Scepticism is regarded as . . . . . . . . to reach to the accurate knowledge
A. method
B. non-method
C. circle
D. line
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In which among the following books, Descartes laid down the rules?
A. Discourse on Method
B. Meditations
C. Principles of Philosophy
D. Regulae
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The so-called relation between cause and effect according to Hume is
A. inferred prior to experience
B. based on observation and experience
C. effect is immanent in the cause
D. both are necessarily connected
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According to Spinoza, God is regarded as what?
A. Causa Sui
B. Everything
C. Nothing
D. Dual
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Berkeley's subjective idealism was reduced to . . . . . . . .
A. Solipsism
B. Idealism
C. Consciousness
D. Empiricism
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Descartes introduced
1. Mathematical Method.
2. Advanced proofs for the existence of God.
3. Explained body-mind relation.
4. Introduced the distinction between primary and secondary qualities.
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A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 3 and 4
D. 1, 2 and 3
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Consider (1), (2), (3) and (4) and then select the correct answer. With reference to Descartes.
1. Truths of sciences can be doubted.
2. Sense-testimony can be doubted.
3. Nothing except the self can be doubted.
4. Act of doubting cannot be doubted.
A. 1 and 2 are only correct
B. 1, 2 and 3 are only correct
C. 1, 2 and 4 are only correct
D. 2, 3 and 4 are only correct
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The existence of the . . . . . . . . is proved by the existence of doubt itself.
A. doubting thinker
B. non-doubting thinker
C. metaphysics thinker
D. epistemology thinker
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Berkeley rejects
1. abstract ideas
2. materialism
3. non-abstract ideas
4. empiricism
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A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 2 and 4
D. 1 and 4
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Descartes wrote a book on
1. Regulae
2. Discourse on Method
3. Treatise on Human Nature
4. Monadology
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A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 3 and 4
D. 1 and 4
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According to Locke, what does mind cannot create?
A. Exclusive idea
B. Particular idea
C. Inclusive idea
D. Simple idea
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The main aim of Berkeley in refuting abstract idea was
A. to criticise rationalism
B. to criticise Locke
C. to refute matter
D. to refute idealism
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Who is known as the father of scepticism?
A. Locke
B. Hume
C. Berkeley
D. Leibnitz
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Who have given the concept of Monads?
A. Descartes
B. Leibniz
C. Both A and B
D. None of these
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What does Kant mean by phenomenal reality?
A. World as phenomena
B. World as we experience it
C. World as reality
D. World in space and time
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Dialectic goes from what to what?
A. Abstract to concrete
B. Concrete to abstract
C. Idealism
D. Rational
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Kant is regarded as
A. critical philosopher
B. non-critical philosopher
C. phenomenologist
D. All of the above
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What is the sequence of Hegelian dialectic method?
A. Thesis, synthesis, anti-thesis
B. Synthesis, Thesis, anti-thesis
C. Synthesis, anti-thesis, thesis
D. Thesis, anti-thesis, synthesis
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What kind of certainty one holds for the existence of matter?
A. Intuitive
B. Demonstrative
C. Sensitive
D. Experiential
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Who used the term 'Esse Est Percipi'?
A. Locke
B. Berkeley
C. Kant
D. Spinoza
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