BPY-011 Philosophy of Human Person in English Solved Assignment 2018-2019

BPY-011 Philosophy of Human Person

Solved Assignment

2018-2019

BPY 011: Philosophy of Human Person
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. What is the theory of Karma? Explain human person as a ‘being in need of liberation’.
20
Or
Define philosophy of human person. How is it related to other disciplines of study?
Explain. 20
2. Do you agree with the theory of determinism? Substantiate your answer with
arguments. 20
Or
Explain the evolutionary theory about the origin of the human person. Provide
scientific proofs for the same. 20
3. Answer any two of the following questions in about 200 words each:
a. Discuss how caste and class have worked against women in the Indian context. 10
b. Explain the Upanishadic concept of atman as Brahman. 10
c. Explain philosophical preoccupation with language and the linguistic turn in
philosophy. 10
d. How do existentialists present the concept of a human person in contemporary
philosophy? 10
4. Answer any four of the following in about 150 words each:
a) What are the elements of culture? 5
b) Explain the meaning of transmigration. 5
c) What do you understand by rational appetite? 5
d) Describe Merleau-Ponty’s understanding of the human body. 5
e) What is the importance of the study of philosophy of human person? 5
f) Describe the Aristotle’s position on soul and body? 5
5. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each:
a. Human rights 4
b. Samsara 4
c. Annamayakosha 4
d. Anthropocentricism 4
e. Inter-subjectivity 4
f. Self consciousness 4
g. Enlightenment 4
h. Anthropology 4
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