Philosophical Methods Set 3
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This set of Philosophical Methods Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Philosophical Methods Set 3
Q1 | Who wrote ‘The Rules for the Direction of Mind’?
- spinoza
- leibnitz
- russell
- descartes
Q2 | The doubt of Descartes should not be confused with ---------------------------------.
- intuitionalism
- empiricism
- scepticism
- solipsism
Q3 | Logical doubt of Descartes depends on
- mind
- intellect
- will
- consciousness
Q4 | The thing which will resist the doubt will constitute an -------------------------------certainty.
- self-evident
- indubitable
- theoretical
- geometrical
Q5 | Hume says that all knowledge derived from
- propositions
- axioms
- theorems
- impressions
Q6 | Berkeley argues that all knowledge derived from
- impressions
- ideas
- theorems
- laws
Q7 | Kant observed that, contradictory dogmatic philosophies inevitably lead to
- intuitionalism
- empiricism
- scepticism
- solipsism
Q8 | Kant believed that Hume’s -------------------------------undermined the sciences.
- intuitionalism
- empiricism
- scepticism
- solipsism
Q9 | Hobbs and Descartes professed----------------------------------------method
- transcendental
- mathematical
- geometrical
- intuitive
Q10 | Bacon accepted the ------------- method of natural sciences.
- transcendental
- mathematical
- inductive
- intuitive
Q11 | Kant called his critical method by the name of ---------------------------method also
- transcendental
- mathematical
- inductive
- intuitive
Q12 | Kant writes metaphorically--- ----------------------is a resting place for reason.
- intuitionalism
- empiricism
- scepticism
- solipsism
Q13 | According to Kant scepticism cannot be a ---------------------------method of philosophy.
- transcendental
- rational
- inductive
- intuitive
Q14 | With the help of his Transcendental method Kant distinguished between the‘matter’ and the -----------------------------------------------------------forms of knowledge.
- empirical
- rational
- a priori
- inductive
Q15 | Kant’s method guided the reason to
- realisation
- knowledge
- truth
- self contemplation
Q16 | Some thinkers observe that Kant’s ‘Transcendental method’ lacks intellectual dynamism and it holds only
- psychological dynamism
- conceptual dynamism
- theoretical dynamism
- intuitive dynamism
Q17 | Many scholars observe ----------------------------------is a result of the application of Kant’s critical method.
- antagonism
- agnosticism
- scepticism
- solipsism
Q18 | Space and time, and the categories of understanding are treated as the-------------------- of knowledge by Kant
- presuppositions
- fundamentals
- principles
- impressions
Q19 | For Kant the terms ‘a priori’ and --------------------have one and the same meaning.
- empirical
- rational
- non-empirical
- inductive
Q20 | Kant’s claim to have devised a new technique of philosophical inquiry which is
- direct
- explicit
- implicit
- short
Q21 | Who used dialectics as an instrument for winning disputes?
- sophist
- plato
- socrates
- hegel
Q22 | The first to introduce the method of dialectics is:
- socrates
- plato
- sophists
- marx
Q23 | The Greek word ‘dialektos’ means:
- conversation
- argument
- discussion
- none of the above
Q24 | The conversational method of Socrates took the form of .......
- sceptic
- doubt
- dialectic
- none of the above
Q25 | The two operative terms for the possibility and development of ideas under the method of dialogue.
- consensus and contradiction
- conversation and contradiction
- dialogue and dialectics
- none of the above.