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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
M.A.DEGREE EXAMINATION -PHILOSOPHY
SECOND SEMESTER APRIL 2018
17PPL2MC01- EPISTEMOLOGY
Date: 07-04-2018 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 09:30-12:30
PART-A
Answer all the Questions x 6 =36 marks)
1. Highlight the salient features of propositional knowledge?
2. What are the two predominant trends that constitute Epistemology?
3. Write a short note on Relativism.
4. Distinguish between Contingent and Necessary Truth.
5. Write short notes on Physical and Moral Certitude.
6. Discuss Plato's view "Mind is independent of the world."
PART-B
Answer the following questions x 16=64 marks)
7. A. Evaluate the Epistemology of St. Thomas Aquinas.
OR
B. Analyze the Modern Empiricist John Locke's Theory of Knowledge.
8. A. Discuss the relevance of all the three Theories of Truth.
OR
B. Evaluate the relevance of Rationalism as a school of Philosophy.
9. A. Explain Aristotle's Moral Virtues and Intellectual Virtues dealt with in the book IV and VI of NicomacheanEthics.
OR
B. Discuss David Hume's Epistemology of the origin of Ideas and his views on God, Religion and Miracles dealt with in An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding.
10. A. Write a short note each on authority and reason as valid sources of knowledge. marks)
B. Write a short note on Lonergan's Cognitive Structure. marks)
OR
C. Bring out the essence of all the Six Meditations of Descartes' book, Meditations on First Philosophy.