Philosophy Fact File

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1. Which Philosopher did Plato study under as a young man? Epicurus Socrates Democritus Antisthenes

2. With which movement of philosophy were the 'Vienna Circle' mainly associated? Idealism Pantheism Empiricism Logical Positivism

3. Which philosopher was the author of 'Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter' and 'The Prime of Life"? Simone De Beauvoir Soren Kierkegaard Jean-Paul Sartre Immanuel Kant

4. The well known advocate of Scepticism, David Hume, came from which country? England Scotland Ireland Wales

5. What name is given to the philosophical view that each event in the world has been pre-ordained by virtue of previous events and the general rules by which the universe functions? Determinism Causation Preordanism Historicism

6. Which branch of philosophy is concerned with the study of knowledge as a subject in its own right? Behaviourism Solipsism Epistemology Metaphysics

7. Which British philosopher from the 1800's was a Member of Parliament and espoused the right of women to have the vote, arguing strongly for the equality of woman in society? Thomas Hobbes Sir William Ross John Stuart Mill John Locke

8. Positivism is an approach to the study of the social sciences developed by the German philosopher Martin Heidegger. True False

9. Which philosopher is credited with creating the philosophical proposition 'I think, therefore I am'? Jean-Paul Sartre Plato Rene Descartes Socrates

10. What is the name given to the general belief system which suggests that there exists inherent goodness and nobility in the human spirit? Naturalism Behaviourism Humanism Solipsism