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151. |
Husserl had borrowed the concept of intentionality from |
A. | descartes |
B. | meinong |
C. | brentano |
D. | william james |
Answer» D. william james | |
152. |
Intentionality, the phenomenological term used by Husserl refer to |
A. | referring to idea |
B. | the state of being intentional, an objective modifying act |
C. | a psychological act |
D. | a subjective act |
Answer» C. a psychological act | |
153. |
‘Intuition’ in phenomenology means |
A. | observation |
B. | seeing |
C. | sensible intuition |
D. | intuition of essences or intellectual observation |
Answer» E. | |
154. |
The’ essence’ in phenomenology is |
A. | ideal reality |
B. | psychological reality |
C. | empirical reality |
D. | intentional object of consciousness |
Answer» E. | |
155. |
In phenomenology,’ whatness’ of the object is called |
A. | existence |
B. | essence |
C. | thing |
D. | idea |
Answer» C. thing | |
156. |
In phenomenology, the exclusion of the existence of the object is called |
A. | bracketing existence |
B. | reductionism |
C. | existentialism |
D. | idealism |
Answer» B. reductionism | |
157. |
The phenomenological analysis is |
A. | psychological analysis of consciousness |
B. | subjective analysis of consciousness |
C. | analysis of transcendental consciousness |
D. | analysis of everything objective, which is not directly given |
Answer» D. analysis of everything objective, which is not directly given | |
158. |
Phenomenology can be characterized as |
A. | a study of consciousness as intentional |
B. | an investigation of external or internal facts |
C. | a science of objects |
D. | a science of the subject |
Answer» B. an investigation of external or internal facts | |
159. |
‘Psychological atomism ‘ is a type of reductionism according to which |
A. | physical objects as well as human beings are no more than collections of their observable properties. |
B. | material things are nothing but ideas |
C. | consciousness is a set of contents, viz, sensations, feelings etc |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» D. none of the above | |
160. |
Phenomenology is |
A. | a science of objects |
B. | a science of the subject |
C. | a science of experience, what is given in immediate experience |
D. | descriptive psychology |
Answer» D. descriptive psychology | |
161. |
‘Reduction ‘ in phenomenology means |
A. | reductionism |
B. | elimination |
C. | exclusion |
D. | rejection |
Answer» D. rejection | |
162. |
Phenomenology opposes scientism which takes |
A. | material things as ideas |
B. | soul as a stream of consciousness |
C. | scientific or empirical statements as premises in philosophical arguments |
D. | physical objects as well as human beings as collections of their observable |
Answer» D. physical objects as well as human beings as collections of their observable | |
163. |
Hume’s phenomenalism states that |
A. | logical is identified with psychological statements |
B. | material things are nothing but ideas |
C. | soul is nothing but astream of consciousness |
D. | physical objects as well as human beings are no more than collections of their observable properties |
Answer» E. | |
164. |
The slogon of phenomenology is |
A. | ”to the things themselves” |
B. | “cogito ergo sum” |
C. | “existence precedes essence” |
D. | “dubito ergo sum” |
Answer» B. “cogito ergo sum” | |
165. |
The leading rule of phenomenological method is |
A. | “existence precedes essence” |
B. | “back to things themselves” |
C. | “cogito-ergosum” |
D. | “dubito ergo sum” |
Answer» C. “cogito-ergosum” | |
166. |
----------------------used the term phenomenology as the “theory of illusion” |
A. | immanual kant |
B. | j.h.lambert |
C. | hegel |
D. | edmund husserl |
Answer» C. hegel | |
167. |
-------------------was the first to use phenomenology as the name of a way of doing philosophy |
A. | j.h.lambert |
B. | hegel |
C. | william hamilton |
D. | edmund husserl |
Answer» E. | |
168. |
Phenomenology for Hegel was |
A. | the name of a way of doing philosophy |
B. | a descriptive study of all observable reals |
C. | the science in which we study mind as it is in itself |
D. | the science of phenomena |
Answer» D. the science of phenomena | |
169. |
Immanual Kant used the word ‘phenomena’ for |
A. | ”things as they appear to us” |
B. | “things as they are in themselves” |
C. | “mind as it appears to us” |
D. | “theory of illusion” |
Answer» B. “things as they are in themselves” | |
170. |
Who popularized the method of pragmatism |
A. | russell |
B. | kant |
C. | charles sanders pierce |
D. | william james |
Answer» E. | |
171. |
Who began the method of pragmatism in the modern period |
A. | john dewey |
B. | russell |
C. | william james |
D. | c.s. pierce |
Answer» E. | |
172. |
Workability, satisfactions, consequences, and results are the key words in the pragmatic conception of truth according to ……………. |
A. | naturalism |
B. | idealism |
C. | pragmatism |
D. | realism |
Answer» D. realism | |
173. |
Who said, “Truth happens to an idea.” |
A. | john dewey |
B. | russell |
C. | william james |
D. | c.s. pierce |
Answer» D. c.s. pierce | |
174. |
Who defines the term radical empiricism with pragmatism |
A. | john dewey |
B. | c.s. pierce |
C. | russell |
D. | william james |
Answer» E. | |
175. |
Who wrote the book Pragmatism, |
A. | russell |
B. | c.s. pierce |
C. | william james |
D. | john dewey |
Answer» D. john dewey | |
176. |
Who coined the word pragmatism from the Greek word pragma (“act” or “deed”) to emphasize the fact that words derive their meanings from actions. |
A. | russell |
B. | c.s. pierce |
C. | william james |
D. | john dewey |
Answer» C. william james | |
177. |
Who introduces the principle of pragmatism as a development of the rationalistic notion of “clear and distinct ideas”. |
A. | locke |
B. | berkley |
C. | kant |
D. | pierce |
Answer» E. | |
178. |
Who accepts only the “general method of science”, a method that employs hypotheses, but require their empirical verification. |
A. | descartes |
B. | pierce |
C. | augustine |
D. | bacon |
Answer» C. augustine | |
179. |
Who wished to establish philosophy on a scientific basis and to treat theories as working hypotheses? |
A. | spinoza |
B. | pierce |
C. | plato |
D. | aristotle |
Answer» C. plato | |
180. |
Who published the article “How To Make Our Ideas Clear.”? |
A. | pierce |
B. | russell |
C. | kant |
D. | james |
Answer» B. russell | |
181. |
Which maxim states ‘a rule for clarifying the contents of hypotheses by tracing their practical consequences’? |
A. | pragmatist |
B. | naturalist |
C. | rationalist |
D. | empiricist |
Answer» B. naturalist | |
182. |
Who acknowledged the major Kantian insight of the importance of mind as an active agent in the interpretation of experience |
A. | rationalist |
B. | empiricist |
C. | emotivist |
D. | pragmatists |
Answer» E. | |
183. |
Which method accepted that Truth is a belief evolved through the test of experience? |
A. | naturalism |
B. | idealism |
C. | emotivism |
D. | pragmatism |
Answer» E. | |
184. |
Which American mathematician philosopher laid down the foundation of pragmatism? |
A. | w.james |
B. | j.dewey |
C. | c s pierce |
D. | spinoza |
Answer» D. spinoza | |
185. |
Who was convinced about the deductive, intuitive and primitive empirical approaches to philosophy? |
A. | aquinas |
B. | augustine |
C. | anslem |
D. | francis bacon |
Answer» E. | |
186. |
Who defined Pragmatism as “the attitude of looking away from first things, principles, ‘categories,’ supposed necessities; and of looking towards last things, fruits, consequences, facts.”? |
A. | william james |
B. | immanuel kant |
C. | descartes |
D. | john dewey |
Answer» B. immanuel kant | |
187. |
Who stated “Man is the measure of all things.” |
A. | plato |
B. | aristotle |
C. | protagoras |
D. | socrates |
Answer» D. socrates | |
188. |
Kant ‘s concept can be stated as |
A. | critical naturalism |
B. | emotivism |
C. | phenomenology |
D. | critical idealism |
Answer» E. | |
189. |
Descartes was a ………thinker |
A. | materialist |
B. | idealist |
C. | empiricist |
D. | rationalist |
Answer» E. | |
190. |
Who was considered as the Precusor of Pragmatism |
A. | john dewey |
B. | immanuel kant |
C. | descartes |
D. | william james |
Answer» C. descartes | |
191. |
Who was considered as a medieval pragmatist thinker? |
A. | william james |
B. | immanuel kant |
C. | augustine |
D. | john dewey |
Answer» D. john dewey | |
192. |
“Pragmatism is nothing new: but it is a new name for some old way of thinking” who stated this? |
A. | william james |
B. | immanuel kant |
C. | descartes |
D. | john dewey |
Answer» B. immanuel kant | |
193. |
Who is Wittgenstein’s mentor? |
A. | kantl |
B. | husserl |
C. | russell |
D. | hume |
Answer» D. hume | |
194. |
According to Wittgenstein, reporting events is an example of ----- |
A. | concepts |
B. | proposition |
C. | percepts |
D. | language game |
Answer» E. | |
195. |
------- who inspired the so-called Cambridge School of Analysis |
A. | russelll |
B. | descartes |
C. | sartre |
D. | berkeley |
Answer» B. descartes | |
196. |
According to Wittgenstein, language has an isomorphic relation to ---- |
A. | concepts |
B. | sentence |
C. | world |
D. | noumena |
Answer» D. noumena | |
197. |
Logical Positivists were influenced by -------- |
A. | wittgenstein |
B. | protagoras |
C. | frege |
D. | locke |
Answer» B. protagoras | |
198. |
Who said that don’t ask for the meaning but says meaning as use? |
A. | fregel |
B. | russell |
C. | wittgenstein |
D. | hume |
Answer» D. hume | |
199. |
Who among the following included in analytical philosophy? |
A. | wittgenstein |
B. | descartes |
C. | kant |
D. | heidegger |
Answer» B. descartes | |
200. |
Who wrote Blue and Brown Notebooks? |
A. | leibnitz |
B. | wittgenstein |
C. | russell |
D. | kepler |
Answer» C. russell | |