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This set of Philosophical Methods Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Philosophical Methods Set 9

Q1 | In “Back to things themselves” “things” are taken to mean
  • objects
  • consciousness
  • ideas
  • the “given”
Q2 | The method of phenomenological reduction demands
  • reductionism
  • denial or rejection of all beliefs
  • suspension of our natural attitude
  • skeptical outlook
Q3 | In phenomenology, the exclusion of subjectivity is called
  • the rule of ‘objectivism’
  • the rule of ‘subjectivism’
  • the rule of scepticism
  • the rule of science
Q4 | The method of phenomenology is transcendental in the sense that
  • it aims at psychological phenomena
  • it aims at disclosing the structures of consciousness
  • it aims at a-priori elements of knowledge
  • it aims at analytic –synthetic distinction
Q5 | The exclusion of the existence of the object in ‘Bracketing Existence’ Means
  • suspension of our belief in the existence of objects
  • eliminate existence of the object in general
  • rejecting the reality of objects
  • doubting the existence of objects as in descartes’ method of doubt
Q6 | The objects of phenomenological seeing or intuition are
  • monads
  • spirits
  • ideas
  • essences
Q7 | The acid test of a truly critical philosophy, according to Husserl was
  • interpreting the world of existence
  • ideal science of pure logic
  • psychological analysis of cognitive processes
  • the ideal of presuppositionless philosophy
Q8 | The phenomenologist claims that philosophy is a rigorous science, In the sense that
  • it is an analysis of all sciences
  • it is all sciences put together
  • it is an investigation of the most radical, fundamental, primitive original evidences of conscious experience.
  • it is an investigation of the important theories of sciences
Q9 | The best known contemporary advocate of phenomenological method is
  • gadamar
  • althusser
  • sartre
  • derrida
Q10 | Phenomenological intuition means
  • simple seeing of sensory objects
  • psychological intuition
  • empirical intuition
  • intuition of essences
Q11 | According to Encyclopedia, the aim of phenomenological method is
  • to establish phenomenology as empirical psychology
  • to establish phenomenology as rigorous science
  • to establish a dichotomy between essence and existence
  • to establish mind-body dualism