gst203 List of Questions

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Q1 __ is regarded as a group of propositions whose function is to make a claim
about something
dissertation
law
argument
philosophy

Q2 Logos, the Greek word from which Logic derived does not mean ___
discourse
word
study
o m
life
.c
Q3 The Greek word for wisdom is ___
sophia
ks
philosophy
philo
e e
alethia

n g
u
Q4 Philosophy is the only discipline that is ___ in nature

no
old
universal
scientific

m
atheistic

fro
Q5 Aristotle holds that understanding philosophy entails mastering ___
other sciences
theology
God
atheism
e d
a d
Q6 The natural sciences broke away from philosophy in ___
18th century
19th century
lo
17th century
n
w
20th century

D
men
Plato
o
Q7 ___ writings were regarded as Encyclopedia of philosophy by the medieval

Pythagoras
Aristotle
Augustine

Q8 Anaximenes was the first to explain ___

cause of rainbow
eclipse of the sun
the regenerative power of music
that man evolved from fishes

Q9 Thales predicted ___ in 585 B.C

death of King Herod
Coming of Jesus
Global famine
Eclipse

Q10 Which of these was not among the pre-colonial regional capitals
Enugu
Kaduna
Lagos
o m
Ibadan
.c
boundary
k s
Q11 In dividing Nigeria into Eastern and Western regions __ was used as the

Ndiukwuenu Forest
Ikom River
e e
River Niger
River Benue
n g
u
no
Q12 ___ regrded fire as the primary substance of all reality
Locke
Anaximander

m
Anaximenes
Heraclitus

fro
Q13 Thales identified ___ as the primary substance of the universe
ashes
cold
water
e d
sand

a d
lo
Q14 ___ is not among the sources of philosophy
curiousity

n
sense of wonder

w
desire for knowledge for its sake

o
idleness and poverty

D
Q15 The first standard comment about the nature and definition of philosophy
was made by ___
Pythagoras
Isaac Newton
Plato
Aristotle

Q16 ___ had his philosophical training in Africa

Plato
Pythagoras
Augustine
Confucius

Q17 Western Philosophy originated in___

Miletus
Rome
Athens
Sicily

Q18 "Honesty is my best policy" is an expression of ____

One's religious belief
One's philosophy of life
o m
Declaration of one's honesty
.c
s
Manifestation of one's righteousness

herself as a philosopher. Her doing so is regarded as ___

e k
Q19 The hotel manager with a degree in food and nutrition is heard refering to

impersonation
double assumption of identity
g e
false identification
layman use of the term
u n
no
Q20 Every philosopher define philosophy in his or her own way because
philosophy is ___

m
old discipline
complex
hard
everyday wisdom
fro
It is you that is a thief
e d
Q21 Deny the following statement: "I am a thief"__

No, I am not a thief

a d
There is no single thief in my family

lo
It is my father that was once a thief

n
Q22 ___ and ___ qualify a statement as logical

w
truth and observability

o
deniability ad assertability
conditionality and proportionality

D
contradiction and inferability

Q23 In logic, another name for statement is ___

truth
proposition
fact of matter
conceptual analysis

Q24 __ is not among the three divisions of formal logic

logic of propositions
logic of terms
logic of assumptions
logic of relations

Q25 ___ is the logical process exhibited in this statement: All lecturers are
homosexuals
simple apprehension
judgement
intuition
reasoning

o
Q26 In logic, when the mind forms the concept of anything we say that ___ hasm
taken place
.c
s
judgement
intuition
reasoning
simple apprehension
e k
Q27 Man's ability to think is regarded as ___
g e
ethics
reason
u n
no
sensibility
productivity

m
Q28 ___ is not a source of knowledge
gossip
intuition
reason
faith fro
e d
Q29 ___ is not a branch of ethics
meta ethics
normative ethics
a d
lo
descriptive ethics
causative ethics

n
w
Q30 Another name for ethics is called ____

o
moral philosophy
materialism

D
characater
empiricism

Q31 _____ is the concern of ethics

what is
what was
what ought to be
what will be
Q32 The saying that unexamined life is not worth living is attributable to ___
Manford
Aristotle
Socrates
Kukah

Q33 ___ branch of philosophy is regrded as theory of knowledge

physicalism
epistemology
metaphysics
logic

Q34 Aristotle named his book that deals with nature ___
o m
versmeneutic
.c
s
Oncology
Physics
De Anima

e k
Q35 ___ is regrded as the study of first principles
ethics
g e
metalogical deontic logics
politics
u n
no
metaphysics

Q36 An argument that rests on probability is called ___

m
deductive argument
inductive argument
rational argument
empirical argument
fro
e d
Q37 Draw the conclusion of this argument: All lecturers will go to heaven; Dr
Uthman is a lecturer; therefore__

a d
Dr Uthman is an exception
Dr Uthman will go to heaven

lo
I have seen a lecturer involved in evil
False, bad lecturers will not go to heaven

n
w
Q38 Deductive argument move from __ to ___

o
up to down
general to particular

D
particular to general
from horizontal to perpedincular

Q39 Arguments are either deductive or ___

doxastic
imperative
inductive
argumentative
 Q40 In standard argument conclusion is infered from__
debate
premises
formality
symbolism

Q41 The fallacy that misrepresents a fact, and then goes ahead to attack that
misrepresentation is called ___ fallacy
bandwagon
ad hominem
straw man
accusatory

o m
.c
Q42 "If you see any lecturer supporting the current administration, that person

s
has been paid heavily." This is an example of ___ fallacy
ad hominem
straw man
bandwagon
e k
accusatory

g e
at least one premise is false
u n
Q43 In informal fallacies___ does not render an argument fallacious

no
emotions are appeal to
argument lacks structure
arguments are not about the thesis under consideration

m
Q44 Errors in reasoning are called ___

o
fr
irrationality
fallacies
mindset
abberation

e d
heuristic
a d
Q45 ___ is not among Haliday's function of language

imagiative
regulatory
lo
commissive
n
o w
Q46 If you have ever heard of the book; "How to do things with words", kindly
identify ___ as the author

D
Socrates
J. L. Austin
Wole Soyinka
Nelson Mandela

Q47 The abbreviation, L. A. D. means ____

Logic and Development
Linguistic Advancement Conference
Legal Advancement Digital
Language Acquisition Device

Q48 "It shall be well with you," the pastor thundered to the congregation. ___
function of language is at play here
emotive function
blessing function
declarative function
deductive function

Q49 Jamiu raised the veil that covered the face of his new bride, "I will be with
you till the end of my life." ___ is the function of language expressed here
expressive function
informative function
o m
commissive function
.c
s
directive function

here
e k
Q50 "I am writing my TMA 3 of GST203." ___ function of language is expressed

expressive function
informative function
g e
commissive function
directive function
u n
no
Q51 ____ is a function of language
echoistic function

m
literary function
normative function
expressive function

fro
Q52 The type of argument that proceeds from particular to the general is called
__
deductive argument
e d
inductive argument
voluntary argument
a d
syllogistic

lo
n
Q53 ___ is the middle term of the following syllogism: All Kanuris live in the

w
North East. Galadima is a Kanuri. Therefore, Galadima lives in the North East

o
Galadima
North East

D
Kanuri
Lives

Q54 All Nigerians are rich; Dr Eric Omazu is a Nigerian; Therefore, Dr Eric
Omazu is rich
I do not know whether Dr Eric Omazu is rich or not
Therefore, Dr Eric Omazu is rich
All Nigerians are rich
Dr Eric Omazu is a Nigerian
 Q55 All students cheat in exams; I am a student; Therefore, I cheat in exams __is
the major premise of this statement
All students cheat in exams
I am a student
Therefore, I cheat in exams
I have never cheated in my exams

Q56 "The NOUN vice-chancellor is good" The predicate term of the proposition
is ___
good
vice-chancellor
NOUN
o m
unknown
.c
Q57 An argument that contains three propositions is called___
syllogism
k s
induction
premises
e e
conclusion

n g
Q58 __ is not a conclusion indicator
u
no
for the reason that
therefore
because

m
since

fro
Q59 Evidence for holding a conclusion is called ___
justification
truth table
premise
infered parts
e d
a d
Q60 __ is not a logical sentence
You are stupid

lo
My father is good

n
Mr Amos is a drunkard

w
Shut up

D o
Q61 Categorical syllogism asserts or deny ___ between classes
relationship
premises
propositions
logic

Q62 "I am having my girlfriend for dinner," is a fallacy of ambiguity because

it conveys more than one meaning
I want to practice cannibalism on my girlfriend
I want to eat dinner with a girl who is not married to me
It is an euphemism for saying I will have sex with my girlfriend this evening

Q63 Every categorical syllogism contains ___

one term
two terms
three terms
four terms

Q64 ___ is the branch of ethics concerned with logic of ethical arguments
normative ethics
applied ethics
meta ethics
prescriptive ethics
o m
.c
s
Q65 The Greek word for knowledge is __
alithia
apologia
euthyphro
e k
episteme

g e
Q66 "A is A" expresses __ law of thought
law of contradiction
u n
no
law of excluded middle
identity
inclusivity

m
Q67 Teachers are good. Adamu is a teacher. Therefore, Adamu is good. ___ is

o
fr
the major term of this categorical syllogism
Teachers
Good
Adamu
None of the above
e d
a d
Q68 The letter "P" in categorical syllogism represents ___
Major term
Middle term
lo
Minor term
n
w
Inclusive term

D o
Q69 The terms of a categorical syllogism does not include ___
middle term
inclusive term
major term
minor term

Q70 ___ is not a characteristics of a syllogism

Has independent conclusion
Has at least three propositions
Has at least two propositions
Has one conclusion

Q71 "All students are good" is an example of __

universal negative proposition
univeral positive proposition
particular negative proposition
particular positive proposition

Q72 ___ and __ are two types of affirmo

univeral and particular
universal and essential
particular and essential
Paricular and incubative
o m
.c
s
Q73 ___ type of definition has truth value
Heuristic definition
Lexical definition
theoretical definition
e k
extensional definition

g e
Q74 ___ is not a type of definition
Heuristic definition
u n
no
Lexical definition
theoretical definition
extensional definition

m
Q75 My car is heavy. Therefore, the side mirrors to my car are heavy. This is an

o
fr
example of ___ fallacy
ad cumbum fallacy
fallacy of division
dubiousity fallacy
fallacy of composition
e d
a d
Q76 The art of attributing qualities of part of a whole to the whole is refered to as
____

lo
ad cumbum fallacy

n
fallacy of division

w
dubiousity fallacy

o
fallacy of composition

D
Q77 "Let's eat grandma," is an example of ___fallacy
fallacy of composition
fallacy of pity
fallacy of equivocation
fallacy of amphiboly

Q78 ___ is not an example of fallacy of ambiguity

fallacy of equivocation
fallacy of amphiboly
fallacy of pity
fallacy of composition

Q79 "We are going to deal with anyone who fails to vote Mr Ajayi in the
upcoming election." This is an example of ___fallacy
ad bacculum
straw man
argument against the man
tu quogue

Q80 "Pastor, you are advising me against armed robbery, were you not the one
caught with Ogbuefi's wife?" This is an example of ____
abusive ad hominem
o m
tu quoque ad hominem
.c
s
circumstantial ad hominem
situational ad hominem

e k
g e
u n
no
o m
fr
e d
a d
lo
n
o w
D