1.
What three-letter abbreviation, placed at the end of a proof, stands for "what was to be proven"?
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2.
In what work by Voltaire is the hero expelled from "the best of all possible castles"?
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3.
What comedy troupe name-checked numerous philosophers in their "Bruce's Philosophers Song"?
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4.
What philosophical position consists of a definite belief in the non-existence of gods or deities?
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5.
Rene Descartes' statement "Cogito, ergo sum" means what?
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Answer:
I Think, Therefore I Am
6.
What Scottish philosopher and economist spoke of an "invisible hand" guiding the market?
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7.
Whose book "The Prince" dealt with methods for acquiring and retaining power?
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Answer:
Niccolo Machiavelli
8.
What word, paired with collective, featured prominently in the work of Carl Jung?
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9.
Whose "Wager" or "Gambit" gives an analytical justification for believing in God?
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10.
What Bill Watterson comic strip featured two characters named for famous thinkers?
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Answer:
Calvin And Hobbes
11.
What writer composed philosophical texts as well as "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"?
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12.
Who wrote "Das Kapital" and "The Communist Manifesto"?
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13.
By what name are the collected sayings of Confucius and his followers known?
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14.
Who described life as "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short"?
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15.
What philosophical "blade" encourages one to prefer simple explanations when they fit the evidence?
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16.
What philosopher wrote the famous work "On Liberty"?
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17.
What "dismal" thinker believed that human populations inevitably outstrip food supplies?
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Answer:
Thomas Robert Malthus
18.
What Greek philosopher known for his triangle-related "Theorem" had numerically-obsessed followers?
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19.
What medieval philosopher fell in love with and secretly married his student, Heloise?
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20.
Who wrote "Critique of Pure Reason"?
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21.
What philosophical "-ism" is closely associated with writer Ayn Rand?
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22.
Who famously said: "Life must be understood backward. But it must be lived forward."?
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Answer:
Soren Kierkegaard
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