{"id":50084,"date":"2019-07-17T16:48:18","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T11:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=50084"},"modified":"2019-07-17T16:49:15","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T11:19:15","slug":"upsc-main-philosophy-paper-i-2015","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-main-philosophy-paper-i-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC Main Philosophy Paper I- 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">SECTION A <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q.1) Write short answers to the following in about 150 words each: 10\u00d75=50<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(a) Aristotle&#8217;s distinction between &#8216;actually&#8217; and &#8216;potentiality&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(b) esse est percipi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(c) Husserl\u2019s nation of \u2018bracketing\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(d) Strawson&#8217;s distinction between &#8216;M&#8217; and &#8216;P&#8217; predicates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(e) G.E. Moore&#8217;s refutation of idealism.<br><br>Q. 2 (a) Explain Kant&#8217;s division of categories. 20 marks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(b) Discuss why Heidegger introduces the concept of Dasein in his metaphysics. 15 marks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(c) Elucidate Quine&#8217;s arguments to show that analyticity is not synonymity. 15 marks<br><br>Q. 3(a) Bring out the relationship between language games and forms of life. 20 marks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(b) Explain Leibnitz&#8217;s principle of &#8216;identity of indiscernibles&#8217;. 15 marks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(c) What do we understand by incomplete symbols? What role do they play in Russell theory of meaning? Discuss. 15 marks<br><br>Q. 4(a) Explain Plato&#8217;s theory of forms. Docs it entail a kind of essentialism? Discuss. 20 marks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(b) Does Dcscartes Cogito principle entail that he is an essentialist? Discuss. 15 marks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(c) Bring out the relationship between existence and essence in the case of human being. Explain the issues it gives rise to for human beings according to Sartre. 15 marks<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">SECTION B<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q.5) Write short answers to the following in about 150 words each: \u2014 10\u00d75=50<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(a) Pancavidhabheda<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(b) Jain concept of Dravya<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(c) Alayavijinana<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(d) Satkaryavada<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(e) Sri Aurobindo&#8217;s Integral Yoga.<br><br>Q. 6(a) Elaborate Nyaya Mimamsa debate on Pramayavada. 20 Marks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(b) &#8216;Our knowledge is confined to gunas alone&#8217;. Examine this statement in the light of Vaisesika and Buddhist controversy. 15 Marks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(c) Is anyathakhyativada an adequate explanation of error? Elaborate. 15 Marks<br><br>Q. 7(a) Compare and contrast the notion of Brahman in Sankara and Ramanuja. 20 Marks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(a) State and examine the Samkhya proofs for the existence of Purusa. 15 Marks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(a) Explain the arguments of Carvaka to reject transcendental entities. 15 Marks<br><br>Q. 8(a) What is bondage according to yoga philosophy? Explain the method of attaining Kaivalya<br>in Patanjali\u2019s yogasutra. 20 Marks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(a) What do Samvara and Nirjara mean? Explain their significance in Jaina theory of liberation. 15 Marks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(a) What is the role of Pratityasamutpada in explaining Dukha? Elucidate the means to overcome it. 15 Marks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SECTION A Q.1) Write short answers to the following in about 150 words each: 10\u00d75=50 (a) Aristotle&#8217;s distinction between &#8216;actually&#8217; and &#8216;potentiality&#8217;. (b) esse est percipi (c) Husserl\u2019s nation of \u2018bracketing\u2019 (d) Strawson&#8217;s distinction between &#8216;M&#8217; and &#8216;P&#8217; predicates. (e) G.E. Moore&#8217;s refutation of idealism. Q. 2 (a) Explain Kant&#8217;s division of categories. 20 marks&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-main-philosophy-paper-i-2015\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UPSC Main Philosophy Paper I- 2015<\/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-50084","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50084","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=50084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}