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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) .

101.

‘Reality which is Absolute is a coherent thought system with logical connectivity’ is the view that can be ascribed to :

A. hegel
B. berkeley
C. moore
D. spinoza
Answer» A. hegel
102.

The distinction between impression and idea was made by

A. kant
B. locke
C. hume
D. berkeley
Answer» C. hume
103.

“Ideas are of two kinds; ideas imprinted on the senses and ideas formed by memory and imagination.” ____ is the view advocated by;

A. locke
B. berkeley
C. hume
D. leibnitz
Answer» C. hume
104.

Pineal gland is the ------------ of the soul according to Descartes

A. subject
B. controller
C. seat
D. none of these
Answer» C. seat
105.

According to Spinoza the most important modifications of extension are ----- and -- -

A. shape and rest
B. attributes and motion
C. rest and motion
D. none of these
Answer» C. rest and motion
106.

There are infinite number of substances which are called as monads according to ------ ---

A. leibniz
B. spinoza
C. hume
D. none of these
Answer» A. leibniz
107.

Berkeley thinks that the objective ideas are impressed upon finite sprits by the ------ from without

A. mind
B. physical objects
C. infinite spirit
D. none of these
Answer» C. infinite spirit
108.

------- claims that mind and their ideas exist.

A. berkeley
B. locke
C. hume
D. none of these
Answer» A. berkeley
109.

The doctrine of force relates to---------

A. monads
B. interactionism
C. scholasticism
D. all these
Answer» A. monads
110.

According to Berkeley matter is an----------

A. immanent idea
B. abstract idea
C. pure idea
D. none of these
Answer» B. abstract idea
111.

Hume is ------------- philosopher

A. empiricist
B. rationalist
C. idealistic
D. none of these
Answer» A. empiricist
112.

According to Kant , knowledge of things – in –itself is called-------

A. phenomena
B. substance
C. noumena
D. none of these
Answer» C. noumena
113.

Which one of the following is a work of Kant

A. ethics
B. monadology
C. critique of purereason
D. all ofthese
Answer» C. critique of purereason
114.

Kant’s Rational Psychology deals with------

A. the idea of world
B. the idea of god
C. unity of self
D. none of these
Answer» C. unity of self
115.

----- is the method adopted by Kant

A. inductive
B. deductive
C. empirical
D. transcendental
Answer» D. transcendental
116.

To whom the term ‘tabula rasa’ relates

A. berkeley
B. locke
C. hume
D. none of these
Answer» B. locke
117.

------ developed his philosophy on the foundation laid by Fichte

A. descartes
B. hegel
C. aristotle
D. none ofthese
Answer» B. hegel
118.

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

A. religion
B. mathematics
C. sociology
D. arts
Answer» B. mathematics
119.

Kant’s Rational cosmology deals with----------

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
120.

‘An Essay concerning human Understanding’ is the work of----------

A. spinoza
B. descartes
C. hume
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
121.

Leibniz belongs to ---------school

A. rationalism
B. empiricism
C. idealism
D. none of these
Answer» A. rationalism
122.

‘To be is to be perceived’ is a theory of---------

A. descartes
B. leibniz
C. spinoza
D. berkeley
Answer» D. berkeley
123.

.------- suggests that the ideas are of two types, simple and complex

A. locke
B. spinoza
C. hume
D. none of these
Answer» A. locke
124.

To solve the mind body problem, Descartes has introduced -------

A. psycho-physiological theory
B. psycho-physical interactionism
C. dualism
D. none of these
Answer» B. psycho-physical interactionism
125.

Who among the following was obsessed with the intellectual love of God

A. hume
B. spinoza
C. descartes
D. none of these
Answer» B. spinoza
126.

‘A good clockmaker can construct two clocks which will keep such perfect time that they for ever strike the hours at the same moment.’ This position is acceptable to :

A. spinoza
B. leibnitz
C. descartes
D. locke
Answer» B. leibnitz
127.

Who says that space and time are empirically real but transcendentally ideal?

A. pythagoras
B. spinoza
C. kant
D. hegel
Answer» C. kant
128.

The Philosopher who is associated with the Law of Sufficient Reason:

A. locke
B. berkeley
C. leibnitz
D. plato
Answer» C. leibnitz
129.

Who said that the relation between cause and effect is not logical, but only psychological?

A. hume
B. kant
C. russell
D. heidegger
Answer» A. hume
130.

Who among the following rejected matter as an abstract idea

A. hume
B. locke
C. descartes
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
131.

Locke and Berkeley belong to ------- school

A. empiricism
B. rationalism
C. idealism
D. none of these
Answer» A. empiricism
132.

The key notion of Hegel is-----

A. sensation
B. world
C. idea
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
133.

------------ claims substance as ‘one and infinite’

A. descartes
B. leibniz
C. spinoza
D. hegel
Answer» C. spinoza
134.

The rationalist philosopher ----- wants to give philosophy a stable character like mathematics

A. kant
B. descartes
C. plato
D. aristotle
Answer» B. descartes
135.

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

A. analytical
B. synthetic
C. ethical
D. none of these
Answer» B. synthetic
136.

The rationalist philosopherDescartes whowants to give philosophy stable characters like----- ---

A. science
B. mathematics
C. ethics
D. none of these
Answer» B. mathematics
137.

The view that ‘God as both naturanaturansandnatura naturata is maintained by

A. spinoza
B. leibniz
C. kant
D. descartes
Answer» A. spinoza
138.

Descartes suggests---- as absolute substance

A. mind
B. matter
C. god
D. none of these
Answer» C. god
139.

The philosopher that distinguishes between ‘matters of fact’ and ‘association of ideas’ is:

A. descartes
B. hume
C. leibnitz
D. spinoza
Answer» B. hume
140.

Locke suggests that the idea of substance is

A. simple idea
B. complex idea
C. particular idea
D. none of the above
Answer» B. complex idea
141.

The ideas imprinted on the senses by God are called real things according to :

A. locke
B. berkeley
C. hume
D. leibnitz
Answer» B. berkeley
142.

The entire universe is mirrored in each unit of the substance except for the difference that it is mirrored only slightly differently from unit to unit.’ This position is acceptable to

A. spinoza
B. leibnitz
C. descartes
D. st. thomas aquinas
Answer» B. leibnitz
143.

According to ------- God is regarded as the only cause and bearer of all qualities

A. descartes
B. leibniz
C. spinoza
D. hegel
Answer» C. spinoza
144.

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

A. descartes
B. leibniz
C. spinoza
D. hegel
Answer» B. leibniz
145.

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

A. descartes
B. leibniz
C. spinoza
D. hegel
Answer» B. leibniz
146.

As an empiricist, Locke claims that all our knowledge is derived either through sensation or ---------

A. reflection
B. perception
C. thinking
D. none of these
Answer» A. reflection
147.

The Critique of Pure Reason is really a treatise on ----- with special reference to science

A. epistemology
B. metaphysics
C. axiology
D. none of these
Answer» A. epistemology
148.

According to the Absolute Idealism of Hegel, there -----

A. are many realities
B. is one reality
C. reality is relative
D. none of these
Answer» B. is one reality
149.

Kant has called his epistemological enquiry as -----

A. empirical
B. transcendental
C. rational
D. none of these
Answer» B. transcendental
150.

----- is not a Rationalist

A. kant
B. descartes
C. leibniz
D. allthese
Answer» A. kant

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