Modern Western Philosophy Set 5

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This set of Modern Western Philosophy Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Modern Western Philosophy Set 5

Q1 | ‘Reality which is Absolute is a coherent thought system with logical connectivity’ is theview that can be ascribed to :
  • hegel
  • berkeley
  • moore
  • spinoza
Answer: hegel
Q2 | The distinction between impression and idea was made by
  • kant
  • locke
  • hume
  • berkeley
Answer: hume
Q3 | “Ideas are of two kinds; ideas imprinted on the senses and ideas formed by memoryand imagination.” ____ is the view advocated by;
  • locke
  • berkeley
  • hume
  • leibnitz
Answer: hume
Q4 | Pineal gland is the ------------ of the soul according to Descartes
  • subject
  • controller
  • seat
  • none of these
Answer: seat
Q5 | According to Spinoza the most important modifications of extension are ----- and ---
  • shape and rest
  • attributes and motion
  • rest and motion
  • none of these
Answer: rest and motion
Q6 | There are infinite number of substances which are called as monads according to ---------
  • leibniz
  • spinoza
  • hume
  • none of these
Answer: leibniz
Q7 | Berkeley thinks that the objective ideas are impressed upon finite sprits by the ------from without
  • mind
  • physical objects
  • infinite spirit
  • none of these
Answer: infinite spirit
Q8 | ------- claims that mind and their ideas exist.
  • berkeley
  • locke
  • hume
  • none of these
Answer: berkeley
Q9 | The doctrine of force relates to---------
  • monads
  • interactionism
  • scholasticism
  • all these
Answer: monads
Q10 | According to Berkeley matter is an----------
  • immanent idea
  • abstract idea
  • pure idea
  • none of these
Answer: abstract idea
Q11 | Hume is ------------- philosopher
  • empiricist
  • rationalist
  • idealistic
  • none of these
Answer: empiricist
Q12 | According to Kant , knowledge of things – in –itself is called-------
  • phenomena
  • substance
  • noumena
  • none of these
Answer: noumena
Q13 | Which one of the following is a work of Kant
  • ethics
  • monadology
  • critique of purereason
  • all ofthese
Answer: critique of purereason
Q14 | Kant’s Rational Psychology deals with------
  • the idea of world
  • the idea of god
  • unity of self
  • none of these
Answer: unity of self
Q15 | ----- is the method adopted by Kant
  • inductive
  • deductive
  • empirical
  • transcendental
Answer: transcendental
Q16 | To whom the term ‘tabula rasa’ relates
  • berkeley
  • locke
  • hume
  • none of these
Answer: locke
Q17 | ------ developed his philosophy on the foundation laid by Fichte
  • descartes
  • hegel
  • aristotle
  • none ofthese
Answer: hegel
Q18 | Descartes took---------- as the model of his philosophical method
  • religion
  • mathematics
  • sociology
  • arts
Answer: mathematics
Q19 | Kant’s Rational cosmology deals with----------
  • unity of self
  • the idea of god
  • the idea of one world
  • all these
Answer: the idea of one world
Q20 | ‘An Essay concerning human Understanding’ is the work of----------
  • spinoza
  • descartes
  • hume
  • none of these
Answer: none of these
Q21 | Leibniz belongs to ---------school
  • rationalism
  • empiricism
  • idealism
  • none of these
Answer: rationalism
Q22 | ‘To be is to be perceived’ is a theory of---------
  • descartes
  • leibniz
  • spinoza
  • berkeley
Answer: berkeley
Q23 | .------- suggests that the ideas are of two types, simple andcomplex
  • locke
  • spinoza
  • hume
  • none of these
Answer: locke
Q24 | To solve the mind body problem, Descartes has introduced -------
  • psycho-physiological theory
  • psycho-physical interactionism
  • dualism
  • none of these
Answer: psycho-physical interactionism
Q25 | Who among the following was obsessed with the intellectual love of God
  • hume
  • spinoza
  • descartes
  • none of these
Answer: spinoza
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