Modern Philosophers

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1. Who is known as the "Father of Existentialism"? Soren Kierkegaard Friedrich Nietzsche Georg Wilhelm Hegel Sigmund Freud

2. Hegel hypothesized what he called a "dialectic process" for the analysis of why/how things in history happen. What are the steps of this method? thesis, antithesis, synthesis action, reaction, resolution protagonist, antagonist, mediator cause, effect, war

3. Nietzsche believed there existed a powerful individual who lived for self-gratification and nothing else. Who did he say this being was? the extraordinary man the superman the existentialist man a god

4. Which philosopher said "Fear is the mother of morality"? Sigmund Freud Fredrich Engels Karl Marx Friedrich Nietzsche

5. Who were the common men according to Karl Marx? the bourgeoisie the proletarians the men who suffer the men who follow him

6. What Charles Darwin work suggests evolution by natural selection? "The Wealth of Nations" "The Origin of Species" "Dawkins vs. Gould : Survival of the Fittest" "The Structure of Evolutionary Theory"

7. Freud believed that all humans possess three distinct decision making chambers of human behavior. Which of the following is not one of these chambers? the fool the ego the id the superego

8. According to existentialists, what is the key to the suffering of man? man emotions lack of natural resources government

9. According to Kierkegaard man was blessed with the greatest gift, but unfortunately this gift generates emotions. What is this gift? Answer: (Two Words)

10. Which of the following authors do not display themes from Existential Philosophers in their writing? Albert Camus Kurt Vonnegut Fydor Dostoevsky L. Frank Baum