.Soren Kierkegaard belived metaphysics could demonstrate that the…

.Soren Kierkegaard belived metaphysics could demonstrate that the…

1.Soren Kierkegaard belived metaphysics could demonstrate that the

world is fundamentally rational and human life has a clear meaning and existence. true or false
2.Friedrich Nietzsche sought to reform Christianity so it could povide the foundation for a new European civilization. true and false
3.Sartre was not an analytic philosopher. true or false
4.Sartre’s dictum that “existence precedes essence” means human morality can in principle be objectively grounded. true or false
5.According to Martin Heidegger, Being itself has been forgotten, in favor of beings. true or false
6.Heidegger’s later theory of “listening to Being” represents a coming together of Eastern and Western philosophizing. true or false
7.Kierkegaard’s position on whether the world is rational or irrational is opposed to the belief of
a) Heidegger
b) Husserl
c) Hegel
d) Holderlin
8.How was phenomenologist Edmund Husserl’s philosophy similar to Descartes’?
a) He too advocated mind-matter dualism
b) He too believed that assurance of an external world is guaranteed by God
c) He too applied the method of doubt
d) He too sought rational certainty by grounding truth in an indubitable foundation
9.Which theme first appears in Heidegger’s later work?
a) Humans are essentially temporal beings, acting toward an anticipated future
b) A human eing is “thrown into the world”
c) The absence of Sinn, sense or meaning in life, is the problem of human existence
d) We must think in a quiet, non-impositional way to catch a glimpse of being itself
10.Heidegger’s view of poetry is that
a) It is a distraction from authentic existence
b) It is a good form of relaxation if it is not too obscure
c) It belongs in the literature department but not in philosophy
d) It ventures into the unknown to find unique thought that brings light for the coming time