McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Master of Arts in Philosophy (MA Philosophy) .
| 1. |
G.E Moore states that the predicate good was |
| A. | definable |
| B. | difficult |
| C. | indefinable |
| D. | wrong |
| Answer» C. indefinable | |
| 2. |
Analytic philosophy is not a movement, instead there are various sub groups and individual thinkers collected under it |
| A. | justified |
| B. | unified |
| C. | meaningful |
| D. | scattered |
| Answer» B. unified | |
| 3. |
Principia Ethica is book written by which of the following thinkers |
| A. | wittgenstein |
| B. | russell |
| C. | g.e. moore |
| D. | carnap |
| Answer» C. g.e. moore | |
| 4. |
In Principia Ethica analysis was applied to understand the nature of deliberations |
| A. | mathematical |
| B. | moral |
| C. | material |
| D. | difficult |
| Answer» B. moral | |
| 5. |
According to Hacker, analysis is the of a concept in to its elements. |
| A. | decomposition |
| B. | unification |
| C. | joining |
| D. | synthesis |
| Answer» A. decomposition | |
| 6. |
Symbolic logic was seen to be fundamental to theorizing |
| A. | spiritual |
| B. | poetic |
| C. | scientific |
| D. | psychological |
| Answer» C. scientific | |
| 7. |
Regarding the origin of 20th century analytic philosophy is in orientation |
| A. | psychological |
| B. | non - psychological |
| C. | intuitive |
| D. | transcendental |
| Answer» B. non - psychological | |
| 8. |
A good way ahead was the role of logic and in philosophizing |
| A. | sophistry |
| B. | illusion |
| C. | science |
| D. | myth |
| Answer» C. science | |
| 9. |
Frege observed that there was lack of firm foundations in the discipline. |
| A. | temporary |
| B. | hierarchical |
| C. | logical |
| D. | cyclical |
| Answer» C. logical | |
| 10. |
Frege’s logistic thesis claims that mathematical theorems concerning number can be in terms of purely logical sort |
| A. | mistaken |
| B. | cancelled |
| C. | error |
| D. | re-expressed |
| Answer» D. re-expressed | |
| 11. |
Frege’s concern was mainly issues |
| A. | botanical |
| B. | logico-linguistic |
| C. | religious |
| D. | ethical |
| Answer» B. logico-linguistic | |
| 12. |
The logical foundations for the proofs of are given in Begriffschrift |
| A. | ethics |
| B. | theology |
| C. | arithmetic |
| D. | geology |
| Answer» C. arithmetic | |
| 13. |
The looseness and of natural language is cancelled by using special notations of ideal language |
| A. | clarity |
| B. | depth |
| C. | ambience |
| D. | vagueness |
| Answer» D. vagueness | |
| 14. |
It is not the processes that Frege points to when he insists on the proofs of the law of arithmetic. |
| A. | psychological |
| B. | mathematical |
| C. | logical |
| D. | logico-linguistic |
| Answer» A. psychological | |
| 15. |
The form of system of logic is through the conceptual notation of Frege. |
| A. | old |
| B. | traditional |
| C. | modern |
| D. | classical |
| Answer» C. modern | |
| 16. |
The predicate in the proposition of the older logic is clarified through the analogy of the mathematical notion of and logical notion of concept. |
| A. | function |
| B. | matrix |
| C. | equation |
| D. | reference |
| Answer» A. function | |
| 17. |
The combination of and function is said to have a truth value |
| A. | concept |
| B. | argument |
| C. | vagueness |
| D. | emptiness |
| Answer» B. argument | |
| 18. |
According to Frege,It is the features in language that one understands if one understands the nature of meaning in language |
| A. | subjective |
| B. | objective |
| C. | partial |
| D. | incomplete |
| Answer» B. objective | |
| 19. |
For Frege concepts are entities |
| A. | subjective |
| B. | transcendent |
| C. | objective |
| D. | transient |
| Answer» C. objective | |
| 20. |
According to Frege, the linguistic expression that stands for concepts is called |
| A. | constant |
| B. | concept word |
| C. | antonym |
| D. | proper name |
| Answer» B. concept word | |
| 21. |
In Fregean thought understanding of words is successfully achieved by its contribution to the formation and in sentences |
| A. | opposition |
| B. | verification |
| C. | use |
| D. | complexity |
| Answer» C. use | |
| 22. |
Frege’s approach to philosophy of language is one |
| A. | syntactical |
| B. | dialectical |
| C. | atomistic |
| D. | semantical |
| Answer» D. semantical | |
| 23. |
According to Frege, can be called the science which makes discoveries about the existence and properties of certain independent abstract objects say numbers |
| A. | taxonomy |
| B. | physics |
| C. | arithmetic |
| D. | botany |
| Answer» C. arithmetic | |
| 24. |
In defining number, Frege defines class as the of the concept |
| A. | extension |
| B. | intension |
| C. | verification |
| D. | negation |
| Answer» A. extension | |
| 25. |
It is only through standards set through language that the deficiencies of natural language in day to day use could be recognized |
| A. | complex |
| B. | atomic |
| C. | hierarchical |
| D. | ideal |
| Answer» D. ideal | |
| 26. |
According to Frege, it is in the of a sentence that a word has meaning |
| A. | hierarchy |
| B. | context |
| C. | clarity |
| D. | inferiority |
| Answer» B. context | |
| 27. |
The task of logic comprises examining the type of components the sentences is |
| A. | justified |
| B. | evaluated |
| C. | verified |
| D. | constructed |
| Answer» D. constructed | |
| 28. |
It is the interconnection in sequences as well as from their internal components in forming arguments that make the difference between and modern logic |
| A. | traditional |
| B. | objects |
| C. | concepts |
| D. | proper names |
| Answer» A. traditional | |
| 29. |
The new logic was a way to deal with formal structure of propositions, their between themselves, with analysis of their internal parts and components. |
| A. | exclusion |
| B. | psychology |
| C. | interrelations |
| D. | differences |
| Answer» C. interrelations | |
| 30. |
Frege compared the mathematical notion of and argument with the logical notion of concept and object |
| A. | function |
| B. | grammer |
| C. | sense |
| D. | addition |
| Answer» A. function | |
| 31. |
Frege conceived that thought is the of the sentence as a whole |
| A. | complexity |
| B. | base |
| C. | sense |
| D. | negation |
| Answer» C. sense | |
| 32. |
In Frege’s conception thought can be expressed knowing its truth value |
| A. | with |
| B. | always |
| C. | without |
| D. | hence |
| Answer» C. without | |
| 33. |
In thought being expressed in logical analysis distinctive colourings and tones are to be |
| A. | included |
| B. | involved |
| C. | highlighted |
| D. | excluded |
| Answer» D. excluded | |
| 34. |
The way we use language for scientific purposes is from the way we use for poetry |
| A. | same |
| B. | different |
| C. | exact |
| D. | synonymous |
| Answer» B. different | |
| 35. |
Frege used wherever required in expressing generality |
| A. | diagrams |
| B. | poetry |
| C. | quantifiers |
| D. | images |
| Answer» C. quantifiers | |
| 36. |
In the discourse of science everything that does not bear truth value is to be |
| A. | avoided |
| B. | conceptualised |
| C. | included |
| D. | minimized |
| Answer» A. avoided | |
| 37. |
Concept word is unsaturated or |
| A. | complete |
| B. | incomplete |
| C. | full |
| D. | multiplied |
| Answer» B. incomplete | |
| 38. |
In the Frege’s paper sense and reference, Morning star and evening star refer to the same object but not their |
| A. | references |
| B. | senses |
| C. | impact |
| D. | vision |
| Answer» B. senses | |
| 39. |
Inorder to solve conceptual problems Bertrand Russell and Whitehead emphasizes an language in the Principia Mathematica |
| A. | illusionory |
| B. | mystic |
| C. | ideal |
| D. | confused |
| Answer» C. ideal | |
| 40. |
According to Bertrand Russell in a logically perfect language there is exactly word for a simple object. |
| A. | two |
| B. | one |
| C. | multiple |
| D. | infinite |
| Answer» B. one | |
| 41. |
It was on the paper “ On Denoting” that the theory of first appeared |
| A. | description |
| B. | relativity |
| C. | linguistics |
| D. | translation |
| Answer» A. description | |
| 42. |
Russell claimed that the theory of descriptions solved problems in ontology and |
| A. | syntax |
| B. | semantics |
| C. | arthmetic |
| D. | ethics |
| Answer» B. semantics | |
| 43. |
Frank .B.Ramsey categorized theory of descriptions as the of philosophy |
| A. | essay |
| B. | vision |
| C. | paradigm |
| D. | superstition |
| Answer» C. paradigm | |
| 44. |
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| A. | mathematical |
| B. | logical |
| C. | ethical |
| D. | numerical |
| Answer» B. logical | |
| 45. |
By using the language of one could make out the differences between proper name and definite description |
| A. | arthmetic |
| B. | geometry |
| C. | symbolic logic |
| D. | simplicity |
| Answer» C. symbolic logic | |
| 46. |
Quines rejection of Analytic- synthetic statements is the foundation for linguistic |
| A. | rationalism |
| B. | naturalism |
| C. | competence |
| D. | negativity |
| Answer» B. naturalism | |
| 47. |
It is the stimulation of endings through which the individual encounters the world which can be a scientific basis for explanation of the stimulus |
| A. | magnetic |
| B. | grammatical |
| C. | nerve |
| D. | objective |
| Answer» C. nerve | |
| 48. |
Quine considers two sentences mean the same proposition when they are true in the possible worlds |
| A. | different |
| B. | infinite |
| C. | finite |
| D. | same |
| Answer» D. same | |
| 49. |
The truths of logic and mathematics are true in possible worlds. |
| A. | all |
| B. | few |
| C. | some |
| D. | no |
| Answer» A. all | |
| 50. |
Quine considers that the fabric of sentences are generated from expressions learnt in context which are complexly . |
| A. | disjoint |
| B. | separate |
| C. | interconnected |
| D. | different |
| Answer» C. interconnected | |
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