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Western Metaphysics | Set 1
1. The metaphysical view that there are many realities is known as
A. dualism
B. pluralism
C. monism
D. non-dualism
Correct : B. pluralism
2. The theory that holds reason as the source of knowledge is
A. idealism
B. rationalism
C. empiricism
D. none of the above
Correct : B. rationalism
3. ---------- is considered as the father of modern philosophy
A. descartes
B. kant
C. hegel
D. plato
Correct : A. descartes
4. Ontology deals with
A. matter
B. mind
C. being
D. ideas
Correct : C. being
5. The method of Kant was
A. dialectic
B. critical
C. synthetic
D. speculative
Correct : B. critical
6. The mind body relationship theory of Descartes is known as———
A. psycho physical parallelism
B. interactionism
C. pre-established harmony
D. none of these
Correct : B. interactionism
7. Berkeley argues that all knowledge is derived from
A. impression
B. ideas
C. axioms
D. postulates
Correct : B. ideas
8. According to Skepticism knowledge is ———-
A. certain
B. possible
C. uncertain
D. none of these
Correct : C. uncertain
9. For Idealism ——— is primary
A. mind
B. inference
C. perception
D. soul
Correct : A. mind
10. The author of Meditations is
A. leibniz
B. plato
C. descartes
D. spinoza
Correct : C. descartes
11. Descartes was a ———thinker
A. emperical
B. rational
C. materialistic
D. idealistic
Correct : B. rational
12. The Problem of Knowledge was written by ———
A. aristotle
B. plato
C. a.j ayer
D. collingwood
Correct : C. a.j ayer
13. Who has said that mind has innate ideas
A. spinoza
B. kant
C. descartes
D. hume
Correct : C. descartes
14. Leibniz defines substance or monads as
A. physical object
B. active force
C. geometrical figure
D. none of these
Correct : B. active force
15. According to Kant --------- judgments are always apriori
A. synthetic
B. ethical
C. analytical
D. none of these
Correct : C. analytical
16. ------ admits innumerable monads or spiritual atoms
A. descartes
B. leibniz
C. spinoza
D. hegel
Correct : B. leibniz
17. Who among the following is considered as the Subjective Idealist?
A. spinoza
B. leibniz
C. berkeley
D. none of these
Correct : C. berkeley
18. Descartes suggests---- as absolute substance
A. mind
B. matter
C. god
D. none of these
Correct : C. god
19. The rationalist philosopher ----- wants to give philosophy a stable character like mathematics
A. kant
B. descartes
C. plato
D. aristotle
Correct : B. descartes
20. ‘An Essay concerning human Understanding’ is the work of----------
A. spinoza
B. descartes
C. hume
D. none of these
Correct : C. hume
21. ----- is the method adopted by Kant
A. inductive
B. deductive
C. empirical
D. transcendental
Correct : D. transcendental
22. Cogito ergo sum is a key concept in the philosophy of----------
A. leibniz
B. spinoza
C. descartes
D. none of these
Correct : C. descartes
23. Who says that space and time are empirically real but transcendentally ideal?
A. pythagoras
B. spinoza
C. kant
D. hegel
Correct : C. kant
24. According to ------- God is regarded as the only cause and bearer of all qualities
A. descartes
B. leibniz
C. spinoza
D. hegel
Correct : C. spinoza
25. Who among the following is a German philosopher
A. plato
B. spinoza
C. kant
D. none of these
Correct : C. kant
26. ---------------- is the author of Tractatus Logico Philosophicus.
A. wv quine
B. wittgenstein
C. a j ayer
D. tarski
Correct : B. wittgenstein
27. According to ------------ proposition must be verified to be meaningful.
A. logical positivist
B. modernist
C. atomist
D. none of these
Correct : A. logical positivist
28. In Philosophical Investigations Wittgenstein proposed a -------------- theory of language.
A. use theory
B. picture theory
C. both a and b
D. none of these
Correct : A. use theory
29. ----------- is the author of The Blue and Brown Books.
A. wv quine
B. wittgenstein
C. a j ayer
D. tarsk
Correct : B. wittgenstein
30. The task of --------------- is to distinguish between being and entities.
A. ontology
B. phenomenology
C. hermeneutics
D. existentialism
Correct : A. ontology
31. --------------- is the founder of phenomenology.
A. sartre
B. husserl
C. gadamer
D. derrida
Correct : B. husserl
32. According to --------------------synthetic a priori does not exist.
A. logical positivism
B. hermeneutics
C. existentialism
D. none of these
Correct : A. logical positivism
33. In Tractatus, ---------- states that a proposition describes reality.
A. husserl
B. wittgenstein
C. carnap
D. russel
Correct : B. wittgenstein
34. According to -------------the structure of language is determined by the structure of reality.
A. husserl
B. wittgenstein
C. carnap
D. russel
Correct : B. wittgenstein
35. Space, time and categories of understanding are ———- forms of knowledge
A. apriori.
B. aposteriori
C. intuitive.
D. all of these
Correct : A. apriori.
36. According to to Kant there are ———— categories
A. two.
B. three
C. four
D. five
Correct : C. four
37. Spinoza’s Monism is known as ———
A. abstract monism.
B. concrete monism
C. phenomenal monism
D. all of these
Correct : A. abstract monism.
38. Monadology is the work of ———-
A. leibniz.
B. descartes
C. hume
D. comte
Correct : A. leibniz.
39. ------------ is the author of the essay ‘Philosophy as rigorous science’.
A. husserl
B. heidegger
C. gadamer
D. derrida
Correct : A. husserl
40. In Tractatus Wittgenstein proposed a -------------- theory of language.
A. use theory
B. picture theory
C. both a and b
D. none of these
Correct : B. picture theory
41. ------------ is the author of The Logical Syntax of Language,
A. russell
B. ayer
C. carnap
D. husserl
Correct : C. carnap
42. For Descartes, the idea of soul
A. is not related to reason
B. is identical with reason
C. contradicts reason
D. does not contradict reason
Correct : C. contradicts reason
43. ———— insists on a a priori knowledge.
A. positivism
B. empiricism
C. rationalism
D. none of these
Correct : C. rationalism
44. For Descartes the proposition ‘I think’ is self-verifying because
A. it is a necessary truth.
B. it is a logical truth.
C. doubting it confirms it.
D. thinking is my essence
Correct : C. doubting it confirms it.
45. According to Kant _________ the proper objects of faith
A. phenomena
B. noumena
C. both phenomena and noumena
D. neither phenomena nor noumena
Correct : B. noumena
46. The problem of Universals was first introduced into philosophy by:
A. aquinas
B. aristotle
C. plato
D. berkeley
Correct : C. plato
47. Generally the rise of modern Philosophy had been marked by----------
A. critical thinking
B. reflective spirit
C. revolt against authority
D. all these
Correct : D. all these
48. Mind body theory of Descartes is known as----
A. psycho physical parallelism
B. interactionism
C. pre-established harmony
D. all of these
Correct : B. interactionism
49. --- recognizes mind and matter as relative substances which are created by God
A. kant
B. descartes
C. leibniz
D. hegel
Correct : B. descartes
50. According to ---------- , only mind and their ideas exist
A. hume
B. leibniz
C. spinoza
D. berkeley
Correct : D. berkeley
51. The concept of categories was advocated by :
A. kant
B. kant and aristotle
C. kant and locke
D. kant and berkeley
Correct : B. kant and aristotle
52. According to Kant ----------judgments are always aposteriori
A. analytical
B. synthetic
C. ethical
D. none of these
Correct : B. synthetic
53. According to -----, monads are windowless
A. descartes
B. leibniz
C. spinoza
D. hegel
Correct : B. leibniz
54. In Transcendental Aesthetic, Kant discusses the theory of -----
A. space and time
B. morality
C. god
D. none of these
Correct : A. space and time
55. ----- believes that there are no innate ideas in the mind
A. plato
B. spinoza
C. kant
D. locke
Correct : D. locke
56. ‘To be is to be perceived’ is a theory of---------
A. descartes
B. leibniz
C. spinoza
D. berkeley
Correct : D. berkeley
57. Leibniz belongs to ---------school
A. rationalism
B. empiricism
C. idealism
D. none of these
Correct : A. rationalism
58. Which one of the following is a work of Kant
A. ethics
B. monadology
C. critique of pure reason
D. all of these
Correct : C. critique of pure reason
59. Berkeley is --------
A. pragmatist
B. rationalist
C. empiricist
D. none of these
Correct : C. empiricist
60. According to Berkeley matter is an----------
A. immanent idea
B. abstract idea
C. pure idea
D. none of these
Correct : B. abstract idea
61. Pineal gland is the ------------ of the soul according to Descartes
A. subject
B. controller
C. seat
D. none of these
Correct : C. seat
62. The distinction between impression and idea was made by
A. kant
B. locke
C. hume
D. berkeley
Correct : C. hume
63. According to Berkeley
A. ideas but not the minds exist
B. minds but not the ideas exist
C. both ideas and the minds exist
D. neither ideas nor the minds exist
Correct : C. both ideas and the minds exist
64. Who among the following rejected matter as an abstract idea
A. hume
B. berkeley
C. descartes
D. none of these
Correct : B. berkeley
65. Who introduced the concept ‘Cogito ergosum’
A. spinoza
B. leibniz
C. kant
D. descartes
Correct : D. descartes
66. The primary aim of Descartes is
A. to explain the relation between body and mind.
B. to prove the existence of god.
C. to refute the reality of the external world.
D. to reach clear and certain knowledge
Correct : D. to reach clear and certain knowledge
67. Who called God as Natura Naturata?
A. locke
B. kant
C. spinoza
D. hume
Correct : C. spinoza
68. ------ claims a material world which exists apart from perceiving mind, is unnecessary and false
A. hume
B. berkeley
C. descartes
D. none of these
Correct : B. berkeley
69. According to Leibniz the monads are ------ and everything is potential or implicit in it
A. modifications
B. windowless
C. strong
D. none of these
Correct : B. windowless
70. The Critique of Pure Reason is really a treatise on ----- with special reference to science
A. epistemology
B. metaphysics
C. axiology
D. none of these
Correct : A. epistemology
71. Locke and Berkeley belong to -------- school
A. empiricism
B. rationalism
C. idealism
D. none of thes
Correct : A. empiricism
72. According to Spinoza body and mind
A. interact with each other
B. are causally related
C. are parallel to each other
D. none of these
Correct : C. are parallel to each other
73. The first Philosophy refers to———
A. aesthetics
B. metaphysics
C. epistemology
D. ethics
Correct : B. metaphysics
74. --------- defines monads as Centres of force or energy
A. kant
B. hegel
C. leibniz
D. hume
Correct : C. leibniz
75. Who is the principal exponent of representative realism
A. berkeley
B. locke
C. hume
D. none of these
Correct : B. locke
76. -------- is the view that God is the immanent principle of universe
A. pluralism
B. dualism
C. pantheism
D. atheism
Correct : C. pantheism