Philosophical Methods Set 7
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This set of Philosophical Methods Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Philosophical Methods Set 7
Q1 | “Pragmatism is nothing new: but it is a new name for some old way of thinking” who stated this?
- william james
- immanuel kant
- descartes
- john dewey
Q2 | Sophist’s test of truth was identical with the method of………….?
- naturalism
- socratic method
- pragmatism
- idealism
Q3 | Who was considered as a medieval pragmatist thinker?
- william james
- immanuel kant
- augustine
- john dewey
Q4 | Who was considered as the Precusor of Pragmatism
- john dewey
- immanuel kant
- descartes
- william james
Q5 | Who defined Pragmatism as “the attitude of looking away from first things, principles, ‘categories,’ supposed necessities; and of looking towards last things, fruits, consequences, facts.”?
- william james
- immanuel kant
- descartes
- john dewey
Q6 | Descartes was a ………thinker
- materialist
- idealist
- empiricist
- rationalist
Q7 | Kant ‘s concept can be stated as
- critical naturalism
- emotivism
- phenomenology
- critical idealism
Q8 | Hegel’ thought can be stated as
- critical idealism
- absolute idealism
- emotivism
- empiricism
Q9 | Who stated “Man is the measure of all things.”
- plato
- aristotle
- protagoras
- socrates
Q10 | Who was convinced about the deductive, intuitive and primitive empirical approaches to philosophy?
- aquinas
- augustine
- anslem
- francis bacon
Q11 | Who acknowledged the major Kantian insight of the importance of mind as an active agent in the interpretation of experience
- rationalist
- empiricist
- emotivist
- pragmatists
Q12 | Which method accepted that Truth is a belief evolved through the test of experience?
- naturalism
- idealism
- emotivism
- pragmatism
Q13 | …………. is opposed to absolutism, absolute truth, absolute good, absolute reality
- idealism
- naturalism
- pragmatism
- realism
Q14 | Which American mathematician philosopher laid down the foundation of pragmatism?
- w.james
- j.dewey
- c s pierce
- spinoza
Q15 | Which maxim states ‘a rule for clarifying the contents of hypotheses by tracing their practical consequences’?
- pragmatist
- naturalist
- rationalist
- empiricist
Q16 | Who published the article “How To Make Our Ideas Clear.”?
- pierce
- russell
- kant
- james
Q17 | Who wished to establish philosophy on a scientific basis and to treat theories as working hypotheses?
- spinoza
- pierce
- plato
- aristotle
Q18 | Pragmaticism is the name associated with
- socrates
- pierce
- ) aristotle
- plato
Q19 | Who accepts only the “general method of science”, a method that employs hypotheses, but require their empirical verification.
- descartes
- pierce
- augustine
- bacon
Q20 | Who introduces the principle of pragmatism as a development of the rationalistic notion of “clear and distinct ideas”.
- locke
- berkley
- kant
- pierce
Q21 | Who coined the word pragmatism from the Greek word pragma (“act” or “deed”) to emphasize the fact that words derive their meanings from actions.
- russell
- c.s. pierce
- william james
- john dewey
Q22 | Who defines the term radical empiricism with pragmatism
- john dewey
- c.s. pierce
- russell
- william james
Q23 | Who said, “Truth happens to an idea.”
- john dewey
- russell
- william james
- c.s. pierce
Q24 | Workability, satisfactions, consequences, and results are the key words in the pragmatic conception of truth according to …………….
- naturalism
- idealism
- pragmatism
- realism
Q25 | Who began the method of pragmatism in the modern period
- john dewey
- russell
- william james
- c.s. pierce