Methodology And Perspectives Of Humanities And Philosophy Set 3

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Q1 | “A philosopher is one whose attention is fixed on reality rather than appearance”, this was the opinion of
  • john locke
  • plato
  • aristotle
  • spinoza
Q2 | Philosophy undertakes a--------- of the grounds on which beliefs are held.
  • criticism
  • appraisal
  • evaluation
  • critical examination.
Q3 | The term ‘Metaphysics’ literally means
  • before physics
  • beyond nature
  • beyond physics
  • beyond perception.
Q4 | The term metaphysics was first used by
  • thales
  • andronicus
  • russell
  • berkeley.
Q5 | Metaphysical method can be considered as
  • a priori
  • a posteriori
  • scientific
  • mathematical.
Q6 | Materialism attributes -------- a primary position.
  • mind
  • god
  • spirit
  • matter.
Q7 | According to materialism all events are due to the interaction of --------and ---------.
  • god and soul
  • soul and body
  • matter and motion
  • god and motion.
Q8 | Realism is a philosophical position which considers that the external world is
  • unreal
  • neither real nor unreal
  • real
  • both real and unreal.
Q9 | Epistemology can also be termed as
  • theory of knowledge
  • theory of truth
  • theory of error
  • theory of causation.
Q10 | Knowledge is a relation between
  • object and object
  • subject and object
  • subject and subject
  • soul and matter.
Q11 | According to rationalism the universal attributes of true knowledge can be deduced only from
  • matter
  • world itself
  • dream
  • mind itself.
Q12 | The first principles of the world which are recognized as true by reason have their source in
  • world
  • heaven
  • sleep
  • reason.
Q13 | Empiricism holds that ------------ is the only source of knowledge.
  • reason
  • intuition
  • experience
  • revelation.
Q14 | ----------- is a leading figure of modern empiricism.
  • john locke
  • immanuel kant
  • spinoza
  • leibnitz
Q15 | Those who insist that what cannot be traced to specific sense experiences is not true knowledge are called
  • rationalists
  • radical empiricists
  • pragmatists
  • intuitionists.
Q16 | The Latin word ethos means
  • soul
  • world
  • god
  • character.
Q17 | Ethics is a ---------- science.
  • normative
  • positive
  • descriptive
  • mental.
Q18 | Conduct is a collective name for
  • voluntary actions
  • non-voluntary actions
  • reflex actions
  • wrong actions.
Q19 | The concepts of reward and punishment presuppose the
  • cause of action
  • freedom of will
  • freedom of agreement
  • wrongness of action
Q20 | Moral good is that which satisfies
  • friends
  • relatives
  • desire
  • moral will.
Q21 | The Latin word rectus means
  • according to decision
  • according to conscience
  • according to law
  • according to tradition.
Q22 | A ----------action is in some way fitting to the circumstance.
  • wrong
  • right
  • bad
  • immoral
Q23 | The word virtue is used for ----------- of any kind.
  • excellence
  • duty
  • good
  • character.
Q24 | Who is the author of the book “A Study in Moral Theory.”
  • j.s. mill
  • bentham
  • hume
  • laird
Q25 | The three process of thinking are
  • dreaming, waking, and deep sleep
  • walking, running, and talking
  • conception, judgment, and reasoning
  • intuition, apprehension, and revelation.