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This set of Philosophical Methods Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Philosophical Methods Set 1
Q1 | ------------------- is a vital instrument for the growth and development of knowledge.
- superstition
- false belief
- barren hypothesis
- methodology
Q2 | Our beliefs may be substantiated by some objective standards and they should not beguided solely by subjective considerations. This shows the necessity of --------------------
- subjectivism
- skepticism
- methods
- dogmatism
Q3 | The study of methods is called
- mysticism
- monadology
- methodology
- mythology
Q4 | Procedures and techniques by which the establishment of the validity of previous knowledge and the attainment of new knowledge is possible, is called
- empiricism
- rationalism
- methodology
- positivism
Q5 | Procedures and techniques which have been devised to aid us in extending our knowledge is called
- dogmatism
- skepticism
- agnosticism
- methodology
Q6 | ----------------is the author of the book An Essay on Philosophical Method
- bertrand russell
- ludwig wittgenstein
- collingwood
- montague
Q7 | The source of the methodology of arts was
- socrates
- aristotle
- a.j.ayer
- descartes
Q8 | The Problem of Knowledge was written by
- aristotle
- plato
- a.j.ayer
- collingwood
Q9 | “It is by it’s methods rather than it’s subject matter that philosophy is to be distinguished from other arts or sciences”. This is a statement by
- plato
- aristotle
- collingwood
- a.j.ayer
Q10 | With the help of method we come to a ---------------.
- theory
- belief
- guess
- conjencture
Q11 | A theory is a conclusion, whereas a method is a------------------.
- syllogism
- procedure
- style
- manner
Q12 | Style means
- a manner of expression characteristic of a particular philosopher or individual.
- a philosophical method
- a demonstrative method
- a procedure used for studying the phenomena of the objective world.
Q13 | Philosophical method is
- demonstrative
- skeptical
- contemplative
- distructive
Q14 | For idealists, method is
- objectively established
- established for the sake of convenience
- a set of principles which is arbitrarily established by human reason for convenience in knowing.
- a procedure used for studying phenomena of the objective world.
Q15 | The Marxists present method as
- arbitrarily established, everyone having his own method.
- a procedure used for studying the phenomena of the objective world.
- a purely subjective category
- a person’s style of doing something
Q16 | Philosophical methods are
- methods of empirical sciences
- methods of empirical psychology
- methods of rational inquiry
- methods of objective world
Q17 | ------------------take “philosophical method as the method of determining the meaning of ideas and of clarifying them”.
- rationalists
- empiricists
- idealists
- pragmatists
Q18 | According to pragmatists, the two ends of philosophical method are,
- first, verification of hypothesis and second, proof of hypothesis
- first, determination of meaning and second, verification of ideas
- first, formulation of hypothesis and second, deduction and verification of hypothesis
- none of the above
Q19 | Philosophical method ‘as a method of settling philosophical disputes‘ is the view of
- descartes
- william james
- aristotle
- socrates
Q20 | Science is rational, philosophy is
- more rational, speculative also
- irrational and skeptical
- irrational and dogmatic
- skeptical and dogmatic
Q21 | Socrates and Plato took philosophical method as a method of
- settling philosophical disputes
- determination of meaning
- clarification of language
- knowing
Q22 | According to Aristotle, the aim of philosophical method is
- to investigate meaning aspect of language
- to inquire into the of structure of language
- the attainment of truth
- to inquire into the a-priori aspect of knowledge
Q23 | With the help of method we come to a
- pattern
- theory
- style
- syllogism
Q24 | A theory is a -----------------, whereas a method is a procedure or way.
- conclusion
- premise
- syllogism
- style
Q25 | Manner of thinking or procedure of thinking over some problem is called
- syllogism
- theory
- style
- art