PHILOSOPHY Paper-I civils mains 2008
Time Allowed: Three Hours) Maximum Marks: Joo)
INSTRUCTIONS
Each question is printed both in Hindi and in English. Answers must be written in the medium to you, which must be stated clearly on the cover of the answer-book in the space provided for the purpose. No marks will be given for the answers written in a medium other than that specified in the Admission· Certificate. Candidates should attempt Question Nos. 1 and 5 which are compulsory, and any three of the remaining questions selecting at least one . question from each Section .. The number of marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question.

SECTION-A
1. Write short notes on any THREE of the following in about 200 words each:- 3x20=60
Aristotle's teleological conception of causation
Wittgenstein's notion of language-game
Hume and Kant on metaphysics
Heidegger's contention that essence of "Dasein is its existence".

2. Explain Leibniz's notion of monad. Can monad be regarded as a basic particular in the Strawsonian sense? 60

3. What is the notion of transcendental ego according to Husserl How is it different from Sartre's notion of the ego? 60

4. Explain the theory of logical construction. Does it provide a satisfactory account of language 60

SECTION-B

5. Write short notes on any THREE of the following in about 200 words each:- 3x20=60

An examination of Buddhist Nairatmyavada
Sarnanya in Vais'e$ika
Anupalabdhi as a pramal?-a
Sri Aurobindo's conception of evolution and involution.

6. "The Madhyamika philosophy tries to adopt the mean between extreme affirmation and extreme negation." Comment. 60

7. Discuss critically Nyaya notion of Vyapti. 60

8. Explain SaIJkara's view on the status of Jagat and Ramanuja's response to it. 60