View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Contemporary American Philosophers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Bacon often accused of being atheistic?
(a) because he talks about natrue rather than God
(b) because he denies the authority of the Church
(c) because his philosophy is secular and rationalistic
(d) because he seldom attends church

2. How does Schopenhauer say people rationalize the things they acquire?
(a) reasons are found after getting what is wanted or willed
(b) reasons are manufactured to suit the climate
(c) a need to keep current in a changing world
(d) only wanting things that have a built in reason

3. What work of Spencer's theorizes that all ultimate religious ideas eventually become logically inconceivable?
(a) Origin of species
(b) Voyage of the Beagle
(c) Evolution of Life
(d) First Principles

4. At what age does Plato advocate taking children from their parents to avoid learning bad habits?
(a) age ten
(b) at adolescence
(c) at birth
(d) age three

5. Who wrote The Principles of Psychology?
(a) William James
(b) Henry James
(c) Harry James
(d) James Joyce

Short Answer Questions

1. What event makes the rival schools of Stoicism and Epicureanism split philosophically?

2. At his birth in 384 B.C., into what kind of family is Aristotle born?

3. What does Santayana consider to be an unstable combination of Greek theology and Jewish morality?

4. What method does Kant use to remind theology that substance, cause, and necessity are finite categories?

5. What do the concepts of praise or blame indicate according to Aristotle?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 282 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample