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D) An outdated inquiry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