Question 1

????????????- is the author of Tractatus Logico Philosophicus.
A)wv quine
B)wittgenstein
C)a j ayer
D)tarski

Accepted Answer

Ludwig Wittgenstein is the author of "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus," a significant philosophical work that aims to identify the relationship between language and reality and to define the limits of science.

Question 2

According to ???????????? proposition must be verified to be meaningful.
A)logical positivist
B)modernist
C)atomist
D)none of these

Accepted Answer

Logical positivists argue that for a proposition to be meaningful, it must be empirically verifiable. This view is central to their philosophy, which emphasizes the importance of empirical evidence in the validation of knowledge claims.

Question 3

In Philosophical Investigations Wittgenstein proposed a ????????????-- theory of language.
A)use theory
B)picture theory
C)both a and b
D)none of these

Accepted Answer

In "Philosophical Investigations," Wittgenstein proposed the use theory of language, emphasizing how language is used in practice rather than representing reality through pictures.

Question 4

????????????-- is the author of The Blue and Brown Books.
A)wv quine
B)wittgenstein
C)a j ayer
D)tarsk

Accepted Answer

Wittgenstein is the author of The Blue and Brown Books, which are notes dictated to his students at Cambridge University in 1933-1934 and 1934-1935, respectively. These works are important in understanding his philosophical ideas during the transition from the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus to his later work, Philosophical Investigations.

Question 5

The task of ???????????? is to distinguish between being and entities.
A)ontology
B)phenomenology
C)hermeneutics
D)existentialism

Accepted Answer

Ontology is the branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being and entities, focusing on their categorization and the relationships between them.

Question 6

???????????? is the founder of phenomenology.
A)sartre
B)husserl
C)gadamer
D)derrida

Accepted Answer

Edmund Husserl is recognized as the founder of phenomenology, which is a philosophical approach that emphasizes the study of conscious experience from the first-person point of view.

Question 7

According to ????????????--synthetic a priori does not exist.
A)logical positivism
B)hermeneutics
C)existentialism
D)none of these

Accepted Answer

Logical positivism asserts that synthetic a priori knowledge does not exist, arguing that all meaningful statements are either empirically verifiable (synthetic a posteriori) or analytically true (analytic a priori), leaving no room for synthetic a priori propositions.

Question 8

In Tractatus, ????????????- states that a proposition describes reality.
A)husserl
B)wittgenstein
C)carnap
D)russel

Accepted Answer

In "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus," Ludwig Wittgenstein posits that the purpose of a proposition is to describe reality. He suggests that the structure of a proposition mirrors the structure of the reality it describes, thereby making a logical picture of the world.

Question 9

According to ????????????-the structure of language is determined by the structure of reality.
A)husserl
B)wittgenstein
C)carnap
D)russel

Accepted Answer

Wittgenstein proposed that the structure of language reflects the structure of reality, especially in his later work, where he emphasized the idea that the meaning of words is in their use within given language games, aligning language closely with the forms of life and the realities they depict.

Question 10

Space, time and categories of understanding are ????????????- forms of knowledge
A)apriori.
B)aposteriori
C)intuitive.
D)all of these

Accepted Answer

Space, time, and categories of understanding are considered a priori forms of knowledge, meaning they are understood or known before experience.

Question 11

According to to Kant there are ????????????- categories
A)two.
B)three
C)four
D)five

Accepted Answer

Kant proposed that there are four categories of thought that structure human experience: Quantity, Quality, Relation, and Modality.

Question 12

Spinoza's Monism is known as ????????????
A)abstract monism.
B)concrete monism
C)phenomenal monism
D)all of these

Accepted Answer

The answer of Spinoza's Monism is known as ????????????
A)abstract monism.
B)concrete...

Question 13

Monadology is the work of ????????????-
A)leibniz.
B)descartes
C)hume
D)comte

Accepted Answer

Monadology is a philosophical text written by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, where he presents his theory of monads, which are simple substances that form the foundation of the universe.

Question 14

???????????? is the author of the essay 'Philosophy as rigorous science'.
A)husserl
B)heidegger
C)gadamer
D)derrida

Accepted Answer

Edmund Husserl is the author of the essay "Philosophy as Rigorous Science," in which he argues for the importance of a rigorous methodological foundation for philosophy, distinguishing it from the empirical sciences while also critiquing naturalism and historicism.

Question 15

In Tractatus Wittgenstein proposed a ????????????-- theory of language.
A)use theory
B)picture theory
C)both a and b
D)none of these

Accepted Answer

In Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, Ludwig Wittgenstein proposed the picture theory of language, suggesting that the structure of language mirrors the structure of reality.

Question 16

???????????? is the author of The Logical Syntax of Language,
A)russell
B)ayer
C)carnap
D)husserl

Accepted Answer

Rudolf Carnap is the author of "The Logical Syntax of Language," a seminal work in philosophy and logic that was first published in 1934.

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of For Descartes, the idea of soul
A)is not...

Question 18

????????????- insists on a a priori knowledge.
A)positivism
B)empiricism
C)rationalism
D)none of these

Accepted Answer

Rationalism is the philosophical view that regards reason as the chief source and test of knowledge or any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification. It insists on the idea that there are significant ways in which our concepts and knowledge are gained independently of sense experience, emphasizing a priori knowledge.

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

Doubting one's own thinking essentially confirms the act of thinking itself, aligning with Descartes' cogito argument ("I think, therefore I am").

Question 20

According to Kant _________ the proper objects of faith
A)phenomena
B)noumena
C)both phenomena and noumena
D)neither phenomena nor noumena

Accepted Answer

Kant argues that noumena, or things-in-themselves (which are beyond our sensory experience and understanding), are the proper objects of faith, as they cannot be known through empirical observation or reason, but rather are matters of belief.

Quiz 2: Philosophy and Its Major Thinkers

????????????- is the author of Tractatus Logico Philosophicus.

According to ???????????? proposition must be verified to be meaningful.

In Philosophical Investigations Wittgenstein proposed a ????????????-- theory of language.

????????????-- is the author of The Blue and Brown Books.

The task of ???????????? is to distinguish between being and entities.

???????????? is the founder of phenomenology.

According to ????????????--synthetic a priori does not exist.

In Tractatus, ????????????- states that a proposition describes reality.

According to ????????????-the structure of language is determined by the structure of reality.

Space, time and categories of understanding are ????????????- forms of knowledge

According to to Kant there are ????????????- categories

Spinoza's Monism is known as ????????????

Monadology is the work of ????????????-

???????????? is the author of the essay 'Philosophy as rigorous science'.

In Tractatus Wittgenstein proposed a ????????????-- theory of language.

???????????? is the author of The Logical Syntax of Language,

For Descartes, the idea of soul

????????????- insists on a a priori knowledge.

For Descartes the proposition 'I think' is self-verifying because

According to Kant _________ the proper objects of faith