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The ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras stated:
All things are similar in number
War is the father of everything and the mother of everything
Know thyself
I know that I don't know anything
Everything flows, everything changes
The ethical concept of Confucianism, identifying the positive qualities of a person:
a noble person
short man
an official
warlord
statesman
Representative of the Milesian school:
Socrates
Democritus
Heraclitus
Diogenes
Thales
Created the heliocentric system:
Nicolaus Copernicus
Giordano Bruno
Nicholas of Cusa
Galileo Galilei
Tycho Brahe
Recognition of the plurality of substance:
monism
Pluralism
dualism
Deism
Rationalism
The sphere of philosophical knowledge about human being:
Anthropology
epistemology
axiology
ontology
logic
An ancient philosopher who believed that the material world consists of atoms:
Aristotle
Pyrrho
Zeno
Democritus
Heraclitus
Author of the doctrine of the four truths:
Siddhartha Gautama
Confucius
Patanjali
Lao Tzu
Mahavira
Adam Bol - the principle first proclaimed:
A. Baitursynov
Sh. Kudaiberdiev
Sh. Ualikhanov
A. Bukeikhanov
A. Kunanbaev
Indicate the law of dialectics:
the law of gravity
Law of conservation of matter and energy
the law of the excluded middle
The law of unity and struggle of opposites
Law of Sufficient Reason
Mayeutics is:
The ability to cleverly debate
The art of having a conversation, an argument
Socratic method of finding the truth
The ideal of physical and moral perfection
The beginning of being
Man is the measure of all things - believes:
Parmenides
Protagoras
Socrates
Democritus
Plato
Basic laws and categories of formal logic discovered:
Socrates
Empedocles
Aristotle
Plato
Plotinus
Forms of worldview
Consciousness, thinking, mind
Myth, religion, philosophy
God, nature, society
Ontology, epistemology, axiology
Man, person, individual
Know yourself - said:
Confucius
Heraclitus
Protagoras
Parmenides
Socrates
Philosopher and theologian who put forward five proofs for the existence of God:
Aurelius Augustine
William of Ockham
Roger Bacon
Thomas Aquinas
Anselm of Canterbury
Who was called the "Second Teacher" in world philosophy:
Al-Ghazali
Al-Farabi
Al-Biruni
Al-Khwarizmi
Al-Kindi
Philosophical direction, recognizing one beginning of the world:
dualism
Agnosticism
mechanism
Monism
Pluralism
Invisible, omnipresent law of nature, society, human behavior and thinking, the path:
Lee
Fa
Siao
Zhen
Tao
The third law of dialectics:
the law of gravity
Law of conservation of matter and energy
The law of the excluded middle
Law of sufficient reason
The law of negation of negation
Philosophical doctrine that denies the fundamental possibility of knowing the world:
skepticism
Agnosticism
sensationalism
Anthropologism
Atheism
A thinker who claims that a philosopher should be at the head of the state:
Aristotle
Democritus
Heraclitus
Epicurus
Plato
What is the meaning of the term Philosophy?
Love of wisdom
Love of Idea
Love of thinking
Love of Science
Love of Truth
The first form of worldview:
Religion
Myth
Philosophy
Art
morality
A philosophical method based on decomposition phenomenon into its constituent parts and sides:
Analysis
Synthesis
Dialectic
Metaphysics
Eclecticism
A philosophical method based on the consideration of things, and processes from two opposite points of view
Analysis
Synthesis
Dialectics
Metaphysics
Eclecticism
Meaning of Taoist principle "Wu-wei"
Non-resistance to evil
Action
Discipline and order in society
Non-action
Infinity of the Universe
Teachings about Being:
Epistemology
Axiology
Anthology
Anthropology
Ontology
What philosophical direction "Space and time are forms of our perception" belong to:
Materialism
Objective idealism
Subjective idealism
Dialectical materialism
Mechanistic materialism
Two main parts of philosophy:
Sophistry, eclecticism, dogmatism
Monism, dualism, pluralism
Sociology, political science, cultural studies
Ontology, Gnoseology
Mythology, religion, philosophy
Author of Utopia.
T. More
T. Campanella
N. Machiavelli
J. Bruno
N. Copernicus
Teaching about knowledge:
ontology
Gnoseology
metaphysics
Axiology
Anthropology
Recognition of two substances at the foundation of being:
Pluralism
Dualism
Monism
Conventionalism
Parallelism
An outstanding representative of medieval scholasticism:
Al-Kindi
Aurelius Augustine
Thomas Aquinas
Ibn Sina
Al-Farabi
Founder of Taoism:
Confucius
Lao Tzu
Shang Di
Mencius
Huang Di
What does humanism mean?
philanthropy
love for god
love for knowledge
love of wisdom
love for truth
What is the principle of "Siao"
philanthropy
etiquette
energy
servility
Respect for elders
What does Maya mean
Illusion
rebirth of souls
fate
action
practice
What does Buddha mean in Sanskrit?
Dark
Smart
Enlightened
Universal
Statue
Which is the branch of philosophy that studies issues concerning art and beauty?
Aesthetics
Epistemology
Logic
Metaphysics
Moral
«Wu-Wei», means something like
non-action
action
the virtue
moral disposition to do good
the ability to see what is right and wrong
In the schools of Indian philosophical thought what means action
Karma
Dharma
Samsara
Reincarnation
Nirvana
Before the Islam important role in the spiritual culture of Qazqa, there is....
Sufism
Tribalism
Anarchism
Hedonism
Tengrism
Who said that “Love and justice as the attributes of God.”
Abai
Comte
Kierkegaard
Nietzsche
James
What does the Greek word “Logos” mean?
science
goal
religion
idea
subject
________ is something that can be said to exist
Knowledge
Category
Being
Notion
Space
________ is the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of Being
Ontology
Neoplatonism
Metaphysics
Dualism
Epistemology
The ability to create mental images or pictures is called …
imagination
perception
reflection
consciousness
will
What is common between myth, religion and philosophy:
reflection
world outlook
scientific approach
rationalism
agnosticism
In Hinduism, the absolute reality is designated by the concept:
atman
moksha
jina
Brahman
ahimsa
In Daoism adherence to the principle of “naturalness” means
following to the Dao as the law of nature and cosmos
following to your own needs
transforming the outer world for the better
implementing the principle of love for the neighbor
faith in God
Author of the “double-truth” theory:
Ibn-Sina
Ibn-Rushd
Al-Kindi
Ibn-Arabi
Al-Ghazali
The author of the expression: “thought and being are one and the same”
Plato
Pythagoras
Heraclitus
Aristotle
Parmenides
Ancient Greek philosophers, who took money for teaching wisdom:
atomists
representatives of Peripatetic school
sophists
Socratics
all Ancient Greek thinkers
“Knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience”:
skepticism
rationalism
agnosticism
phenomenology
empiricism
Transition from the general to the specific knowledge:
induction
analysis
deduction
abstracting
synthesis
Protagoras is the author of remark:
man is the measure of all things
man is a social animal
man is a bizarre creature
man is a superman
man is a political animal
Suffering and evil deal with:
ahimsa
nirvana
Brahmin
moksha
samsara
“Don’t harm the living, sentient beings” is the commandment of:
ahimsa
moksha
samsara
karma
nirvana
“Motion is unthinkable” – assumed:
Thales
Heraclitus of Ephesus
Zeno of Elea
Diogenes of Sinope
Pythagoras of Samos
“Maieutics” is the method of:
Plato
Protagoras
Socrates
Zeno
Heraclitus
According to Parmenides, being is:
eternal, invariable, united
ideal, eternal, multiple
the unity of the spiritual and material
material, variable, ultimate
invariable, plural
According to al-Farabi, the ideal of society:
city of the sun
city of panic
virtuous city
city of ambition
city of freedom and collectivity
Rational knowledge includes:
concept, judgment, conclusion
analogy, hypothesis, ordering
induction, deduction generalization
intuition, reason, mind
sensation, perception, representation
In ancient Greek philosophy, the impossibility of think about motion has been proven in:
Aristotelian syllogisms
Zeno’s paradoxes
Pythagorean proves
Socrates’ definitions
Plato's dialogues
Materialistic school in ancient Indian philosophy:
Charvaka
Buddhism
Yoga
Upanishads
Jainism
“Cognition is the recollection of the ideas that soul had once beheld”, affirms:
Epicurus
Aristotle
Plato
Socrates
Pythagoras
In Hellenistic philosophy the word “ataraxia” means:
equanimity, impassivity
heartlessness
fatigue, tiredness
wisdom
activity and creativity
In ancient times the concept “physis” meant:
nature
society
psyche
state
human being
To the question: "What is difficult?" Thales replied:
to know God
to know thyself
to give advices to others
to know the essence of things
to overcome the need
Any change, transformation, and process is:
motion
evolution
involution
development
progress
Category, reflecting the external, sensibly perceived sides of objects and processes:
phenomenon
image
configuration
profile
shape
The negation of the causality principle:
determinism
agnosticism
indeterminism
fatalism
idealism
The science on forms, laws and ways of thinking:
logic
axiology
ontology
epistemology
logistics
"Everything flows", there is nothing constant in the universe, considered:
Thales
Anaximander
Democritus
Heraclitus
Protagoras
The expression “One cannot enter into the same river even once” is…
relativism
sophism
skepticism
pessimism
agnosticism
The form of empirical cognition:
judgment
hypothesis
observation
syllogism
theory
The basis for regulation of human behavior, according to legalism:
cruel laws
custom
tradition
ritual
morality
The expression “Everything I say is false” is…
truth
sophism
wordplay
deception
error
School of thought that questions the possibility of certainty in knowledge:
skepticism
pessimism
optimism
realism
nominalism
Ancient philosopher, who recognized water, earth, fire and air as a system of world’s eternal elements and forces:
Epicurus
Empedocles
Anaximenes
Anaximander
Heraclitus
Which Pre-Socratic philosopher claimed everything was made of atoms?
Parmenides
Thales
Pythagoras
Democritus
Heraclitus
What is the translation of the word “religio” from Latin?
bind, connect
person
faith, cult
worshiping
idol
According to … all phenomena in the world are planned in advance and the possibility of change is rejected
fatalism
determinism
formalism
indeterminism
providentialism
Christian world outlook stands for the idea of creation of the world out of nothing. It is .....
Theocentrism
Faith
Spirituality
Symbolism
Creationism
The belief that God is present in all things of nature
Pantheism
Syncretism
Animism
Theology
Anthropology
View that after the death the human beings live again in other forms. What is this?
Reincarnation
Fetishism
Animism
Religion
Syncretism
_______ is the belief in and worship of controlling power,
Religion
Culture
Science
Art
Game
Denial of the boundary between "living" and "non-living" and considering "life" as an integral characteristic of the primary matter:
hylozoism
vitalism
hylomorphism
emanation
pantheism
Impartial and just treatment or behavior without favoritism or discrimination:
tolerance
fairness
humbleness
straightforwardness
rigidity
Shakarim called human modesty, justice, kindness in their unity as:
blessing
happiness
knowledge
wisdom
conscience
What does the word “maya” mean in Indian philosophy:
action
rebirth of souls
practice
fate
Illusion
A Platonic teaching consisting of the harmonious combination of bodily, moral and spiritual virtues:
arete
eidos
ataraxia
mimesis
kalokagathia
The principle that people get what they deserve with the interpretation of what constitutes deserving:
sympathy
empathy
propensity
justice
tolerance
Moral law "Act so that people and humanity have always been only a goal but not a means" is called:
Kant’s hypothetical imperative
Feuerbach’s anthropological materialism
Schweitzer’s ethics of reverence for life
Buddhist ethics of compassion
Kant's categorical imperative
The normative ethical position that moral agents ought to act in their own self-interest:
psychological egoism
ethical egoism
amoralism
immoralism
rational egoism
Understanding of facts, information, descriptions, which is acquired:
view
vision
experience
knowledge
stereotype
The idea of the infinity of nature and multiplicity of worlds belongs to:
Michel de Montaigne
Pico della Mirandola
Giordano Bruno
Nikolas Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
An attribute, quality, or characteristic of something:
measure
quantity
property
trait
feature
Complete the thought of Lao-Tzu "Who knows others is that smart. Who knows himself, that ... "
genius
wise
omnipotent
good
powerful
A view that philosophical anthropology and its concepts of human nature, man or humanity should be rejected as historically relative, ideological or metaphysical:
radical humanism
anti-humanism
secularism
neo-humanism
transhumanism
According to Abay, three things are capable to outrage the entire human race:
ignorance, lack of faith, indolence
evil deed, poverty, lack of will
indolence, evil deed, ignorance
indolence, lack of knowledge, ignorance
ignorance, lack of will, shamelessness
In Leibniz's conception, monads are interconnected in order of:
pre-established harmony
neutrality
cause and effect
opposites
unity
What does the concept "negative utilitarianism" mean:
the danger of complete happiness of all people
elimination suffering from human's life
priority to reducing suffering than to increasing pleasure
the impossibility of elimination suffering from human's life
the importance of increasing suffering
Existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre thought that person was condemned to:
loneliness
freedom
suffering
death
happiness
A philosophical method based on the decomposition of a phenomenon into its constituent parts:
dialectics
analysis
metaphysics
synthesis
eclecticism
A person who behaves in a way that is acceptable by most people and who avoids doing things that could be considered different or unusual:
adherent
supporter
follower
proponent
conformist
According to al-Farabi, the ideal of society:
city of freedom
city of panic
city of virtue
city of ambition
city of the sun
Immediate perception of truth, that not based on preliminary logical reasoning:
intuition
memory
mind
reason
feeling
Type of cognition woven into the tissue of life of the subject, but not possessing evidential force:
scientific
mathematical
abstract
ordinary
theoretical
Reflection of separate properties of the real world's objects with the help of sense organs is:
will
affect
perception
sensation
imagination
Bacon called misconceptions which result from the discrepancy between the word definitions and the real things which these words represent:
idols of mountain
idols of tribe
idols of cave
idols of marketplace
idols of theater
The result of the process of cognition, usually expressed in language or in any symbolic form:
knowledge
skill
picture
model
pattern
What does the word “maieutics” mean:
the ability to cleverly debate
the art of having a conversation, an argument
Socratic method of finding the truth
the ideal of physical and moral perfection
the beginning of being
This philosophy calls for enduring what cannot be changed and for maintaining abstinence from temptation:
quakerism
quietism
Epicureanism
providentialism
stoicism
How do you understand Nonsense?
Absurd
confused thinking
logics
bureaucracy
abstract idea
The transcendental means
“exist here and now”
being
consciousness
truth
“going beyond”
The “Immanence” means
internal, integral, innate
come from outside, otherworldly
Abstract idea
consciousness
truth
The term “Culture” originated from
Being
Natural
Nature
Civilization
Cultivate
“Ontos” means
Essence
Existence
Nature
Being
truth
To be “Outside, otherworldly” means
Transcendental
Existence
Nature
Being
Truth
The “Ability of an entity to interact with physical or mental reality” is
Existence
Being
Consciousness
Truth
Nature
What is the opposite of Being?
Nothingness
Absurd
Consciousness
Truth
Nature
What is the opposite to Culture?
Existence
Being
Consciousness
Truth
Nature
Teaching about knowledge:
Ontology
Epistemology
Metaphysics
Axiology
Anthropology
Confucius and Meng-tzu believed that human nature is:
Inherently evil
Initially fair
Initially moral
Initially beautiful
Inherently good
The highest individual subjective principle in Ancient Indian Philosophy is:
Brahman
Atman
Samsara
Karma
Nirvana
The law of retribution is:
Brahman
Atman
Samsara
Karma
Nirvana
The direction of Aristotle's followers in Medieval Arab-Muslim Philosophy is:
Eastern peripateticism
Kalam
Ismailism
Ishraqism
Sufism
The main principle of Abai's philosophy is:
Be fair
Be moral
Be human
Be good
Be beautiful
The words “Man is the measure of all things” belong to:
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Pythagoras
Protagoras
In what period of philosophy was Man the image and likeness of God?
Ancient Philosophy
Medieval Philosophy
Renaissance Philosophy
Philosophy of Modern Time
Philosophy of 20th century
Anthropocentrism and humanism are inherent in the epoch of:
Ancient Philosophy
Medieval Philosophy
Renaissance Philosophy
Philosophy of Modern Time
Philosophy of 20th century
In the philosophy of this period, the motives of individualism, egoism, and utilitarianism associated with nascent capitalism are clearly heard:
Ancient Philosophy
Medieval Philosophy
Renaissance Philosophy
Philosophy of Modern Time
Philosophy of 20th century
A philosophical concept that denies the possibility of a reasonable knowledge of reality:
Irrationalism
Existentialism
Utilitarianism
Personalism
Pragmatism
The expression: “The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self” indicates the necessity of
compliance with measure
self-respect
self-education
getting rid of prejudice
self-restriction
The position that some system of ethics applies for all similarly situated individuals, regardless of culture, race, religion, or any other distinguishing feature:
moral absolutism
moral universalism
moral indulgence
metaethical coherentism
moral dogmatism
The act of matching attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to group norms, politics or being likeminded in the result of subtle unconscious influences, or direct social pressure:
cohesiveness
non-conformism
conformity
obedience
commonality
The author of the dictum: "True philosophy must start from the most immediate and comprehensive fact of consciousness, which says: 'I am life, which wills to live in the midst of life, which wills to live.'"
Albert Camus
Albert The Great
Albert Einstein
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Bandura
According to J. Bentham and J.S. Mill, happiness is:
freedom of choice
pleasure and well-being
the absence of pain and freedom of choice
well-being
pleasure and the lack of pain
The author of the exclamation: "Who is really close to you? Faithful friend, affectionate grandson, your descendant, great-grandson, and the land where you were born and raised!"
Kazybek bi
L. Gumilyov
W. Shakespeare
B. Franklin
Socrates
According to this conception, actions are good when they increase humanity's net happiness, creating more pleasure than they cause pain, and evil when they cause more pain than pleasure:
hedonism
utilitarianism
stoicism
epicureanism
cynicism
A trait or quality that is deemed to be morally good and thus is valued as a foundation of good moral being
charity
dignity
virtue
prudence
justice
The English word "ethics" is derived from the ancient Greek word ēthikós, meaning
compliance with the moral rules
establishing moral order
elimination of evil
relating to one's character
purposeful life
An ethical view that all actions are inherently right or wrong, regardless of the purpose for which they are performed:
moral dogmatism
moral universalism
moral relativism
moral skepticism
moral absolutism
The author of the dictum: "It is impossible to think of anything at all in the world, or indeed even beyond it, that could be considered good without limitation except a good will."
I. Kant
A. Schopenhauer
Abay
B. Spinoza
A. Augustine
Nothing is morally right or wrong because there are no moral features in this world; thus, no moral judgments are "true":
moral relativism
moral nihilism
moral objectivism
moral ignorance
moral eliminativism
The thought that "ethics is nothing else than reverence for life" belongs to:
Deni Diderot
Leo Tolstoy
Mahatma Gandhi
Korkyt Ata
Albert Schweitzer
The ancient Greek root word ēthos from which the word ēthikós ("ethics") comes, means:
mannerliness
manner
character, moral nature
civility
courtesy
A class of meta-ethical theories in which all members entail that no one has any moral knowledge, moreover it is impossible:
moral skepticism
moral nihilism
moral absenteeism
ethical realism
agnosticism
