Exam Details
| Subject | Epistemology | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | Bachelors Degree Programme | |
| Department | School of Social Work (SOSW) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | December, 2016 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
No. of Printed Pages: 4 I BPY-OlOI
BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME (BDP PHILOSOPHY)
Term-End Examination
o
o December, 2016
o
ELECTIVE COURSE: PHILOSOPHY
BPY-010 EPISTEMOLOGY
Time hours Maximum Marks: 100
Note: Answer all five questions. All questions carry equal marks.
(iii) Answers to question no. 1 and 2 should be in
about 400 words each.
1. Evaluate the contributions of Descartes and John Locke to Epistemology.
OR
What is Explain (testimony) as a valid source of knowledge.
2. How is knowledge defined as justified true belief? Critically analyse.
OR
Explain the nature and possibility of knowledge as in Foundationalism and Coherentism.
3. Answer any two of the following in about 200 words each
Is Upamana (analogy) a valid source of knowledge? Explain. Discuss the role of subject-object relationship in obtaining knowledge.
Distinguish between Nominalism (Universals as mere names) and conceptualism (Universals existing only in mind) Elaborate theory of erroneous perception (Khyativada).
4. Answer any four of the following in about 150 words each What is certitude of knowledge?
How do you understand 'hermeneutics' in understanding the world Differentiate Rationalism from Empiricism.
What do you understand by feminist Epistemology What is 'Synthetic a priori' of Kant? Describe Husserl's method of bracketing (epoche).
5. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each Phenomena
Complex ideas
Matter of fact and Relations of Ideas
Interdependence of Epistemology and Metaphysics
Doubt
Idealism
Pragmatic theory of truth
Inference
BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME (BDP PHILOSOPHY)
Term-End Examination
o
o December, 2016
o
ELECTIVE COURSE: PHILOSOPHY
BPY-010 EPISTEMOLOGY
Time hours Maximum Marks: 100
Note: Answer all five questions. All questions carry equal marks.
(iii) Answers to question no. 1 and 2 should be in
about 400 words each.
1. Evaluate the contributions of Descartes and John Locke to Epistemology.
OR
What is Explain (testimony) as a valid source of knowledge.
2. How is knowledge defined as justified true belief? Critically analyse.
OR
Explain the nature and possibility of knowledge as in Foundationalism and Coherentism.
3. Answer any two of the following in about 200 words each
Is Upamana (analogy) a valid source of knowledge? Explain. Discuss the role of subject-object relationship in obtaining knowledge.
Distinguish between Nominalism (Universals as mere names) and conceptualism (Universals existing only in mind) Elaborate theory of erroneous perception (Khyativada).
4. Answer any four of the following in about 150 words each What is certitude of knowledge?
How do you understand 'hermeneutics' in understanding the world Differentiate Rationalism from Empiricism.
What do you understand by feminist Epistemology What is 'Synthetic a priori' of Kant? Describe Husserl's method of bracketing (epoche).
5. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each Phenomena
Complex ideas
Matter of fact and Relations of Ideas
Interdependence of Epistemology and Metaphysics
Doubt
Idealism
Pragmatic theory of truth
Inference
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