BPY-009 Contemporary Western Philosophy in English Solved Assignment 2018-2019

BPY-009 Contemporary Western Philosophy

Solved Assignment

2018-2019

BPY 009: Contemporary Western Philosophy
Note:
i) Answer all five questions
ii) All questions carry equal marks
iii) Answer to question no. 1 and 2 should be in about 400 words each.
1. Define existentialism. Who were the major atheistic existentialists and how do they
approach the question of human existence? 20
Or
Discuss in detail the concept of Will to Power in the philosophy of Nietzsche. 20
2. Explain the common themes discussed in poststructuralism. Elaborate the
Contributions of Michel Foucault to poststructuralism. 20
Or
Write an essay on the ordinary language philosophy. What are the contributions of
Gilbert Ryle and Wittgenstein to ordinary language philosophy? 20
3. Answer any two of the following questions in about 200 words each:
a) Elaborate the contributing factors of Absurdity as discussed by Camus. 10
b) Explain the tool-use model of language according to Wittgenstein. 10
c) What do you know about pragmatism? Explain the meaning and nature of truth
according to pragmatism. 10
d) Define philosophical hermeneutics and explain how it differs from traditional
hermeneutics. 10
4. Answer any four of the following in about 150 words each:
a. What is historical materialism? 5
b. What is Ricoer’s concept of the text? 5
c. Explain the theory of Instrumentalism. 5
d. “Man is condemned to freedom” – elaborate. 5
e. Describe the picture theory of meaning. 5
f. Discuss the linguistic nature of human understanding in Gadamer. 5
5. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each:
a) Postmodernism 4
b) Eidetic reduction 4
c) Being-for-itself 4
d) Allegory 4
e) Alienation 4
f) Leap of faith 4
g) Atomic facts 4
h) Deconstruction 4
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