Exam Details
| Subject | Metaphysics | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | M.A. PHILOSOPHY (MAPY) | |
| Department | School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | December, 2015 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
1. Bring out the complementarity of both ontology of relation and epistemology of relation.
OR
Explain the scope of Metaphysics with special reference to the starting point of Metaphysics.
2. Can we understand finite being as one in many? Explain the metaphysical problem of one and many.
OR
Define essence and discuss its various characteristics.
3. Answer any two of the following in about 250 words each:
Describe various extrinsic and intrinsic causes with examples.
How do you explain the agapeic love as love for peace?
Explain the notion of evil in continuation to our understanding of being as good.
What do you understand by substance? Discuss its characteristics.
4. Answer any four of the following in about 150 words each
What is the principle of negation (Abhava)
Explain being as the act of existence.
Is knowledge the presence of the object to the subject?
Make clear the statement "Being is neither univocal nor equivocal but analogous.
Describe the principle of non -contradiction
What is the Nyaya -Vaiseshika theory of Asatkaryavada
5. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each
Generality (Samanya)
Metaphysical problem of ugliness.
Absolute and relative
Paramanuvada
Phantasm
Analogous term
Maya
Inherence
OR
Explain the scope of Metaphysics with special reference to the starting point of Metaphysics.
2. Can we understand finite being as one in many? Explain the metaphysical problem of one and many.
OR
Define essence and discuss its various characteristics.
3. Answer any two of the following in about 250 words each:
Describe various extrinsic and intrinsic causes with examples.
How do you explain the agapeic love as love for peace?
Explain the notion of evil in continuation to our understanding of being as good.
What do you understand by substance? Discuss its characteristics.
4. Answer any four of the following in about 150 words each
What is the principle of negation (Abhava)
Explain being as the act of existence.
Is knowledge the presence of the object to the subject?
Make clear the statement "Being is neither univocal nor equivocal but analogous.
Describe the principle of non -contradiction
What is the Nyaya -Vaiseshika theory of Asatkaryavada
5. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each
Generality (Samanya)
Metaphysical problem of ugliness.
Absolute and relative
Paramanuvada
Phantasm
Analogous term
Maya
Inherence
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