Philosophy Trivia Questions
- In bioethics, what principle emphasizes a patient's right to make an informed, independent choice about their medical care?
- In 'Discipline and Punish', Michel Foucault analyzed the relationship between knowledge and what other concept?
- In epistemology, what Latin term refers to knowledge that is gained independent of experience?
- In ethical philosophy, what specific theory holds that individuals ought to do what is in their own self-interest?
- In ethics, what specific variant of the trolley problem involves pushing a large person off a bridge to stop the train and save five others?
- In Greek Pyrrhonism and phenomenology, what term refers to the suspension of judgment?
- In logic, what is a flaw in reasoning that renders an argument invalid?
- In propositional logic, what is the term for a statement that is true under every possible assignment of truth values to its components?
- In logic, what is the term for an argument that is valid and has true premises?
- In metaethics, what view holds that moral values are objective and exist independently of our perception of them?
- In metaphysics, what term describes the view that reality is mentally constructed or otherwise immaterial?
- In philosophy, what is the term for the study of the end, purpose, or goal of a process?
- In philosophy, what specific two-word term refers to the problem of whether a person remains the same person from one moment to the next?
- In philosophy, what term describes the tendency to lay down principles as undeniably true, without consideration of evidence or the opinions of others?
- In philosophy, which method involves a form of cooperative argumentative dialogue to stimulate critical thinking?
- In Plato's 'Allegory of the Cave,' what do the shadows on the wall represent for the prisoners?
- In political philosophy, what term describes the recognition and affirmation of diversity within a political body?
- In theology, what term refers to the study of the 'last things,' such as death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul?
- In which country did the school of Zen Buddhism originate, where it was known as Chan?
- The 'Allegory of the Cave' is a famous philosophical metaphor found in which of Plato's works?
- The concept of 'The Overlapping Consensus' was developed by which 20th-century political philosopher?
- The 'Golden Mean' is a concept of balance and virtue attributed to which philosopher?
- The 'Prisoner's Dilemma' is a standard example of what mathematical and philosophical field?
- The term 'Ockham's Razor' suggests that which type of explanation is usually the best?
- The 'Trolley Problem' is a famous thought experiment in which field of philosophy?
- Thomas Hobbes described the life of man in the state of nature as 'nasty, brutish, and' what?
- What 13th-century philosopher and theologian wrote 'Summa Theologica' and sought to reconcile faith with Aristotelian reason?
- What ancient Chinese philosophy emphasizes social order, filial piety, and harmony?
- What branch of philosophy deals with the first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, substance, and the nature of reality?
- What branch of philosophy is specifically concerned with the theory, nature, and limits of knowledge?
- What circular prison design, proposed by Jeremy Bentham, is used as a metaphor for social control in philosophy?
- What epistemological position holds that at least some knowledge can be gained through reason independently of sensory experience?
- What form of deductive reasoning consists of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion?
- What is 'Buridan's Ass' a metaphor for in philosophy and logic?
- What is the ethical principle of doing no harm called?
- What is the Latin phrase for 'I think, therefore I am'?
- What is the Latin term for 'at first sight,' used in philosophy and law to describe an intuition or deduction that is accepted until proven otherwise?
- What is the name for the 18th-century intellectual movement that advocated for reason and science as the basis of authority?
- What is the name of the 17th-century argument that posits it is a better 'bet' to believe in God because the potential rewards are infinite?
- What is the name of the Greek philosopher who taught by asking a series of questions to stimulate critical thinking?
- What is the name of the philosophical position that life is without objective meaning or value?
- What is the name of the philosophical principle that 'entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity'?
- What is the name of the thought experiment in which a person must decide whether to divert a runaway train to kill one person instead of five?
- What is the philosophical belief that nothing exists except matter and its movements and modifications?
- What is the philosophical belief that the senses are the primary source of all knowledge?
- What is the philosophical term for the view that the mind and body are not two separate substances, but are instead one?
- What philosophical view holds that only one's own mind is certain to exist?
- What is the primary work of Thomas Aquinas, which attempts to reconcile Christian theology with Aristotelian philosophy?
- What is the term for a logical fallacy where you attack the person instead of their argument?
- What is the term for a systematic way of thinking where a thesis and antithesis result in a synthesis?