Modern Western Philosophy Set 6

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This set of Modern Western Philosophy Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Modern Western Philosophy Set 6

Q1 | ‘A good clockmaker can construct two clocks which will keep such perfect time that theyfor ever strike the hours at the same moment.’ This position is acceptable to :
  • spinoza
  • leibnitz
  • descartes
  • locke
Answer: leibnitz
Q2 | Who says that space and time are empirically real but transcendentally ideal?
  • pythagoras
  • spinoza
  • kant
  • hegel
Answer: kant
Q3 | The Philosopher who is associated with the Law of Sufficient Reason:
  • locke
  • berkeley
  • leibnitz
  • plato
Answer: leibnitz
Q4 | Who said that the relation between cause and effect is not logical, but only psychological?
  • hume
  • kant
  • russell
  • heidegger
Answer: hume
Q5 | Who among the following rejected matter as an abstract idea
  • hume
  • locke
  • descartes
  • none of these
Answer: none of these
Q6 | Locke and Berkeley belong to ------- school
  • empiricism
  • rationalism
  • idealism
  • none of these
Answer: empiricism
Q7 | The key notion of Hegel is-----
  • sensation
  • world
  • idea
  • none of these
Answer: none of these
Q8 | ------------ claims substance as ‘one and infinite’
  • descartes
  • leibniz
  • spinoza
  • hegel
Answer: spinoza
Q9 | The rationalist philosopher ----- wants to give philosophy a stable character like mathematics
  • kant
  • descartes
  • plato
  • aristotle
Answer: descartes
Q10 | According to Kant ----------judgments are always aposteriori
  • analytical
  • synthetic
  • ethical
  • none of these
Answer: synthetic
Q11 | The rationalist philosopherDescartes whowants to give philosophy stable characters like--------
  • science
  • mathematics
  • ethics
  • none of these
Answer: mathematics
Q12 | The view that ‘God as both naturanaturansandnatura naturata is maintained by
  • spinoza
  • leibniz
  • kant
  • descartes
Answer: spinoza
Q13 | Descartes suggests---- as absolute substance
  • mind
  • matter
  • god
  • none of these
Answer: god
Q14 | The philosopher that distinguishes between ‘matters of fact’ and ‘association of ideas’ is:
  • descartes
  • hume
  • leibnitz
  • spinoza
Answer: hume
Q15 | Locke suggests that the idea of substance is
  • simple idea
  • complex idea
  • particular idea
  • none of the above
Answer: complex idea
Q16 | The ideas imprinted on the senses by God are called real things according to :
  • locke
  • berkeley
  • hume
  • leibnitz
Answer: berkeley
Q17 | The entire universe is mirrored in each unit of the substance except for the difference thatit is mirrored only slightly differently from unit to unit.’ This position is acceptable to
  • spinoza
  • leibnitz
  • descartes
  • st. thomas aquinas
Answer: leibnitz
Q18 | According to ------- God is regarded as the only cause and bearer of all qualities
  • descartes
  • leibniz
  • spinoza
  • hegel
Answer: spinoza
Q19 | ------ thinks that substance is to be defined by active force
  • descartes
  • leibniz
  • spinoza
  • hegel
Answer: leibniz
Q20 | ------ admits innumerable monads or spiritual atoms
  • descartes
  • leibniz
  • spinoza
  • hegel
Answer: leibniz
Q21 | As an empiricist, Locke claims that all our knowledge is derived either through sensationor ---------
  • reflection
  • perception
  • thinking
  • none of these
Answer: reflection
Q22 | The Critique of Pure Reason is really a treatise on ----- with special reference toscience
  • epistemology
  • metaphysics
  • axiology
  • none of these
Answer: epistemology
Q23 | According to the Absolute Idealism of Hegel, there -----
  • are many realities
  • is one reality
  • reality is relative
  • none of these
Answer: is one reality
Q24 | Kant has called his epistemological enquiry as -----
  • empirical
  • transcendental
  • rational
  • none of these
Answer: transcendental
Q25 | ----- is not a Rationalist
  • kant
  • descartes
  • leibniz
  • allthese
Answer: kant
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