Contemporary Western Philosophy Set 1

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (BA Philosophy)

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This set of Contemporary Western Philosophy Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Contemporary Western Philosophy Set 1

Q1 | The founder of phenomenological movement is ---------------
  • husserl
  • hegel
  • kant
  • brentano
Answer: husserl
Q2 | Brentano belongs to ------ movement
  • feminist
  • materialist
  • existentialist
  • phenomenologist
Answer: phenomenologist
Q3 | Ideas: A General Introduction to Pure Phenomenology is a work o
  • brentano
  • husserl
  • sartre
  • aristotle
Answer: husserl
Q4 | The task of phenomenology is to study ---
  • moral acts
  • science
  • emotions
  • consciousness
Answer: consciousness
Q5 | The phenomenological reduction is by -------
  • husserl
  • brentano
  • ponty
  • sartre
Answer: husserl
Q6 | Transcendental phenomenology, according to Husserl, was the study of -------
  • spirit
  • logic
  • transcendental consciousness
  • science
Answer: transcendental consciousness
Q7 | --------- subscribes to slogan “To the things themselves.”
  • husserl
  • sartre
  • heidegger
  • empiricist
Answer: husserl
Q8 | Which philosophy is emphasizing the study of consciousness by the method of reduction
  • existentialism
  • phenomenology
  • psychology
  • none of the above
Answer: phenomenology
Q9 | Who wrote the work Logical Investigations?
  • heidegger
  • sartre
  • merleau-ponty
  • husserl
Answer: husserl
Q10 | Who was the first to employ the term ‘phenomenology?
  • leibnitz
  • leucippus
  • lambert
  • bertano
Answer: lambert
Q11 | Descriptive psychology and had its origins in the project of -------
  • brentano.
  • husserl
  • heidegger
  • meinong
Answer: brentano.
Q12 | Whose conviction that philosophy is a rigorous science?
  • kant
  • brentano
  • aristotle
  • husserl
Answer: husserl
Q13 | phenomenology emphasizes the concept of ------
  • self-evidence
  • anticipation
  • existence
  • science
Answer: self-evidence
Q14 | Brentano contrasts empirical psychology with ---------
  • gestalt psychology
  • clinical psychology
  • genetic psychology
  • all are false
Answer: genetic psychology
Q15 | ------- is a concept in phenomenology borrowed from Brentano
  • intentionality
  • de anima,
  • cognition
  • consciousness
Answer: intentionality
Q16 | Who laid great stress on phenomenology’s principle of presuppositionlessness inPhenomenology?
  • heidegger
  • meinong
  • brentano
  • husserl
Answer: husserl
Q17 | Which of the following is true to Husserl?
  • the suspension of the natural attitude
  • the phenomenological epoché,
  • eidetic and transcendental reductions
  • all are true
Answer: all are true
Q18 | -------- meant that all scientific, philosophical, cultural, and everyday assumptions hadto be put aside.
  • positivism
  • bracketing
  • empiricism
  • descriptivism
Answer: bracketing
Q19 | Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint is the work of --------
  • brentano
  • husserl
  • heidegger
  • sartre
Answer: brentano
Q20 | Who contrasts empirical psychology with genetic psychology?
  • carnap
  • meinong
  • brentano
  • husserl
Answer: brentano
Q21 | Cartesian Meditations is the famous work of ---------
  • carnap
  • descartes
  • brentano
  • husserl
Answer: husserl
Q22 | --------------is the doctrine that every mental act is related to some object.
  • objectivity
  • intentionality
  • reduction
  • bracketing
Answer: intentionality
Q23 | Husserl as a transcendental philosopher deferrers from-------. (a) Descartes (b) Socrates (c) Aristotle (d) Kant29. Who distinguished between phenomena and noumena ?
  • kant
  • brentano
  • sartre
  • berkeley
Answer: berkeley
Q24 | Whose transcendental philosophy is known as transcendental phenomenology?
  • brentano
  • husserl
  • sartre
  • heidegger
Answer: husserl
Q25 | ----- reduction brackets the question of existence and attempts to focus on the essence.
  • eidetic
  • transcendental
  • phenomenological
  • all are true
Answer: eidetic
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