PHIL/IV/04 Student's Copy
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Pre-CBCS
4th Semester
PHILOSOPHY
FOURTH PAPER
History of Western Philosophy
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. Metaphysics for Aristotle is the search for
......................................................................... .
(the highest substance/the highest being/the highest reality)
2. Monism is the philosophy attributed to .................................................... .
(Descartes/Spinoza/Leibnitz)
3. The hypothesis of pre-established harmony among monads is proposed by
................................................................. .
(Aristotle/Kant/Leibnitz)
/398 1 Contd.
4. "There is nothing in the intellect that was not previously in the senses" is
associated with ........................................................... .
(Hume/Kant/Locke)
5. ........................................................... made a claim, "Ideas are the faint
copies of impressions."
(Hume/Descartes/Leibnitz)
Tick whether the following statements are True or False 1×5=5
6. Transcendental idealism is formulated by Immanuel Kant.
T F
7. The academy of Plato is called the first university in the world.
T F
8. Critical philosophy reconciles empiricism and rationalism.
T F
9. Karl Marx's dialectic materialism is borrowed from Kant.
T F
10. The world outside is neither hot nor cold, nor fragrance but only subjective
ideas is given by John Locke.
T F
SECTION—B
Marks 15
Give short answers to any five of the following questions 3×5=15
1. What is meant by a concept?
2. Give the meaning of 'cogito ergo sum'.
3. Define substance.
4. Distinguish between primary and secondary qualities of thing.
5. Define subjective idealism.
6. How did Kant make a judgment between analytic and synthetic?
PHIL/IV/04 2 Contd.
7. Give the meaning of absolute idealism.
8. Give a literal meaning of 'tabula rasa'.
9. Distinguish between priori' and posteriori'.
10. What are the four causes according to Aristotle?
PART B—DESCRIPTIVE
Marks 50
The questions are of equal value
1. Critically examine Plato's theory of Form with particular reference to allegory of
the cave.
OR
2. Discuss Aristotle's critique of Plato's concept of Form with reference to his
theory of causation.
3. Discuss Descartes' method of as a means to attain clear and distinct
knowledge.
OR
4. Give detailed account of Leibnitzian doctrine of Monadology.
5. Critically examine the Lockean way of addressing knowledge with reference to
pre-Socratic philosophy.
OR
6. Explain Hume's view on Causality.
PHIL/IV/04 3 Contd.
7. Discuss the conception of Kantian critical philosophy.
OR
8. How is Space and Time a priori notion according to Kant?
9. Discuss Hegel's dialectics from the context of Absolute idealism.
OR
10. Discuss how Hegel's dialectics echoes in Marxian philosophy of materialism.