Question 1

Oswald Spengler believed that the West was in decline.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The , such as Ayer and Carnap, held that the question of
whether life has any meaning was itself meaningless.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The , such as Ayer and Carnap,...

Question 3

Who claimed that "the one serious question in philosophy" is that of whether life has meaning?

Accepted Answer

A)  Camus 
B)  Sartre 
C)  Heidegger 
D)  Plato

Question 4

Kierkegaard held that life could only have meaning if we commit ourselves to a cause or ideal that we know is worth pursuing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following philosophers is an advocate of nihilism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Oswald Spengler 
B)  Karl Marx 
C)  Francis Fukuyama 
D)  Arthur Schopenhauer

Question 6

R. M. Hare has argued that the response to the question of whether life has meaning is mistaken.

Accepted Answer

The answer of R. M. Hare has argued that the...

Question 7

In this chapter, which of the following philosophers argues that nothing can give life meaning unless we choose it and make it our own?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jean-Paul Sartre 
B)  Oswald Spengler 
C)  Arthur Schopenhauer 
D)  R. M. Hare

Question 8

For Kierkegaard, the meaning of life is

Accepted Answer

A)  subjective. 
B)  meaningless. 
C)  objective. 
D)  found in studying art.

Question 9

Hegel called the modern nations the nations.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Hegel called the modern nations the nations....

Question 10

R. M. Hare argues that nihilism is mistaken.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 9: Postscript: the Meaning of Life

Oswald Spengler believed that the West was in decline.