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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) .

51.

Who introduced the term ‘natura naturata’

A. spinoza
B. leibniz
C. kant
D. descartes
Answer» A. spinoza
52.

------ is not an Idealist

A. hegel
B. kant
C. leibniz
D. all these
Answer» C. leibniz
53.

Who advocated the theory of Pre-established Harmony?

A. descartes
B. leibniz
C. spinoza
D. hegel
Answer» B. leibniz
54.

Berkeley belongs to ------------school

A. rationalism
B. empiricism
C. idealism
D. none of these
Answer» B. empiricism
55.

Who among the following is not an empiricist

A. leibniz
B. hume
C. locke
D. berkeley
Answer» A. leibniz
56.

Tabula rasa refers to--------

A. empty cabinet
B. subtle emotion
C. knowledge
D. none of these
Answer» A. empty cabinet
57.

According to Locke, which one of the following is a secondary quality

A. solidity
B. colour
C. extension
D. none of these
Answer» B. colour
58.

The subject matter of Kant’s Rational Psychology is

A. the idea of world
B. the idea of god
C. unity of self
D. none of
Answer» C. unity of self
59.

Who among the following is an empiricist philosopher

A. leibniz
B. spinoza
C. hume
D. none of these
Answer» C. hume
60.

------ admits innumerable monads or spiritual atoms

A. hegel
B. kant
C. leibniz
D. all these
Answer» C. leibniz
61.

In Transcendental aesthetic, Kant discusses the theory of-----

A. morality
B. existence of god
C. space and time
D. none of these
Answer» C. space and time
62.

----------- viewed the universe pantheistically as a single infinite substance God

A. leibniz
B. hume
C. spinoza
D. none of these
Answer» C. spinoza
63.

------- thinks that substance is to be defined by active force

A. berkeley
B. leibniz
C. hume
D. none of these
Answer» B. leibniz
64.

According to Locke, Colour is a -----

A. primary quality
B. secondary quality
C. both
D. none of these
Answer» B. secondary quality
65.

Absolute Idealism is conceived as the philosophy of ------

A. kant
B. berkeley
C. hegel
D. none of these
Answer» C. hegel
66.

Psycho physical parallelism is propounded by -------

A. hume
B. kant
C. hegel
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
67.

----- is not an Idealist philosopher

A. kant
B. berkeley
C. hegel
D. none of these
Answer» B. berkeley
68.

‘Geist’ is the key notion of -----

A. hume
B. kant
C. hegel
D. none of these
Answer» C. hegel
69.

Kant and Hegel belong to ------- school

A. empiricism
B. rationalism
C. idealism
D. none of these
Answer» C. idealism
70.

Who defines an idea as ‘whatever is meant by phantasm, notion, species, or whatever it is which the mind can be employed about in thinking'.

A. hume
B. locke
C. kant
D. hegel
Answer» B. locke
71.

Which among the following is not the group of categories of understanding fewer than four heads according to Kant?

A. quality, spirit, modality and matter
B. quantity, quality, relation and modality
C. substance, matter, spirit and quality
D. relation, spirit, substance and quantity
Answer» B. quantity, quality, relation and modality
72.

Descartes’ assertion, ‘I have an idea of a most perfect being’, is a premise in his

A. cosmological argument
B. ontological argument
C. argument from design
D. cosmological and ontological argument both
Answer» B. ontological argument
73.

Descartes is considered as the founder of----------

A. empiricism
B. rationalism
C. idealism
D. none of these
Answer» B. rationalism
74.

Descartes is a----------------Philosopher

A. greek
B. french
C. german
D. american
Answer» B. french
75.

Cogito ergo sum is a key concept in the philosophy of----------

A. leibniz
B. spinoza
C. descartes
D. none of these
Answer» C. descartes
76.

------- are the affections or modifications of substance

A. modes
B. god
C. attributes
D. none of these
Answer» A. modes
77.

The term ‘naturanaturans’ is introduced by-------

A. leibniz
B. spinoza
C. descartes
D. kant
Answer» B. spinoza
78.

Whose philosophy is conceived as Absolute Idealism

A. kant
B. hegel
C. descartes
D. spinoza
Answer» B. hegel
79.

Who wrote ‘An Essay concerning human Understanding’

A. spinoza
B. descartes
C. locke
D. none of these
Answer» C. locke
80.

Descartes and Spinoza belong to ------------school

A. empiricism
B. rationalism
C. idealism
D. none of these
Answer» B. rationalism
81.

Which among the following is the work of Spinoza?

A. meditations
B. ethics
C. critique of pure reason
D. none of these
Answer» B. ethics
82.

Who among the following is a Rationalist Philosopher?

A. berkeley
B. leibniz
C. hume
D. none of these
Answer» B. leibniz
83.

Hegel’s philosophy is generally conceived as--------

A. idealistic
B. absolute idealism
C. rationalism
D. none of these
Answer» B. absolute idealism
84.

According to -------, matter is an Abstract idea

A. hume
B. leibniz
C. spinoza
D. berkeley
Answer» D. berkeley
85.

---------- is a rationalist

A. spinoza
B. berkeley
C. hume
D. kant
Answer» A. spinoza
86.

Immanuel Kant belongs to----

A. empiricism
B. rationalism
C. idealism
D. none of these
Answer» C. idealism
87.

-------- is considered as the Subjective Idealist

A. locke
B. kant
C. spinoza
D. berkeley
Answer» D. berkeley
88.

Transcendental method is adopted by -----

A. hume
B. kant
C. hegel
D. berkeley
Answer» B. kant
89.

--------------is a solution to mind- body problem

A. categories
B. interactionism
C. dualism
D. abstraction
Answer» B. interactionism
90.

The subject matter of Kant’s Rational theology is-----

A. the idea of god
B. unity of self
C. the idea of world
D. none of these
Answer» A. the idea of god
91.

According to ---------- , Colour is a secondary quality

A. kant
B. locke
C. descartes
D. none of these
Answer» B. locke
92.

According to Kant -----------judgments are always aposteriori

A. analytical
B. synthetic
C. ethical
D. none of these
Answer» B. synthetic
93.

----- took mathematics as the model of his philosophical method

A. socrates
B. aristotle
C. descartes
D. locke
Answer» C. descartes
94.

The subject matter of Kant’s Rational cosmology is----------

A. unity of self
B. the idea of god
C. the idea of one world
D. all these
Answer» C. the idea of one world
95.

Spinoza treats the soul as

A. a sum of ideas
B. god
C. infinite attributes
D. none of these
Answer» C. infinite attributes
96.

-------- claims that substance is the aggregate of qualities

A. hume
B. locke
C. kant
D. hegel
Answer» B. locke
97.

Who among the following rejected matter as an abstract idea

A. hume
B. berkeley
C. descartes
D. none of these
Answer» B. berkeley
98.

According to Kant, the ideas of ‘reason’ are ----

A. regulative and constitutive
B. affirmative and negative
C. negative and probable
D. constitutive and regulative
Answer» D. constitutive and regulative
99.

According to Kant, moral duty is -----

A. a command of god
B. given by one’s intuition
C. the imperative of pure reason
D. determined by morality
Answer» C. the imperative of pure reason
100.

According to whom ‘to start with, mind is a clean state’?

A. plato
B. descartes
C. spinoza
D. locke
Answer» D. locke

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