PLS1502 SECTION A MULTI-CHOICE EXAM PREP.

PLS1502 SECTION A MULTI-CHOICE EXAM PREP. Ramose's statement that 'discourses on Africa are dominated by non-Africans' can mean the following 1. that Africans are outspoken on discourses on African philosophy 2. that Europeans and Americans are dominating all discourses on Europe 3. that African s need to study other discourses also 4. that research on African studies is being led by people who are not of African origin QUESTION 2 [2018/06] The main point of Ramose in his work, 'The struggle for reason in Africa' is that 1. Africans are people who cannot reason 2. Europeans are distinguished rational beings 3. Africans, Amerindians and Australasians are excluded in the category of beings that possess rationality 4. All of the above QUESTION 3 [2018/06] Kwame Gyekye may be regarded among others as 1. a moderate or soft communitarian 2. a radical communitarian 3. a radical individualist 4. none of the above QUESTION 4 [2018/06] Which of the following statements does not define communitarianism? 1. Community life is not optional for any individual 2. the human person must not live in isolation from other persons 3. the human person is an individualist and must always be independent of others 4. the human person is naturally oriented toward other persons and must have relationships with them QUESTION 5 [2018/06] The statement that best describes a moderate communitarian is the following 1. a person is an independent being who should not be bothered about others 2. a person is both a communal being and an autonomous self-determining, self-assertive being with a capacity for evaluation and choice 3. a person is a communal being who must always be interested in others 4. none of the above QUESTION 6 [2018/06] The main point of Biakolo's work, 'Categories of cross-cultural cognition and the African condition' is the following 1. the 5 categories don't give reliable insight into the African condition 2. the 5 categories explain in precise terms who and what Africans are 3. the 5 categories are right and accurate about Europeans and wrong about Africans 4. the 5 categories can best explain the being of an African and a European QUESTION 7 [2018/06] The fact that there are 4 or even more trends in African philosophy is indicative of the following 1. the poverty of African philosophy 2. the non-existence of African philosophy 3. the lack of vision of African philosophy 4. the diversity and richness of African philosophy QUESTION 8 [2018/06] One of the man points m Bewaji's work, 'Ethics and morality in Yoruba culture' is the following 1. moral obligations in African morality are social rather than individual 2. ethics in Africa has is anti-humanistic 3. the basis of morality in African societies is human welfare and not a yearning for reward from the divine being 4. Africans are religions in all things they do QUESTION 9 [2018/06] One of the contributions of Post-modernism to African philosophy Is 1. the idea that there is no one school of philosophy that can capture the truth once and for all 2. the idea that all philosophies must fall in favour of party-politics 3. the belief that African philosophy is better than every philosophy in the world 4. None of the above