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460+ Modern Western Philosophy Solved MCQs

These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (BA Philosophy) .

451.

According to Kant, we ought to treat humanity

A. always only as an end
B. sometimes as an end
C. never simply as a means
D. always as a means
Answer» A. always only as an end
452.

According to Kant, moral law is

A. a priori, and based on reason
B. a priori, and not based on reason
C. a posteriori, and not based on reason
D. a posteriori, and based on reason
Answer» A. a priori, and based on reason
453.

A furtherprocess of synthesis is effected a priori by the three ideas of reason, namely,

A. Sense, object, knowledge
B. Intellect, intuition, cognition
C. World, soul, God
D. Mind, body, absolute
Answer» C. World, soul, God
454.

The philosopher who put forward the dialectical method is:

A. Descartes
B. Kant
C. Hegel
D. Spinoza
Answer» C. Hegel
455.

According to Hegel, there are three stages in the logical development of spirit: subjective mind, objective mind and …..

A. Absolute God
B. Absolute mind
C. Absolute Spirit
D. Absolute idea
Answer» C. Absolute Spirit
456.

Which method is the proper method of philosophy, according to Hegel, is determined by the subject matter of philosophy itself

A. The synthetical
B. the analytical
C. the dialectical
D. the geometrical
Answer» C. the dialectical
457.

The Absolute for Hegel is

A. Substance
B. Soul
C. God
D. Idea
Answer» D. Idea
458.

The real is the rational, and the rational is the real’ is the doctrine of

A. Fichte
B. Schelling
C. Kant
D. Hegel
Answer» D. Hegel
459.

Having shown that metaphysics is unproved and speculative at best, Kant goes on to argue that

A. Rather than studying speculative metaphysics to learn about sense perceptions, we ought to study sense perceptions in order to learn about metaphysics.
B. We ought to study metaphysics as a science because it asks good questions.
C. We ought to waste time with that of which we know nothing
D. Metaphysics can only be known innately
Answer» B. We ought to study metaphysics as a science because it asks good questions.
460.

What do we directly observe, according to David Hume?

A. Physical objects
B. Sense impressions
C. Ourselves
D. Our brains
Answer» B. Sense impressions
461.

Absolute Idealism is advocated by

A. John Locke
B. George Berkley
C. Immanuel Kant
D. Hegel
Answer» D. Hegel
462.

According to Absolute Idealism, what is the relationship between being real and being knowable?

A. No reality is knowable
B. All reality is knowable
C. Some reality is knowable and some isn’t
D. Only God is ultimately unknowable.
Answer» B. All reality is knowable
463.

There is the final movement in which the spirit reduces Nature to the inwardness, which the spirit itself is. Only at this stage the spirit rises to self-consciousness in man. According to Hegel this stage is ………

A. Thesis
B. anti-thesis
C. Synthesis
D. Contradiction
Answer» C. Synthesis
464.

For Hegel, Idea means

A. Concrete particular
B. Concrete universal
C. Abstract particular
D. Abstract universal
Answer» B. Concrete universal
465.

According to the Absolute Idealism of Hegel

A. There is only one reality
B. Reality is relative
C. There are many realities
D. All of these
Answer» A. There is only one reality
466.

What is the highest reality (the Absolute), for Hegel?

A. The entire material world
B. A God who exists beyond the world
C. Infinite thought thinking itself
D. A vast group of independent particulars
Answer» C. Infinite thought thinking itself

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