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.


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. Explain Hegelian dialectics.

2. Bring out the differences between Pari amavada and Vivartavada.

3. Explain the destiny of soul in Indian Philosophy.

4. Compare and contrast rationalism and empiricism.


Note This section contains three questions. From each of the electives/specializations, the candidate has to choose only one elective/specialization and answer all the three questions contained therein. Each question carries fifteen marks and is to be answered in about three hundred words.
×15 45 Marks)

5. How do Christianity and Islam conceive the relationship between God and man Discuss.

6. Discuss the main tenets of Sikhism.

7. Discuss the concepts of Karma and rebirth according to Hinduism.

8. Explain Frege's distinction between sense and reference.

9. Discuss Searle's view on speech acts.

10. Give an account of Wittgenstein's view that the meaning of word is its use in language.

11. Explain the phenomenology of Perception.

12. Discuss the problem of meaning in relation to the notion of life-world (Lebenswelt)

13. Discuss the conflict of interpretation and possibilities of agreement.

14. Explain Sa kara's arguments in favour of Nirgu a Brahman.

15. How does Ramanuja criticise Sa kara's doctrine of Maya

16. Discuss the nature and different conceptions of Bhakti as the means of liberation.

17. Outline Gandhi's views on truth and non-violence.

18. What is Sarvodaya Explain the salient features of Sarvodaya.

19. Explain Gandhain alternatives to Globalisation.


SECTION III ÖÓ›ü III

Note This section contains nine questions of ten marks each, each to be answered in about fifty words. ×10 90 Marks)

20. Bring out the distinction between nitya and anitya dravyas according to Vaise ika.

21. Discuss Hume's notion of Self.

22. What is Sabdaprama a Explain.

23. Briefly explain about scepticism.

24. What are the fallacies of inference according to Jainism

25. What are asramadharmas Explain.

26. Establish the relationship between freedom and responsibility.

27. Discuss the structure of a categorical syllogism.

28. Bring out the distinction between argument and argument form with examples.

SECTION IV ÖÓ›ü IV Note This section contains five questions of five marks each based on the following
passage. Each question should be answered in about thirty words. ×
5 25 Marks)

29. Answer the below questions according to the passage


Dharma is the subject of inquiry in Mima sa. Jaimini defines dharma as a command or injunction which impels men to action. It is the supreme duty, the the 'categorical imperative'. Artha and Kama which deal with ordinary common morality are learnt by worldly intercourse. But Dharma and Mok a which deal with true spirituality are revealed only by the Veda. Dharma is supra-sensible and consists in the commands of the Veda. Action is the final import of the Veda which commands us to do certain acts and to refrain from doing certain other acts. The authoritativeness of the Veda is supported by social consciousness as well as by individual conscience. Dharma and adharma deal with happiness and pain to be enjoyed or suffered in the life beyond. Actions performed here produce an unseen potency (apurva) in the soul of the agent which yields fruit when obstructions are removed and time becomes ripe for its fructification. The apurva is the link between the act and its fruit. It is the causal potency (skakti) in the act which leads to its fructification. Actions are first divided into three kinds obligatory (which must be performed, for their violation results in sin, though their performance leads to no merit); optional (which may or may not be performed; their performance leads to merit, though their non­performance does not lead to and prohibited (which must not be performed, for their performance leads to sin, though their non-performance does not lead to merit). Obligatory actions are of two kinds those which must be performed daily (nitya) like daily prayers (sandhyavandana) etc., and those which must be performed on specified occasions (naimittika).


Give Jaimini's definition of dharma.

30. What does the Veda command

31. What is apurva

32. What are the different types of actions

33. What are the kinds of obligatory actions