PHIL/IV/04 Student's Copy
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Pre-CBCS
4th Semester
PHILOSOPHY
FOURTH PAPER
History of Western Philosophy
Pre-revised
Full Marks 75
Time 3 hours
PART A—OBJECTIVE
Marks 25
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
SECTION—A
Marks 10
Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct answer given in the brackets 1×5=5
1. Descartes claims that we cannot accept anything as true without
............................................................. .
(reason/critical examination/deduction)
/397 1 Contd.
2. Locke suggests that the understanding is like a piece of
............................................... on which perception inscribes its character.
(white paper/stone/metal)
3. Berkeley claims that all things of the world are ideas of the
........................................................... .
(self/divine mind/soul)
4. Every monad is the mirror of the ...........................................................
and it is a living mirror which generates the images of things by its own
activity.
(substance/things-in-itself/universe)
5. ........................................................... cause does not belong to Aristotle's
philosophy.
(Necessary/Formal/Efficient)
Tick whether the following statements are True or False 1×5=5
6. The distinction between phenomena and noumenal is made by Immanuel
Kant.
T F
7. Complex ideas are made up of simple ideas.
T F
8. Leibnitz is a substance monist.
T F
9. Marx materialism includes history and its processes and postulated what
he called naturalism or humanism.
T F
10. Hegel's dialectics includes thesis, anti-thesis and synthesis.
T F
PHIL/IV/04 2 Contd.
SECTION—B
Marks 15
Give short answers of the following questions (any five) 3×5=15
1. Define Substance.
2. Give the literal meaning of 'cogito ergo sum'.
3. How is 'tabula rasa' defined?
4. Give the Lockean distinction between primary and secondary qualities.
5. What is monad?
6. What is meant by dialectic method?
7. How does Hume define impressions and ideas?
8. What are the two types of ideas according to Locke?
PART B—DESCRIPTIVE
Marks 50
The questions are of equal value
1. Critically examine Plato's theory of forms.
OR
2. Explain in detail Aristotle's theory of causation.
3. Discuss in detail Descartes' concept of doubt.
OR
4. Critically examine Leibnitz theory of Monadology.
PHIL/IV/04 3 Contd.
5. Discuss the idea of 'representationism' according to Locke.
OR
6. Give a critical evaluation of Hume's view of causality.
7. Explain Kant's Critical Philosophy.
OR
8. Discuss the notion of space and time as the necessary condition for knowledge.
9. Give an elaborate account of Hegel's absolute idealism.
OR
10. Explain the historical materialism of Marx.