FBQ1: Directive function of language is also known as ____ function  Answer: Evocative FBQ2: Complete this argument (which moves from general proposition to a particular proposition as the conclusion): “All Senators are liars, Tunde Bakare is a Senator, therefore, _____” Answer: Tuned Bakare is a liar FBQ3: According to the law of _____, everything must choose to be either “A” or not “A” Answer: Excluded middle FBQ4: The definition of logic as the science of laws of thought implies a mutual relationship between logic and ___ Answer: Language FBQ5: The weakness or strength of an inductive argument depends on the degree of ­­____ contained in the conclusion Answer: Evidence FBQ6: The argument: “Janet is a Muslim, all Muslims are traders, therefore Janet is a trader” is valid but _______ Answer: Unsound FBQ7: Complete this valid but unsound deductive argument: “All GST 203 Students are brilliant, the Vice President of Nigeria is a GST 203 Student, therefore ____ “ Answer: The Vice President of Nigeria is brilliant FBQ8: Complete this sound deductive argument: “Lagos is in Nigeria, Nigeria is in Africa, therefore ____ .“ Answer: Lagos is in Africa FBQ9: For a ___, the role of reason is basically one of interpreting and defending the dogma derived from sources whose authority and truth is dependent on faith. Answer: Religionist FBQ10: The field of research directed towards obtaining further knowledge of nature is called ______. Answer: Science FBQ11: The branch of philosophy concerned with the morality of human action is called ____. Answer: Ethics FBQ12: ________ enables philosophers to make their arguments well stated and persuasive more than other people do. Answer: Logic FBQ13: The ‘Dialectical method’ of Hegel moves from thesis to _____ and synthesis. Answer: Anti-thesis FBQ14: In Greek language, the word Sophia means ____. Answer: Wisdom FBQ15: The result of the philosophical doctrine, which sees knowledge as exclusively depending on sense experience is known as ____. Answer: Master Scientist FBQ16: In the Under-labourer conception, philosophy characterises a person’s or group of persons _____. Answer: Attitude to life FBQ17: “All politicians are liars” is an example of ___ proposition. Answer: Universal affirmative FBQ18: ___ is a form of definition that expresses the meaning of a word based on available theories in specific discipline. Answer: Theoretical definition FBQ19: “You don’t know any of the accused persons, do you?” is an example of _____fallacy. Answer: Leading question FBQ20: “My lord, if you send me to prison, my seven children will suffer, there will be no one to take care of my sick mother and my father will die of heart attack.” is an example of ____ fallacy Answer: Appeal to Pity FBQ21: “I look out at you all, and I tell you, I am proud to be here. Proud to belong to a party that stands for what is good for Nigeria. Proud to cast my lot with the kind of people who make this nation great. Proud to stand with men and women who can get our nation back on its feet. Yes, there are those who criticize us, as weak and insensitive. But when I look at you hard-working people, I know we are right, and the critics are wrong.” This is an example of _____ fallacy Answer: Appeal to Popular feeling FBQ22: ___ is another word for recursive definition. Answer: Induction FBQ23: In the concept of ‘Definition’ that which is doing the defining is referred to as ____. Answer: Definien FBQ24: Ethno-Philosophy sees philosophy as an item of _____ property rather than an activity of the individual Answer: Communal FBQ25: _____ developed the theory of ‘condensation and refraction’ to explain the original stuff from which all things are made. Answer: Anaximenes FBQ26: “Segun is a boy” is an example of ___ proposition Answer: Particular affirmative FBQ27: To ___ everything that exists is permanent, indestructible and unchanging. Answer: Parmenides FBQ28: A ‘lexical definition’ is identical with a ____ definition of words. Answer: Dictionary FBQ29: In the currents of African philosophy, ____ is a sort of individualist version of Ethno-Philosophy, in which one records the belief of certain special members of the community. Answer: Sage philosophy FBQ30: ____ proposed the idea that the sources of all things must be a neutral element, different from all the elements we know. Answer: Anaximander FBQ31: The establishment of the world as being made up of a single underlying item or substance is referred to as ___ Answer: Monism FBQ32: ___ is the branch of philosophy that refers to the study of the fundamental principles of the theory of education as distinguished from the science or art of education. Answer: Philosophy of education FBQ33: ___ is the method of philosophy which concerns itself with the establishment of correct concepts or definitions before trying to know their applications in life’s instances. Answer: Socratic method FBQ34: ___is the name of the Greek philosopher and mathematician who likened philosophers to spectators at the “Ancient Games”. Answer: Pythagoras FBQ35: ___ contrasted true lover of wisdom with those who merely parade themselves as lovers of wisdom when in actual fact they are mere lovers of words. Answer: Socrates MCQ1: Who first introduced the concept of “Tabula rasa”? Answer: Avicenna MCQ2: The belief that ‘Virtue’ is a kind of knowledge that we need to in order to reach the ultimate good is called Answer: Eudemonism MCQ3: The Renaissance age was marked by the movement away from religion and medieval scholasticism to Answer: Humanism MCQ4: “Ockham Razor”, the methodological principle which states that “one should not multiply arguments beyond necessary” was developed by Answer: Ockham MCQ5: All the following belong to the same AGE of philosophy EXCEPT Answer: Heidegger MCQ6: What was Descartes’ philosophical idea that set the agenda for Mind and Body problem? Answer: Cartesian Dualism MCQ7: The identification of the soul as having three parts namely Reason, Spirit and Appetite was done by Answer: Plato MCQ8: Who used the theory of Form to develop and explain epistemology? Answer: Plato MCQ9: Who among the following is NOT an ancient philosopher? Answer: Baruch De Spinoza MCQ10: Fallacy of “Begging the question” is also known as Answer: Petito pricipii MCQ11: The kind of definition which describes a special brand of stipulative and précising definition is known as Answer: Theoretical definition MCQ12: ‘Evidence’ or ‘Reason’ in logic is also known as Answer: Premise MCQ13: The critical thinking of Africans on their experience of reality is called Answer: African philosophy MCQ14: In the Medieval age, philosophy was subservient to Answer: Religion MCQ15: The Ontological argument for the existence of God was developed by Answer: St Anslem MCQ16: The concept of “Methodic doubt” was part of the philosophies of Answer: Rene Descartes MCQ17: Utilitarian ethicists are also known as Answer: Consequentialists MCQ18: The idea that there is no absolute truth and that two point of views can be accepted at the same time is credited to Answer: Sophism MCQ19: What type of argument is that in which the conclusion is based on probability? Answer: Inductive argument MCQ20: The founder of ‘Scepticism’ is called Answer: Pyrroh MCQ21: One value of philosophy is that it enables a person to develop the habit of Answer: Reflection MCQ22: The following are members of the age of delivery of philosophy EXCEPT Answer: Ockham MCQ23: The scientist’s main business is to explain Answer: Natural phenomena MCQ24: The word ‘Epistemology’ means Answer: Theory of knowledge MCQ25: The argument that consists of as many arguments as possible with so many premise(s) and conclusion(s) is Answer: A complex argument MCQ26: Who is the proponent of ‘Transcendental’ method of philosophy? Answer: Immanuel Kant MCQ27: The method of philosophy that is confined to sense experience is called Answer: Empiricism MCQ28: What method of philosophy holds that everything is real when it tends to fruitful activity and results? Answer: Pragmatic method MCQ29: In the Socratic method of philosophy, the assumption of an ignorance of truth by the teacher is known as Answer: Socratic Irony MCQ30: The idea that ‘Motion’ is nothing but an illusion is credited to Answer: Zeno of Elea MCQ31: The part of ethics that deals with the logical language of ethical concept and terms is known as Answer: Meta-ethics MCQ32: The type of logic that is concerned with knowledge and belief is called Answer: Epistemic logic MCQ33: What kind of logic deals with the basic operations of truth value? Answer: Boolean logic MCQ34: The Logic that serves as the study of natural language argument is called Answer: Informal MCQ35: What branch of philosophy helps us to avoid claims for which we do not have enough reasons? Answer: Logic