Modern Western Philosophy Set 10

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (BA Philosophy)

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This set of Modern Western Philosophy Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Modern Western Philosophy Set 10

Q1 | Find the odd one out.
  • Aristotle
  • Kant
  • Hume
  • Descartes
Answer: Aristotle
Q2 | _________ is/are not applicable to Descartes.1. French 2. Medieval 3. Empiricist d) Rationalist
  • 1 and 2
  • 2 and 4
  • Only 2
  • 2 and 3
Answer: 2 and 3
Q3 | _________ is/are applicable to Descartes and Locke. 1. Medieval 2. Modern 3. Rationalist 4. Empiricist
  • 1 and 4
  • Only 2
  • Only 3
  • 2 and 4
Answer: Only 2
Q4 | __________ propositions need no proof.
  • Universal
  • Self-evident
  • Particular
  • None of these
Answer: Self-evident
Q5 | According to Descartes, deduction and _________ are the means to attain true knowledge.
  • experience
  • logic
  • intuition
  • all these
Answer: intuition
Q6 | According to Descartes, ___________ ideas are clear and distinct.
  • innate
  • adventitious
  • factitious
  • none of these
Answer: innate
Q7 | ‘Cogito ergo sum’ refers to the idea of __________.
  • God
  • World
  • the Self
  • Reason
Answer: the Self
Q8 | Cartesian skepticism is precisely _____________.
  • ontological
  • methodological
  • ethical
  • axiological
Answer: methodological
Q9 | Dualism recognizes ____________.
  • one and only one substance
  • two substances
  • many substances
  • none of these
Answer: two substances
Q10 | ___________ is not applicable to Spinoza.1. Monism 2. Rationalism 3. Dualism 4. Pluralism
  • Only 3
  • Only 1
  • 1 and 2
  • 3 and 4
Answer: 3 and 4
Q11 | ‘A substance cannot depend on anything else, and hence there can be only one substance.’ Thisposition is precisely termed ______________.
  • Rationalism
  • Dualism
  • Monism
  • Empiricism
Answer: Monism
Q12 | Psychophysical ___________ is the view of Spinoza.
  • dualism
  • parallelism
  • interactionism
  • none of these
Answer: parallelism
Q13 | According to Spinoza, Reality is ____________.
  • God or Nature
  • Neither God nor Nature
  • Only God
  • Only Nature
Answer: God or Nature
Q14 | ‘Mind and matter are not substances’. This is the point of Spinoza’s disagreement with _______.
  • Kant
  • Hume
  • Hegel
  • Descartes
Answer: Descartes
Q15 | Leibnitz conceived plurality of __________ substances.
  • spiritual
  • physical
  • material
  • all these
Answer: spiritual
Q16 | ‘No two monads can ever have any causal relation to each other’. Hence, they are __________.
  • interactive
  • windowless
  • both (a) and (b)
  • neither (a) nor (b)
Answer: windowless
Q17 | According to Leibnitz, Monads are ___________ in number.
  • two
  • one
  • infinite
  • none of these
Answer: infinite
Q18 | According to Leibnitz, ____________ pre-established the harmony between monads.
  • None
  • God
  • Mind
  • Matter
Answer: God
Q19 | Spinoza’s monism is a solution suggested to resolve the problem of ____________ in Cartesianphilosophy.
  • Rationalism
  • God
  • Dualism
  • Cogito
Answer: Dualism
Q20 | ___________ was suggested as a hypothesis to solve the problem of mind-body interaction.
  • Dualism
  • Rationalism
  • Occasionalism
  • all these
Answer: Occasionalism
Q21 | According to Descartes, the very idea of a perfect being implies His existence. This is the_______ proof of the existence of God.
  • Ontological
  • Cosmological
  • Causal
  • All these
Answer: Ontological
Q22 | ___________ recognize sense perception as the source and standard of knowledge.
  • Rationalists
  • Empiricists
  • Idealists
  • Intuitionists
Answer: Empiricists
Q23 | ____________ is the author of Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
  • Spinoza
  • Descartes
  • Hegel
  • Locke
Answer: Locke
Q24 | Sensation and reflection are the primary sources of all ideas. This is the postulate of _________.
  • Rationalism
  • Idealism
  • Empiricism
  • None of these
Answer: Empiricism
Q25 | According to Locke, we understand the internal states of mind by __________.
  • Sensation
  • Intuition
  • Reflection
  • All these
Answer: Reflection
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