Philosophycal Currents

​PHILOSOPHICAL CURRENTS

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What does humanism prioritize in terms of values?

• Environmental conservation.

• Human values, dignity, and agency.

• Animal welfare.

• • Economic prosperity.

  
  

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How does humanism view the potential for progress and improvement?

• Progress is solely technological.

• Regression is inevitable

• Improvement is external to human agency

• Human potential for progress and improvement is emphasized.

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In existentialism, what precedes essence?

• Existence

• External circumstances

• Personal achievements.

• Social expectations.

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How does existentialism characterize the search for meaning in life?

• Individuals must create their own meaning through choices and actions.

• Meaning is predetermined

• Meaning is found in tradition.
  

• Meaning is universal for all

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According to idealism, what is the fundamental substance of reality?

• Abstract mathematics

• Quantum particles

• • Ideas, consciousness, or mind.

  • False Options

• Physical matter

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How does idealism view the relationship between perception and reality?

• Perception is an illusion

• Reality exists independently of perception

• Perception reflects an objective reality

• Reality is constructed through perception and consciousness

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What is the primary source of knowledge according to empiricism?

• • Sensory experiences and observations.

  • False Options

• Innate ideas

• Intuition

• Abstract reasoning

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How does empiricism view the mind at birth?

• Preloaded with knowledge

• As a blank slate shaped by experience.

• Genetically determined

• Independent of sensory input.

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According to materialism, what is the ultimate reality?

• Physical matter and its interactions

• Abstract concepts

• Spiritual entities

• Psychic phenomena

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How does materialism explain consciousness?

• Resulting from metaphysical substances

• Through supernatural intervention

• As a product of physical processes in the brain

• Through supernatural intervention