Methodology Of Philosophy Set 8

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Q1 | ‘Reduction ‘ in phenomenology means
  • reductionism
  • elimination
  • exclusion
  • rejection
Answer: exclusion
Q2 | Phenomenology is
  • a science of objects
  • a science of the subject
  • a science of experience, what is given in immediate experience
  • descriptive psychology
Answer: a science of experience, what is given in immediate experience
Q3 | Phenomenology can be characterized as
  • a study of consciousness as intentional
  • an investigation of external or internal facts
  • a science of objects
  • a science of the subject
Answer: a study of consciousness as intentional
Q4 | The phenomenological analysis is
  • psychological analysis of consciousness
  • subjective analysis of consciousness
  • analysis of transcendental consciousness
  • analysis of everything objective, which is not directly given
Answer: analysis of transcendental consciousness
Q5 | In phenomenology, the exclusion of the existence of the object is called
  • bracketing existence
  • reductionism
  • existentialism
  • idealism
Answer: bracketing existence
Q6 | In phenomenology,’ whatness’ of the object is called
  • existence
  • essence
  • thing
  • idea
Answer: essence
Q7 | The’ essence’ in phenomenology is
  • ideal reality
  • psychological reality
  • empirical reality
  • intentional object of consciousness
Answer: intentional object of consciousness
Q8 | Phenomenology is
  • materialism
  • phenomenalism
  • descriptive study of the ‘given’ without making any metaphysical postulate
  • an ‘introspective psychology’
Answer: descriptive study of the ‘given’ without making any metaphysical postulate
Q9 | ‘Intuition’ in phenomenology means
  • observation
  • seeing
  • sensible intuition
  • intuition of essences or intellectual observation
Answer: intuition of essences or intellectual observation
Q10 | Intentionality, the phenomenological term used by Husserl refer to
  • referring to idea
  • the state of being intentional, an objective modifying act
  • a psychological act
  • a subjective act
Answer: the state of being intentional, an objective modifying act
Q11 | Husserl had borrowed the concept of intentionality from
  • descartes
  • meinong
  • brentano
  • william james
Answer: brentano
Q12 | The author of Neues Organon
  • plato
  • j.h.lambert
  • hegel
  • c.s.peirce
Answer: j.h.lambert
Q13 | Kant used the word ‘noumena’ for
  • things as they appear to us
  • things as they are in themselves
  • whatever is observed to be the case
  • whatever is before the mind
Answer: things as they are in themselves
Q14 | C.S Peirce used the word ‘phenomena’ as
  • things as they appear to us
  • things as they are in themselves
  • whatever is observed to be the case
  • whatever is before mind, even illusory perceptions, imaginations or dreams
Answer: whatever is before mind, even illusory perceptions, imaginations or dreams
Q15 | In “Back to things themselves” “things” are taken to mean
  • objects
  • consciousness
  • ideas
  • the “given”
Answer: the “given”
Q16 | The method of phenomenological reduction demands
  • reductionism
  • denial or rejection of all beliefs
  • suspension of our natural attitude
  • skeptical outlook
Answer: suspension of our natural attitude
Q17 | In phenomenology, the exclusion of subjectivity is called
  • the rule of ‘objectivism’
  • the rule of ‘subjectivism’
  • the rule of skepticism
  • the rule of science
Answer: the rule of ‘objectivism’
Q18 | The method of phenomenology is transcendental in the sense that
  • it aims at psychological phenomena
  • it aims at disclosing the structures of consciousness
  • it aims at a-priori elements of knowledge
  • it aims at analytic –synthetic distinction
Answer: it aims at disclosing the structures of consciousness
Q19 | The exclusion of the existence of the object in ‘Bracketing Existence’ Means
  • suspension of our belief in the existence of objects
  • eliminate existence of the object in general
  • rejecting the reality of objects
  • doubting the existence of objects as in descartes’ method of doubt
Answer: suspension of our belief in the existence of objects
Q20 | The objects of phenomenological seeing or intuition are
  • monads
  • spirits
  • ideas
  • essences
Answer: essences
Q21 | The acid test of a truly critical philosophy, according to Husserl was
  • interpreting the world of existence
  • ideal science of pure logic
  • psychological analysis of cognitive processes
  • the ideal of presuppositionless philosophy
Answer: the ideal of presuppositionless philosophy
Q22 | The best known contemporary advocate of phenomenological method is
  • gadamar
  • althusser
  • sartre
  • derrida
Answer: sartre
Q23 | Phenomenological intuition means
  • simple seeing of sensory objects
  • psychological intuition
  • empirical intuition
  • intuition of essences
Answer: intuition of essences
Q24 | According to Encyclopedia, the aim of phenomenological method is
  • to establish phenomenology as empirical psychology
  • to establish phenomenology as rigorous science
  • to establish a dichotomy between essence and existence
  • to establish mind-body dualism
Answer: to establish phenomenology as rigorous science
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