Required Reading:

Elliot Cohen, Logic-based Therapy and Everyday Emotions, xiii-xxxiii.

Quiz:

1, Premises are identified by a philosophical therapist as “fallacies” because they are

A, not realistic
B, not reasonable
C, tending to generate undesirable consequences to the flourishing of individual human life.

2, which of the following fallacies are attended to by a philosophical therapist?

A, Demanding perfection
B, Damning (of self, others, life, or the universe)
C, Bandwagon Thinking
D, Oversimplifying realities
E, Distorting probabilities.

3, To tackle the fallacies in one’s emotional reasoning, it is normally more effective to start to refute the premise in the highest order. Is this statement true or false?

4, Refuting a fallacy in the practice of philosophical counseling is similar to do so in an academic conference. The counselor needs to forcefully present their own view so as to correct the counselee’s wrong ideas. Is this statement true or false?

5, what is the reason for LBT to choose the Aristotelian virtue ethics as a major ethical framework?

A, because it helps to make good decisions.
B, because it helps to lay out universal ethical principles.
C, because it focuses upon the transformation of people’s inner disposition, habit and character traits.

6, which is the guiding virtue to correct the fallacy of “bandwagon thinking” in one’s emotional reasoning?

A, metaphysical security
B, self-respect
C, Authenticity.

7, A philosophical counselor can choose whatever philosophy they feel right to suggest to counselees in Step Five of LBT. Is this statement true of false?

8, Can you describe one philosophy which has changed, shaped or influenced your emotions or behaviors in your life?