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This set of Modern Western Philosophy Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Modern Western Philosophy Set 14

Q1 | To solve mind and body problem, Descartes has introduced ……….
Q2 | Which among is NOT included Descartes three kinds of ideas
Q3 | Descartes argues against trusting the senses on the grounds that ………
Q4 | Descartes declares that he is …………
Q5 | Descartes reasons that the very fact that he is thinking shows that ……
Q6 | The view that we consist of two distinct substances (body and mind) and that these two interactis known as ………
Q7 | Descartes believed that interaction between body and mind took place in ……
Q8 | Descartes says that the chief characteristic of physical things is that …..
Q9 | Which of the following do Cartesian dualists reject?
Q10 | According to Descartes, knowledge is
Q11 | For Descartes, cogito ergo sum is
Q12 | Which claim did Descartes use to establish the certainty of his own existence?
Q13 | What was clarity and distinctness a mark of, for Rene Descartes?
Q14 | Who authored the book Discourse on Method ?.
Q15 | Which book authored Rene Descartes
Q16 | Descartes uses the method of doubt to cast doubt on
Q17 | Spinoza equates substance with ------- and --------
Q18 | By admitting only God, Spinoza fails to explain plurality, diversity, motion and change of the …..
Q19 | Which one of the following statements is associated with Spinoza?
Q20 | Which one of the following statements is true, according to Spinoza?
Q21 | By ‘mode’ Spinoza means that which
Q22 | What is true of Spinoza’s parallelism?
Q23 | Spinoza claims substance is …………. and ………………
Q24 | By ………….. Spinoza understands that which is in itself and which is conceived by means of itself.
Q25 | ............ points out that if Descartes, definition of substance is to be strictly adhered to, there can be only one substance, i.e., God.