Modern Western Philosophy Set 3

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This set of Modern Western Philosophy Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Modern Western Philosophy Set 3

Q1 | Who introduced the term ‘natura naturata’
  • spinoza
  • leibniz
  • kant
  • descartes
Answer: spinoza
Q2 | ------ is not an Idealist
  • hegel
  • kant
  • leibniz
  • all these
Answer: leibniz
Q3 | Who advocated the theory of Pre-established Harmony?
  • descartes
  • leibniz
  • spinoza
  • hegel
Answer: leibniz
Q4 | Berkeley belongs to ------------school
  • rationalism
  • empiricism
  • idealism
  • none of these
Answer: empiricism
Q5 | Who among the following is not an empiricist
  • leibniz
  • hume
  • locke
  • berkeley
Answer: leibniz
Q6 | Tabula rasa refers to--------
  • empty cabinet
  • subtle emotion
  • knowledge
  • none of these
Answer: empty cabinet
Q7 | According to Locke, which one of the following is a secondary quality
  • solidity
  • colour
  • extension
  • none of these
Answer: colour
Q8 | The subject matter of Kant’s Rational Psychology is
  • the idea of world
  • the idea of god
  • unity of self
  • none of
Answer: unity of self
Q9 | Who among the following is an empiricist philosopher
  • leibniz
  • spinoza
  • hume
  • none of these
Answer: hume
Q10 | ------ admits innumerable monads or spiritual atoms
  • hegel
  • kant
  • leibniz
  • all these
Answer: leibniz
Q11 | In Transcendental aesthetic, Kant discusses the theory of-----
  • morality
  • existence of god
  • space and time
  • none of these
Answer: space and time
Q12 | ----------- viewed the universe pantheistically as a single infinite substance God
  • leibniz
  • hume
  • spinoza
  • none of these
Answer: spinoza
Q13 | ------- thinks that substance is to be defined by active force
  • berkeley
  • leibniz
  • hume
  • none of these
Answer: leibniz
Q14 | According to Locke, Colour is a -----
  • primary quality
  • secondary quality
  • both
  • none of these
Answer: secondary quality
Q15 | Absolute Idealism is conceived as the philosophy of ------
  • kant
  • berkeley
  • hegel
  • none of these
Answer: hegel
Q16 | Psycho physical parallelism is propounded by -------
  • hume
  • kant
  • hegel
  • none of these
Answer: none of these
Q17 | ----- is not an Idealist philosopher
  • kant
  • berkeley
  • hegel
  • none of these
Answer: berkeley
Q18 | ‘Geist’ is the key notion of -----
  • hume
  • kant
  • hegel
  • none of these
Answer: hegel
Q19 | Kant and Hegel belong to ------- school
  • empiricism
  • rationalism
  • idealism
  • none of these
Answer: idealism
Q20 | Who defines an idea as ‘whatever is meant by phantasm, notion, species, or whatever it iswhich the mind can be employed about in thinking'.
  • hume
  • locke
  • kant
  • hegel
Answer: locke
Q21 | Which among the following is not the group of categories of understanding fewer than fourheads according to Kant?
  • quality, spirit, modality and matter
  • quantity, quality, relation and modality
  • substance, matter, spirit and quality
  • relation, spirit, substance and quantity
Answer: quantity, quality, relation and modality
Q22 | Descartes’ assertion, ‘I have an idea of a most perfect being’, is a premise in his
  • cosmological argument
  • ontological argument
  • argument from design
  • cosmological and ontological argument both
Answer: ontological argument
Q23 | Descartes is considered as the founder of----------
  • empiricism
  • rationalism
  • idealism
  • none of these
Answer: rationalism
Q24 | Descartes is a----------------Philosopher
  • greek
  • french
  • german
  • american
Answer: french
Q25 | Cogito ergo sum is a key concept in the philosophy of----------
  • leibniz
  • spinoza
  • descartes
  • none of these
Answer: descartes
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