Political Science · Political Theory
Which pair is correctly matched?
- 1. Phenomenology: Edmund Husserl
- 2. Existentialism: Jean-Paul Sartre
- 3. Naturalism: Ernest Nagel
- 4. Consequentialism: Immanuel Kant
A1 and 3
B1 and 4
C2 and 3
D1, 2 and 3 ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) 1, 2 and 3 — Pairs 1, 2 and 3 are correctly matched, so the answer is 1, 2 and 3.
Explanation
★Pairs 1, 2 and 3 are correctly matched, so the answer is 1, 2 and 3.
★Edmund Husserl is the founder of phenomenology, the study of structures of consciousness and experience.
★Jean-Paul Sartre is the leading existentialist, holding that existence precedes essence.
★Ernest Nagel is a naturalist philosopher of science who defended explanation by natural causes.
★Pair 4 is wrong, because Kant is a deontologist, the opposite of a consequentialist.
★Consequentialism is properly linked to thinkers like Bentham and Mill, not Kant.
★Matching philosophical streams to their key thinkers is a frequent objective task.
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