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| 301. |
---------------------is an example of pure philosophical method |
| A. | mystical method |
| B. | analogical method |
| C. | etymological method |
| D. | phenomenological |
| Answer» E. | |
| 302. |
Logico-mathematical method is called |
| A. | demonstrative method |
| B. | pure philosophical method |
| C. | scientific method |
| D. | hypothetical method |
| Answer» C. scientific method | |
| 303. |
-----------------is a mode of action |
| A. | philosophical method |
| B. | procedure |
| C. | syllogism |
| D. | theory |
| Answer» C. syllogism | |
| 304. |
A person’s style of doing is called |
| A. | method |
| B. | syllogism |
| C. | pattern |
| D. | manner |
| Answer» E. | |
| 305. |
Art is concerned with practice, while method is a process of |
| A. | skill |
| B. | action |
| C. | application |
| D. | thinking |
| Answer» E. | |
| 306. |
According to Wittgenstein, syllogism is |
| A. | a philosophical method |
| B. | a demonstrative method |
| C. | style |
| D. | theory |
| Answer» C. style | |
| 307. |
An argument expressed or claimed to be expressible in the form of two propositions called the premises , containing a common or middle term , with a third proposition called the conclusion resulting necessarily from the other two, is called |
| A. | method |
| B. | style |
| C. | syllogism |
| D. | theory |
| Answer» D. theory | |
| 308. |
Chintana prakriya means |
| A. | a manner of thinking or procedure of thinking over some problem |
| B. | a manner of expression characteristic of a particular philosopher or individual |
| C. | an account of a group of facts or phenomena |
| D. | an account of the procedures to be followed in a scientific investigation |
| Answer» B. a manner of expression characteristic of a particular philosopher or individual | |
| 309. |
Manner of thinking or procedure of thinking over some problem is called |
| A. | syllogism |
| B. | theory |
| C. | style |
| D. | art |
| Answer» D. art | |
| 310. |
A theory is a -----------------, whereas a method is a procedure or way. |
| A. | conclusion |
| B. | premise |
| C. | syllogism |
| D. | style |
| Answer» B. premise | |
| 311. |
With the help of method we come to a |
| A. | pattern |
| B. | theory |
| C. | style |
| D. | syllogism |
| Answer» C. style | |
| 312. |
According to Aristotle, the aim of philosophical method is |
| A. | to investigate meaning aspect of language |
| B. | to inquire into the of structure of language |
| C. | the attainment of truth |
| D. | to inquire into the a-priori aspect of knowledge |
| Answer» D. to inquire into the a-priori aspect of knowledge | |
| 313. |
Socrates and Plato took philosophical method as a method of |
| A. | settling philosophical disputes |
| B. | determination of meaning |
| C. | clarification of language |
| D. | knowing |
| Answer» E. | |
| 314. |
Science is rational, philosophy is |
| A. | more rational, speculative also |
| B. | irrational and skeptical |
| C. | irrational and dogmatic |
| D. | skeptical and dogmatic |
| Answer» B. irrational and skeptical | |
| 315. |
Philosophical method ‘as a method of settling philosophical disputes‘ is the view of |
| A. | descartes |
| B. | william james |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | socrates |
| Answer» C. aristotle | |
| 316. |
According to pragmatists, the two ends of philosophical method are, |
| A. | first, verification of hypothesis and second, proof of hypothesis |
| B. | first, determination of meaning and second, verification of ideas |
| C. | first, formulation of hypothesis and second, deduction and verification of hypothesis |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. first, formulation of hypothesis and second, deduction and verification of hypothesis | |
| 317. |
------------------take “philosophical method as the method of determining the meaning of ideas and of clarifying them”. |
| A. | rationalists |
| B. | empiricists |
| C. | idealists |
| D. | pragmatists |
| Answer» E. | |
| 318. |
Philosophical methods are |
| A. | methods of empirical sciences |
| B. | methods of empirical psychology |
| C. | methods of rational inquiry |
| D. | methods of objective world |
| Answer» D. methods of objective world | |
| 319. |
The Marxists present method as |
| A. | arbitrarily established, everyone having his own method. |
| B. | a procedure used for studying the phenomena of the objective world. |
| C. | a purely subjective category |
| D. | a person’s style of doing something |
| Answer» C. a purely subjective category | |
| 320. |
For idealists, method is |
| A. | objectively established |
| B. | established for the sake of convenience |
| C. | a set of principles which is arbitrarily established by human reason for convenience in knowing. |
| D. | a procedure used for studying phenomena of the objective world. |
| Answer» D. a procedure used for studying phenomena of the objective world. | |
| 321. |
Philosophical method is |
| A. | demonstrative |
| B. | skeptical |
| C. | contemplative |
| D. | distructive |
| Answer» B. skeptical | |
| 322. |
Style means |
| A. | a manner of expression characteristic of a particular philosopher or individual. |
| B. | a philosophical method |
| C. | a demonstrative method |
| D. | a procedure used for studying the phenomena of the objective world. |
| Answer» B. a philosophical method | |
| 323. |
A theory is a conclusion, whereas a method is a------------------. |
| A. | syllogism |
| B. | procedure |
| C. | style |
| D. | manner |
| Answer» C. style | |
| 324. |
“It is by it’s methods rather than it’s subject matter that philosophy is to be distinguished from other arts or sciences”. This is a statement by |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | collingwood |
| D. | a.j.ayer |
| Answer» E. | |
| 325. |
With the help of method we come to a ---------------. |
| A. | theory |
| B. | belief |
| C. | guess |
| D. | conjencture |
| Answer» B. belief | |
| 326. |
Procedures and techniques by which the establishment of the validity of previous knowledge and the attainment of new knowledge is possible, is called |
| A. | empiricism |
| B. | rationalism |
| C. | methodology |
| D. | positivism |
| Answer» D. positivism | |
| 327. |
The Problem of Knowledge was written by |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | plato |
| C. | a.j.ayer |
| D. | collingwood |
| Answer» D. collingwood | |
| 328. |
The source of the methodology of arts was |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | a.j.ayer |
| D. | descartes |
| Answer» B. aristotle | |
| 329. |
----------------is the author of the book An Essay on Philosophical Method |
| A. | bertrand russell |
| B. | ludwig wittgenstein |
| C. | collingwood |
| D. | montague |
| Answer» D. montague | |
| 330. |
Procedures and techniques which have been devised to aid us in extending our knowledge is called |
| A. | dogmatism |
| B. | skepticism |
| C. | agnosticism |
| D. | methodology |
| Answer» E. | |
| 331. |
The study of methods is called |
| A. | mysticism |
| B. | monadology |
| C. | methodology |
| D. | mythology |
| Answer» D. mythology | |
| 332. |
Our beliefs may be substantiated by some objective standards and they should not be guided solely by subjective considerations. This shows the necessity of -------------------- |
| A. | subjectivism |
| B. | skepticism |
| C. | methods |
| D. | dogmatism |
| Answer» D. dogmatism | |
| 333. |
------------------- is a vital instrument for the growth and development of knowledge. |
| A. | superstition |
| B. | false belief |
| C. | barren hypothesis |
| D. | methodology |
| Answer» E. | |
| 334. |
Phenomenological method insists on ________ inquiry. |
| A. | dialectical |
| B. | presuppositionless |
| C. | presupposed |
| D. | doubtful |
| Answer» C. presupposed | |
| 335. |
_________ regarded philosophy as a ‘rigorous science’. |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | husserl |
| C. | marx |
| D. | hegel |
| Answer» C. marx | |
| 336. |
Nothing is assumed in phenomenological method means it is ________ inquiry. |
| A. | dialectical |
| B. | scientific |
| C. | presuppositionless |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 337. |
Epistemological epoche is a component of ________ method. |
| A. | socratic |
| B. | cartesian |
| C. | mathematical |
| D. | phenomenological |
| Answer» E. | |
| 338. |
According to ________, presuppositionless inquiry is the acid test of a truly criticalphilosophy. |
| A. | husserl |
| B. | socrates |
| C. | marx |
| D. | hegel |
| Answer» B. socrates | |
| 339. |
Bracketing existence is a procedure in _________ method. |
| A. | socratic |
| B. | cartesian |
| C. | phenomenological |
| D. | dialectical |
| Answer» D. dialectical | |
| 340. |
Reduction or exclusion is a procedure in _________ method. |
| A. | phenomenological |
| B. | socratic |
| C. | cartesian |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. socratic | |
| 341. |
Phenomenologists attack __________. |
| A. | reductionism |
| B. | psychologism |
| C. | scientism |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 342. |
Brentano and Husserl are founders of ________ method. |
| A. | phenomenological |
| B. | scientific |
| C. | inductive |
| D. | dialectical |
| Answer» B. scientific | |
| 343. |
Socratic dialectic is _________. |
| A. | inductive |
| B. | deductive |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» D. neither (a) nor (b) | |
| 344. |
‘Irony’ is a characteristic of _________ Method. |
| A. | cartesian |
| B. | phenomenological |
| C. | socratic |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» D. all these | |
| 345. |
Socratic Method is not __________. |
| A. | conceptual |
| B. | definitional |
| C. | mathematical |
| D. | conversational |
| Answer» D. conversational | |
| 346. |
________ was the inventor of dialectic method. |
| A. | marx |
| B. | descartes |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | husserl |
| Answer» D. husserl | |
| 347. |
Cogito ergo sum is a/an _________ truth like 2+2=4. |
| A. | axiomatic |
| B. | uncertain |
| C. | indistinct |
| D. | doubtful |
| Answer» B. uncertain | |
| 348. |
Descartes’ passion for ________ had influenced his philosophical method. |
| A. | philosophy |
| B. | doubt |
| C. | ethics |
| D. | mathematics |
| Answer» E. | |
| 349. |
Cartesian method aims at _______ knowledge. |
| A. | skeptical |
| B. | empirical |
| C. | clear and distinct |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 350. |
_________ refers to a philosophical method. |
| A. | phenomenological |
| B. | socratic |
| C. | cartesian |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» E. | |