GST 205 CBT PRACTICE TEST

1. The systematic use of critical reasoning to try to find answers to fundamental questions is called_____

2. Aquinas says the first efficient cause of everything is

3. Which Greek Philosopher never wrote anything?

4. If the cat is on the mat she is sleeping.The cat is not sleeping ;therefore she is sleeping is a valid form of arguing

5. According to Aquinas, an infinite regress of causes is

6. If inductive arguments succeed in lending support to their conclusions,they are said to be

7. Arguments intended to give logically conclusive support to their conclusions so that if the premises are true, the conclusion most be true are___

8. Word such as (consequently,therefore) and (as a result) are_____

9. The fallacy of trying to prove a conclusion by using the same very conclusion as support

10. A sound argument must have (1)true premises and (2)

11. The period of ancient philosophy that immediately follows that of Plato and Aristotle is called

12. The fallacy of rejecting a statement because it seems a wrong inference from the parts of the whole is called

13. One of the benefits of Philosophy is that it______

14. Arguments that are supposed to give probable support to their conclusions are

15. The fallacy of__ arguing erroneously that a particular action should not be taken because it will lead inevitably to other actions resulting in some dire outcome

16. When we arrive at a conclusion based on similarities between two things,we are engaged in

17. If the cat is on the mat,she is sleeping. The cat is not sleeping,therefore she is not on the mat is a valid form of arguing

18. The four main division of Philosophy are metaphysic,logic,axiology and____

19. Questions concerning the beautiful and the ugly follow under the domain of_____

20. The fallacy of arguing that if one has not been proven true then it must be false is known as

21. When we arrive at a generalization in a number of samples we are offering

22. The famous statement "an unexamined life is not worth living " is attributed to___

23. ____ is the study of value,including both aesthetic value and moral value

24. A group of statements in which one of them is meant to be supported by the other is_____

25. A question and answer dialogs in which propositions are methodically scrutinized to uncover the truth is known as______

26. Craig says an actually infinite number of things

27. The ontological for the existence of God is

28. The fallacy of arguing that a claim must be true because most people agree with it is called

29. Aquinas defined change as

30. The study of correct reasoning is called

31. The fact that inductive arguments are inherently open to exceptions or refutation is known as___

32. If you assume that a set of statements is true and yet you cannot deduce a false or absurd statement from it,then the original set of statements as a whole must be false. This kind of argument is known as___

33. If the cat is on the mat,she is sleeping therefore she is not on the mat is a valid form of arguing

34. The fallacy of arguing that someone's claim is false because of its origin is called

35. The fallacy of accepting a statement based on a wrong inference from the whole is called

36. According to Socrates,a clear sign that a person has____ is his or her exclusive pursuit of socially status,wealth,power and pleasure

37. The fallacy of arguing that since  there are only two alternatives to choose from, one of them must be right is called

38. Aquinas maintains that God must move himself in order to move anything else

39. In an argument the statement being supported in the conclusion and the statement supporting the conclusion are the ____

40. To study how we know ultimate reality is known as____