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D) An outdated inquiry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