Quiz about Methodology and Perspectives of Humanities and Philosophy

Question 1

The classical Greek notion of humanities was

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to provide a basis of a broad education to greek citizens

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to improve our social world

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to demarcate the natural world and social wor

Question 2

The term humanities during the Italian Renaissance appeared

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in relation to the education of christians for their moral and spiritual development.

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in relation to the education of liberal arts

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in relation to the education of social science.

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none of the above.

Question 3

Today the term humanities refer to those disciplines of knowledge which are
 concerned with

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human thoughts, creative expressions and culture.

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psychological and physiological aspects of man

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study of the natural world

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study of the social world.

Question 4

-------------------------is recognized as part of the humanities.

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philosophy

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physics

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geography

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economics

Question 5

The concern of humanities is

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to create an intellectual and spiritual sense of the lived –wor

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to give a knowledge of the natural world.

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to give a knowledge of the biological properties of man

Question 6

Scientific knowledge can be defined as

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a set of verified and verifiable statements about all phenomena.

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a set of methods that are creative and speculative in nature.

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stories, ideas and words that help us to make sense of our lives and our wor

Question 7

The scientific method involves

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generating testable hypotheses in order to make predictions.

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methods that are speculative in nature

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analysis and exchange of ideas rather than the causal and quantitative explanations.

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answering questions such as what is right or wrong.

Question 8

-------------------------is the hallmark of scientific exercise.

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narrative imagination.

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imaginatively interpreting and expressing the meanings of lived in experiences.

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empirical proof.

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none of the above.

Question 9

Empirical proof is

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objective truth which is verifiable through sense experience.

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subjective truth which is verifiable through speculation.

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creative and speculative in nature.

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analysis and exchange of ideas.

Question 10

Scientific method focuses on -----------------------.

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accuracy and objectivity.

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creative expressions and culture.

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the process of creative intervention and culture.

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imaginative interpretation.

Practice Test On: Methodology and Perspectives of Humanities and Philosophy

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Methodology and Perspectives of Humanities and Philosophy