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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (BA Philosophy) .
| 101. |
Who introduced triad of thesis, antithesis and synthesis into German philosophy for the first time? |
| A. | hegel |
| B. | kant |
| C. | pierce |
| D. | fichte |
| Answer» D. fichte | |
| 102. |
Who criticizes the Hegelian concept of dialectical triad and says that dialectic does not necessarily involve the identity of opposites? |
| A. | bradley |
| B. | carnap |
| C. | descartes |
| D. | kant |
| Answer» A. bradley | |
| 103. |
The book Phenomenology of Spirit is authored by: |
| A. | russell |
| B. | descartes |
| C. | hegel |
| D. | spinoza |
| Answer» C. hegel | |
| 104. |
Marx discovered the rational kernel with Hegel’s mystical shell by turning it right side up and placed it, on a ----- foundation. |
| A. | idealistic |
| B. | materialistic |
| C. | rationalistic |
| D. | empiricist |
| Answer» B. materialistic | |
| 105. |
The book ‘Poverty of Philosophy is written by: |
| A. | marx |
| B. | hegel |
| C. | descartes |
| D. | spinoza |
| Answer» A. marx | |
| 106. |
Marx method of dialectics is known as |
| A. | idealistic |
| B. | materialistic |
| C. | spiritualistic |
| D. | sceptic |
| Answer» B. materialistic | |
| 107. |
For-----, the dialectical movement in thought is derived from the actual movement of the real world. |
| A. | kant |
| B. | hegel |
| C. | marx |
| D. | plato |
| Answer» C. marx | |
| 108. |
Any monistic metaphysical theory which holds that ultimate reality is matter and that all seemingly nonmaterial things such as minds and thoughts are reducible to the motions of particles of matter. |
| A. | subjective idealism |
| B. | objective idealism |
| C. | materialism |
| D. | dualism |
| Answer» C. materialism | |
| 109. |
-----------is the basis of Marxian dialectics |
| A. | negation |
| B. | contradiction |
| C. | spirit |
| D. | conversation |
| Answer» A. negation | |
| 110. |
How many triads in Marxian dialectics |
| A. | none |
| B. | one |
| C. | two |
| D. | many |
| Answer» B. one | |
| 111. |
Who recognizes the significance of identity in every moment of contradiction? |
| A. | hegel |
| B. | kant |
| C. | descartes |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» A. hegel | |
| 112. |
-------- claims that the knowing subject or self is ultimate reality. |
| A. | subjective idealism |
| B. | objective idealism |
| C. | materialism |
| D. | dialectics |
| Answer» A. subjective idealism | |
| 113. |
According to Russell---- is an immediate, specific content of sensation |
| A. | sense data |
| B. | proposition |
| C. | statement |
| D. | denotation |
| Answer» A. sense data | |
| 114. |
Vicious Circle Principle is related to ----- |
| A. | a j ayer |
| B. | quine |
| C. | russell |
| D. | husserl |
| Answer» C. russell | |
| 115. |
Who wrote A History of Western Philosophy? |
| A. | russell |
| B. | kant |
| C. | hume |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» A. russell | |
| 116. |
In 1950 --------- received the Nobel Prize for Literature |
| A. | sartre |
| B. | hume |
| C. | russell |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. russell | |
| 117. |
Russell who belonged to --------society |
| A. | german |
| B. | frankfurt |
| C. | fabian |
| D. | marxian |
| Answer» C. fabian | |
| 118. |
Russell was against the---------dominant in England |
| A. | subjective idealism |
| B. | absolute idealism |
| C. | skepticism |
| D. | agnosticism |
| Answer» B. absolute idealism | |
| 119. |
The technique of reduction of Mathematics to logic was first by--------- |
| A. | russell |
| B. | husserl |
| C. | kant |
| D. | wittgenstein |
| Answer» A. russell | |
| 120. |
Principia Mathematica is the work of ------- |
| A. | kant |
| B. | hegel |
| C. | berkeley |
| D. | russell and whitehead |
| Answer» D. russell and whitehead | |
| 121. |
Logical Atomism is the philosophy of ------- |
| A. | whitehead |
| B. | russell |
| C. | g e moore |
| D. | hume |
| Answer» B. russell | |
| 122. |
Who visited Russia and expressed his disappointment with the form of Socialism practiced there? |
| A. | russell |
| B. | locke |
| C. | a j ayer |
| D. | quine |
| Answer» A. russell | |
| 123. |
Who was the exponent of set theory? |
| A. | russell |
| B. | kant |
| C. | hume |
| D. | husserl |
| Answer» A. russell | |
| 124. |
Russell is an -----Philosopher |
| A. | idealist |
| B. | rationalist |
| C. | empiricist |
| D. | moralist |
| Answer» C. empiricist | |
| 125. |
On Denoting is the work of -------- |
| A. | wittgenstein |
| B. | russell |
| C. | hegel |
| D. | naturalist |
| Answer» B. russell | |
| 126. |
Which of the following is related to Russell’s Paradox? |
| A. | theory of descriptions |
| B. | theory of acquaintance |
| C. | elementary theory |
| D. | theory of types |
| Answer» D. theory of types | |
| 127. |
The early period of wittgenstein is related to ------- |
| A. | tractatus |
| B. | set theory |
| C. | coherence |
| D. | language game |
| Answer» A. tractatus | |
| 128. |
Philosophical Investigation is the work of ----- |
| A. | russell |
| B. | husserl |
| C. | kant |
| D. | wittgenstein |
| Answer» D. wittgenstein | |
| 129. |
Wittgenstein says that language is a --- |
| A. | statement |
| B. | picture of reality |
| C. | judgment |
| D. | concept |
| Answer» B. picture of reality | |
| 130. |
Who draws the difference between showing and saying? |
| A. | russell |
| B. | g e moore |
| C. | wittgenstein |
| D. | locke |
| Answer» C. wittgenstein | |
| 131. |
The philosophy of language game is found in ------ |
| A. | tractatus |
| B. | philosophical investigation |
| C. | logical investigation |
| D. | logical atomism |
| Answer» B. philosophical investigation | |
| 132. |
Correspondence theory of truth is developed by |
| A. | socretes |
| B. | thales |
| C. | wittgenstein |
| D. | sartre |
| Answer» C. wittgenstein | |
| 133. |
Who among the following included in analytical philosophy? |
| A. | wittgenstein |
| B. | descartes |
| C. | kant |
| D. | heidegger |
| Answer» A. wittgenstein | |
| 134. |
Wittgenstein was associated with ----- |
| A. | fabian society |
| B. | vienna circle |
| C. | rationalists |
| D. | idealists |
| Answer» B. vienna circle | |
| 135. |
Who wrote Blue and Brown Notebooks? |
| A. | leibnitz |
| B. | wittgenstein |
| C. | russell |
| D. | kepler |
| Answer» B. wittgenstein | |
| 136. |
Wittgenstein said that world consist of ------ |
| A. | facts |
| B. | semantics |
| C. | concepts |
| D. | atoms |
| Answer» A. facts | |
| 137. |
Wittgenstein’s logical construction of philosophical system has a purpose to find out the limits of world, thought and -- |
| A. | proposition |
| B. | statement |
| C. | sense data |
| D. | language |
| Answer» D. language | |
| 138. |
Who said that don’t ask for the meaning but says meaning as use? |
| A. | fregel |
| B. | russell |
| C. | wittgenstein |
| D. | hume |
| Answer» C. wittgenstein | |
| 139. |
Logical Positivists were influenced by -------- |
| A. | wittgenstein |
| B. | protagoras |
| C. | frege |
| D. | locke |
| Answer» A. wittgenstein | |
| 140. |
According to Wittgenstein, language has an isomorphic relation to ---- |
| A. | concepts |
| B. | sentence |
| C. | world |
| D. | noumena |
| Answer» C. world | |
| 141. |
According to Wittgenstein, reporting events is an example of ----- |
| A. | concepts |
| B. | proposition |
| C. | percepts |
| D. | language game |
| Answer» D. language game | |
| 142. |
------- who inspired the so-called Cambridge School of Analysis |
| A. | russelll |
| B. | descartes |
| C. | sartre |
| D. | berkeley |
| Answer» A. russelll | |
| 143. |
Who is Wittgenstein’s mentor? |
| A. | kantl |
| B. | husserl |
| C. | russell |
| D. | hume |
| Answer» C. russell | |
| 144. |
“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» A. william james | |
| 145. |
Who was considered as a medieval pragmatist thinker? |
| A. | william james |
| B. | immanuel kant |
| C. | augustine |
| D. | john dewey |
| Answer» C. augustine | |
| 146. |
Who was considered as the Precusor of Pragmatism |
| A. | john dewey |
| B. | immanuel kant |
| C. | descartes |
| D. | william james |
| Answer» B. immanuel kant | |
| 147. |
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» A. william james | |
| 148. |
Descartes was a ………thinker |
| A. | materialist |
| B. | idealist |
| C. | empiricist |
| D. | rationalist |
| Answer» D. rationalist | |
| 149. |
Kant ‘s concept can be stated as |
| A. | critical naturalism |
| B. | emotivism |
| C. | phenomenology |
| D. | critical idealism |
| Answer» D. critical idealism | |
| 150. |
Who stated “Man is the measure of all things.” |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | protagoras |
| D. | socrates |
| Answer» C. protagoras | |
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