Major Philosophical Methods Quiz
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Major Philosophical Methods Quiz

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The Socratic Method is a form of argumentative dialogue based on asking and answering questions.

True

The Socratic Method is named after the Classical Greek philosopher Plato.

False

The Socratic Method aims to help participants develop their understanding by searching for general commonly held falsehoods that shape beliefs.

False

According to the Socratic Method, a point or answer is considered truth when everybody in the classroom agrees about something essential and can prove it to be true.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

The Socratic Method focuses on moral education and how one ought to live or must act.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

Socrates is credited as the founder of Western philosophy.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

The Socratic Method is best used to elicit facts about the world.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Phenomenology is primarily concerned with the study of objective properties and functions.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Edmund Husserl is often considered the father of phenomenology.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

Martin Heidegger and Jean-Paul Sartre developed their own versions of phenomenology.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

Heidegger emphasized the importance of language and its role in shaping our understanding of the world.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

Sartre focused on the relationship between consciousness and determinism.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Intentionality, in phenomenology, implies that every act of consciousness is unintentional.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology emphasizes the passive reception of perception.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

The Phenomenological Reduction involves stripping away abstraction, theorizing, and generalization.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

Hermeneutics is a philosophical discipline concerned with physical translation and interpretation.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

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