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Philosophical Methods | Set 3
1. In “Back to things themselves” “things” are taken to mean
A. objects
B. consciousness
C. ideas
D. the “given”
Correct : D. the “given”
2. The method of phenomenological reduction demands
A. reductionism
B. denial or rejection of all beliefs
C. suspension of our natural attitude
D. skeptical outlook
Correct : C. suspension of our natural attitude
3. In phenomenology, the exclusion of subjectivity is called
A. the rule of ‘objectivism’
B. the rule of ‘subjectivism’
C. the rule of scepticism
D. the rule of science
Correct : A. the rule of ‘objectivism’
4. The method of phenomenology is transcendental in the sense that
A. it aims at psychological phenomena
B. it aims at disclosing the structures of consciousness
C. it aims at a-priori elements of knowledge
D. it aims at analytic –synthetic distinction
Correct : B. it aims at disclosing the structures of consciousness
5. The exclusion of the existence of the object in ‘Bracketing Existence’ Means
A. suspension of our belief in the existence of objects
B. eliminate existence of the object in general
C. rejecting the reality of objects
D. doubting the existence of objects as in descartes’ method of doubt
Correct : A. suspension of our belief in the existence of objects
6. The objects of phenomenological seeing or intuition are
A. monads
B. spirits
C. ideas
D. essences
Correct : D. essences
7. The acid test of a truly critical philosophy, according to Husserl was
A. interpreting the world of existence
B. ideal science of pure logic
C. psychological analysis of cognitive processes
D. the ideal of presuppositionless philosophy
Correct : D. the ideal of presuppositionless philosophy
8. The phenomenologist claims that philosophy is a rigorous science, In the sense that
A. it is an analysis of all sciences
B. it is all sciences put together
C. it is an investigation of the most radical, fundamental, primitive original evidences of conscious experience.
D. it is an investigation of the important theories of sciences
Correct : C. it is an investigation of the most radical, fundamental, primitive original evidences of conscious experience.
9. The best known contemporary advocate of phenomenological method is
A. gadamar
B. althusser
C. sartre
D. derrida
Correct : C. sartre
10. Phenomenological intuition means
A. simple seeing of sensory objects
B. psychological intuition
C. empirical intuition
D. intuition of essences
Correct : D. intuition of essences
11. According to Encyclopedia, the aim of phenomenological method is
A. to establish phenomenology as empirical psychology
B. to establish phenomenology as rigorous science
C. to establish a dichotomy between essence and existence
D. to establish mind-body dualism
Correct : B. to establish phenomenology as rigorous science