Philosophy Quiz

The following individuals are the following exponents of Pragmatism except

• John Dewey

• William Shakespeare

• William James

• Charles Peirce

What is not a belief of existentialism?

• we are free agents of society

• we make the choices that define us

• science CAN and WILL make everything better

• living authentically

Pragmatism focuses on the reality of ______.

• objectivity

• experience

• physical objects

• subjectivity

Who is known as the father of Existentialism?

• Martin Heidegger

• Soren Kierkegaard

• Jean-Paul Sartre

• Jean Piaget

Its origin can be traced from the Sophists philosophers of ancient Greece who held that man is the measure of all things. What is the origin of this philosophical concept?

• Pragmatism

• Materialism

• Idealism

• Naturalism

The principle in which that truth always changes according to time, place, and situation. What is the principle that defines the changing nature of truth?

• Truth is ever changing

• Problems are the motives of truth

• Truth is formed by its result

• Emphasis on social and democratic value

It believes that “whatever fulfils my purpose, satisfies my desire develops my life is true.” What is the belief that fulfills this statement?

• Humanistic Pragmatism

• Biological Pragmatism

• Experimental Pragmatism

• Idealism