Modern Western Philosophy Set 17
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This set of Modern Western Philosophy Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Modern Western Philosophy Set 17
Q1 | Berkeley is …..
- Idealist
- Realist
- Pragmatist
- None
Q2 | Which one of the following vies truly explains the status of matter in the light of Berkeley’sthesis ‘esseestpercipii’?
- Whatever is known is only substance or concrete things
- Whatever is known is only ideas
- We experience in perception only objects with qualities.
- Apart from ideas, matter exists.
Q3 | Berkeley suggests, as all beings are particular, so all ideas are
- Universal ideas
- Particular ideas
- Empirical ideas
- None of these
Q4 | Berkeley ……..the assumption of general ideas in the mind and the belief in the existence of amaterial world outside it
- Accepts
- rejects
- transforms
- none of these
Q5 | Which among the following is NOT true for Berkeley?
- Matter is not perceived.
- The existence of matter is not based on inference
- The existence of matter serves no useful purpose.
- External objects are real and exist outside our mind.
Q6 | Which one of the following theses is the most fundamental to Berkeley’s world views?
- All qualities are ideas and so any object consisting of qualitie4s is an idea.
- Qualities of an object do not inhere in a material substratum
- Secondary qualities are the powers to produce sensations in us by their primary qualities.
- Primary qualities are produced by our minds.
Q7 | Which one of the following is the view of Berkeley?
- The nature of body consists not in weight, hardness, colour and the like, but in extension alone
- Bodies are mere appearances of our outer sense, and not things-in-themselves.
- Body is only a system of floating ideas without any substance to support them.
- Body is composed of centres of force that are in a constant process of development.
Q8 | Which one of the following statements is not implied by Berkeley’s view that ‘to be is to beperceived’?
- Ideas can exist only as long as they are being perceived.
- Qualities cannot exist independently of the perceiving mind.
- Objects cannot exist when they are not perceived by any mind.
- Objects cannot exist when they are not perceived by human beings.
Q9 | Which one among the following does NOT figure in Berkeley’s rejection of abstract ideas?
- There is no such thing in any mind as an abstract idea
- Knowledge of external worlds is possible without the abstract idea ‘Matter’.
- Acceptance of abstract ideas leads to atheism and materialism
- A particular idea can be made to represent all other particular ideas of the same sort.
Q10 | Who, among the following western philosophers attempted to refute ‘Matter’?
- Kant
- Berkeley
- Locke
- Hume
Q11 | Berkeley believes that sensible things cannot exist except in …….
- A mind
- absolute existence
- material substance
- material universe
Q12 | Which among the following is correct
- According to Locke God, Mind and Matter are three kinds of substance
- According to Descartes, Mind and Matter are three kinds of substance
- According to Berkeley only Mind and their ideas exist
- All the above
Q13 | Which among the following is NOT correct statement
- According to Spinoza there is only one substance, i.e., God
- According to Berkeley only Mind and their ideas exist
- According to Descartes there is only one substance, i.e, God
- According to the Absolute Idealism of Hegel there is only one reality
Q14 | Who claimed that an abstract idea does not exist.
- David Hume
- George Berkeley
- John Locke
- Plato
Q15 | The maxim of ‘esseestpercipii’ is put forward by:
- Berkeley
- Locke
- Spinoza
- Leibniz
Q16 | Which of the following books is NOT written by David Hume?
- A Treatise of Human Nature
- An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
- The Phenomenology of Spirit
- An Enquiry concerning the Human Understanding
Q17 | According to Hume there are two kinds of contents of the mind, namely …..
- Sensations and impressions
- knowledge and ignorance
- subjective and objective ideas
- Impressions and their ideas
Q18 | According to Hume, ……… is secondary and ….. is primary.
- Reflection, sensation
- Complex, simple idea
- Sensation, reflection
- simple, complex idea
Q19 | Hume’s theory, that all impressions as such are distinct and separate with no logical connectionbetween them, is known as ……
- Humean atomism
- Humean skepticism
- Humean agnosticism
- Humean idealism
Q20 | Hume does not believe in ……
- Causal relation exists
- External world is unreal
- Certainty of Knowledge
- Moral principles and God are man-made entities.
Q21 | ‘Substance is a product of human imagination’ is said by …..
- Descartes
- Spinoza
- Locke
- Hume
Q22 | According to Hume, all knowledge is derived from:
- Reason
- Experience
- Ideas
- A priori
Q23 | David Hume is accepted as a:
- Rationalist
- Idealist
- Materialist
- Skeptic
Q24 | What is the self, according to Hume?
- A sequence of perceptions
- An immaterial, unchanging substance
- A physical body
- A social entity