Social Sciences and Management Department

MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Name: _________________________________________
Date:___________________
Year and Course: ____________________________
Schedule:_____________________
Subject: Philosophy 1 Logic
Instructor: Mr. Johnro Joseph A. Guaren
General Instruction: Read and understand all specific instructions. Write your answers clearly
in the space instructed.
I. Identification
Read the item and write the word or phrase being identified. Write your answer in your
examination booklets. (Total 10 pts.)
1. It is the rational science of all things thru their ultimate causes.
2. It is a Greek word, meaning lover.
3. It is a Greek word, meaning wisdom.
4. The process of perceiving a thing using the senses.
5. After sensing a thing, a ________ is created in the mind.
6. The (number 5) is then stored in a place in the mind called the _________.
7. The mind is then able to create an ________ which is also called a concept.
8. A ______ is the external expression of an concept.
9. A kind of (number 8) that has only one meaning.
10. A kind of (number 8) that has more than one, unrelated, meanings.
II. Enumeration
Read the item and write the answers being asked for. Write your answers in your examination
booklets. (Total 10 pts.)
1.2. The two Greek words where the word Philosophy comes from.
3.5. The three causes.
6.8. Terms are classified according to three, according to their meanings.
9.10. Give the two main kinds of supposition of terms.
III. Classification (Kinds of Terms)
Classify the following words as UNIVOCAL, EQUIVOCAL, or ANALOGOUS. Write A for
UNIVOCAL, B for EQUIVOCAL and C for ANALOGOUS. Write your answers in your exam
booklets. (15 items x 2 pts. = Total 30 pts.)
1. role
9. examination
2. group
10. dove
3. table
11. television
4. computer
12. finger
5. head
13. ball
6. page
14. axes
7. light
15. console
8. blanket
IV. Classification (Supposition of Terms)
Written below are sentences with underlined words. Classify the underlined words as to their
supposition within the sentence: REAL, IDIOMATIC, REGIONALISM, TECHNICAL, or
COLLOQUIALISM. Write your answers in your exam booklet. (10 items x 2 pts. = Total 20 pts.)
1. Jemma
6. erpats
2. Utong
7. bar
3. burn the midnight candle
8. Gubat
4. examination
9. chaka
5. nahilo ako
10. doctor

V. Modified True or False

Write TRUE if the statement is true. If false, copy the sentence in your exam booklet, underline
the word/s that make the statement false, and write the correct word/s to make the statement
true beside the sentence. (2 pts. per number; Total 20 pts.)
1. There is one substance and eight accidents.
2. Some of the accidents are Quantity, Quality, Action, Passion, Postal, and Habit.
3. Relation is the accident where there is a necessary relationship between an idea and another.
4. During the summer is an example of an accident of Place.
5. Clothing and other appendages are examples of accident of Habit.
6. Genus, Specifics, and Special Difference are the three predicables.
7. Specific difference is what separates the specie from other species under the same genus.
8. Specie is the combination of the Genus and the Specific Difference.
9. Substance exists in itself.
10. Accidents do not need a substance to exist in.
VI. Obversion and Conversion
A. Give the OBVERSE of the following propositions. (2 pts. per item; Total 10 pts.)
Example:
The girl is pretty The girl is not non-pretty OR The girl is not ugly.
1. The Philippines is a peaceful country.
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2. All the students are very behaved.
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3. Some of the teachers are punctual.
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4. The child sitting on the chair is silent.
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5. The three children running around the playground are not sad.
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B. Give the CONVERSE of the following propositions. (2 pts. per item; Total 10 pts.)
Example: All Filipinos are hardworking citizens Some hardworking citizens are Filipinos.
1. All singers are very good performers.
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2. Some flowers are sold in the market.
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3. Most street children are not fed properly.
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4. Some Filipinos are not following rules properly.
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5. All students are not going to school tomorrow.
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