What statement is true of post-modernism?
Question 1 options:
it denies our ability to be
fully subjective
it denies our ability to have absolute certainty in knowledge
it affirms our use of the idealist approach to philosophy
it affirms our use of the concept of progress
Question 2
Post-modernism has favored which form of historical thinking?
Question 2 options:
nominalism
skepticism
the meta-narrative (grands recit)
the micro-narrative (petit recits)
Question 3
The pre-modern age is typically defined by what main paradigm?
Question 3 options:
use of critical sources for scholarship
the myth of progress
the presence of bias (subjective)
the content of facts (objective)
Question 4
Who said “Truth is what works?”
Question 4 options:
Husserl
Hegel
Heidegger
James
Question 5
Phenomenology, which rejects classical metaphysics, is also known as:
Question 5 options:
pragmatism
post-modernism
continental philosophy
existentialism
Question 6
Scientism is a concept that:
Question 6 options:
focuses on the world as we experience it, as it appears to us
breaks down claims into clear, logical statements and eliminates nonsensical ones
reduces truth to matters that can be verified by empirical means
argues that only particular things, not universals, really exist
Question 7
Schopenhauer believed:
Question 7 options:
we could know the world, just not through our reason
we can know the world around us through universal forms
we cannot change the world (skepticism)
we cannot know the world as it really is
Question 8
Post-modernism encompasses all of these terms except:
Question 8 options:
post-structuralism
reconstruction
pragmatic realism
deconstruction
Question 9
‘American exceptionalism’ is a term meaning:
Question 9 options:
America is the exception to the rule for culture and tradition
America accepts anyone as part of a pluralistic society
America is distinct from, or superior to, other nations of the world
Americans are practical people
Question 10
Hegel’s method of dialectic included all but
the following:
Question 10 options:
exegesis
thesis
synthesis
antithesis
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