Methodology Of Philosophy Set 1

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

Q1 | ------------------- is a vital instrument for the growth and development of knowledge.
  • superstition
  • false belief
  • barren hypothesis
  • methodology
Answer: methodology
Q2 | Our beliefs may be substantiated by some objective standards and they should not be guided solely by subjective considerations. This shows the necessity of --------------------
  • subjectivism
  • skepticism
  • methods
  • dogmatism
Answer: methods
Q3 | The study of methods is called
  • mysticism
  • monadology
  • methodology
  • mythology
Answer: methodology
Q4 | Procedures and techniques by which the establishment of the validity of previous knowledge and the attainment of new knowledge is possible, is called
  • empiricism
  • rationalism
  • methodology
  • positivism
Answer: methodology
Q5 | Procedures and techniques which have been devised to aid us in extending our knowledge is called
  • dogmatism
  • skepticism
  • agnosticism
  • methodology
Answer: methodology
Q6 | ----------------is the author of the book An Essay on Philosophical Method
  • bertrand russell
  • ludwig wittgenstein
  • collingwood
  • montague
Answer: collingwood
Q7 | The source of the methodology of arts was
  • socrates
  • aristotle
  • a.j.ayer
  • descartes
Answer: socrates
Q8 | The Problem of Knowledge was written by
  • aristotle
  • plato
  • a.j.ayer
  • collingwood
Answer: a.j.ayer
Q9 | “It is by it’s methods rather than it’s subject matter that philosophy is to be distinguished from other arts or sciences”. This is a statement by
  • plato
  • aristotle
  • collingwood
  • a.j.ayer
Answer: a.j.ayer
Q10 | With the help of method we come to a ---------------.
  • theory
  • belief
  • guess
  • conjencture
Answer: theory
Q11 | A theory is a conclusion, whereas a method is a------------------.
  • syllogism
  • procedure
  • style
  • manner
Answer: procedure
Q12 | Style means
  • a manner of expression characteristic of a particular philosopher or individual.
  • a philosophical method
  • a demonstrative method
  • a procedure used for studying the phenomena of the objective world.
Answer: a manner of expression characteristic of a particular philosopher or individual.
Q13 | Philosophical method is
  • demonstrative
  • skeptical
  • contemplative
  • distructive
Answer: demonstrative
Q14 | For idealists, method is
  • objectively established
  • established for the sake of convenience
  • a set of principles which is arbitrarily established by human reason for convenience in knowing.
  • a procedure used for studying phenomena of the objective world.
Answer: a set of principles which is arbitrarily established by human reason for convenience in knowing.
Q15 | The Marxists present method as
  • arbitrarily established, everyone having his own method.
  • a procedure used for studying the phenomena of the objective world.
  • a purely subjective category
  • a person’s style of doing something
Answer: a procedure used for studying the phenomena of the objective world.
Q16 | Philosophical methods are
  • methods of empirical sciences
  • methods of empirical psychology
  • methods of rational inquiry
  • methods of objective world
Answer: methods of rational inquiry
Q17 | ------------------take “philosophical method as the method of determining the meaning of ideas and of clarifying them”.
  • rationalists
  • empiricists
  • idealists
  • pragmatists
Answer: pragmatists
Q18 | According to pragmatists, the two ends of philosophical method are,
  • first, verification of hypothesis and second, proof of hypothesis
  • first, determination of meaning and second, verification of ideas
  • first, formulation of hypothesis and second, deduction and verification of hypothesis
  • none of the above
Answer: first, determination of meaning and second, verification of ideas
Q19 | Philosophical method ‘as a method of settling philosophical disputes‘ is the view of
  • descartes
  • william james
  • aristotle
  • socrates
Answer: william james
Q20 | Science is rational, philosophy is
  • more rational, speculative also
  • irrational and skeptical
  • irrational and dogmatic
  • skeptical and dogmatic
Answer: more rational, speculative also
Q21 | Socrates and Plato took philosophical method as a method of
  • settling philosophical disputes
  • determination of meaning
  • clarification of language
  • knowing
Answer: knowing
Q22 | According to Aristotle, the aim of philosophical method is
  • to investigate meaning aspect of language
  • to inquire into the of structure of language
  • the attainment of truth
  • to inquire into the a-priori aspect of knowledge
Answer: the attainment of truth
Q23 | With the help of method we come to a
  • pattern
  • theory
  • style
  • syllogism
Answer: theory
Q24 | A theory is a -----------------, whereas a method is a procedure or way.
  • conclusion
  • premise
  • syllogism
  • style
Answer: conclusion
Q25 | Manner of thinking or procedure of thinking over some problem is called
  • syllogism
  • theory
  • style
  • art
Answer: style
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