Question 1

Jürgen Habermas' views were considered Marxist.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Michael Foucault wrote The History of Sexuality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

According to Sartre, humans are both thrown into existence and condemned to freedom.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

For French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, what is culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  a system of signs 
B)  a conversation 
C)  a common heritage 
D)  a common language 
A)  a system of signs 
B)  a conversation 
C)  a common heritage 
D)  a common language

Question 5

Alain Badiou held that philosophers can learn nothing from mathematicians.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

According to Jean-Paul Sartre, a human being is abandoned and that means _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  technology no longer serves human needs 
B)  there is no God 
C)  there is no other life in the solar system 
D)  we must all die 
A)  technology no longer serves human needs 
B)  there is no God 
C)  there is no other life in the solar system 
D)  we must all die

Question 7

Identify a true statement about Søren Kierkegaard.

Accepted Answer

A)  He scorned Hegel's system, in which the individual dissolves into a kind of abstract unreality. 
B)  He read Arthur Schopenhauer and became convinced that the world is driven by cosmic will, not by reason. 
C)  He believed that systematic philosophy, with its grandiose schemes, with its mind-body and other dualistic splits, with its metaphysics and metaphysical traditions, must give way to more original kind of thinking. 
D)  He agreed with Friedrich Nietzsche as to the nature of the cosmic will. 
A)  He scorned Hegel's system, in which the individual dissolves into a kind of abstract unreality. 
B)  He read Arthur Schopenhauer and became convinced that the world is driven by cosmic will, not by reason. 
C)  He believed that systematic philosophy, with its grandiose schemes, with its mind-body and other dualistic splits, with its metaphysics and metaphysical traditions, must give way to more original kind of thinking. 
D)  He agreed with Friedrich Nietzsche as to the nature of the cosmic will.

Question 8

Arthur Schopenhauer thought that human actions are driven by a blind, purposeless cosmic will.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Who made the study of multiplicity the centerpiece of his thought?

Accepted Answer

A)  Michel Foucault 
B)  Ferdinand de Saussure 
C)  Jürgen Habermas 
D)  Gilles Deleuze 
A)  Michel Foucault 
B)  Ferdinand de Saussure 
C)  Jürgen Habermas 
D)  Gilles Deleuze

Question 10

For structural linguists like Ferdinand de Saussure, the meaning of a sign (signifier) rests in its contrast with other signs that could be, but are not, present.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The tradition in philosophy whose roots trace to Modern rationalism eventually came to be known as Analytic philosophy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following statements is true about Martin Heidegger?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was sympathetic to the Marxist worldview. 
B)  He believed that, as a consequence of the nonexistence of God, nothing about Being is necessary. 
C)  He abandoned his belief in Being as the basic principle of philosophy. 
D)  He believed that people are basically ignorant about the thing that matters most-the true nature of Being. 
A)  He was sympathetic to the Marxist worldview. 
B)  He believed that, as a consequence of the nonexistence of God, nothing about Being is necessary. 
C)  He abandoned his belief in Being as the basic principle of philosophy. 
D)  He believed that people are basically ignorant about the thing that matters most-the true nature of Being.

Question 13

What was the fundamental philosophical question for Albert Camus?

Accepted Answer

A)  Does God exist? 
B)  Is there any reason not to commit suicide? 
C)  What should I wear to my funeral? 
D)  Will I survive death? 
A)  Does God exist? 
B)  Is there any reason not to commit suicide? 
C)  What should I wear to my funeral? 
D)  Will I survive death?

Question 14

Critical theory is associated with _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  Jacques Derrida 
B)  Michel Foucault 
C)  Martin Heidegger 
D)  Jürgen Habermas 
A)  Jacques Derrida 
B)  Michel Foucault 
C)  Martin Heidegger 
D)  Jürgen Habermas

Jürgen Habermas' views were considered Marxist.

Michael Foucault wrote The History of Sexuality.

According to Sartre, humans are both thrown into existence and condemned to freedom.

For French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, what is culture?

Alain Badiou held that philosophers can learn nothing from mathematicians.

According to Jean-Paul Sartre, a human being is abandoned and that means _____.

Identify a true statement about Søren Kierkegaard.

Arthur Schopenhauer thought that human actions are driven by a blind, purposeless cosmic will.

Who made the study of multiplicity the centerpiece of his thought?

For structural linguists like Ferdinand de Saussure, the meaning of a sign (signifier) rests in its contrast with other signs that could be, but are not, present.

The tradition in philosophy whose roots trace to Modern rationalism eventually came to be known as Analytic philosophy.

Which of the following statements is true about Martin Heidegger?

What was the fundamental philosophical question for Albert Camus?

Critical theory is associated with _____.

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The Pre-Socratics

Socrates, Plato

Aristotle

Philosophers of the Hellenistic and Christian Eras

The Rise of Modern Metaphysics and Epistemology

The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

The Pragmatic and Analytic Traditions

Moral Philosophy

Political Philosophy

Recent Moral and Political Philosophy

Philosophy and Belief in God

Feminist Philosophy

Eastern Influences

Postcolonial Thought

Four Philosophical Problems

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Exam 8: The Continental Tradition

Jürgen Habermas' views were considered Marxist.

Michael Foucault wrote The History of Sexuality.

According to Sartre, humans are both thrown into existence and condemned to freedom.

For French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, what is culture?

Alain Badiou held that philosophers can learn nothing from mathematicians.

According to Jean-Paul Sartre, a human being is abandoned and that means _____.

Identify a true statement about Søren Kierkegaard.

Arthur Schopenhauer thought that human actions are driven by a blind, purposeless cosmic will.

Who made the study of multiplicity the centerpiece of his thought?

For structural linguists like Ferdinand de Saussure, the meaning of a sign (signifier) rests in its contrast with other signs that could be, but are not, present.

The tradition in philosophy whose roots trace to Modern rationalism eventually came to be known as Analytic philosophy.

Which of the following statements is true about Martin Heidegger?

What was the fundamental philosophical question for Albert Camus?

Critical theory is associated with _____.

Dark Blue Velvet

The Pre-Socratics

Socrates, Plato

Aristotle

Philosophers of the Hellenistic and Christian Eras

The Rise of Modern Metaphysics and Epistemology

The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

The Pragmatic and Analytic Traditions

Moral Philosophy

Political Philosophy

Recent Moral and Political Philosophy

Philosophy and Belief in God

Feminist Philosophy

Eastern Influences

Postcolonial Thought

Four Philosophical Problems

Filters