Main Exam 2010 Paper PHILOSOPHY

PHILOSOPHY
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Section
I. Write short notes on the following in about ... 150 words each 4x I 5=60 .
How docs Aristotle's notion of causation differ Fron, the modern notion of causation
Does Hume deny the possibility of knowledge Discuss .
Why does Kant say existence ts not a predicate..?
Are tautol9gies 1ncaningless according to Wittgenstein?

2. Answer the following in about 200 words each 3x20=60

What does Moore want to establish when he asserts that propositions-like · or have consciousness' are truisms Discuss.
Why does Spinoza think that God alone is absolutely real Explain.
Are · necessary propositions linguistic by nature Discuss in the light of logical positivism.

3. Answer the following in about 300 words each 2x30=60

What metaphysical in1plications can be derived from Berkeley's statement 'esse est percipi'
What is the basic difference between Leibniz . and Kant on the concepts of space and time

4. Answer the following in about 300 words each 2x30=60

How is. the empirical ego in Sartre at1d Heidegger different fro1n the transcendental ego in Husserl
Is Strawson's concept of a person a refutation of Hu1ne's concept of Self? Discuss.

Section

5. Write short notes on the following in about 150 words each 4x 15=60

Does the 'effect pre-:exist in the cause Discuss.
How is Ramanuja's concept of dharmabhutajfiana different from Sankara's concept Syarue.ajfiana Explain.
Is Sankara's concept of adhyasa logical or · psychological Discuss.
How are evolution and jnvolution related in Sri Aurobindo's philosophy

6. Answer the following in about 200 words each 3x20=60
as the skepticism of Hun1e helped Kant to come out of his dogmatic slumber, so also the Carvaka philosophy saved Indian philosophy fro111 dogmatism". Discuss.
Can qualities exist without substanoe Substantiate your view in 'the light of NyayaBuddhism controversy.
How does the Buddhist accc the possibility of rebirth in the absence of an e1ernal soul Discuss.

7. Answer the follow·ng in about 300 words each: 2x30=60
Bring out the m,etaphysical implications of.the second noble truth of Buddhism
Is Syadvada a self-contradictory doctrine? Discuss

8. Answer the following in about 300 words each 2x30=60
"Both Sankara and Ramanuja are right in their affirmations but wrong in their denials". Critically evaluate.
Explain the reasons for introducing the notion of extraordinary perception in Nyaya epistemology.