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Recent Developments in Western Philosophy | Set 1

1. Who wrote the book Pragmatism?

Correct : C. comte

2. John Dewey’s philosophy is commonly referred as:

Correct : A. instrumentalism

3. Along with pragmatism William James introduced philosophy of:

Correct : D. radical empiricism

4. Auguste Comte’s version of positivism is called as:

Correct : B. empirical positivism

5. According to Comte, the human mind successively passes through -------stages of thinking.

Correct : A. three

6. Comte describes that ------------------ is the elementary stage of thinking.

Correct : C. theological stage

7. Which among the following is treated as the last stage of philosophising by Comte?

Correct : A. positive stage

8. ------------------- is a characteristic feature of C. S. Pierce’s theory of cognition.

Correct : B. falllibilism

9. Who among the following wrote “The Quest for Certainty”?

Correct : A. john dewey

10. Being and Nothingness is written by:

Correct : C. sartre

11. Who among the following is treated as theistic philosopher?

Correct : A. kierkegaard

12. ------------------ called as the Magnum Opus of Heidegger.

Correct : D. being and time

13. “Man is condemned to be free”- is related with :

Correct : B. sartre

14. Sartre’s classification of Being is discussed in:

Correct : A. being and nothingness

15. Sartre describes two types of Being. Which are they?

Correct : A. en-soi and poar-soi

16. Who coined the phrase “Existentialism Precedes the Essence”?

Correct : C. sartre

17. Which among the list is considered as a characteristic feature of Existentialism?

Correct : C. fundamentalism

18. The word pragmatism is derived from the Greek term:

Correct : A. pragmatikos

19. The Greek word Pragmatikos means:

Correct : C. practical

20. A.J. Ayer’s version of Logical positivism is known as:

Correct : A. logical empiricism

21. A. J. Ayer’s popular book------------------------ popularised the tenets of Logical Positivism.

Correct : C. language truth and logic

22. Logical Positivists formulated the--------------------- principle the basic criterion for meaning-fullness of a proposition.

Correct : B. verification

23. According to Logical Positivists metaphysical propositions are:

Correct : D. meaningless

24. Rudolf Carnap wrote that metaphysical propositions are:

Correct : A. neither true nor false

25. Which one is considered as the most popular work of Wittgenstein?

Correct : D. tractatus logico-philosophicus

26. According to Russell the method of philosophy must be:

Correct : B. analytical

27. To Wittgenstein, the philosophical problems are not problems but they are:

Correct : C. language puzzles

28. . ‘Philosophical problems arises where language goes n a holiday’. Who made this statement?

Correct : B. wittgenstein

29. Wittgenstein describes, philosophy is not a doctrine but:

Correct : A. an activity

30. According to Wittgenstein, proposition --------------------- the reality.

Correct : C. pictures

31. In Wittgenstein’s view, elementary proposition corresponds to the:

Correct : C. atomic fact

32. Fregean theory of meaning is called:

Correct : B. theory of sense and reference

33. Who wrote Begriffsschrift?

Correct : B. frege

34. Who is treated as the founder of Analytical philosophy?

Correct : A. frege

35. “Morning star is Evening star”. This statement is related with Frege’ notion of:

Correct : C. sense and reference

36. The concept ‘intentionality’ is introduced by:

Correct : B. brentano

37. The psychological acts like perceiving, believing, evaluating, remembering, etc. are called as------------------ by Husserl.

Correct : B. intentional act

38. Which one among the following is not a character of Existentialism?

Correct : C. essence is supreme

39. Who coined the term Existentialism?

Correct : B. jaspers

40. Method of reduction is related with:

Correct : A. phenomenology