Deck 2: Exploring Existentialist Philosophy and Thinkers

Question 1

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

A)husserl
B)plato
C)descartes
D)sartre

Answer 1

husserl

Question 2

Being and Time is the work of --------. (a) Nietzsche (b) Plato (c) Heidegger (d) Sartre 36. Who said that "God is dead"?

A)heidegger
B)nietzsche
C)sartre
D)kierkegaard

Answer 2

sartre

Question 3

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

A)existentialists
B)phenomenologist
C)empiricists
D)rationalists

Answer 3

existentialists

Question 4

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

A)god
B)religion
C)objectivity
D)subjectivity

Question 5

Who claimed the word nausea for the individual's recognition

A)husserl
B)sartre
C)heidegger
D)nietzsche

Question 6

One of the following is an atheist existentialist

A)descartes
B)karl jaspers
C)gabriel marcel
D)sartre

Question 7

Being and Time is the work of -------. (a) Sartre (b) Husserl (c) Heidegger (d) Descartes 46 According to Heidegger, Dasein means --------

A)god
B)becoming
C)being- that
D)being- there

Question 8

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

A)being
B)non -being
C)becoming
D)logic

Question 9

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

A)husserl
B)sartre
C)brentano
D)heidegger

Question 10

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

A)nietzsche
B)husserl
C)sartre
D)heidegger

Question 11

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

A)religious
B)catholic
C)theistic
D)atheistic

Question 12

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

A)agnostic
B)ancient
C)analytic
D)existential

Question 13

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

A)samos
B)marxist
C)religious
D)all are false

Question 14

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

A)atheistic
B)atomists
C)theistic
D)phenomenological

Question 15

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

A)Ethics
B)Hermeneutics
C)literary forms
D)god

Question 16

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

A)18th
B)20th
C)21st
D)5th

Question 17

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

A)Husserl
B)Nietzsche
C)Brentano
D)Kierkegaard

Question 18

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

A)Rational
B)innate
C)axiomatic
D)subjective

Question 19

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

A)Hegel
B)Nietzsche
C)Husserl
D)Kierkegaard

Question 20

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

A)ontological
B)metaphysical
C)individual
D)theological

Question 21

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

A)1950s
B)1980s
C)1920s
D)1960s

Question 22

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

A)Verifiability
B)metaphysical
C)Ethical
D)all are false

Question 23

A statement which cannot be verified is held to be ……………………………..

A)True
B)valid
C)meaningless
D)idealist