Exploring Metaphysics Test your knowledge about the fundamental nature of reality and existence in this metaphysics quiz! ghostman published on March 111 response 0 « Previous Next » Questions in vertical order 1/11 Which philosopher is famous for his concept of the 'forms'? Plato Aristotle Descartes Kant 2/11 What is the study of being and existence in metaphysics known as? Ontology Epistemology Aesthetics Ethics 3/11 Who coined the term 'Existence precedes essence'? Jean-Paul Sartre Friedrich Nietzsche Hegel Heidegger 4/11 Who proposed the idea of the 'Veil of Perception'? George Berkeley John Locke Immanuel Kant David Hume 5/11 What is the philosophical position that reality is ultimately mental or immaterial? Idealism Materialism Dualism Solipsism 6/11 Who is known for his argument of the 'Ship of Theseus' in metaphysics? Plutarch Herclitus Thomas Hobbes Plato 7/11 What is the theory that every event, including human actions, is determined by causes external to the will? Determinism Compatibilism Free Will Fatalism 8/11 Who is associated with the concept of 'eternal recurrence'? Nietzsche Kierkegaard Sartre Heidegger 9/11 What is the belief that everything in the universe is connected and interdependent known as? Holism Atomism Reductionism Pantheism 10/11 Who is associated with the theory of the 'Four Causes' in metaphysics? Aristotle Plato Descartes Kant 11/11 Which of the following is a branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature of time? Atemporalism Eternalism Presentism Relativism
