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Topic: What type of philosophist are you? 12 Questions~
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Mon 07/27/09 08:39 PM
Edited by smiless on Mon 07/27/09 08:52 PM
Great minds think differently. I hope this quiz will interest you in philosophy and find some great quotes, discoveries, or even conclusions to share with us in the near future.

Which great mind do you agree with the most? This quiz compares your views with those of seven different western philosophers and philosophical groups.

Here is the link - http://www.gotoquiz.com/which_philosopher_are_you


1. What is your age?

Under 18 Years Old
18 to 24 Years Old
25 to 30 Years Old
31 to 40 Years Old
41 to 50 Years Old
51 to 60 Years Old
Over 60 Years Old

2. What is your gender?

Male
Female

3. If a tree falls in a forest and nobody is there, does it make a sound?

No
Yes
This is not a fair question.

4. What does science do for us? (in terms of truth)

It gives us truths about the world.
It changes truths in the world.
It guarantees nothing.
It shows us the world, the way we MUST perceive it.

5. Is truth relative?

Yes
No, truth is absolute.
You can't prove either one.

6. Is truth transcendent.

Yes, truth exists in a higher realm seperate from the emperical realm.
No, truth exists in the emperical world. (And outside of my mind)
No, truth exists in my mind. ("My mind" can also be the emperical world)

7. Art...

satisfies the human impulse for immitation and harmony.
unless it dipicts Truth, is harmfull and delusive.
stands on it's own as immortal and trancendent.
is the most noble goal of man.
is the idealized representation of fact.

8. Life is...

art, when lived well.
what you make of it.
a distraction from truth.
algid, life is fulgid. Life is what the least of us make most of us feel the least of us make the most of. Life is a burgeoning, a quickening of the dim primordial urge in the murky wastes of time.
a compilation of facts.

9. God...

is dead.
is an immutable category through which we must see the world.
is truth and justice.
is more than one.
is an attempt at avoiding life's absurdity.

10. We should live to be...

the person who understands and accepts life's absurdity.
the person who reaches Truth.
beyond good and evil.
the perfect median, the virtous individual.
an ethical person, who acts only out of good will.

11. Mathematics...

we can be sure of (unlike science).
gives us meaningless truths.
is part of our web of belief.
is part of our Appolinian dream.
is purley analytical. (this answer presumes an alalytic-synthetic distinction)

12. Language..

is not tied to perception
is tied to perception.
is the limits of my world.
can be better or worse.

You can also go to the following link and answer the questions and share your results here with us.

Here is the link - http://www.gotoquiz.com/which_philosopher_are_you

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Mon 07/27/09 09:01 PM
Edited by timbolicious88 on Mon 07/27/09 09:01 PM

Ladylid2012's photo
Mon 07/27/09 09:07 PM
Aristotle

galendgirl's photo
Mon 07/27/09 09:11 PM
Immanuel Kant
"There are things in themselves, but they are unimportant to us. We must interpret everything through certain immutable categories, such as time and the laws of physics. All rational animals must see the world through these categories, and what they see is unrelated to the things in themselves."

Interestingly, I'd have never selected this description of myself. ohwell

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Mon 07/27/09 09:13 PM
1. What is your age?

32


2. What is your gender?

Male


3. If a tree falls in a forest and nobody is there, does it make a sound?


This is not a fair question.

4. What does science do for us? (in terms of truth)

It gives us truths about the world.


5. Is truth relative?

Yes



6. Is truth transcendent.

Yes, truth exists in a higher realm seperate from the emperical realm.


7. Art...


stands on it's own as immortal and trancendent.


8. Life is...


what you make of it.


9. God...


is more than one.


10. We should live to be...


an ethical person, who acts only out of good will.

11. Mathematics...

we can be sure of (unlike science).


12. Language..


is tied to perception.



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Mon 07/27/09 09:13 PM
Mirror...what did that give you in terms of results at the website link?

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Mon 07/27/09 09:28 PM
Which philosopher are you?
Your Result: Sartre/Camus (late existentialists)

The world is absurd. No facts govern it. We live well once we truly accept the world's absurdity. YOU give our life's meaning, and YOU control your world. (see Nietzsche for very closely tied beliefs) --This quiz was made by S. A-Lerer.

Nietzsche
Immanuel Kant
Plato (strict rationalists)
W.v.O. Quine / Late Wittgenstein
Aristotle
Early Wittgenstein / Positivists



How completely ****ing absurd!

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Mon 07/27/09 10:03 PM

Mirror...what did that give you in terms of results at the website link?
bigsmile I have to go check it outbigsmile

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Mon 07/27/09 10:08 PM
Edited by MirrorMirror on Mon 07/27/09 10:54 PM

Mirror...what did that give you in terms of results at the website link?



happy Sartre/Camus (late existentialist)happy




bigsmile Yes.bigsmileI would certainly say thats about right.bigsmileI would basically fall in with the existentialistsbigsmile

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Mon 07/27/09 10:39 PM
Aristotle...cool

Jess642's photo
Tue 07/28/09 03:40 AM
Which philosopher are you?
Your Result: Sartre/Camus (late existentialists)


The world is absurd. No facts govern it. We live well once we truly accept the world's absurdity. YOU give our life's meaning, and YOU control your world.


Another label for me to tear off...:wink: laugh

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Tue 07/28/09 06:26 AM
Sartre/Camus, like there weren't enough of them already.waving

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Tue 07/28/09 09:03 AM
Edited by Bushidobillyclub on Tue 07/28/09 09:04 AM
Your Result: Aristotle


Truth does not exist in some transcendent realm. We get to truth by applying reason to the physical world. The world follows logic and commonsense. Science if done properly is not to far from philosophy. --This quiz was made by S. A-Lerer.


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Tue 07/28/09 09:21 AM
Edited by ASK69 on Tue 07/28/09 09:21 AM
Which philosopher are you?
Your Result: Sartre/Camus (late existentialists)


The world is absurd. No facts govern it. We live well once we truly accept the world's absurdity. YOU give our life's meaning, and YOU control your world. (see Nietzsche for very closely tied beliefs)

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Tue 07/28/09 12:08 PM
Which philosopher are you?
Your Result: Plato (strict rationalists)

There is a transcendent, absolute truth. We can get to this truth by pure reason, in the form of dialectic. Everyone wants truth. Truth is virtue, is happiness. Your philosophy might boil down to: You are right and those who disagree with you are wrong. (Note that there are many different conflicting interpretations of Plato's writings.)

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Tue 07/28/09 01:08 PM
Which philosopher are you?
Your Result: Sartre/Camus (late existentialists)

The world is absurd. No facts govern it. We live well once we truly accept the world's absurdity. YOU give our life's meaning, and YOU control your world. (see Nietzsche for very closely tied beliefs) --This quiz was made by S. A-Lerer.

wow.. i'd say that's almost as correct as the which porn star are you test i took on facebook about a week ago.


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Tue 07/28/09 02:50 PM

Sartre/Camus, like there weren't enough of them already.waving


waving Hello you !!!!!!!!:heart:

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Wed 07/29/09 05:58 AM
Edited by smiless on Wed 07/29/09 06:00 AM
laugh Sartre/Camus is quiet popular.

Aristotle running for second

and we even have one Plato and a Immanuel Kant result. drinker

galendgirl's photo
Wed 07/29/09 06:01 AM

laugh Sartre/Camus is quiet popular.

Aristotle running for second

and we even have one Plato result. drinker


Apparently I'm the real throw-back as an Immanual Kant! ohwell

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Wed 07/29/09 06:03 AM


laugh Sartre/Camus is quiet popular.

Aristotle running for second

and we even have one Plato result. drinker


Apparently I'm the real throw-back as an Immanual Kant! ohwell


Oh I wouldn't say that. Immanuel Kant was a clever and brilliant philosopher. He managed to get his name heard with his idealogies.

Good jobdrinker

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