Phenomenology And Existentialism Set 2
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This set of Phenomenology and Existentialism Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Phenomenology And Existentialism Set 2
Q1 | The goal of this reflective method is to see the experience in a fresh way by setting aside 'commonsense,' including bracketing concern with whether what is given in experience is real or not.
- transcendental ego
- phenomenological reduction
- hermeneutics
- phenomenology
Q2 | any act of the subject directed towards an intentional object (the subject pole of experience)
- dasein
- noema
- noesis
- eidetic reduction
Q3 | More abstract stance to things, when we step back and look at them in a more detached way andconceptualize them as existing independently of us
- authentic (heidegger)
- presence to hand
- resoluteness
- dasein (heidegger)
Q4 | plural form of Phenomenon that encompasses multiple types of experiences;
- projection
- phenomenon
- husserl
- phenomena
Q5 | More abstract stance to things, when we step back and look at them in a more detached way andconceptualize them as existing independently of us
- ready to hand
- presence to hand
- transcendental ego (husserl)
- natural attitude
Q6 | first existential/phenomenological author who studied hopelessness form a Christian perspective,and found hope in faith.
- reflective
- natural attitude
- kierkegaard
- life world (aka lebens welt) (husserl)
Q7 | what are the basic components of all human experience;
- hermeneutics
- authentic
- transcendental enquiry
- existential phenomenology
Q8 | physical objects or persons
- reflective
- hermeneutics
- phenomenon
- real objects
Q9 | conscious is always consciousness of something, whether physical objects or persons or ideas orimagined objects
- authentic
- existential phenomenology
- intentionality
- transcendental enquiry
Q10 | any act of the subject directed towards an intentional object (the subject pole of experience)
- noesis
- husserl
- dasein
- hermeneutics
Q11 | the act which leads from particulars to the uncovering of the universal/general essence of aphenomenon
- noesis
- eidetic reduction
- transcendental ego
- resoluteness
Q12 | being is partly hidden and in darkness and therefore more than phenomenological description iscalled for. Interpretive process of existence to allow Being to uncover itself
- anxiety (heidegger)
- interpretive phenomenology/phenomenological hermeneutics
- phenomenological reduction
- intentionality (husserl)
Q13 | the 'what' of a particular phenomenon
- structure
- hermeneutics
- solicitude
- bracketing
Q14 | The search for what which makes experience possible rather than the nature of particularexperiences
- hermeneutics
- transcendental enquiry (husserl)
- transcendental ego (husserl)
- existential phenomenology
Q15 | Who is widely known as the first existentialist, despite never having used the wordexistentialism?
- husserl
- heidegger
- sartre
- søren kierkegaard
Q16 | Which branch of philosophy is primarily concerned with the question of being?
- existentialism
- rationalism
- idealism
- platonism
Q17 | According to Sartre, the starting point of existentialism is
- objectivity.
- subjectivity.
- recognition of death.
- denial of other minds.
Q18 | By despair, Sartre means we shall confine ourselves only with what depends upon our
- will.
- reason.
- emotions.
- appetite.
Q19 | What all existentialists have in common, according to Sartre, is the view that:
- god does not exist, and so everything is permitted.
- all humans share a common nature.
- existence precedes essence.
- essence precedes existence.
Q20 | Sartre claims that if existentialism is correct, then
- determinism is true.
- human beings by nature live for pleasure.
- man is responsible for what he is.
- man is not responsible for what he is.
Q21 | In Sartre's view, when one chooses how to live one is choosing
- only for oneself.
- for all of one\s family.
- for all of one\s friends.
- for all people.
Q22 | By anguish, Sartre means
- grief.
- a feeling of total and deep responsibility.
- a feeling of having no control over one\s fate.
- a sense of uncertainty about whether one\s action is objectively right.
Q23 | Sartre claims that when he speaks of forlornness, he means that
- god does not exist and we must face all the consequences of this.
- we can never truly know another human being.
- we are not responsible for our passions.
- all of the above.
Q24 | According to Sartre, we are condemned because
- we did not create ourselves.
- we all will die.
- we all have sinned.
- we are born evil.
Q25 | According to Sartre, the existentialist finds the fact that God does not exist
- liberating.
- clarifying.
- distressing.
- unimportant.