A) As a purely mathematical space. B) As a collection of physical atoms. C) In terms of horizons of experiences. D) As an independent mental construct.
A) The center of one's attention. B) The absolute limit of the universe. C) The scientific study of stars. D) Co-given objects in the periphery.
A) As the totality of mental ideas only. B) As a static collection of facts. C) As the horizon of all horizons. D) As a small isolated point of focus.
A) Only spatial coordinates. B) Social status and political power. C) Purely random associations. D) Indication-relations and means-end-relations.
A) The body. B) The divine. C) The soul. D) The mind.
A) The gap between mind and world. B) The gap between past and future. C) The gap between humans and animals. D) The gap between dreams and reality.
A) The world is an illusion of the mind. B) The mind and world are identical. C) The world is distinct and independent from the mind. D) The world is created by the mind.
A) The world has no structure at all. B) The world is a divine creation independent of human mind. C) The world exists entirely without mind interaction. D) The spatiotemporal structure is imposed by the mind.
A) The world is a result of evolutionary biology. B) The world consists of nothing but minds and ideas. C) The world is a purely material entity. D) The world is a collection of physical objects only.
A) God is wholly distinct from the world. B) God and the world are identical. C) God does not exist. D) The world creates God.
A) God actively guides and maintains the world. B) God and the world are the same thing. C) God created the world but has no subsequent involvement. D) God is dependent on the world.
A) God created the world and left it. B) God and the world are identical. C) The world is a distraction from God. D) God is outside the world.
A) God and the world are exactly the same thing. B) God is indifferent to the world. C) God and the world are interrelated and depend on each other. D) God and the world are completely separate.
A) The world is a fragment of God's mind. B) The world is a social construct. C) The world is an illusion of perception. D) God created and conserves it.
A) As the main focus of attention. B) As completely nonexistent. C) With absolute precision. D) In a vague, indeterminate manner.
A) Phenomenology B) Eschatology C) Cosmogony D) Modality
A) A religion B) A modality C) A cosmogony D) A worldview
A) Midgard B) Bios C) Cosmos D) Werold
A) Divine sphere B) Clean, elegant C) Man's age D) Orderly chaos
A) Blobject B) Plurality C) Totality D) Substance
A) Pluralism B) Horizon C) Spacetime D) Monism
A) Simplicity B) Unification C) Atomism D) Pluralism
A) Pluralism B) Substance monism C) Existence monism D) Priority monism
A) A single four-dimensional manifold B) Two distinct and separate dimensions C) Static, unchanging foundations of reality D) Illusionary constructs of the human mind
A) The Minkowski metric B) The Gaussian curvature C) The Euclidean metric D) The Newtonian constant
A) Albert Einstein B) David Lewis C) Isaac Newton D) Hillary Clinton
A) Martin Heidegger B) Thomas Kuhn C) Ludwig Wittgenstein D) Bas van Fraassen
A) Changing physical things we can interact with B) The realm of unity and sameness C) Eternal and changeless forms D) Independent existence of beauty
A) The perfect forms B) The philosopher's wisdom C) The light outside the cave D) Shadows
A) To unify the sensible and intelligible worlds B) To disprove the concept of personal domains C) To replace scientific history with philosophy D) To bolster arguments about multiple worlds
A) The entire planet earth B) A physical domain of objects C) A historic era D) The world of music
A) Invisible, eternal, changeless forms B) The collective facts of the universe C) Physical shadows of real objects D) Changing sensory perceptions
A) The spatial gap B) The cosmological difference C) The ontological divide D) The worldly contradiction
A) The earth moving versus the earth at rest B) Gravity versus electromagnetism C) Past versus future D) Truth versus falsehood
A) Jiva B) Prakriti C) Maya D) Axis mundi
A) 1 B) 3 C) 2 D) 23
A) A world of matter B) The ultimate illusion C) Individual conscious self D) A sense-impression
A) 10 B) 1 C) 2 D) 23
A) Causal interaction B) Creation C) Merging D) Observation
A) Advaita Vedanta B) Samkhya C) Tattva D) Jiva
A) Tattva B) Purusha C) Prakriti D) Maya
A) Tattvas B) Jivas C) Atmans D) Prakritis
A) Brahman B) Tattva C) Maya D) Prakriti
A) Purusha B) Prakriti C) Jiva D) Atman
A) Ignorance B) Matter C) Knowledge of Brahman D) Cause and effect
A) Jean Delumeau B) The Pope C) A Mandaean priest D) An unnamed philosopher
A) Tibil B) Ayar C) Orbis D) Dunya
A) Far B) Judgment C) Spirit D) Near
A) Alma d-nhūra B) Tibil C) Ayar D) Dunya
A) Aether B) Dunya C) The flesh D) The devil
A) A way to hide from God B) Practical orientation C) A list of sins D) A definition of the flesh
A) Only humans B) Only religious figures C) All living things D) Higher animals
A) Ayar B) Alma d-nhūra C) Tibil D) Alma d-hšuka
A) Immanuel Kant B) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz C) Isaac Newton D) Nelson Goodman
A) Cosmic egg theory B) Steady state theory C) Many-worlds interpretation D) Big Bang theory
A) 15.5 billion years ago B) 5 billion years ago C) 13.8 billion years ago D) 10 billion years ago
A) Physical eschatology B) Biology C) Quantum mechanics D) Ancient mythology
A) Big Bang B) Quantum branching C) Big Crunch D) Cosmic cooling
A) A contraction B) A transition to another dimension C) An expansion D) A cosmic egg rupture
A) Global B) Microscopic C) Local D) National
A) 200 BCE B) 10,000 BCE C) 1760 CE D) 1500 CE
A) The Big History theorists B) Neolithic farmers C) Karl Jaspers D) Modern industrial economists
A) Eurasian B) African C) Western D) Middle Eastern
A) 200 BCE B) 1500 CE C) 1760 CE D) 800 BCE |