Contemporary Philosophy MCQ Test 1

1. Who is the author of the existentialist novel 'Nausea'?

2. Who is known for their influential work 'Discipline and Punish'?

3. Who is associated with the concept of 'the will to power'?

4. Who is associated with the 'private language argument' in philosophy of language?

5. Which philosopher is known for his 'Gettier problem' in epistemology?

6. Who is associated with the concept of 'Gettier cases' in epistemology?

7. Who is known for their influential work 'The Ethics of Authenticity'?

8. Which philosopher is associated with the concept of the 'categorical imperative' in ethics?

9. Who is associated with the concept of 'veil of ignorance' in political philosophy?

10. Who is the author of the influential postmodernist work 'Simulacra and Simulation'?

11. Which philosopher is known for his 'no miracles argument' in the philosophy of science?

12. Who is considered the father of postmodernism?

13. Who is considered one of the key figures in postmodern philosophy?

14. Who is associated with the theory of speech acts?

15. Who is known for the concept of 'theodicy' in philosophy of religion?

16. Who is known for their influential work 'The Concept of Mind'?

17. Who is known for their influential work 'Ethics of Ambiguity'?

18. Who is known for their influential work 'Being and Time'?

19. Who is associated with the concept of 'language games'?

20. Which philosopher is known for his 'trolley problem' in ethics?

21. Who is associated with the concept of 'epistemic justification' in epistemology?

22. Who is known for the concept of 'falsification' in philosophy of science?

23. Who is associated with the concept of 'the linguistic turn'?

24. Which philosopher is associated with the concept of phenomenological reduction?

25. Who is associated with the concept of 'categorical imperative' in ethics and moral philosophy?

26. Who is associated with the concept of 'supervenience' in metaphysics?

27. Who is associated with the concept of 'epistemic closure' in epistemology?

28. Who wrote the influential existentialist work 'Being and Nothingness'?

29. Who is known for the concept of deconstruction in postmodern philosophy?

30. Who is associated with the concept of 'overlapping consensus' in political philosophy?

31. Who is considered one of the key figures in feminist philosophy?

32. Who is known for the concept of 'overdetermination' in philosophy of mind?

33. Who is associated with the concept of 'the trolley problem'?

34. Who is associated with the concept of 'the original position'?

35. Who is considered the father of analytic philosophy?

36. Who is associated with the concept of 'the gaze'?

37. Which philosopher is known for his 'Chinese Room' thought experiment?

38. Who is known for their influential work 'The Logic of Scientific Discovery'?

39. Who is associated with the concept of 'the death of the author'?

40. Which philosopher is known for his 'paradox of hedonism' in ethics?

41. Which philosopher is known for his 'bundle theory' of personal identity?

42. Who is known for the concept of 'the problem of evil' in philosophy of religion?

43. Who is associated with the concept of 'epistemic closure'?

44. Who is associated with the concept of 'the state of nature' in political philosophy?

45. Who is associated with the concept of 'possible worlds' in metaphysics?

46. Who is associated with the concept of 'the Gettier problem'?

47. Who is associated with the concept of the 'veil of ignorance'?

48. Who is associated with the concept of 'institutional theory' in aesthetics?

49. Who is known for their influential work 'Philosophical Investigations'?

50. Who is associated with the concept of 'performative utterances' in philosophy of language?