{"id":50072,"date":"2019-07-17T16:33:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T11:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=50072"},"modified":"2019-07-17T16:33:52","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T11:03:52","slug":"upsc-main-philosophy-paper-i-2010","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-main-philosophy-paper-i-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC Main Philosophy Paper I- 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Section ‘A’<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. <\/strong>Write short notes on the following in about 150 words each :   4\u00d715=60<\/strong>

(a)<\/strong> How does Aristotle’s notion of causation differ from the modern notion of causation ?

(b)<\/strong> Dose Hume deny the possibility of knowledge ? Discuss.

(c) <\/strong>Why does Kant say that existence is not a predicate ?

(d) <\/strong>Are tautologies meaniongless according to Writtgenstein ?

2.<\/strong> Answer the follwoing in about 200 words each:  3\u00d720=60<\/strong>

(a)<\/strong> What does Moore want to establish when he asserts that propositions like ‘the earth exists’ or ‘we have consciousness’ are truisms ? Discuss.

(b) <\/strong>Why does Spinoza think that That God alone is absolutely real ? Explain

(c)<\/strong> Are necessary propositions linguistic by nature ? Discuss in the light of logical positivism.

3.<\/strong> Answer the following in about 300 words each :  2\u00d730=60<\/strong>

(a) <\/strong>What metaphysical implications can be derived from Berkeley’s statement ‘esse est. percipi’?

(b)<\/strong> What is the basic difference between Leibniz and Kant on the concepts of space and time ?

4.<\/strong> Answer the follwoing in about 300 words each : 2\u00d730=60<\/strong>

(a) <\/strong>How is the empirical ego in Sartre and Heidegger different from the transcendental ego in Husserl ?

(b) <\/strong>Is Strawson’s concept of a person a refutation of Hume’s concept of Self ? Discuss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section ‘B’<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5.<\/strong> Write short notes on the following in about 150 words each:  4\u00d715=60<\/strong>

(a)<\/strong> Does the effect pre-exist in the cause ? Discuss.

(b)<\/strong> How is Ramanuja’s concept of dharma-bhutajnana different from Sankara’s concept of Svarupajnana ? Explain.

(c) <\/strong>Is Sankara’s concept of adhyasa logical or psychological ? Discuss.

(d) <\/strong>How are evolution and involution related in Sri Aurobindo’s philosophy ?

6. <\/strong>Answer the follwoing in about 200 words each: 3\u00d720=60<\/strong>

(a)<\/strong> ” Just as the skepticism of Mume helped Kant to come out of his dogmatic slumber, so also the Carvaka philosphy saved Indian philosophy from dogmatism”. Discuss.

(b)<\/strong> Can qualities exist without substance ? Substantiate your view in the light of Nyaya- Buddhism controversy.

(c)<\/strong> How does the Buddhist accept the possibility of rebirth in the absence of an eternal soul ? Discuss.

7.<\/strong> Answer the follwoing in about 300 words each :  2\u00d730=60<\/strong>

(a)<\/strong> Bring out the metaphysical implications of the second noble truth of Buddhism.

(b)<\/strong> Is Syadvada a self-contradictory doctrine ? Discuss.

8. <\/strong>Answer the follwoing in about 300 worsd each: 2\u00d730=60<\/strong>

(a)<\/strong> ” Both Sankara and Ramanuja are right in their affirmations but wrong in their denials”. Critically evaluate.

(b)<\/strong> Explain the reasons for introducing the notion of extraordinary perception in Nyaya epistemology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Section ‘A’ 1. Write short notes on the following in about 150 words each :   4\u00d715=60 (a) How does Aristotle’s notion of causation differ from the modern notion of causation ? (b) Dose Hume deny the possibility of knowledge ? Discuss. (c) Why does Kant say that existence is not a predicate ? (d) Are tautologies meaniongless according to Writtgenstein ?… Continue reading UPSC Main Philosophy Paper I- 2010<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50072","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50072\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}