PHIL/VI/12 Student's Copy
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6th Semester
PHILOSOPHY
TWELFTH PAPER
Phenomenology and Existentialism—II
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. Husserl introduced phenomenology in his book called .............................................. .
Idea Idea II, Logical Investigations
2. Martin Heidegger's investigation of Being is found in his
work ..................................................... .
Being and Nothingness, Logical Investigation, Being and Time
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3. Merleau-Ponty is ........................................................... .
an existentialist, a phenomenologist, an atheist
4. Nietzsche advocated in his philosophy ................................................................... .
Transvaluation of values, Atheism, Theism
5. The famous work of Sartre, commonly known as the Bible of Existentialism, is
............................................................... .
Being and Time, Being and Nothingness, Being and Something
Tick whether the following statements are True or False 1×5=5
6. Husserl's consciousness has two poles known as Noema and Noesis.
T F
7. To Heidegger, phenomenology is all about disclosure.
T F
8. To Nietzsche, Christianity overvalues the sensory world and negated the suprasensory
world.
T F
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9. Authenticity for Sartre is understanding individual's true identity of freedom.
T F
10. Husserl's transcendental ego indicates that mind is directed toward objects.
T F
SECTION—B
Marks 15
Give short answers to any five of the following questions 3×5=15
1. Define subjectivity.
2. Explain in short intentionality in phenomenology.
3. Give a short definition of Being in Heideggerian light.
4. Give a literal meaning of Dasein.
5. What does "transvaluation of values' mean?
6. Define Nihilism in Nietzschean context.
7. What is the meaning of metaphysics of contingency?
8. How is authenticity understood in Sartre?
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PART B—DESCRIPTIVE
Marks 50
The questions are of equal value
1. Discuss Husserl's concept of epoche or the phenomenological reductions.
OR
2. Discuss the role of "lifeworld' in Husserl's phenomenological approach.
3. ""Metaphysics is the mis-interpretations of reality.'' Explain the statement from the context of
Heidegger's question of Being.
OR
4. Critically examine Heidegger's concept of Authenticity.
5. Give a detailed account of Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology of perception with particular
reference to the philosophy of embodiment.
OR
6. Critically examine the metaphysics of contingency of Merleau-Ponty.
7. Discuss Nietzsche's famous pronouncement of "Dead of God' in his project of overcoming
metaphysics.
OR
8. Examine Nietzsche's idea of superman from the context of will to power.
9. Describe Sartre's concept of freedom by bringing into account his division of being-in-itself
and being-for-itself.
OR
10. Give a critical analysis of bad faith in Sartrean existential phenomenology.