Exam 2: Exploring Existentialist Philosophy and Thinkers

One of the following is an atheist existentialist

All the existentialist thinkers suggest major themes and stress on concrete ----- existence.

Sartre tried to reconcile existentialist concepts with a ----------- analysis of society and history.

Existentialism is --------- century philosophical movement.

Who claimed the word nausea for the individual's recognition

All existentialists have followed --------in stressing the importance of individual action in deciding questions of both morality and truth

Heidegger is an ------------- philosopher.

Being and Nothingness is the work of --------

According to Kierkegaard, truth is--------. (a) Subjectivity (b) God (c) Transcendental (d) Particular 34. Who said that "existence precedes essence"?

Sartre's philosophy is explicitly ------and pessimistic

Nietzsche is an ------- existentialist philosopher.

------ who claimed to have worked out a total rational understanding of humanity and history.

A number of existentialist philosophers used --------- to convey their thought.

---- philosophers give importance to the term existence?

The most famous doctrine of logical positivism is its --------- principle

In Heidegger the fundamental ontology means the study of -----

"Man is condemned to be free", is the statement of ----

Logical positivism is a philosophy developed by the Vienna Circle during the ------

Existentialists have argued that no objective and ------ principles can be found for moral decisions.

Existentialism is a philosophical -----------. (a) Idealism (b) Movement (c) Pragmatics (d) Science 39 Existentialism emphasizing individual existence, freedom, and ----