in the mundane
affairs of everyday living.
8. What are the limits of self-knowledge?
9. Are there mental, physical, and abstract things (such as numbers),
for instance, or is there just the physical and the spiritual, or merely
matter and energy?
10. Deals with the methods for distinguishing good from bad reasoning.
TEST IV
DIRECTION: Read the poem written by John Godfrey Saxe’s on the classic Indian legend of the SIX BLIND
MEN AND THE ELEPHANT. Answer the questions briefly and concisely. (3 POINTS EACH)

RUBRIC FOR SCORING: CONTENT 3 POINTS

ORGANIZATION 1 POINT
NEATNESS 1 POINT
TOTAL 5 POINTS

I- It was six men of Indostan
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.
IV-The Third approached the
animal,
And happening to take
The squirming trunk within his
hands,
Thus boldly up and spake:
"I see," quoth he, "the Elephant
Is very like a snake!"
II- The First approached the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
"God bless me!—but the Elephant
Is very like a wall!"
V- The Fourth reached out his eager
hand,
And felt about the knee.
"What most this wondrous beast is
like
Is mighty plain," quoth he;
"'T is clear enough the Elephant
Is very like a tree!"
III- The Second, feeling of the tusk,
Cried: "Ho!—what have we here
So very round and smooth and
sharp?
To me 't is mighty clear
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a spear!"
VI- The Fifth, who chanced to touch
the ear,
Said: "E'en the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most;
Deny the fact who can,
This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a fan!"

VII- The Sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast to grope,
Than, seizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
"I see," quoth he, "the Elephant
Is very like a rope!"
VIII- And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!
MORAL: So, oft in theologic wars
The disputants, I ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
Of what each other mean,
And prate about an Elephant
Not one of them has seen!

1. Did anyone among the blind men give the correct answer? Why or why not?

2. In the context of the elephant story, what do you think is a holistic perspective? What is a partial point of view?
 3. What is the importance of a holistic perspective as pointed out by the poet John Godfrey Saxe?

4. In the last stanza, John Godfrey Saxe related the legend to the religious wars during his time. What do you think is
John Godfrey Saxe trying to say in this poem?

“LIFE is the most difficult exam. Many people fail BECAUSE they try to copy others, not
realizing that everyone has a different question paper”

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