Quiz: Martin Heidegger

  1. When was Martin Heidegger born?

    • 1889, Messkirch, Germany.
    • 1908, Paris, France.
    • 1908, Akron, Ohio, United States.
    • 1902, Vienna, Austria.
    Answer

    1889, Messkirch, Germany. — Born: 1889, Messkirch, Germany..

  2. When did Martin Heidegger die?

    • 1976, Freiburg, Germany.
    • 27 April 1937, Rome.
    • 2004, Paris, France.
    • 23 March 1992, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
    Answer

    1976, Freiburg, Germany. — Died: 1976, Freiburg, Germany..

  3. What is Martin Heidegger known for?

    • Being and Time, Dasein, being toward death, and the later critique of technology.
    • Two Dogmas of Empiricism, Word and Object, and the indeterminacy of translation.
    • A Theory of Justice, the veil of ignorance, and justice as fairness.
    • Universal grammar, the poverty of the stimulus argument, and the manufacturing consent critique of media.
    Answer

    Being and Time, Dasein, being toward death, and the later critique of technology. — Known for: Being and Time, Dasein, being toward death, and the later critique of technology..

  4. Which school of thought was Martin Heidegger part of?

    • Phenomenology turned to ontology; existentialism's source.
    • Analytic philosophy; naturalism.
    • Analytic philosophy; logical atomism.
    • Analytic philosophy, in two acts.
    Answer

    Phenomenology turned to ontology; existentialism's source. — School: Phenomenology turned to ontology; existentialism's source..

  5. True or false: German thinker whose Being and Time of 1927 remade philosophy around the question of being.

    • True
    • False
    Answer

    True — From the entry's summary.