The Phenomenology of Mind Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pleasure and Necessity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did cranioscopy examine?
(a) The evolution of the human skull.
(b) The simliarity of skull shapes within families.
(c) The density of the skull.
(d) The form of the skull.

2. In Hegel's terminology, what does the term "sensibility" pertain to?
(a) An entity whose end is itself.
(b) A zeitgeist, a spirit of the times.
(c) A mental construct that organizes sensations.
(d) A physiological apparatus for perception.

3. How does Hegel describe notions?
(a) As aspects of laws.
(b) As anamnesis.
(c) As actual things.
(d) As contingent on subjectivity.

4. What does Hegel mean by "concrete"?
(a) Filled with divine actuality.
(b) Devoid of consciousness.
(c) Experiential and actual.
(d) Filled with potential.

5. Which claim does Hegel make about the mind?
(a) That it can observe itself.
(b) That it is exempt from claims about observations.
(c) That it is the basis of all claims about reality.
(d) That it can only see itself through Reason.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hegel locate the beginning of scientific knowledge?

2. Which philosopher influenced Hegel's use of categories?

3. What does "the concrete" have in Hegel's account?

4. What is it that indicates something about a person's unique traits, in Hegel's account?

5. What does Hegel say is ultimately impossible for a human?

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