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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
M.A.DEGREE EXAMINATION -PHILOSOPHY
SECOND SEMESTER APRIL 2018
17PPL2MC04- HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
Date: 03-04-2018 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 09:30-12:30
PART A
Answer all the questions x 6 36 marks)
1. Explain the process of Husserl's transcendental phenomenological method.
2. Explain Marx's notion of Alienation.
3. How does Marcel describe the plight of human situation?
4. Explain Merleau-Ponty's notion of 'Body-Subject'.
5. Describe Hegel's Dialectic.
6. What is Analytic Philosophy? Mention its different phases.
PART B
Answer the following x 16=64 marks)
7. A. Show how Kierkegaard's insistence on individuality and decision making leads to the formation of an individual as a
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B. Elucidate Levinas' understanding of "Responsibility for the Other."
8. A. "Existence precedes Essence." Elucidate.
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B. Bring out the implications of Nietzsche's proclamation, "God is dead."
9. A. Discuss Marx's understanding of "Historical Materialism".
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B. Explain Wittgenstein's "Picture Theory of Language."
10. A. Explain the concepts of Sexism and Feminism. marks)
B. Write a note on Ecofeminism. marks)
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C. Explain how Existential Feminism is developed in Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex.