Exploring Metaphysics

Exploring Metaphysics

Test your knowledge about the fundamental nature of reality and existence in this metaphysics quiz!

published on March 11
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Which philosopher is famous for his concept of the 'forms'?

Which philosopher is famous for his concept of the 'forms'?
Plato
Aristotle
Descartes
Kant
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What is the study of being and existence in metaphysics known as?

What is the study of being and existence in metaphysics known as?
Ontology
Epistemology
Aesthetics
Ethics
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Who coined the term 'Existence precedes essence'?

Who coined the term 'Existence precedes essence'?
Jean-Paul Sartre
Friedrich Nietzsche
Hegel
Heidegger
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Who proposed the idea of the 'Veil of Perception'?

Who proposed the idea of the 'Veil of Perception'?
George Berkeley
John Locke
Immanuel Kant
David Hume
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What is the philosophical position that reality is ultimately mental or immaterial?

What is the philosophical position that reality is ultimately mental or immaterial?
Idealism
Materialism
Dualism
Solipsism
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Who is known for his argument of the 'Ship of Theseus' in metaphysics?

Who is known for his argument of the 'Ship of Theseus' in metaphysics?
Plutarch
Herclitus
Thomas Hobbes
Plato
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What is the theory that every event, including human actions, is determined by causes external to the will?

What is the theory that every event, including human actions, is determined by causes external to the will?
Determinism
Compatibilism
Free Will
Fatalism
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Who is associated with the concept of 'eternal recurrence'?

Who is associated with the concept of 'eternal recurrence'?
Nietzsche
Kierkegaard
Sartre
Heidegger
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What is the belief that everything in the universe is connected and interdependent known as?

What is the belief that everything in the universe is connected and interdependent known as?
Holism
Atomism
Reductionism
Pantheism
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Who is associated with the theory of the 'Four Causes' in metaphysics?

Who is associated with the theory of the 'Four Causes' in metaphysics?
Aristotle
Plato
Descartes
Kant
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Which of the following is a branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature of time?

Which of the following is a branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature of time?
Atemporalism
Eternalism
Presentism
Relativism