Mulitiple choice quiz

Take the quiz to test your understanding of the key concepts covered in the chapter. Try testing yourself before you read the chapter to see where your strengths and weaknesses are, then test yourself again once you’ve read the chapter to see how well you’ve understood.

1. When one systematically studies being or existence one is dealing with the branch of metaphysics called _____________.

  1. ontology
  2. agrology
  3. cosmology
  4. agronomy

Answer:

a. ontology

2. The metaphysical position that is concerned with existence and which differentiates between appearance and reality is ______________.

  1. epistemology
  2. existentialism
  3. ontology
  4. ideology

Answer:

c. ontology

3. One of the branches of metaphysics is epistemology. Which of the following is its subject matter?

  1. the study of being or existence
  2. the study of knowing or knowledge
  3. the study of living forms
  4. the study of logic or logical forms

Answer:

b. the study of knowing or knowledge

4. A person who takes the position called _____________ is at pains to explain the phenomena of one domain, e.g., psychology, by using the laws and concepts of another domain, e.g., biology or physics.

  1. holism
  2. reductionism
  3. phenomenalism
  4. determinism

Answer:

b. reductionism

5. A person who takes the position called _____________ proposes explaining complex phenomena in terms of more basic, or lower-level, phenomena, e.g., explaining thought with quantum atomic theory.

  1. holism
  2. reductionism
  3. phenomenalism
  4. determinism

Answer:

b. reductionism