What Is Metaphysics? by Martin Heidegger
  • 1. How does Heidegger define metaphysics?
A) As the study of the divine
B) As the question of being
C) As a branch of ethics
D) As the philosophy of knowledge
  • 2. What term does Heidegger use to describe the state of human existence?
A) Ego
B) Consciousness
C) Dasein
D) Noumena
  • 3. What fundamental question does Heidegger believe metaphysics should address?
A) What is the meaning of being?
B) What is truth?
C) What is reality?
D) What is knowledge?
  • 4. Heidegger refers to the question of being as what?
A) An outdated inquiry
B) The fundamental question
C) The secondary concern
D) A trivial pursuit
  • 5. What philosophical movement is Heidegger often associated with?
A) Empiricism
B) Rationalism
C) Existentialism
D) Structuralism
  • 6. In what way does Heidegger suggest we experience nothingness?
A) Through rational thought
B) Through religious faith
C) Through existential anxiety
D) Through social interaction
  • 7. Heidegger's lecture was originally delivered in what year?
A) 1952
B) 1945
C) 1935
D) 1929
  • 8. What does Heidegger warn against in philosophical tradition?
A) The forgetfulness of being
B) The pursuit of happiness
C) The search for meaning
D) The application of logic
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