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Phenomenology And Existentialism — Part 1 MCQs with Explanations

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Question 1 of 40
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Who among the following has maintained a distinction between grammatical interpretation and psychological interpretation?

Question 2 of 40
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Consider with respect to HusserI's concept of phenomena. 1. Phenomena is a substantial unity that has real properties, real parts and real changes. 2. Phenomena is no substantial unity, that has no real parts and no real changes. 3. Phenomena has no nature, but only essence. 4. Phenomena have no essence, but only nature.

Question 3 of 40
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Noema is HusserI's phenomenology refers to

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Is it true to say that values or ideals are always true in nature?

Question 5 of 40
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According to Husserl what is the main theme of transcendental phenomenology?

Question 6 of 40
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Which of the following books is authored by Heidegger?

Question 7 of 40
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Mark the group, that is the most suitable to Nietzsche's philosophy'?

Question 8 of 40
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Husserl's Phenomenological Reduction' is concerned with

Question 9 of 40
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In a restricted sense 'Epoche' means

Question 10 of 40
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Through which among the following the existence is realised according to Ponty?

Question 11 of 40
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Who among the following mentioned a distinction between authentic and inauthentic forms of existential discourse?

Question 12 of 40
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Match the following: List-I List-II a. Nietzsche 1. How to Make our Ideas Clear b. Berkeley 2. The Will to Power c. CS Peirce 3. Logical lnvestigations d. Edmund Husserl 4. Esse est percipi

Question 13 of 40
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Which discipline is favoured by Husserl in order to understand philosophy?

Question 14 of 40
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What is the nature of truth for Kierkegaard?

Question 15 of 40
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The meaning of freedom of will is

Question 16 of 40
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According to which one of the following 'essences' can be 'seen' just as 'tones' can be 'heard'.

Question 17 of 40
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Which one of the following philosophers contributed 'Ontological turn' to Hermeneutics?

Question 18 of 40
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"Language is our second nature; it is through language that the world is opened up for us." is the philosophical position of which one of the following hermeneutic thinkers?

Question 19 of 40
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Which one of the following is correct with reference to the concept of 'Dasein' of Heidegger?

Question 20 of 40
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Which among the following is not said to be the theistic existentialist?

Question 21 of 40
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The purpose of phenomenological reduction of HusserI is to

Question 22 of 40
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What Husserl term intentionality deals with?

Question 23 of 40
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Who is said to be the founder of phenomenology?

Question 24 of 40
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Ontological turn' is Hermeneutics is contributed by which one of the following philosophers?

Question 25 of 40
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Which among the following are the important works of Husserl?

Question 26 of 40
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What is said to be the system through which a phenomenal object is recognised according to Sartre?

Question 27 of 40
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On which of the following radical conviction Husserl's phenomenology depends upon?

Question 28 of 40
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer: List-I List-II a. The set of all 'givens' which I encounter in my existence. 1. Care b. the experience which discloses concrete being over all to us. 2. Dasmann c. Everyone is the other and no one is himself 3. Facticity d. Unity of Existenz, facticity, fallenness 4. Mood

Question 29 of 40
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What is regarded as descriptive analysis of subjective phenomena?

Question 30 of 40
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Which one of the following Hermeneutic thinkers attempted to reconcile ontological Hermeneutics with critical Hermeneutics?

Question 31 of 40
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Hermeneutic circle, according to Gadamer, refers to

Question 32 of 40
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The objects of phenomenologteal inquiry are

Question 33 of 40
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Husserl frequently uses the expression . . . . . . . . to refer to the purification of experience of its factuality.

Question 34 of 40
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In the light of Heidegger's thought match the following List I with List II and choose the correct answer: List-I List-II a. Phenomenon 1. Possibility b. Fear 2. That which reveals itself c. Ready-to-hand 3. A mode of man's being d. Existenz 4. Circumspection

Question 35 of 40
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For existentialist, which among the following is real?

Question 36 of 40
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What for the existential philosophers matters the most in terms of their philosophy?

Question 37 of 40
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In order to understand the existence of 'I' and 'Other', Husserl made a distinction between which among the following?

Question 38 of 40
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What is the major concern of phenomenology?

Question 39 of 40
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Three major modes of intentionality, according to Husserl are

Question 40 of 40
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How can person's internal pollutants be removed according to Husserl's phenomenology?

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