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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