Western Metaphysics Set 2

Master of Arts in Philosophy (MA Philosophy)

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This set of Western Metaphysics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Western Metaphysics Set 2

Q1 | ---------------- is the author of Tractatus Logico Philosophicus.
  • wv quine
  • wittgenstein
  • a j ayer
  • tarski
Answer: wittgenstein
Q2 | According to ------------ proposition must be verified to be meaningful.
  • logical positivist
  • modernist
  • atomist
  • none of these
Answer: logical positivist
Q3 | In Philosophical Investigations Wittgenstein proposed a -------------- theory of language.
  • use theory
  • picture theory
  • both a and b
  • none of these
Answer: use theory
Q4 | ----------- is the author of The Blue and Brown Books.
  • wv quine
  • wittgenstein
  • a j ayer
  • tarsk
Answer: wittgenstein
Q5 | The task of --------------- is to distinguish between being and entities.
  • ontology
  • phenomenology
  • hermeneutics
  • existentialism
Answer: ontology
Q6 | --------------- is the founder of phenomenology.
  • sartre
  • husserl
  • gadamer
  • derrida
Answer: husserl
Q7 | According to --------------------synthetic a priori does not exist.
  • logical positivism
  • hermeneutics
  • existentialism
  • none of these
Answer: logical positivism
Q8 | In Tractatus, ---------- states that a proposition describes reality.
  • husserl
  • wittgenstein
  • carnap
  • russel
Answer: wittgenstein
Q9 | According to -------------the structure of language is determined by the structure of reality.
  • husserl
  • wittgenstein
  • carnap
  • russel
Answer: wittgenstein
Q10 | Space, time and categories of understanding are ———- forms of knowledge
  • apriori.
  • aposteriori
  • intuitive.
  • all of these
Answer: apriori.
Q11 | According to to Kant there are ———— categories
  • two.
  • three
  • four
  • five
Answer: four
Q12 | Spinoza’s Monism is known as ———
  • abstract monism.
  • concrete monism
  • phenomenal monism
  • all of these
Answer: abstract monism.
Q13 | Monadology is the work of ———-
  • leibniz.
  • descartes
  • hume
  • comte
Answer: leibniz.
Q14 | ------------ is the author of the essay ‘Philosophy as rigorous science’.
  • husserl
  • heidegger
  • gadamer
  • derrida
Answer: husserl
Q15 | In Tractatus Wittgenstein proposed a -------------- theory of language.
  • use theory
  • picture theory
  • both a and b
  • none of these
Answer: picture theory
Q16 | ------------ is the author of The Logical Syntax of Language,
  • russell
  • ayer
  • carnap
  • husserl
Answer: carnap
Q17 | For Descartes, the idea of soul
  • is not related to reason
  • is identical with reason
  • contradicts reason
  • does not contradict reason
Answer: contradicts reason
Q18 | ———— insists on a a priori knowledge.
  • positivism
  • empiricism
  • rationalism
  • none of these
Answer: rationalism
Q19 | For Descartes the proposition ‘I think’ is self-verifying because
  • it is a necessary truth.
  • it is a logical truth.
  • doubting it confirms it.
  • thinking is my essence
Answer: doubting it confirms it.
Q20 | According to Kant _________ the proper objects of faith
  • phenomena
  • noumena
  • both phenomena and noumena
  • neither phenomena nor noumena
Answer: noumena
Q21 | The problem of Universals was first introduced into philosophy by:
  • aquinas
  • aristotle
  • plato
  • berkeley
Answer: plato
Q22 | Generally the rise of modern Philosophy had been marked by----------
  • critical thinking
  • reflective spirit
  • revolt against authority
  • all these
Answer: all these
Q23 | Mind body theory of Descartes is known as----
  • psycho physical parallelism
  • interactionism
  • pre-established harmony
  • all of these
Answer: interactionism
Q24 | --- recognizes mind and matter as relative substances which are created by God
  • kant
  • descartes
  • leibniz
  • hegel
Answer: descartes
Q25 | According to ---------- , only mind and their ideas exist
  • hume
  • leibniz
  • spinoza
  • berkeley
Answer: berkeley
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