LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034 M.A.DEGREE EXAMINATION PHILOSOPHY SECONDSEMESTER APRIL 2017
16PPL2MC01- EPISTEMOLOGY
Date: 05/04/2017 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
09:00-12:00 PART-A Answer all the questions x 6 =36 marks)
1. Trace the origin of Epistemology in Greek Philosophy.
2. Explain briefly any four valid sources of knowledge.
3. Write a short note on Relativism as an epistemological school of Philosophy.
4. Make a distinction between Contingent Truth and Necessary Truth.
5. What are the various types of Objective Evidence?
6. Why, according to Plato (in Phaedo), is committing suicide a sin?
PART-B Answer the following x 16= 64 marks)
7. Write an essay on any five valid means of Knowledge in Indian Philosophy. (16 marks)
OR Write an essay on the types and the degrees of certitude. (16 marks)
8. Discuss the four States of Mind in a human's search for knowledge. (16 marks)
OR Evaluate Blanshard's Coherence Theory of Truth. (16 marks)
9. Comment on the "Cyclic" (Opposites) argument for the Immortality of Soul in Phaedo. (08 marks)
Write a critical note on Hume's views on Personal Identity. (08 marks) OR Highlight the discourse on Soul in Summa Theologica. (16 marks)
10. What are the Ten Modes that lead to skepticism? (08 marks)
What is your assessment of Intuition as a valid source of knowledge? (08 marks) OR
Critically evaluate the Correspondence and Pragmatic theories of Truth. (16 marks)