Western Metaphysics MCQs : This section focuses on the "Western Metaphysics". These Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) should be practiced to improve the Western Metaphysics skills required for various interviews (campus interview, walk-in interview, company interview), placement, entrance exam and other competitive examinations.
Question 1
According to Skepticism knowledge is ———-
A. certain
B. possible
C. uncertain
D. none of these
Question 2
________ is considered as the father of modern philosophy
A. descartes
B. kant
C. hegel
D. plato
Question 3
Ontology deals with
A. matter
B. mind
C. being
D. ideas
Question 4
The method of Kant was
A. dialectic
B. critical
C. synthetic
D. speculative
Question 5
The mind body relationship theory of Descartes is known as———
A. psycho physical parallelism
B. interactionism
C. pre-established harmony
D. none of these
Question 6
For Idealism ——— is primary
A. mind
B. inference
C. perception
D. soul
Question 7
The author of Meditations is
A. leibniz
B. plato
C. descartes
D. spinoza
Question 8
According to Kant ______ judgments are always apriori
A. synthetic
B. ethical
C. analytical
D. none of these
Question 9
_____ admits innumerable monads or spiritual atoms
A. descartes
B. leibniz
C. spinoza
D. hegel
Question 10
Descartes suggests___ as absolute substance
A. mind
B. matter
C. god
D. none of these
Question 11
The rationalist philosopher ___ wants to give philosophy a stable character like mathematics
A. kant
B. descartes
C. plato
D. aristotle
Question 12
‘An Essay concerning human Understanding’ is the work of________
A. spinoza
B. descartes
C. hume
D. none of these
Question 13
___ is the method adopted by Kant
A. inductive
B. deductive
C. empirical
D. transcendental
Question 14
Cogito ergo sum is a key concept in the philosophy of________
A. leibniz
B. spinoza
C. descartes
D. none of these
Question 15
According to ______ God is regarded as the only cause and bearer of all qualities
A. descartes
B. leibniz
C. spinoza
D. hegel
Question 16
____________ is the author of Tractatus Logico Philosophicus.
A. wv quine
B. wittgenstein
C. a j ayer
D. tarski
Question 17
According to _________ proposition must be verified to be meaningful.
A. logical positivist
B. modernist
C. atomist
D. none of these
Question 18
In Philosophical Investigations Wittgenstein proposed a ___________ theory of language.
A. use theory
B. picture theory
C. both a and b
D. none of these
Question 19
_________ is the author of The Blue and Brown Books.
A. wv quine
B. wittgenstein
C. a j ayer
D. tarsk
Question 20
The task of ____________ is to distinguish between being and entities.
A. ontology
B. phenomenology
C. hermeneutics
D. existentialism
Question 21
____________ is the founder of phenomenology.
A. sartre
B. husserl
C. gadamer
D. derrida
Question 22
According to _______________synthetic a priori does not exist.
A. logical positivism
B. hermeneutics
C. existentialism
D. none of these
Question 23
In Tractatus, ________ states that a proposition describes reality.
A. husserl
B. wittgenstein
C. carnap
D. russel
Question 24
According to _________the structure of language is determined by the structure of reality.
A. husserl
B. wittgenstein
C. carnap
D. russel
Question 25
According to to Kant there are ———— categories
A. two.
B. three
C. four
D. five
Question 26
Spinoza’s Monism is known as ———
A. abstract monism.
B. concrete monism
C. phenomenal monism
D. all of these
Question 27
Monadology is the work of ———-
A. leibniz.
B. descartes
C. hume
D. comte
Question 28
_________ is the author of the essay ‘Philosophy as rigorous science’.
A. husserl
B. heidegger
C. gadamer
D. derrida
Question 29
In Tractatus Wittgenstein proposed a ___________ theory of language.
A. use theory
B. picture theory
C. both a and b
D. none of these
Question 30
_________ is the author of The Logical Syntax of Language,
A. russell
B. ayer
C. carnap
D. husserl
Question 31
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
Question 32
According to Kant _________ the proper objects of faith
A. phenomena
B. noumena
C. both phenomena and noumena
D. neither phenomena nor noumena
Question 33
Generally the rise of modern Philosophy had been marked by________
A. critical thinking
B. reflective spirit
C. revolt against authority
D. all these
Question 34
Mind body theory of Descartes is known as___
A. psycho physical parallelism
B. interactionism
C. pre-established harmony
D. all of these
Question 35
According to ________ , only mind and their ideas exist
A. hume
B. leibniz
C. spinoza
D. berkeley
Question 36
According to Kant ________judgments are always aposteriori
A. analytical
B. synthetic
C. ethical
D. none of these
Question 37
According to ___, monads are windowless
A. descartes
B. leibniz
C. spinoza
D. hegel
Question 38
In Transcendental Aesthetic, Kant discusses the theory of ___
A. space and time
B. morality
C. god
D. none of these
Question 39
___ believes that there are no innate ideas in the mind
A. plato
B. spinoza
C. kant
D. locke
Question 40
‘To be is to be perceived’ is a theory of______
A. descartes
B. leibniz
C. spinoza
D. berkeley
Question 41
Leibniz belongs to ______school
A. rationalism
B. empiricism
C. idealism
D. none of these
Question 42
Berkeley is ______
A. pragmatist
B. rationalist
C. empiricist
D. none of these
Question 43
According to Berkeley matter is an________
A. immanent idea
B. abstract idea
C. pure idea
D. none of these
Question 44
Pineal gland is the _________ of the soul according to Descartes
A. subject
B. controller
C. seat
D. none of these
Question 45
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
Question 46
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
Question 47
_____ claims a material world which exists apart from perceiving mind, is unnecessary and false
A. hume
B. berkeley
C. descartes
D. none of these
Question 48
According to Leibniz the monads are _____ and everything is potential or implicit in it
A. modifications
B. windowless
C. strong
D. none of these
Question 49
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
Question 50
Locke and Berkeley belong to ______ school
A. empiricism
B. rationalism
C. idealism
D. none of thes
Question 51
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
Question 52
The first Philosophy refers to———
A. aesthetics
B. metaphysics
C. epistemology
D. ethics
Question 53
______ defines monads as Centres of force or energy
A. kant
B. hegel
C. leibniz
D. hume
Question 54
______ is the view that God is the immanent principle of universe
A. pluralism
B. dualism
C. pantheism
D. atheism