Exam Details
| Subject | Philosophy Of Science And Cosmology | |
| 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 IBPY-0I2 1
BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME
(BDP PHILOSOPHY)
o
Term-End Examination
o December, 2016
ELECTIVE COURSE: PHILOSOPHY
BFY-012 PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND
COSMOLOGY
Time: 3 lwurs Maximum Marks: 100
Note: Answer all five questiolls.
All questiolls atrry equal marks.
Answers of the question 110. 1 alld 2 should be ill
about 400 words each.
1. What do you understand by Historicism? Give your criticism of historicism.
OR
Explain Copernican revolution. Discuss it's significance.
2. What are the contributions of the pre-Socratic thinkers? Explain.
Discuss the scientific theories on the end of the universe.
3. Answer any two of the following in about 200 words each.
Explain quantum physics.
Illustrate Kepler's theory of planetary motion.
Discuss the contribution of Ionian School to science.
Explain the main features of the general theory of relativity.
4. Answer any four of the following in about 150 words each.
What is Compton effect?
Give the significance of momentum in physics.
What is teleology of the universe?
What do you understand by the Newtonian space and time
What is the goal of logical positivism?
What is Dudley Shapere's contribution to philosophy of science?
5. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each.
Research programmes
Methodological relativism
Tycho Brahe
Force
Myth
Logos
Space-time continuum
Indian cosmology
BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME
(BDP PHILOSOPHY)
o
Term-End Examination
o December, 2016
ELECTIVE COURSE: PHILOSOPHY
BFY-012 PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND
COSMOLOGY
Time: 3 lwurs Maximum Marks: 100
Note: Answer all five questiolls.
All questiolls atrry equal marks.
Answers of the question 110. 1 alld 2 should be ill
about 400 words each.
1. What do you understand by Historicism? Give your criticism of historicism.
OR
Explain Copernican revolution. Discuss it's significance.
2. What are the contributions of the pre-Socratic thinkers? Explain.
Discuss the scientific theories on the end of the universe.
3. Answer any two of the following in about 200 words each.
Explain quantum physics.
Illustrate Kepler's theory of planetary motion.
Discuss the contribution of Ionian School to science.
Explain the main features of the general theory of relativity.
4. Answer any four of the following in about 150 words each.
What is Compton effect?
Give the significance of momentum in physics.
What is teleology of the universe?
What do you understand by the Newtonian space and time
What is the goal of logical positivism?
What is Dudley Shapere's contribution to philosophy of science?
5. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each.
Research programmes
Methodological relativism
Tycho Brahe
Force
Myth
Logos
Space-time continuum
Indian cosmology
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- Ancient And Medieval Western Philosophy
- Contemporary Western Philosophy
- Epistemology
- Ethics
- Indian Philosophy :Part I
- Indian Philosophy-Ii
- Logic: Classical And Symbolic
- Metaphysics
- Modern Western Philosophy
- Philosophy Of Human Person
- Philosophy Of Religion
- Philosophy Of Science And Cosmology
- Religions Of The World
- Tribal And Dalit Philosophy