Who among the following wrote the book 'The Concept of Mind'?
A. Quine
B. PF Strawson
C. HP Grice
D. Gilbert Ryle
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A theory of logical atomism are given by
A. Bertrand
B. Wittgenstein
C. Both A and B
D. None of these
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Which one of the following logical positivists replaced 'Verification' with 'Confirmation' on the basis that although universal laws cannot be verified, they can be confirmed?
A. Carnap
B. Ayer
C. Ryle
D. WVO Quine
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Moore was regarded as
A. cognitivist
B. conceptualist
C. analystic
D. logicalist
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"If a language is provided with a truth definition, that is sufficient condition of its concept of truth." is advocated by
A. Correspondence theory of truth
B. Redundance theory of truth
C. Semantic Theory of truth
D. Pragmatic theory of truth
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Who says that 'Non-contradiction is the criterion of reality' ?
A. Hegel
B. Plato
C. Bradley
D. None of the above
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Consider the following statements with reference to logical positivism and mark the correct answer:
1. Strong verification requires that to be meaningful a statement should be verifiable or falsifiable by direct confrontation with experience.
2. Logical positivism employs verifiability as the criterion of meaning.
3. Strong verification requires both direct and indirect methods of verifiability.
A. Only (1) is true
B. (1) and (2) are true
C. Only (3) is true
D. (1) and (3) are true
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Objects are regarded as
A. simple
B. very simple
C. hard
D. softness
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Moore's atomistic analysis is supposed to be the reaction against
A. Kantian dichotomy between epistemology and ontology
B. Hegelian identity between thought and being
C. Bradleian absolutism
D. All of the above
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Match the following.
List-I
List-II
a. GE Moore
1. Principi Ethica
b. Bertrand Russell
2. Principi Mathematica
c. Husserl
3. Transcendental phenomenologist
d. Hegel
4. Absolute Idealism
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
C. a-1, b-4, c-3, d-2
D. a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1
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Which one of the following is not the work of Bertrand Russell?
A. Discourse on Method
B. Our Knowledge of the External world
C. An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth
D. Human Knowledge : Its Scope and Limits
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Idealism is refuted by which of the following philosophers?
Select the correct answer:
1. Moore
2. Russell
3. Berkeley
A. Only 1 and 3 are true
B. Only 1 is true
C. Only 1 and 2 are true
D. Only 2 and 3 are true
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Which is not found in the definition of 'analyticity' according to Quine?
A. Synonymity
B. Interchangeability
C. Variability
D. Necessity
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Truth is a necessary constituent, of a systematically coherent whole-can be ascribed
A. pragmatic theory of truth
B. correspondence theory of truth
C. coherence theory of truth
D. Relational Theory of Truth
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Consider the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) given below and choose the correct answer:
Assertion (A) We can and must conceive that blue might exist and yet the sensation of blue not exist."
Reason (R) Sensation, according to Moore, has two elements, consciousness and the other, object of consciousness.
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explaination of A
B. Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
C. A is true, but R is false
D. Both A and R are false
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Match the following:
List-I
List-II
a. Speech Act
1. Wittgenstein
b. Language Game
2. Ayer
c. Verification Theory of Meaning
3. Pierce
d. Operational Theory of Meaning
4. Ryle
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
C. a-3, b-2, c-4, d-1
D. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
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What is the possible definition of reductionism to Quine?
A. Reduce object into expression
B. Reduce is from ought
C. Reduce object sentences into sense data sentence
D. Reduce subject into object
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According to Russell, denoting phrases are phrases which
A. have a complete meaning
B. never have any meaning in themselves
C. having meaning independent of a proposition
D. contain meanings in themselves
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Match the following:
List-I (Thinker)
List-II (Books)
a. G Frege
1. From a Logical Point of View
b. B Russell
2. Philosophical Analysis
c. L Wittgenstein
3. The Blue and Wittgenstein Brown Books
d. WV Quine
4. My Philosophical Development
5. Foundations of Arithmetic
A. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
B. a-2, b-4, c-5, d-3
C. a-5, b-4, c-3, d-1
D. a-4, b-5, c-2, d-3
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GE Moore was regarded as
A. moral realist
B. immoral realist
C. idealistic
D. realism
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