PAPER-III

PHILOSOPHY
Note This paper is of two hundred marks containing four sections. Candidates are required to attempt the questions contained in these sections according to the detailed instructions given therein.
SECTION I
I
Note This section consists of two essay type questions of twenty marks each, to be

answered in about five hundred words each. × 20 40 marks)


1. Discuss the concept of suffering (dukha) in the schools of Indian Philosophy.

2. Why does St. Thomas Aquinas disregard the ontological proof for the existence of God Discuss.

3. Examine different theories of error (Khyativada) in Indian Philosophy.

4. How does Russell differ from Moore in refutation of idealism


5. Compare Judaism's concept of God with that of Christianity.

6. What are the 'Five Pillars' of Islam Explain.

7. What do you mean by the doctrine of incarnation Write with special reference to Hinduism.

8. Comment on the linguistic turn in Philosophy.

9. Examine Wittgenstein's Theory of Meaning.

10. Explain the terms

Proper names

Definite descriptions

Demonstratives


11. Discuss the problem of intentionality in phenomenology.

12. Comment on the idea of text and interpretation.

13. Account for the question of life-world (Lebenswelt) in Husserl.


14. State the meaning of the Mahavakya"That-thou-art", according to Samkara.

15. write, in brief, Ramanuja's refutation of

16. State the relation between Jiva and Bramhan according to Madhva and Vallabha.

17. Explain Gandhi's Philosophy of Non-Violence.

18. Explain 'Satyagraha' as a political ideology according to Gandhiji.

19. Explain, according to Gandhiji, 'God is Truth and Truth is God.'



20. Give an account of Samanyaas one of the Vaisesika categories.

21. Explain the problem of personal identity.

22. Explain paratahpramanyavada as a theory of validity.

23. Distinguish between nirvikalpaka and savikalpaka pratyak a after the Nyaya school.

24. Explain the coherence theory of truth.

25. Explain different types of Rna(debt).

26. Explain the retributive theory of punishment.

27. Classify categorical propositions following the combined principles of quality and quantity.

28. Explain the preliminary version of E.I. indicating the restriction, if any, in using the rule.


29. Plato and Aristotle embody an essential difference in how the philosophical enterprise is conceived. In Plato we see the search for eternal truths, for certainty, for precision and for the reality behind the appearance of the world. Aristotle in many ways shares these aims. But they are tempered by what one might call a realism or pragmatism. For Aristotle, the quest for knowledge has to start with what we have got, imperfect though it may be. We also have to accept that we may not be able to achieve absolute certainty and that absolute precision may also be impossible in some enquiries. And though we do want to uncover the truths that lie behind appearances, these may still be truths of our world, rather than of some mystical other realm, which Plato often seems to imply.
In this way, Aristotle is an example of a very worldly philosopher, while Plato is an other-worldly one. While many see wisdom in Aristotle's realism and fantasy in Plato's grander projects, others see Aristotle as lacking in ambition and Plato as representing the purer philosophical impulse.

30. How Plato and Aristotle differ in the philosophical enterprise

31. What for is the search for eternal truth by Plato

32. How and why Aristotle tempered the aims of Platonic Philosophy

33. Why Aristotle finds worldly truth behind appearances

34. How Aristotle differs from Plato