Test Bank For Philosophy A Text with Readings 11th Edition By Manuel Velasquez
Chapter 3—Reality and Being
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.Who was also known as the Lokyata?
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a. |
The Buddhists |
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b. |
The Hindus |
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c. |
The Charvakas |
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d. |
The Augustinians |
ANS: C PTS: 1
2.Hobbes believed that
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a. |
Only matter is real |
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b. |
Only spirit is real |
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c. |
The world is composed of both matter and spirit |
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d. |
The world cannot be known |
ANS: A PTS: 1
3.The view that whatever I perceive is merely one of my perceptions or a collection of them is known as
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a. |
Subjective idealism |
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b. |
Objective idealism |
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c. |
Subjective materialism |
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d. |
Objective materialism |
ANS: A PTS: 1
4.Which pragmatist was concerned with the logical implications of ideas?
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a. |
John Dewey |
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b. |
C. S. Pierce |
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c. |
William James |
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d. |
Elmer Sprague |
ANS: B PTS: 1
5.A. J. Ayer believed that there were only two kinds of meaningful statements:
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a. |
Relations of ideas and statements of fact |
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b. |
Relations of ideas and tautologies |
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c. |
Empirical hypotheses and statements of fact |
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d. |
Relations of fact and statements of ideas |
ANS: A PTS: 1
6.Which view is the heir of pragmatism and idealism?
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a. |
Materialism |
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b. |
Irrealism |
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c. |
Antirealism |
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d. |
Immaterialism |
ANS: C PTS: 1
7.Heidegger was influenced by which view?
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a. |
James’ pragmatism |
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b. |
Ayer’s positivism |
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c. |
Husserl’s phenomenology |
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d. |
Descartes’ skepticism |
ANS: C PTS: 1
8.Who is best known for writing of our own human being in the world, our Dasein?
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a. |
James |
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b. |
Husserl |
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c. |
Heidegger |
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d. |
Plato |
ANS: C PTS: 1
9.Sartre endorses
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a. |
Libertarianism |
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b. |
Determinism |
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c. |
LaPlacianism |
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d. |
Psychologism |
ANS: A PTS: 1
10.Thomas Hobbes endorses
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a. |
Libertarianism |
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b. |
Compatibilism |
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c. |
Determinism |
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d. |
Existentialism |
ANS: B PTS: 1
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