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The Philosophical Journey, 2/e
William Lawhead, The University of Mississippi
Postscript: Philosophy and the Meaning of Life
True False Quiz
1
Belief in a single ultimate purpose of life logically requires belief in a wise, powerful, loving divine creator.
A)
True
B)
False
2
Secular humanists argue that since there is no ultimate purpose of human life there can be no worth or meanings within our individual lives.
A)
True
B)
False
3
Although there is great diversity within existentialism, some of the typical hallmarks of this philosophical perspective are the priority of concrete experience over intellectual abstractions and authentic living over inauthenticity.
A)
True
B)
False
4
According to Kierkegaard, there are no objective truths since the very notion of objectivity is self-contradictory.
A)
True
B)
False
5
Kierkegaard believes that the search for life's meaning is a quest for self-understanding that each individual must take up for himself or herself rather than a project that could be accomplished in a detached, academic way by memorizing the thoughts of others.
A)
True
B)
False
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