Question 1

From the eighteenth century onwards philosophy has become increasingly specialized.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Philosophical deconstruction found expression in Nietzsche s work.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Wittgenstein held that sentences that cannot be reduced to simple symbols are

Accepted Answer

A)  meaningless 
B)  cryptic 
C)  puzzling 
D)  meaningful

Question 4

Bertrand Russell was an analytic philosopher.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Philosophical deconstructors approach philosophy historically.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What must we do away with, according to Wittgenstein?

Accepted Answer

A)  Truth 
B)  Justice 
C)  Description 
D)  Explanation

Question 7

In 1920 Wittgenstein believed that he had solved all philosophical problems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Wittgenstein was a dolt.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Wittgenstein held that when we do philosophy we are like savages.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

How is Heidegger s view of death similar to, and different from, that of Epicurus?

Accepted Answer

The answer of How is Heidegger s view of death...

Question 11

Heidegger broke with

Accepted Answer

A)  Bretano 
B)  Catholicism 
C)  Socialism 
D)  Communism

Question 12

Heidegger was a

Accepted Answer

A)  Communist 
B)  Stalinist 
C)  Nazi 
D)  Trotskyite

Question 13

How many numbered propositions are in the Tractatus ?

Accepted Answer

A)  3 
B)  5 
C)  7 
D)  9

Question 14

Do you believe that a person own life can be divorced from his or her philosophical work? Argue for your answer, drawing as you do on the lives and works of Nietzsche, Wittgenetsin, and Heidegger.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Do you believe that a person own...

Question 15

Wittgenstein fought in World War One.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Wittgenstein believed that he had had a wonderful life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Heidegger believed that the dimension of grace has been closed in this age.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What is Heidegger s attitude towards technology? Do you share it? Why, or why not?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is Heidegger s attitude towards technology?...

Question 19

Wittgenstein designed doorknobs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Analytic philosophy is a method.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 17: The Twentieth Century: Ludwig Wittgenstein and Martin Heidegger

From the eighteenth century onwards philosophy has become increasingly specialized.

Philosophical deconstruction found expression in Nietzsche s work.

Wittgenstein held that sentences that cannot be reduced to simple symbols are

Bertrand Russell was an analytic philosopher.

Philosophical deconstructors approach philosophy historically.

What must we do away with, according to Wittgenstein?

In 1920 Wittgenstein believed that he had solved all philosophical problems.

Wittgenstein was a dolt.

Wittgenstein held that when we do philosophy we are like savages.

How is Heidegger s view of death similar to, and different from, that of Epicurus?

Heidegger broke with

Heidegger was a

How many numbered propositions are in the Tractatus ?

Do you believe that a person own life can be divorced from his or her philosophical work? Argue for your answer, drawing as you do on the lives and works of Nietzsche, Wittgenetsin, and Heidegger.

Wittgenstein fought in World War One.

Wittgenstein believed that he had had a wonderful life.

Heidegger believed that the dimension of grace has been closed in this age.

What is Heidegger s attitude towards technology? Do you share it? Why, or why not?

Wittgenstein designed doorknobs.

Analytic philosophy is a method.