Exam Details

Subject Contemporary Western Philosophy
Paper
Exam / Course Bachelors Degree Programme
Department School of Social Work (SOSW)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Explain William James conception of pragmatism.
OR
Discuss the Historical Materialism of Karl Marx in detail.

2. Define Hermeneutic tradition. How Recoeur explain language as discourse? Elaborate.
OR
Write an essay on earlier philosophy of Heidegger.

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

Explain Max Weber views on enlightenment tradition.

Elucidate Kierkeggard's three stages of existence.

Explain the philosophy of Logical Atomism.

Write a note on Freud's psychoanalytic theory.

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

What is Husserl's notion of intentionality

Describe Marx's communism.

What do you understand by language game?

Explain will to power as drive.

Summarize Ricoeur's concept of text.

Explain Sartre's concept of Other.

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

Russell's Proposition

Nihilism

Dyadic pairs of Strauss

Class Struggle

Superman

Postmodernism

Leap of faith

Epoche


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  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
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  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
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  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
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  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Ancient And Medieval Western Philosophy
  • Contemporary Western Philosophy
  • Epistemology
  • Ethics
  • Indian Philosophy :Part I
  • Indian Philosophy-Ii
  • Logic: Classical And Symbolic
  • Metaphysics
  • Modern Western Philosophy
  • Philosophy Of Human Person
  • Philosophy Of Religion
  • Philosophy Of Science And Cosmology
  • Religions Of The World
  • Tribal And Dalit Philosophy