GE Moore's refutation of idealism is based on which one of the following?
A. Distinction between act of awareness and object of awareness
B. Distinction between knower and the act of knowing
C. Distinction between mind and matter
D. Distinction between sense and reference
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Metaphysical statements are . . . . . . . . scientifically.
A. verifiable
B. not verifiable
C. extended
D. verifiable and extended
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Which belief is supported by Russell?
A. Logical
B. Practiclol
C. Analytical
D. Rational
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Which one of the following can not be considered as indefinite description as per Russell?
A. Present King of Ayodhya
B. Present President of India
C. Present Governor of Reserve Bank of India
D. Present Prime Minister of India
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Atomic facts are regarded as
A. state of affairs
B. world of affairs
C. century of affairs
D. All of these
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Verification principle signifies
A. particular statement
B. general statement
C. sentence positivist
D. argument
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Which one of the following statements is in consonance with Gilbert Ryle's 'Ghost in the Machine'?
A. The phrase 'there occurs mental processes' does not mean the same sort of thing as 'there occurs physical processes'
B. The phrase 'there occurs mental processes' mean same sort of thing as 'there occurs physical processes'
C. Both physical and mental processes originate from the Same
D. Both physical and mental are created by ghost in the machine
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Logical structure of thought correspond to what?
A. Objects
B. Words
C. Objects and words
D. Logical words
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The meaning, is the use' does not imply that,
A. useless discourse is gibberish
B. language gaines vary from one form of life to another
C. if the linguistic expression turns out to be an apt tool within the context of it's language game, it is meaningful
D. analysis of language cannot eliminate puzzlements
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There is no need for what, according to Wittgenstein?
A. Logical objects
B. Practical objects
C. Moral objects
D. None of these
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Objects have what?
A. Alternation
B. Something
C. Nothing
D. Anything
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Gilbert Ryle's theory of Ghost in the machine rejects
A. Descarte's body-mind dualism
B. Berkeley's idealism
C. Spinoza's pantheism
D. Rational capacity of the mind as such
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Russell says that
1. Logic is regarded as the essence of philosophy
2. Description is essential
3. Logic is not regarded as the essence of philosophy
4. Description is non-essential
A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 4
C. 3 and 4
D. 1 and 4
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Consider the following two statements in the light of elementary propositions, verification and metaphysical.
Assertion (A) If all statements are truth-functions of elementary propositions which report observations, then they will all be either empirical in themselves or else tautologies or contradictions.
Reason (R) Metaphysical statements do not seem to be classifiable under any of these heads as above.
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation 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. A is false, but R is true
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GE Moore refutes which of the following doctrine of the idealists?
A. Time is unreal
B. To be is to be perceived
C. Reality is spiritual
D. An relations are internal
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Definition of 'good' in terms of self-realisation according to Moore would be
A. Naturalistic fallacy
B. Metaphysical fallacy
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B
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According to Gilbert Ryle 'mind' is regarded as
A. logical illusion
B. philosophical illusion
C. ontological illusion
D. None of these
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Select the logical positivist among the following?
A. Husserl
B. Heidegger
C. AJ Ayer
D. CS Pierce
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Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
A. Use theory of meaning was propounded by ⟺ Later Wittgenstein
B. The theory of descriptions was advocated by ⟺ Russell
C. Speech-act theory was introduced by ⟺ Auatin
D. The wholistic approach to meaning was advocated by ⟺ Ayer
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Who propounds that God is appearance?
A. Spinoza
B. Descartes
C. Hume
D. Bradley
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