PHlLOSOPHY Paper-I CIVILS MAINS 2012
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SECTION-A
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• Logicial positivism broadly claims
Metaphysics and Theology are meaningles'??
because they are neither inattors of logic not
verifiable empirically.• Criticaµy exainine. .
John Locke said that knowledge earl
go beyond his,expcricnce·. Discuss critically implication of this stale.me??!.

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means of language' .'Explain' O:ie function ir
philosophy in the c??teXt of above StalemenL j
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How,.does Descartes:.:<i:ogito.Ergo affqct
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Wh y1 is philosophy known as a Copernican
revolution in metaphysics What was
revolutionary about Kantian .philosophy Give
1easons for your answer.
Doe,j Lcibnitz succeed in combining tl)c mechanical
with the teleological view of the world Explain
his thel,ry of Pre-established Harmony.
Was Hume a Sceptic If not then what is his
contribution to Philosophy
3. Answer the foUowing ih about 200 words each
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Elucidate Existentialism and indicate its str ong and
weak ()Oints in your own words.
Discuss Aristotle's metaphys ic al theory as a
polemic against Plato's th eory of Ideas.
lf be is 10 be perceived' then how does Be rkeley
explain the pe rm anence of things Explain,
Explain the the ory of definite descriptions
according to Russe ll. . .
Answer the fo llo wing in about 200 words each
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Does monadology sufiitiently explain the nature
of substance Are monads ·independent of each
oth??r Explain,

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Critically examine John Locke's categorisation o f primary and secondary qualities and explai??.. the
problem it posed to Later

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Explain Hegelian dialectical method and sho how
it is u;.,ful in expianing the historical develo?? process?
Explain critically Quine's rejection of the anilytic
synthetic distinction and his subse4ue111
philosophical arguments.
SECTION-B
s. Write short notes. on the following in about 150 words
each:
Why do Carvakas not believe i n the validity of
inference 7 What lo·gic. do they give for, their
belief 7
·. Critically evaluate Jaina doctrine of relative
pluralism or Anelianrvada.
How Slimkhya theory of c:ausatiQn ls differenl from
th at of Nyaya theory o f causation Explaii,.
WhY docs Mim'iiri,s'ii give utmost impo

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it anything to do with Vedas 7 Give your co cnts.
Do you agree with tlie view lhat in early Buddhism
more imponancc was given to Four Noble ??ruths
tban .systematic metaphysics Give r'easbns for
y?ur agre.ement or disagrecmen1.
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6. Vritc short notes on the following. in about 200 words
each: 4xl5•60
Discuss the views of Mima,hsO ahd on the
theory of Pr'1m0nyav0da. \{hich of them do you
fi nd adequate Give reasons for your answer.
Examine c??itically the statement that 'the doctriae
of pQriccasamupf10da was given on!y to explain'
the problem of sorrow and not to solve the'
problems of metaphysics'. I Explain ire theory of ilh!$i9n accepted by
lluddhists. Jls it consistent with their philosophy
Give reasons for your answer.
Do you agr??e with Raminuj's view !bat the nature
of Brahman is qualified Give reasons for your
answer.
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each: 4xJ5•60
Write a note on SJ,ankara Vivarta,oa da and discuss
its implications.
Explain wh y mii'y i and avidya arc considered as
anirvacaniyp (ind escri bable) in Adval1a Vedanta
On what basis does Carviika reject the cause-effect
telationship Give reasons for you, answer.
Critically evaluate the statement that "Yoga Surra
emphasises more on praxis (action) than on theoria
(reflectioo)",
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S. Write short notes on the folJowing in about 200 ·words
each: 4x1S•60
Give your critical comments on the assertion thtt.t
the school of Yoga broadly accepts Samkliy7r
ontology.
'Involution is the presupposition of Evolutioti.' . Explain the role of involution in the
wo1<1- process.
E.'<J)lain the notion of ego or ahankara and its le
in the doctdne of Vedanta.
Write a note on Jvo.garjuna contributi???? to
Madl,yamlca School of Buddhism.
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