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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Observation as a Process of Reason: Observation of Nature.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Hegel locate the beginning of scientific knowledge?
(a) In History.
(b) In spirituality.
(c) In God.
(d) In self-knowledge.

2. In what way could Hegel see a person, a table and a fruit as all identical?
(a) They are all 'mind'.
(b) They are all 'objects of perception' to another person.
(c) They are all raw material for consciousness.
(d) They are all 'things'.

3. What does Hegel say we have to see in order to understand the truth about a thing?
(a) The notion that things continue to exist regardless of our presence or absence.
(b) The possibility of there being something more than the thing itself.
(c) The possibility that there can be more than one thing at a time.
(d) The reality that perception is subjective and relative.

4. According to Hegel, why is even a killer dissatisfied with the self-certainty that comes from killing another person?
(a) Because the act of murder is only a beginning and has to be repeated ritually.
(b) Because some acts cannot be brought into the light.
(c) Because even the final act of murder does not put one in touch with unconscious feelings.
(d) Because the dead are never removed from the consciousness of the killer.

5. What do both parts of a lordship/bondage relationship seek in Hegel's philosophy?
(a) Dominance.
(b) Equilibrium.
(c) The elimination of the other.
(d) Self-certainty of consciousness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What else does Reason require in Hegel's philosophy?

2. What is a pre-condition to Reason according to Hegel?

3. Observation functions with regard to what in Hegel's philosophy?

4. Which claim does Hegel make about the mind?

5. What rejection does the uniqueness of a self require according to Hegel?

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