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| 1. |
Which among the following is the feature of dialectics? |
| A. | consensus and contradiction |
| B. | conversation or question and answer form |
| C. | dynamicity or movement |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
Opposition is the basis of ........ Method |
| A. | analytic |
| B. | synthetic |
| C. | dialectic |
| D. | pragmatic |
| Answer» D. pragmatic | |
| 3. |
A method for understanding reality by the triadic movement from thesis to antithesis to synthesis |
| A. | analytical |
| B. | mathematical |
| C. | dialectical |
| D. | phenomenological |
| Answer» D. phenomenological | |
| 4. |
For -------everything was continually changing into its opposite. |
| A. | zeno |
| B. | heraclitus |
| C. | parmenides |
| D. | thales |
| Answer» C. parmenides | |
| 5. |
Who takes dialectics as an argumentative process? |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | plato |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | zeno |
| Answer» D. zeno | |
| 6. |
In the ........ Plato seeks the definition of Courage |
| A. | theaetetus |
| B. | charmides |
| C. | meno |
| D. | laches |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
The two operative terms for the possibility and development of ideas under the method of dialogue. |
| A. | consensus and contradiction |
| B. | conversation and contradiction |
| C. | dialogue and dialectics |
| D. | none of the above. |
| Answer» B. conversation and contradiction | |
| 8. |
The problem of universals was first introduced into philosophy by |
| A. | aquinas |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | plato |
| D. | berkeley |
| Answer» D. berkeley | |
| 9. |
The work ‘Theatetus’ is attributed to: |
| A. | protagoras |
| B. | plato |
| C. | descartes |
| D. | socrates |
| Answer» C. descartes | |
| 10. |
Plato wrote the book: |
| A. | the republic |
| B. | meditations |
| C. | ethics |
| D. | metaphysics |
| Answer» B. meditations | |
| 11. |
The conversational method of Socrates took the form of ....... |
| A. | sceptic |
| B. | doubt |
| C. | dialectic |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 12. |
The Greek word ‘dialektos’ means: |
| A. | conversation |
| B. | argument |
| C. | discussion |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. argument | |
| 13. |
The first to introduce the method of dialectics is: |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | plato |
| C. | sophists |
| D. | marx |
| Answer» D. marx | |
| 14. |
Who used dialectics as an instrument for winning disputes? |
| A. | sophist |
| B. | plato |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | hegel |
| Answer» B. plato | |
| 15. |
Kant’s claim to have devised a new technique of philosophical inquiry which is |
| A. | direct |
| B. | explicit |
| C. | implicit |
| D. | short |
| Answer» D. short | |
| 16. |
For Kant the terms ‘a priori’ and --------------------have one and the same meaning. |
| A. | empirical |
| B. | rational |
| C. | non-empirical |
| D. | inductive |
| Answer» D. inductive | |
| 17. |
Space and time, and the categories of understanding are treated as the-------------------- of knowledge by Kant |
| A. | presuppositions |
| B. | fundamentals |
| C. | principles |
| D. | impressions |
| Answer» B. fundamentals | |
| 18. |
Many scholars observe ----------------------------------is a result of the application of Kant’s critical method. |
| A. | antagonism |
| B. | agnosticism |
| C. | scepticism |
| D. | solipsism |
| Answer» C. scepticism | |
| 19. |
Some thinkers observe that Kant’s ‘Transcendental method’ lacks intellectual dynamism and it holds only |
| A. | psychological dynamism |
| B. | conceptual dynamism |
| C. | theoretical dynamism |
| D. | intuitive dynamism |
| Answer» B. conceptual dynamism | |
| 20. |
Kant’s method guided the reason to |
| A. | realisation |
| B. | knowledge |
| C. | truth |
| D. | self contemplation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
With the help of his Transcendental method Kant distinguished between the ‘matter’ and the -----------------------------------------------------------forms of knowledge. |
| A. | empirical |
| B. | rational |
| C. | a priori |
| D. | inductive |
| Answer» D. inductive | |
| 22. |
According to Kant scepticism cannot be a ---------------------------method of philosophy. |
| A. | transcendental |
| B. | rational |
| C. | inductive |
| D. | intuitive |
| Answer» C. inductive | |
| 23. |
Kant writes metaphorically--- ----------------------is a resting place for reason. |
| A. | intuitionalism |
| B. | empiricism |
| C. | scepticism |
| D. | solipsism |
| Answer» D. solipsism | |
| 24. |
Kant called his critical method by the name of ---------------------------method also |
| A. | transcendental |
| B. | mathematical |
| C. | inductive |
| D. | intuitive |
| Answer» B. mathematical | |
| 25. |
Bacon accepted the ------------- method of natural sciences. |
| A. | transcendental |
| B. | mathematical |
| C. | inductive |
| D. | intuitive |
| Answer» D. intuitive | |
| 26. |
Hobbs and Descartes professed----------------------------------------method |
| A. | transcendental |
| B. | mathematical |
| C. | geometrical |
| D. | intuitive |
| Answer» C. geometrical | |
| 27. |
Kant believed that Hume’s -------------------------------undermined the sciences. |
| A. | intuitionalism |
| B. | empiricism |
| C. | scepticism |
| D. | solipsism |
| Answer» D. solipsism | |
| 28. |
Kant observed that, contradictory dogmatic philosophies inevitably lead to |
| A. | intuitionalism |
| B. | empiricism |
| C. | scepticism |
| D. | solipsism |
| Answer» D. solipsism | |
| 29. |
Berkeley argues that all knowledge derived from |
| A. | impressions. |
| B. | ideas |
| C. | theorems |
| D. | laws |
| Answer» C. theorems | |
| 30. |
Hume says that all knowledge derived from |
| A. | propositions |
| B. | axioms |
| C. | theorems |
| D. | impressions |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
The thing which will resist the doubt will constitute an ------------------------------- certainty. |
| A. | self-evident |
| B. | indubitable |
| C. | theoretical |
| D. | geometrical |
| Answer» C. theoretical | |
| 32. |
Logical doubt of Descartes depends on |
| A. | mind |
| B. | intellect |
| C. | will |
| D. | consciousness |
| Answer» D. consciousness | |
| 33. |
The doubt of Descartes should not be confused with ---------------------------------. |
| A. | intuitionalism |
| B. | empiricism |
| C. | scepticism |
| D. | solipsism |
| Answer» D. solipsism | |
| 34. |
Who wrote ‘The Rules for the Direction of Mind’? |
| A. | spinoza, |
| B. | leibnitz |
| C. | russell |
| D. | descartes |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
Who gave primacy to intuition? |
| A. | hume |
| B. | locke |
| C. | russell |
| D. | descartes |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
Mathematics is a body of certain and-------------------------------- truths. |
| A. | self-evident |
| B. | mathematical |
| C. | theoretical |
| D. | geometrical |
| Answer» B. mathematical | |
| 37. |
In the mathematical method we deduce other principles and propositions from -------- |
| A. | enumeration |
| B. | complex deduction |
| C. | association |
| D. | axioms |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
The method which employs a long series of definitions, postulates, axioms, theorems and problems. |
| A. | mathematical method |
| B. | synthetic method |
| C. | enumeration |
| D. | intuitive method |
| Answer» C. enumeration | |
| 39. |
To attain certainty and clarity in philosophy many philosophers recommended |
| A. | mathematical method |
| B. | synthetic method |
| C. | enumeration |
| D. | intuitive method |
| Answer» B. synthetic method | |
| 40. |
According to Kant dogmatism has two forms viz. rationalism and --------------. |
| A. | intuitionalism |
| B. | empiricism |
| C. | scepticism |
| D. | solipsism |
| Answer» C. scepticism | |
| 41. |
Descartes says that when deduction is ’complex and involved’ it may be termed ------- |
| A. | enumeration |
| B. | complex deduction |
| C. | association |
| D. | complex intuition |
| Answer» B. complex deduction | |
| 42. |
“---------------------------------” constitutes a definite and self-evident starting point for the Cartesian philosophy. |
| A. | a priori |
| B. | self-evident principles |
| C. | cogito ergo sum |
| D. | ergo cogito |
| Answer» D. ergo cogito | |
| 43. |
The term ‘a priori’ means |
| A. | empirical |
| B. | a posteriori |
| C. | after experience |
| D. | before experience |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
Immanuel Kant’s method is known as |
| A. | transcendental |
| B. | mathematical |
| C. | geometrical |
| D. | intuitive |
| Answer» B. mathematical | |
| 45. |
Descartes himself refuted ------------- as a philosophical method. |
| A. | induction |
| B. | deduction |
| C. | syllogism |
| D. | intuition |
| Answer» D. intuition | |
| 46. |
Descartes considered -----------and -----------as the two criteria of true knowledge. |
| A. | purity and clearness |
| B. | clearness and distinctiveness |
| C. | clearness and truthfulness |
| D. | distinctiveness and purity |
| Answer» C. clearness and truthfulness | |
| 47. |
What is the name of book in which Descartes stated his four rules of method? |
| A. | discourse on the method |
| B. | the method |
| C. | ethics |
| D. | on ideas |
| Answer» B. the method | |
| 48. |
Spinoza’s method is known as |
| A. | axiomatic |
| B. | mathematical |
| C. | theoretical |
| D. | geometrical |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
--------------considered as the starting points of mathematical method. |
| A. | propositions |
| B. | axioms |
| C. | theorems |
| D. | laws |
| Answer» C. theorems | |
| 50. |
“A philosophical system claims uniformity of method, but a truly philosophical spirit will rather aim at flexibility”. This statement is by |
| A. | descartes |
| B. | socrates |
| C. | collingwood |
| D. | wittgenstein |
| Answer» D. wittgenstein | |