Wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Phenomenology and Existentialism

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

seeks to understand the world as it is interpreted by and through human experiences

a)

conscious

b)

phenomenology

c)

truth

d)

consciousnedd

2.

scientific study of the essential structures of consciousness

a)

consciousness

b)

phenomenon

c)

phenomenology

d)

truth

3.

truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond

(a)  

4.

to say of what is that it is not, or of what is not that it is, is false, while to say of what is that it is, and of what is not that it is not, is true

(a)  

5.

state of being awake and aware of one's surroundings

(a)  

6.

awareness or perception of something by a person

(a)  

7.

fact of awareness by the mind of itself and the world

(a)  

8.

those things that are not simply acknowledged, but must be discovered or created

(a)  

9.

it is mostly dependent on who is speaking it

(a)  

10.

depends upon temporal circumstance

(a)  

11.

he believes that we can find certainty, which philosophy has always sought

(a)  

12.

Husserl defined phenomenology as

(a)  

13.

He believed that truth-in-itself has as ontological correlate being-in-itself

(a)  

14.

eliminate certain aspects of our experience from consideration

(a)  

15.

man is a rational animal

(a)  

16.

man is a being that possesses freedom or being that escapes definition

(a)  

17.

how the world appears to us in terms of subjective experience

(a)  

18.

brings about an intuition into something as essence by employing a method known as IMAGINARY VARIATION

(a)  

19.

said that consciousness is intentional; consciousness is consciousness of

(a)  

20.

Intentionality links mind and

(a)  

21.

phenomena and (a)   are the same thing

22.

said that the essence of something is not its physical constituents or physical laws, but the way we experience it

(a)  

23.

the first and best known that he describes in ideas; general introduction to pure phenomenology, in which the phenomenologist "brackets" all questions of truth or reality and simply describes the contents of consciousness

(a)  

24.

perceives and is conscious of the fact that she perceives an object but without understanding its meaning and essence

(a)  

25.

insight into something nature and meaning of something through the experience of that something

(a)  

26.

movement from fact to essence

(a)  

27.

human being's existence precedes and is more fundamental than any meaning which may be ascribed to human life

(a)  

28.

Human defines their own (a)  

29.

man becomes aware of his freedom, knows himself and is responsible for his own actions and commitment. man is encompassed by his existence. he cannot escape his fate because his fate is own making. he believes that there is no creator of man.

(a)  

30.

doctrine that among sentient beings, especially humanity, existence takes precedence over essence and holding that man is totally free and responsible for his acts

(a)  

31.

existentialists reject the idea of truth as an external idea. each individual's version of truth is different.

(a)  

32.

existentialists value each individual's free will, believing that values, rules, and morals imposed from the outside effectively negate individual's existence

(a)  

33.

this philosophical movement emphasizes the individual existence, freedom and choice

(a)  

34.

for him, NOTHINGNESS is the defining characteristic of the for-itself.

(a)  

35.

it is the corner stone of existentialism. it encompasses the dilemmas and aspirations of individual in contemporary society.

(a)  

36.

the father of existentialism

(a)  

37.

generally considered to have been the first existentialist philosopher. he proposed that each individual-- not society or religion-- is solely responsible for giving meaning to life and living it passionately and sincerely or authentically.

(a)  

38.

he sees in man the nature of his character which seems vulnerable to deficiencids which have to be corrected to produce a superior race. he disliked the traditional morality which, to him, is the reason of an inferior race to men

(a)  

39.

says that there is no real truth. it says that knowledge is always made or invented and not discovered

(a)  

40.

idea that reality is not mirrored in human undertanding, but rathrr constructed as individuals find their own reality

(a)  

41.

realities are subjects to change, and that apparent realities are actually social constructs which limit individuals

(a)