Rene Descartes MCQ Multiple Choice Questions - Page 2 for Practice

Q: 16. Which book by Descartes lays out his method for scientific investigation?

Correct Answer is: Discourse on the Method

Q: 17. Descartes believed in the existence of innate ideas. What does this mean?

Correct Answer is: Ideas are present from birth

Q: 22. Descartes is associated with which form of skepticism?

Correct Answer is: Radical skepticism

Q: 23. What is the original Latin version of "I think, therefore I am"?

Correct Answer is: Cogito ergo sum

Q: 24. Descartes was influenced by which earlier philosopher?

Correct Answer is: St. Augustine

Q: 25. Descartes' works were banned by which institution?

Correct Answer is: Catholic Church

Q: 26. Descartes’ writings influenced which major scientific figure?

Correct Answer is: Isaac Newton

Q: 27. Descartes' work in optics helped lay the foundation for what?

Correct Answer is: Laws of refraction

Q: 28. What was one of Descartes' goals in philosophy?

Correct Answer is: Create a universal science

Rene Descartes MCQ Questions for Practice

16. Which book by Descartes lays out his method for scientific investigation?

Meditations on First Philosophy
Discourse on the Method
Rules for the Direction of the Mind
Principles of Philosophy

17. Descartes believed in the existence of innate ideas. What does this mean?

Ideas are gained through experience
Ideas are present from birth
Ideas come from language
Ideas are social constructs

18. What geometric shape is often associated with Descartes' work?

Triangle
Ellipse
Rectangle
Parabola

19. Descartes’ coordinates are expressed in terms of which two axes?

X and Y
X and Z
Y and Z
Z and W

20. Where did Descartes die?

France
Sweden
Netherlands
Germany

21. Descartes’ Meditations were written in which language?

French
Latin
English
Dutch

22. Descartes is associated with which form of skepticism?

Radical skepticism
Religious skepticism
Practical skepticism
Philosophical skepticism

23. What is the original Latin version of "I think, therefore I am"?

Cogito ergo vivo
Cogito ergo sum
Cognito ergo factum
Cogito cogitatum

24. Descartes was influenced by which earlier philosopher?

Aristotle
Plato
St. Augustine
Aquinas

25. Descartes' works were banned by which institution?

University of Paris
Catholic Church
British Parliament
Protestant Churches

26. Descartes’ writings influenced which major scientific figure?

Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Nikola Tesla

27. Descartes' work in optics helped lay the foundation for what?

Reflection theories
Laws of refraction
Heliocentric theory
Gravitational theories

28. What was one of Descartes' goals in philosophy?

Unite religion and politics
Create a universal science
Develop political theories
Expand empirical methods

29. Descartes' method of doubt is a response to which philosopher?

Aristotle
Socrates
Pyrrho
Thomas Aquinas

30. Descartes described animals as what?

Machines
Souls
Equals
Divine creatures