MPY-002 Western Philosophy Solved Assignment 2018-2019

MPY-002 Western Philosophy

Solved Assignment

2018-2019

i) Answer all five questions
ii) All questions carry equal marks
iii) For every question, refer to the texts and write down the assignment-responses in your own
words.
iv) Answers to question no.1 and 2 should be in about 500 words each.
1. Explain the philosophy of God according to Aquinas. Discuss the five traditional ways to prove the
existence of God. 20
Or
“Pragmatists have consistently sought to purify empiricism of the vestiges of Cartesianism.”
Discuss the anti-Cartesian stand in pragmatism.
2. Elaborate Kant‟s philosophy of knowledge. What is special about the philosophical
method of Kant? 20
Or
What are the general characteristics of existentialism? Explain the important themes discussed in
existentialism.
3. Answer any two of the following questions in about 250 words each:
(a) Write on the period of pure phenomenology in Husserl. 10
(b) Discuss elaborately methodological scepticism in Descartes 10
(c) Present a general picture of the philosophical system of Avicena. 10
(d) Explain the „Allegory of the Cave‟. 10
4. Answer any four of the following in about 150 words each:
(a) Distinguish between „Philosophical Method‟ and „Scientific Method‟. 5
(b) Briefly state the characteristics of Scholasticism. 5
(c) What are the major themes discussed in existentialism? 5
(d) What are the general characteristics of feminist thought? 5
(e) Describe the concept of absolute in Hegel. 5
(f) What is efficient cause? 5
5. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each:
(a) Bracketing (Epoché)
(b) Eco-feminism 4
(c) The Eleatic School 4
(d) Hermeneutical circle 4
(e) Matters of fact 4
(f) Necessary conditions 4
(g) The Phenomenology of Spirit 4
(h) Cogito Ergo Sum 4
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