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1. |
Method of reduction is related with: |
A. | phenomenology |
B. | existentialism |
C. | analytical philosophy |
Answer» B. existentialism | |
2. |
Which one among the following is not a character of Existentialism? |
A. | pessimism |
B. | dignity of man |
C. | essence is supreme |
D. | subjectivity |
Answer» D. subjectivity | |
3. |
Who coined the term Existentialism? |
A. | heidegger |
B. | jaspers |
C. | marcel |
D. | kierkegaard |
Answer» C. marcel | |
4. |
The psychological acts like perceiving, believing, evaluating, remembering, etc. arecalled as------------------ by Husserl. |
A. | intentional content |
B. | intentional act |
C. | intentional object |
D. | intentional |
Answer» C. intentional object | |
5. |
“Morning star is Evening star”. This statement is related with Frege’ notion of: |
A. | concept and object |
B. | identity |
C. | sense and reference |
D. | description |
Answer» D. description | |
6. |
The concept ‘intentionality’ is introduced by: |
A. | husserl |
B. | brentano |
C. | frege |
D. | heidegger |
Answer» C. frege | |
7. |
Who is treated as the founder of Analytical philosophy? |
A. | frege |
B. | russell |
C. | wittgenstein |
D. | moore |
Answer» B. russell | |
8. |
Fregean theory of meaning is called: |
A. | theory of description |
B. | theory of sense and reference |
C. | theory of atomis |
D. | picture theory |
Answer» C. theory of atomis | |
9. |
In Wittgenstein’s view, elementary proposition corresponds to the: |
A. | fact |
B. | name |
C. | atomic fact |
D. | molecular fact |
Answer» D. molecular fact | |
10. |
Who wrote Begriffsschrift? |
A. | russell |
B. | frege |
C. | ryle |
D. | moore |
Answer» C. ryle | |
11. |
According to Wittgenstein, proposition --------------------- the reality. |
A. | describes |
B. | explains |
C. | pictures |
D. | analyse |
Answer» D. analyse | |
12. |
Wittgenstein describes, philosophy is not a doctrine but: |
A. | an activity |
B. | a fact |
C. | a state |
D. | a theory |
Answer» B. a fact | |
13. |
. ‘Philosophical problems arises where language goes n a holiday’. Who made thisstatement? |
A. | russel |
B. | wittgenstein |
C. | ryle |
D. | austin |
Answer» C. ryle | |
14. |
To Wittgenstein, the philosophical problems are not problems but they are: |
A. | metaphysical issues |
B. | epistemological issues |
C. | language puzzles |
D. | logical puzzles |
Answer» D. logical puzzles | |
15. |
Which one is considered as the most popular work of Wittgenstein? |
A. | logical atomism |
B. | philosophy of logical syntax |
C. | language truth and logic |
D. | tractatus logico-philosophicus |
Answer» E. | |
16. |
According to Russell the method of philosophy must be: |
A. | descriptive |
B. | analytical |
C. | critical |
D. | deductive |
Answer» C. critical | |
17. |
Rudolf Carnap wrote that metaphysical propositions are: |
A. | neither true nor false |
B. | true or false |
C. | true |
D. | either true or false |
Answer» B. true or false | |
18. |
According to Logical Positivists metaphysical propositions are: |
A. | temporal |
B. | meaningful |
C. | sensible. |
D. | meaningless |
Answer» E. | |
19. |
Logical Positivists formulated the--------------------- principle the basic criterion formeaning-fullness of a proposition. |
A. | correspondenc |
B. | verification |
C. | coherence |
D. | internality |
Answer» C. coherence | |
20. |
A. J. Ayer’s popular book------------------------ popularised the tenets of Logical Positivism. |
A. | logical atomism |
B. | philosophy of logical syntax |
C. | language truth and logic |
D. | principia mathematica |
Answer» D. principia mathematica | |
21. |
A.J. Ayer’s version of Logical positivism is known as: |
A. | logical empiricism |
B. | logical atomism |
C. | logical monism |
D. | radical positivism |
Answer» B. logical atomism | |
22. |
The Greek word Pragmatikos means: |
A. | purpose |
B. | prior |
C. | practical |
D. | partial |
Answer» D. partial | |
23. |
The word pragmatism is derived from the Greek term: |
A. | pragmatikos |
B. | pramaticus |
C. | pragma |
D. | practicous |
Answer» B. pramaticus | |
24. |
Which among the list is considered as a characteristic feature of Existentialism? |
A. | spiritualism |
B. | fatalism |
C. | fundamentalism |
D. | freedom |
Answer» D. freedom | |
25. |
Sartre describes two types of Being. Which are they? |
A. | en-soi and poar-soi |
B. | sein and zeit |
C. | being and time |
D. | yin and yang |
Answer» B. sein and zeit | |
26. |
Who coined the phrase “Existentialism Precedes the Essence”? |
A. | heidegger |
B. | jaspers |
C. | sartre |
D. | kierkegaard |
Answer» D. kierkegaard | |
27. |
Sartre’s classification of Being is discussed in: |
A. | being and nothingness |
B. | existentialism is a humanism |
C. | nausea |
Answer» B. existentialism is a humanism | |
28. |
Who among the following is treated as theistic philosopher? |
A. | kierkegaard |
B. | sartre |
C. | heidegger |
D. | camus |
Answer» B. sartre | |
29. |
“Man is condemned to be free”- is related with : |
A. | kierkegaard |
B. | sartre |
C. | heidegger |
D. | camus |
Answer» C. heidegger | |
30. |
------------------ called as the Magnum Opus of Heidegger. |
A. | being and nothingness |
B. | the rebel |
C. | philosophy |
D. | being and time |
Answer» E. | |
31. |
Being and Nothingness is written by: |
A. | heidegger |
B. | jaspers |
C. | sartre |
D. | kierkegaard |
Answer» D. kierkegaard | |
32. |
Who among the following wrote “The Quest for Certainty”? |
A. | john dewey |
B. | |
C. | s. peirce c. william james |
Answer» B. | |
33. |
Which among the following is treated as the last stage of philosophising by Comte? |
A. | positive stage |
B. | metaphysical stage |
C. | theological stage |
D. | religious stage |
Answer» B. metaphysical stage | |
34. |
------------------- is a characteristic feature of C. S. Pierce’s theory of cognition. |
A. | agnosticism |
B. | falllibilism |
C. | scepticism |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. scepticism | |
35. |
Comte describes that ------------------ is the elementary stage of thinking. |
A. | metaphysical stage |
B. | positive stage |
C. | theological stage |
D. | religious stage |
Answer» D. religious stage | |
36. |
According to Comte, the human mind successively passes through -------stages ofthinking. |
A. | three |
B. | fou |
C. | five |
D. | six |
Answer» B. fou | |
37. |
Auguste Comte’s version of positivism is called as: |
A. | sociological positivism |
B. | empirical positivism |
C. | radical positivism |
D. | scientific positivism |
Answer» C. radical positivism | |
38. |
Along with pragmatism William James introduced philosophy of: |
A. | empiricism |
B. | instrumentalism |
C. | phenomenism |
D. | radical empiricism |
Answer» E. | |
39. |
John Dewey’s philosophy is commonly referred as: |
A. | instrumentalism |
B. | utilitarianism |
C. | hedonism |
D. | intuitionism |
Answer» B. utilitarianism | |
40. |
Who wrote the book Pragmatism? |
A. | john dewey |
B. | |
C. | s. peirce c. william james |
Answer» D. | |
41. |
‘God or the Supreme Being is unaffected by evil and stands above relative good whichis the correlative of evil’. Which tradition holds this position? |
A. | buddhist |
B. | samkhya |
C. | mimamsa |
D. | vedanta |
Answer» E. | |
42. |
-------- begins with the notion, God, the force of all good, and the Devil, the source of allevil. |
A. | traditional judaism |
B. | traditional christianity, |
C. | traditional islam |
D. | traditional hinduism |
Answer» C. traditional islam | |
43. |
According to Kant’s metaphysical and moral doctrine: |
A. | the soul is mortal. |
B. | the soul is indefinite |
C. | the soul is obscure |
D. | the soul is immortal |
Answer» E. | |
44. |
According to Buddhism the soul is nothing but the------------------. |
A. | mind-body complex |
B. | illusion |
C. | mind-body reaction |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. illusion | |
45. |
Atman is neither born nor does it die- This view holds by: |
A. | samkhya |
B. | jainism |
C. | gita |
D. | buddhism |
Answer» D. buddhism | |
46. |
According to Spinoza, soul is immortal which gets the --------------------- of God. |
A. | love |
B. | intellectual love |
C. | unlimited love |
D. | unconditional love |
Answer» C. unlimited love | |
47. |
---------------------- is a positive approach to life and existence. |
A. | optimism |
B. | nihilism |
C. | antagonism |
D. | pessimism |
Answer» B. nihilism | |
48. |
Who considered that the world of ours is the best possible world? |
A. | david hume |
B. | kant |
C. | paley |
D. | leibniz |
Answer» E. | |
49. |
Who shows strong views in favour of pessimism? |
A. | spinoza |
B. | arthur schopenhauer |
C. | philo |
D. | bosanquet |
Answer» C. philo | |
50. |
Mental anxiety, sorrow, excitement, tension, uproar, etc. create : |
A. | moral evil |
B. | metaphysical evil |
C. | mental evil |
D. | natural evil |
Answer» D. natural evil | |