Short Philosophy Quiz

How much do you know?
1. The view that we gain knowledge through our senses is called...
a) Rationalism
b) Pragmatism
c) Empiricism
d) Hedonism

2. What is the logical process called that derives a general
rule from a number of observations of a phenomenon?

a) Induction
b) Dialectic
c) Paradigm
d) Deduction

3. Which existentialist wrote Being and Nothingness?
a) Ferdinand de Saussure
b) Edmund Husserl
c) Martin Heidegger
d) Jean-Paul Sartre

4. What Greco-Roman school of philosophy was founded by Zeno of Citium?
The Stoa Poikile
The Garden
The Acadamy
The Lyceum

5. Which French philosopher's ideas about the separation of powers
in government exerted a strong influence on the U.S. Constitution?

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Charles-Louis, Baron de Montesquieu
Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire
Denis Diderot

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