Top 50+ Solved Recent Developments in Western Philosophy MCQ Questions Answer
Q. John Dewey’s philosophy is commonly referred as:
a. instrumentalism
b. utilitarianism
c. hedonism
d. intuitionism
Q. Along with pragmatism William James introduced philosophy of:
a. empiricism
b. instrumentalism
c. phenomenism
d. radical empiricism
Q. Auguste Comte’s version of positivism is called as:
a. sociological positivism
b. empirical positivism
c. radical positivism
d. scientific positivism
Q. According to Comte, the human mind successively passes through -------stages ofthinking.
a. three
b. fou
c. five
d. six
Q. Comte describes that ------------------ is the elementary stage of thinking.
a. metaphysical stage
b. positive stage
c. theological stage
d. religious stage
Q. Which among the following is treated as the last stage of philosophising by Comte?
a. positive stage
b. metaphysical stage
c. theological stage
d. religious stage
Q. ------------------- is a characteristic feature of C. S. Pierce’s theory of cognition.
a. agnosticism
b. falllibilism
c. scepticism
d. none of these
Q. Who among the following wrote “The Quest for Certainty”?
a. john dewey
c. s. peirce william james
d. comte
Q. Who among the following is treated as theistic philosopher?
a. kierkegaard
b. sartre
c. heidegger
d. camus
Q. ------------------ called as the Magnum Opus of Heidegger.
a. being and nothingness
b. the rebel
c. philosophy
d. being and time
Q. Sartre’s classification of Being is discussed in:
a. being and nothingness
b. existentialism is a humanism
Q. Sartre describes two types of Being. Which are they?
a. en-soi and poar-soi
b. sein and zeit
c. being and time
d. yin and yang