Exam Details
| Subject | Modern Western Philosophy | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | Bachelors Degree Programme | |
| Department | School of Social Work (SOSW) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | December, 2015 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
1. Discuss in detail Descartes' aim, method and criterion of knowledge. Is he rightly labelled as the 'Father of Modern Philosophy'? Comment.
OR
Explain the dialectic method as expounded by Hegel.
2. Write an essay on Locke's theory of ideas. How does he refute innate ideas
OR
Write an essay on the Kantian concept of morality.
3. Answer any two of the following in about 200 words each
Discuss Berkeley's rejection of abstract ideas in detail.
Who were the main proponents of rationalism and empiricism? Make a general contrast between the two.
Explain the doctrine of pre-established harmony.
In what ways was the enlightenment significant to western philosophy? Discuss.
4. Answer any four of the following in about 150 words each
What is causal parallelism according to Spinoza?
Describe the theory of innate ideas.
What is the concept of self according to Hume?
What does Kant mean by 'synthetic a priori' character of knowledge
Describe Comte's law of three stages.
What do you understand by Solipsism?
5. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each:
Galileo Galilei
Instrumentalism
Intuitive Knowledge
Modes of God
Subjective Idealism
The religion of Humanity
Interactionism
Noumenon
OR
Explain the dialectic method as expounded by Hegel.
2. Write an essay on Locke's theory of ideas. How does he refute innate ideas
OR
Write an essay on the Kantian concept of morality.
3. Answer any two of the following in about 200 words each
Discuss Berkeley's rejection of abstract ideas in detail.
Who were the main proponents of rationalism and empiricism? Make a general contrast between the two.
Explain the doctrine of pre-established harmony.
In what ways was the enlightenment significant to western philosophy? Discuss.
4. Answer any four of the following in about 150 words each
What is causal parallelism according to Spinoza?
Describe the theory of innate ideas.
What is the concept of self according to Hume?
What does Kant mean by 'synthetic a priori' character of knowledge
Describe Comte's law of three stages.
What do you understand by Solipsism?
5. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each:
Galileo Galilei
Instrumentalism
Intuitive Knowledge
Modes of God
Subjective Idealism
The religion of Humanity
Interactionism
Noumenon
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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
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