Political Science · Western Political Thought
Which pair is correctly matched (doctrine and thinker)?
- 1. Empiricism: Immanuel Kant
- 2. Rationalism: Plato
- 3. Monism: John Austin
- 4. Conservatism: Edmund Burke
A1 and 2
B1, 2 and 3
C1, 2, 3 and 4
D2, 3 and 4 ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) 2, 3 and 4 — Pairs 2, 3 and 4 are correctly matched, so the answer is 2, 3 and 4.
Explanation
★Pairs 2, 3 and 4 are correctly matched, so the answer is 2, 3 and 4.
★Plato is a rationalist who trusted reason to grasp the eternal Forms.
★John Austin is linked with the monistic theory of sovereignty, supreme power in one body.
★Edmund Burke is the founder of modern conservatism.
★Pair 1 is wrong, because Immanuel Kant is treated as a rationalist, not an empiricist.
★Kant's critical philosophy stresses the active a priori structures of the mind.
★Empiricism belongs instead to Locke, Berkeley and Hume.
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