1. Give an account of the phenomenology of Edmund Husserl.

OR

Examine the salient features of Nietzsche's philosophy.

2. Discuss the philosophy of later Wittgenstein.

OR

Bring out the significance of the philosophy of pragmatism.

3. Answer any two of the following in about 200 words each:

Explain briefly historical materialism of Marx.

Give a brief account of the historical development of hermeneutics.

Explain three stages of existence with reference to Kierkegaard.

Give an account of the linguistic philosophy of Gilbert Ryle.

4. Answer any four of the following in about 150 words each:

Which are the psycho-sexual stages of development according to Freud

Explain briefly the concept of "difference" in Derrida.

What do you understand by the picture theory of meaning?

Explain briefly the concept of alienated labour.

What are the characteristics of postmodem age?

Give a brief account of Paul Ricoeur's theory of distanciation.

5. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each:

Communism

Onto-theological

Structuralism

Epistemological hermeneutics

Fusion of horizons

id, ego and super ego

Being-for-itself

Critique of metanarratives