Introduction To Philosophical Methods Set 1

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (BA Philosophy)

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This set of Introduction to Philosophical Methods Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Introduction To Philosophical Methods Set 1

Q1 | intellectual midwifery is the theory of knowledge put forward by:
  • plato
  • thales
  • comte
  • socrates
Answer: socrates
Q2 | ——— is a Skeptic.
  • david hume
  • emmanuel kant
  • hegel
  • none of these
Answer: david hume
Q3 | The metaphysical view that there are many realities is known as
  • dualism
  • pluralism
  • monism
  • non-dualism
Answer: pluralism
Q4 | The theory that holds reason as the source of knowledge is
  • idealism
  • rationalism
  • empiricism
  • none of the above
Answer: rationalism
Q5 | Inborn ideas are known as:
  • adventitious ideas
  • factitious ideas
  • innate ideas
  • a b&c
Answer: innate ideas
Q6 | The Philosophy of Hegel is known as
  • phenomenal idealism
  • personal idealism
  • objective idealism
  • absolute idealism
Answer: absolute idealism
Q7 | The founder of Positivism is
  • saint simon
  • c. s pierce
  • august comte
  • francis bacon
Answer: august comte
Q8 | The author of Novum Organum is
  • rene descartes
  • lemnitzer
  • john dewey
  • francis bacon
Answer: francis bacon
Q9 | Metaphysics is the work of
  • socrates
  • plato
  • aristotle
  • thales
Answer: aristotle
Q10 | Early Skepticism is also known as
  • pyrrhonism
  • positivism
  • materialism
  • idealism
Answer: pyrrhonism
Q11 | The Greek word Pragma means
  • truth
  • act or deed
  • utility
  • beauty
Answer: act or deed
Q12 | The author of Republic
  • socrates
  • descartes
  • plato
  • hume
Answer: plato
Q13 | The metaphysical view that there is one ultimate reality is called
  • dualism
  • pluralism
  • monism
  • none of these
Answer: monism
Q14 | According to the modern scientists matter is
  • light
  • energy
  • illusion
  • all of these
Answer: energy
Q15 | ——— is a Greek atomist
  • democritus
  • xenophanes
  • xenophon
  • zeno
Answer: democritus
Q16 | epistemology studies
  • origin and nature of knowledge
  • validity of knowledge
  • extend of knowledge
  • a, b &c
Answer: a, b &c
Q17 | The two branches of Metaphysics are
  • religion and theology
  • rationalism and empiricism
  • ontology and cosmology
  • materialism and spiritualism
Answer: ontology and cosmology
Q18 | The three distempers of learning according to. Francis Bacon are:
  • mind, body and god
  • ideas, experience and thought.
  • fantastical, contentious and delicate
  • tribe, cave and theatre
Answer: fantastical, contentious and delicate
Q19 | Philosophy is concerned with
  • the irrational
  • beauty
  • the ideal
  • experimentation
Answer: the ideal
Q20 | Ethics is a ——-
  • positive science
  • normative science
  • descriptive science
  • none of these
Answer: normative science
Q21 | ———- seeks to clarify and refine the process of knowing
  • epistemology
  • axiology
  • metaphysics
  • ethics
Answer: epistemology
Q22 | The Latin word ——— is the root of rationalism
  • sophia
  • reason
  • ratio
  • experiential
Answer: ratio
Q23 | ———— insists on a a priori knowledge.
  • positivism
  • empiricism
  • rationalism
  • none of these
Answer: rationalism
Q24 | ———— was written by Kant
  • novum organum
  • republic
  • critique of pure reason.
  • politics
Answer: critique of pure reason.
Q25 | Ontology deals with
  • matter
  • knowledge
  • being
  • none of these
Answer: being
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