QCM : Philosophy of Art and Human Inquiry — 16 questions

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1. Which view best matches Hegel’s account of art?

Art is identical to scientific knowledge of empirical facts
Art is mainly a deceptive imitation that leads away from truth
Art is valuable only as a tool for practical usefulness
Art gives sensible form to Spirit and lets consciousness objectify itself

Art gives sensible form to Spirit and lets consciousness objectify itself

Explication

Hegel sees art as the sensible manifestation of Spirit, allowing mind to externalize and contemplate itself. The deceptive-imitation view belongs to Plato, not Hegel.

2. What is the key reason Kant says art cannot be treated like a factual lie?

It aims at disinterested aesthetic pleasure rather than empirical truth claims
It is meant to replace philosophy with emotional persuasion
It proves moral truths better than reason does
It always presents religious truths in symbolic form

It aims at disinterested aesthetic pleasure rather than empirical truth claims

Explication

For Kant, art does not aim to state empirical facts, so it is not a truth-claim in the same way descriptive knowledge is. Its role is aesthetic education and shared sensitivity.

3. How does Freud characterize the unconscious?

As conscious reasoning directed toward universal law
As the same thing as moral conscience
As a hidden psychic level of repressed desires and drives shaping behavior
As a clear self-presence reached by radical doubt

As a hidden psychic level of repressed desires and drives shaping behavior

Explication

Freud says much psychic life is unconscious because repressed impulses and memories influence actions without awareness. This directly rejects the idea that the mind is fully transparent to itself.

4. What does Kant mean by duty?

A moral obligation that must be followed disinterestedly according to universal rational law
A natural instinct toward self-preservation and pleasure
A feeling of private preference that changes with circumstances
A social convention that has no claim on the individual

A moral obligation that must be followed disinterestedly according to universal rational law

Explication

Kant defines duty as an obligation rooted in autonomy and the categorical imperative, not in personal inclination. The point is to act from universal rational law.

5. What is Aristotle’s idea of equity, or epieikeia?

A principle that treats all cases exactly the same
A correction of written law when its generality creates injustice in a specific case
A rule that gives priority to political convenience over fairness
A rejection of law in favor of personal opinion

A correction of written law when its generality creates injustice in a specific case

Explication

Aristotle holds that law is general and cannot foresee every situation, so equity adjusts it in concrete cases. It corrects the law rather than abolishing it.

6. What is the purpose of Rawls’s veil of ignorance?

To prove that wealth inequalities are always unjust
To let rulers decide laws without public debate
To choose fair social rules without knowing one’s own position in society
To eliminate all individual liberties in the name of equality

To choose fair social rules without knowing one’s own position in society

Explication

The veil of ignorance is designed to prevent self-interested bargaining by hiding one’s social position when choosing principles of justice. Rawls uses it to secure fair liberties and acceptable inequalities.

7. How does Rousseau describe the state of nature?

As a peaceful and solitary condition guided by self-love and natural pity
As a warlike state created by natural inequality
As a fully industrial society organized by division of labor
As a condition dominated by scientific reasoning and institutions

As a peaceful and solitary condition guided by self-love and natural pity

Explication

Rousseau presents the state of nature as healthy, peaceful, and solitary, shaped by self-love and pity. Social corruption appears later through property, labor division, and vanity.

8. What is Descartes’ view of nature?

A field governed mainly by unconscious desires
A living organism directed by spiritual finality
A geometric mechanism governed by motion rather than moral purpose
A social construction produced by language

A geometric mechanism governed by motion rather than moral purpose

Explication

Descartes treats nature as extension in motion, organized like a machine. He rejects the idea that nature has an inherent moral or spiritual end.

9. What does Pascal’s faith wager assume?

Religion is false because it conflicts with science
Reason cannot mathematically prove God’s existence, so belief is a practical choice
God exists only as a moral metaphor
Faith is based on empirical observation of divine facts

Reason cannot mathematically prove God’s existence, so belief is a practical choice

Explication

Pascal argues that reason cannot provide a mathematical proof of God, so one must make a practical wager under uncertainty. The wager weighs finite earthly commitment against possible infinite gain.

10. What does Nietzsche mean by the death of God?

The collapse of traditional moral foundations and the need to create new values
The return of ancient myths as universal truths
The proof that science has fully replaced philosophy
The literal disappearance of religious believers

The collapse of traditional moral foundations and the need to create new values

Explication

Nietzsche’s phrase names the collapse of the theological basis of Western morality, which produces nihilism. The response is not passive acceptance but the creation of new values.

11. Which idea best describes Bergson’s view of technique?

It is a purely alienating system that can only reduce human activity to mechanical repetition
It is a moral duty imposed by reason to obey universal laws of production
It is an irrational substitute for science that should be rejected in favor of contemplation
It is a natural extension of creative vital intelligence that first expresses human freedom in action on matter

It is a natural extension of creative vital intelligence that first expresses human freedom in action on matter

Explication

Bergson presents technique as arising from creative intelligence and as an expression of human freedom in transforming matter. The alienation view belongs more to Marx’s critique of capitalist production, not to Bergson’s definition of technique.

12. What does Heidegger mean by Arraisonnement (Gestell)?

A moral law that guides workers toward just production
A neutral tool that simply makes work more efficient
A poetic experience that restores wonder toward nature
A coercive way of revealing reality as a stock of resources to control and optimize

A coercive way of revealing reality as a stock of resources to control and optimize

Explication

Heidegger argues that modern technique is not neutral but forces beings to appear as usable resources. This is why Gestell is linked to industrial optimization and the weakening of a poetic relation to the world.

13. What is Bergson’s durée pure?

A measurable sequence of identical units shared by physics and mathematics
A timeless order of abstract truths independent of consciousness
A psychological illusion produced by memory and expectation
A continuous, qualitative, irreversible flow of lived inner time

A continuous, qualitative, irreversible flow of lived inner time

Explication

Durée pure is Bergson’s account of real lived time as continuous, qualitative, and irreversible. The measurable, homogeneous time belongs instead to scientific time, not lived duration.

14. Which statement matches Saint Augustine’s view of time?

Time exists outside the mind as a physical substance moving through space
The past and future are equally real because they are stored in the world
Only the present is real, while past and future survive as three mental presents
Time is an a priori form that structures external objects

Only the present is real, while past and future survive as three mental presents

Explication

Augustine says time exists substantively in the mind through memory, attention, and expectation, which are the three presents. He does not treat time as a physical substance outside consciousness.

15. What is the main function of the synthesis in a dialectical essay?

To reconcile the conflict by adding nuance and showing partial truth on both sides
To choose the antithesis whenever the thesis is uncertain
To destroy both previous positions and replace them with a new topic
To repeat the thesis in a stronger form

To reconcile the conflict by adding nuance and showing partial truth on both sides

Explication

The synthesis is meant to resolve tension by qualifying the opposition and offering a more nuanced answer. It does not simply restate one side or erase the conflict without mediation.

16. How are the three parts of a dialectical essay commonly organized?

Problem, example, conclusion
Cause, effect, remedy
Affirmation, negation, qualification
Definition, illustration, application

Affirmation, negation, qualification

Explication

The model is built around Thesis, Antithesis, and Synthesis, often summarized as Yes, No, and Maybe. The final part is a qualification that goes beyond a simple either-or opposition.

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Art — definition?

Human creation expressing beauty or questioning reality.

Happiness — characterized by?

Deep, lasting contentment through fulfillment of desires.

Art and Spirit — Hegel's view?

Art objectifies consciousness, embodying Spirit sensibly.

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