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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