Deck 3: Logical Positivism, Philosophy of Language, and Ontology

Question 1

Logical positivists attack on statement of ----------, theology and religion

A)logical
B)verifiable
C)empirical
D)metaphysics

Answer 1

metaphysics

Question 2

Leading members of the Vienna circle included M. Schlick, R. Carnap, O. Neurath, and

A)Berkeley
B)Descartes
C)Waismann
D)Husserl

Answer 2

Waismann

Question 3

Who wrote the book Language, Truth and Logic?

A)Frege
B)A. J. Ayer
C)Carnap
D)Hume

Answer 3

A. J. Ayer

Question 4

------- distinguished between meaningful and meaningless statements?

A)Logical positivists
B)Husserl
C)Heidegger
D)Sartre

Question 5

According to logical positivists, all -------- statements are meaningless.

A)logical
B)mathematical
C)metaphysical
D)empirical

Question 6

Wittgenstein's famous work is called ------

A)Language, Truth and Logic
B)Logic
C)Investigation
D)Tractatus

Question 7

All the statements in mathematics and logic are true by itself and no need of verification according to the ----------.

A)Logical positivists
B)Pragmatism
C)phenomenology
D)Heidegger

Question 8

The central idea of logical positivism is the Principle of -------------

A)metaphysics
B)language
C)epistemology
D)Verification

Question 9

-------is a prominent figure in the philosophical movement known as logical positivism or logical empiricism.

A)Rudolf Carnap
B)John Dewey
C)Sartre
D)Locke

Question 10

The Logical Syntax of Language is the work of ---------.

A)C S Peirce
B)Rudolf Carnap
C)A. J .Ayer
D)Husserl

Question 11

The major issue of language of philosophy is the relationships between language and --

A)word
B)world
C)thought
D)logic

Question 12

An influential type of philosophy of language developed out of ----- generative grammar.

A)Husserl
B)A. J .Ayer
C)C S Peirce
D)Chomsky

Question 13

------- is a central figure in the philosophy of language.

A)Brentano
B)Wittgenstein
C)Meinong
D)Husserl

Question 14

The business of --------includes questions about the meanings of subject expressions like the present king of France is bald.

A)Idealism
B)dialectics
C)semantics
D)logic

Question 15

In the The Logical Syntax of Language, Carnap discussed -----------.

A)Logical syntax
B)Phenomenology
C)virtue
D)existentialism

Question 16

In Logical Syntax of Language, Carnap accepted Tarski's ------------techniques,

A)Logical
B)ethical
C)semantical
D)all are false

Question 17

The central program of Carnap's Logical Syntax of Language is the notion of ------------- framework.

A)Ethical
B)pragmatic
C)Existential
D)linguistic

Question 18

Meinong claimed to have discovered a new a priori science, the theory of-------

A)analytics
B)ideas
C)objects
D)subjects

Question 19

Who made the distinction between objects may either exist (such as physical objects) or subsist(such as mathematical entities).

A)Hussel
B)Meinong
C)Brentano
D)Sartre

Question 20

On the Theory of Objects and Psychology is the work of --------------

A)Meinong
B)Sartre
C)Heidegger
D)Brentano

Question 21

Every object is independent of its being. Some exist and others (for e g., golden mountains) do not exist is the philosophy of ------

A)Heidegger
B)Meinong
C)Husserl
D)C S Peirce

Question 22

-------- stated that object as round square have no type of being at all, they are homeless objects, to be found not even in heaven.

A)Frege's
B)Brentano's
C)Heidegger's
D)Meinong

Question 23

According to --------, the two statements the round square is round and the mountain I am thinking of is golden are true statements about nonexistent objects

A)Sartre
B)Russell
C)Meinong,
D)Plato

Question 24

Who accepted Brentano's thesis of the intentionality of the mental but modified it in a realistic direction, distinguishing between the content and object of a mental act?

A)Meinong
B)Husserl
C)Carnap
D)A.J Ayer

Question 25

Who derives the term 'theory of objects' which he preferred as 'metaphysics' and 'ontology'?

A)Schlick
B)Meinong
C)Hume
D)Heidegger