260+ Recent Trends in Western Philosophy Solved MCQs

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201.	-------------- stage is about progressing past the previous two stages in life onto something profound and pulsating.
A.	Aesthetic
B.	Ethical
C.	Existential
D.	religious
Answer» D. religious

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202.	Existentialism is a Humanism s an article by ---------.
A.	Sartre’s
B.	Husserl’s
C.	MerleauPonty
D.	none of these
Answer» A. Sartre’s

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203.	Being and Nothingness is a ------------- ontology.
A.	Phenomenological
B.	Hermeneutical
C.	existential
D.	none of these.
Answer» A. Phenomenological

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204.	----------- phenomenology is interested in what it is to be human rather what is the world as such.
A.	Sartre’s
B.	Husserl’s
C.	MerleauPonty
D.	none of these
Answer» A. Sartre’s

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205.	----------- is the author of Human all too Human .
A.	Sartre
B.	Husserl
C.	MerleauPonty
D.	Nietzche
Answer» D. Nietzche

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206.	‘Geneology of Morals’ is authored by ---------------------.
A.	Sartre
B.	Husserl
C.	MerleauPonty
D.	Nietzche
Answer» D. Nietzche

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207.	------------- is the author of Birth of Tragedy .
A.	Sartre
B.	Husserl
C.	MerleauPonty
D.	Nietzche
Answer» D. Nietzche

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208.	---------------- s the author of Thus Spake Zarathustra.
A.	Sartre
B.	Husserl
C.	MerleauPonty
D.	Nietzche
Answer» D. Nietzche

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209.	‘Death of God ‘ is a statement by ---------------.
A.	Sartre
B.	Husserl
C.	MerleauPonty
D.	Nietzche
Answer» D. Nietzche

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210.	----------- is the author of Twilight of the Idols.
A.	Sartre
B.	Husserl
C.	MerleauPonty
D.	Nietzche
Answer» D. Nietzche

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211.	“Superman” is a term significantly used by -------------.
A.	Nietzsche
B.	Husserl
C.	Sartre
D.	Heidegger
Answer» A. Nietzsche

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212.	--------- believes that individuals are entirely free and must take personal responsibility for themselves.
A.	Existentialsm
B.	Hermeneutics
C.	Phenomenology
Answer» A. Existentialsm

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213.	---------- considered as the father of atheistic existentialism .
A.	Nietzsche
B.	Husserl
C.	Sartre
D.	Heidegger
Answer» A. Nietzsche

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214.	---------- Existentialism, affirm the belief in the existence of God.
A.	theistic
B.	atheistic
C.	both a and b
D.	none of these
Answer» A. theistic

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215.	----------- is a major proponent of atheistic existentialism.
A.	Kerkegaard
B.	Husserl
C.	Sartre
D.	Heidegger
Answer» C. Sartre

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216.	-------- challenged the foundatons of morality.
A.	Nietzche
B.	Husserl
C.	Sartre
D.	Heidegger
Answer» A. Nietzche

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217.	According to --------------- that modern science and the increasing secularization of European society had effectively "killed" the Christian God.
A.	Nietzche
B.	Husserl
C.	Sartre
D.	Heidegger
Answer» A. Nietzche

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218.	-------------completely rejected the approach of most philosophers since Descartes, who had been trying to prove the existence of the external world.
A.	Locke
B.	Berkley
C.	Kant
D.	Heidegger
Answer» D. Heidegger

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219.	----------- main concern was always ontology or the study of being.
A.	Locke
B.	Berkley
C.	Kant
D.	Heidegger
Answer» D. Heidegger

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220.	Heidegger uses the term dwelling to capture the distinctive manner in which ----------- is in the world.
A.	Dasein
B.	existence
C.	authenticity
D.	Anguish
Answer» A. Dasein

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221.	------------Derived from a Greek word connected with the name of the god, the reputed messenger and interpreter of the gods.
A.	Hermeneutics
B.	Phenomenology
C.	Existentialism
D.	none of these
Answer» A. Hermeneutics

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222.	------------ is the proponent of philosophical Hermeneutics
A.	Gadamer
B.	Heidegger
C.	Sartre
D.	Camus
Answer» A. Gadamer

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223.	------------ was an atheist existentialist.
A.	Marcel
B.	jaspers
C.	Marcel
D.	Sartre
Answer» D. Sartre

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224.	------------------was a theistic existentialist
A.	Nietzche
B.	Sartre
C.	Kierkegaard
D.	Camus
Answer» C. Kierkegaard

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225.	According to -------- The distinctive of the human animal is the "will to power”.
A.	Nietzche
B.	Sartre
C.	Kierkegaard
D.	Camus
Answer» A. Nietzche

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226.	Nietzsche grounds religion in the human needs of the insecure person.
A.	Nietzche
B.	Sartre
C.	Kierkegaard
D.	Camus
Answer» A. Nietzche

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227.	------------ is the author of The Rebel.
A.	Nietzche
B.	Sartre
C.	Kierkegaard
D.	Camus
Answer» D. Camus

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228.	---------- is the author of The Myth of Sisyphus.
A.	Nietzche
B.	Sartre
C.	Kierkegaard
D.	Camus
Answer» D. Camus

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229.	-------------- existentialist who won Nobel Prize for literature.
A.	Nietzche
B.	Sartre
C.	Kierkegaard
D.	Camus
Answer» B. Sartre

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230.	----------- is the author of Second Sex.
A.	Nietzche
B.	Simone de Beauvoir
C.	Kierkegaard
D.	Camus
Answer» B. Simone de Beauvoir

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231.	Kierkegaard and -----------were interested in people's concealment of the meaninglessness of life and their use of diversion to escape from boredom.
A.	Nietzche
B.	Simone de Beauvoir
C.	Kierkegaard
D.	Camus
Answer» A. Nietzche

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232.	Sartre's existentialism drew its immediate inspiration from the work of the German philosopher, ------------.
A.	Nietzche
B.	Heidegger
C.	Kierkegaard
D.	Camus
Answer» B. Heidegger

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233.	The ---------- welcomed Husserl's doctrine of intentionality as a refutation of the Cartesian view of consciousness .
A.	Existentialist
B.	rationalist
C.	empiricist
D.	none of these
Answer» A. Existentialist

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234.	in his Concluding Unscientific Postscript, ------------ claims that “subjectivity is the truth,”
A.	Nietzche
B.	Heidegger
C.	Kierkegaard
D.	Camus
Answer» C. Kierkegaard

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235.	For ------------------------ “the crowd is untruth.”
A.	Nietzche
B.	Heidegger
C.	Kierkegaard
D.	Camus
Answer» C. Kierkegaard

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236.	----------- is the author of Beyond Good and Evil.
A.	Nietzche
B.	Heidegger
C.	Kierkegaard
D.	Camus
Answer» A. Nietzche

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237.	----------- wants to deliver the human being from the crowd and make him aware of himself as the centre of responsibilities.
A.	Nietzche
B.	Heidegger
C.	Kierkegaard
D.	Camus
Answer» C. Kierkegaard

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238.	The philosophy of ---------------- emphasizes the importance of the individual.
A.	Nietzche
B.	Heidegger
C.	Kierkegaard
D.	Camus
Answer» C. Kierkegaard

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239.	---------------wants to deliver the human being from the crowd and make him aware of himself as the centre of responsibilities.
A.	Nietzche
B.	Heidegger
C.	Kierkegaard
D.	Camus
Answer» C. Kierkegaard

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240.	------------stage is called the Don Juan stage.
A.	Aesthetic
B.	ethical
C.	religious
D.	none of these
Answer» A. Aesthetic

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241.	-------------stage man makes a choice for a determinate moral standard
A.	Aesthetic
B.	ethical
C.	religious
D.	none of these
Answer» B. ethical

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242.	------stage is characterized by essential suffering, fear and trembling, guilt and dread.
A.	Aesthetic
B.	ethical
C.	religious
D.	none of these
Answer» C. religious

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243.	Kierkegaard gives priority to the existential truth or truth as subjectivity.
A.	Nietzche
B.	Heidegger
C.	Kierkegaard
D.	Camus
Answer» C. Kierkegaard

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244.	------------ is the author of Mystery of Being.
A.	Nietzche
B.	Heidegger
C.	Marcel
D.	Camus
Answer» C. Marcel

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245.	------------- is the author of Man in the Modern age.
A.	Nietzche
B.	Jaspers
C.	Marcel
D.	Camus
Answer» B. Jaspers

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246.	---------- developed an existential philosophy of Technology.
A.	Nietzche
B.	Jaspers
C.	Marcel
D.	Camus
Answer» B. Jaspers

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247.	------------ is the author of Being and Having..
A.	Nietzche
B.	Heidegger
C.	Marcel
D.	Camus
Answer» C. Marcel

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248.	-------- language is precise, free of ambiguity, and clear in structure, on the model of symbolic logic.
A.	ordinary
B.	ideal
C.	both a and b
D.	none of these
Answer» B. ideal

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249.	---------- language is vague, misleading, and sometimes contradictory.
A.	ordinary
B.	ideal
C.	both a and b
D.	none of these
Answer» A. ordinary

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250.	---------- Language philosophy is generally associated with the (later) views of Ludwig Wittgenstein,
A.	ordinary
B.	ideal
C.	both a and b
D.	none of these
Answer» A. ordinary

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260+ Recent Trends in Western Philosophy Solved MCQs

-------------- stage is about progressing past the previous two stages in life onto something profound and pulsating.

Existentialism is a Humanism s an article by ---------.

Being and Nothingness is a ------------- ontology.

----------- phenomenology is interested in what it is to be human rather what is the world as such.

----------- is the author of Human all too Human .

‘Geneology of Morals’ is authored by ---------------------.

------------- is the author of Birth of Tragedy .

---------------- s the author of Thus Spake Zarathustra.

‘Death of God ‘ is a statement by ---------------.

----------- is the author of Twilight of the Idols.

“Superman” is a term significantly used by -------------.

--------- believes that individuals are entirely free and must take personal responsibility for themselves.

---------- considered as the father of atheistic existentialism .

---------- Existentialism, affirm the belief in the existence of God.

----------- is a major proponent of atheistic existentialism.

-------- challenged the foundatons of morality.

According to --------------- that modern science and the increasing secularization of European society had effectively "killed" the Christian God.

-------------completely rejected the approach of most philosophers since Descartes, who had been trying to prove the existence of the external world.

----------- main concern was always ontology or the study of being.

Heidegger uses the term dwelling to capture the distinctive manner in which ----------- is in the world.

------------Derived from a Greek word connected with the name of the god, the reputed messenger and interpreter of the gods.

------------ is the proponent of philosophical Hermeneutics

------------ was an atheist existentialist.

------------------was a theistic existentialist

According to -------- The distinctive of the human animal is the "will to power”.

Nietzsche grounds religion in the human needs of the insecure person.

------------ is the author of The Rebel.

---------- is the author of The Myth of Sisyphus.

-------------- existentialist who won Nobel Prize for literature.

----------- is the author of Second Sex.

Kierkegaard and -----------were interested in people's concealment of the meaninglessness of life and their use of diversion to escape from boredom.

Sartre's existentialism drew its immediate inspiration from the work of the German philosopher, ------------.

The ---------- welcomed Husserl's doctrine of intentionality as a refutation of the Cartesian view of consciousness .

in his Concluding Unscientific Postscript, ------------ claims that “subjectivity is the truth,”

For ------------------------ “the crowd is untruth.”

----------- is the author of Beyond Good and Evil.

----------- wants to deliver the human being from the crowd and make him aware of himself as the centre of responsibilities.

The philosophy of ---------------- emphasizes the importance of the individual.

---------------wants to deliver the human being from the crowd and make him aware of himself as the centre of responsibilities.

------------stage is called the Don Juan stage.

-------------stage man makes a choice for a determinate moral standard

------stage is characterized by essential suffering, fear and trembling, guilt and dread.

Kierkegaard gives priority to the existential truth or truth as subjectivity.

------------ is the author of Mystery of Being.

------------- is the author of Man in the Modern age.

---------- developed an existential philosophy of Technology.

------------ is the author of Being and Having..

-------- language is precise, free of ambiguity, and clear in structure, on the model of symbolic logic.

---------- language is vague, misleading, and sometimes contradictory.

---------- Language philosophy is generally associated with the (later) views of Ludwig Wittgenstein,