PHIL/VI/12 Student's Copy
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6th Semester
PHILOSOPHY
TWELFTH PAPER
Phenomenology and Existentialism—II
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. The slogan of phenomenology is ........................................................................... .
Back to consciousness, Back to things themselves, Back to reality
2. Phenomenology as a discipline emerged in the wake of ............................................... .
19th century, 18th century, 20th century
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3. ""Consciousness is a set of tentacles attached to objects'' is given
by ........................................................... .
Martin Heidegger, Husserl, Merleau-Ponty
4. To ......................................................... ""phenomenology is all about disclosure''.
Martin Heidegger, Sartre, Nietzsche
5. The advocacy of transcendental ego and minds as public is given
by .......................................................... .
Sartre, Heidegger, Husserl
Tick whether the following statements are True or False 1×5=5
6. Merleau-Ponty is one of the classical phenomenologists.
T F
7. According to Heidegger, ""Husserlian phenomenology eventually is caught in the web of
Descartes' Cogito''.
T F
8. Prior to Husserl, Bolzano and Brentano paved ways for phenomenology.
T F
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9. "Gods eye perspective' is what is reserved for phenomenology of being unbiased in the
knowledge claim.
T F
10. The discipline of phenomenology is first formalized in the work of Husserl known as
Idea I.
T F
SECTION—B
Marks 15
Give short answers to any five of the following questions 3×5=15
1. Define epoche.
2. Define "a view from nowhere'.
3. Name three classical phenomenologists.
4. What is the non-representational form of knowledge?
5. Distinguish between pre-predicative experience and pre-ontological understanding.
6. What do you understand by intuition?
7. What are the three formal structures of phenomenology?
8. Explain Husserl's concept of consciousness.
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PART B—DESCRIPTIVE
Marks 50
The questions are of equal value
1. Discuss the fundamental tenets of phenomenology with reference to classical
phenomenologists.
OR
2. Explain the nature of phenomenology as a "holistic approach' to knowledge or a
presuppositionless starting point.
3. Discuss the "lived-dimension' of knowledge in contrast to conventional abstract philosophy.
OR
4. ""Phenomenology is the science of essence; not the science of facts.'' Discuss with reference
to Husserl and Heidegger.
5. Discuss intentionality as a standard parameter of phenomenology.
OR
6. What do you mean by "eidetic seeing' in phenomenology?
7. Explain intuition or givenness as the originary source of cognition.
OR
8. Give a critical analysis of Husserl's concept of transcendental ego.
9. Critically examine the Noesis-Noematic structure of consciousness in Husserl.
OR
10. Discuss the role of lifeworld in the technical understanding of Husserlian phenomenology.