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Philosophy - Post Mains 2019 review & discussion

Can anyone help with q no 2 c of paper 1 , i.e what is cannot be other than what it is. What has to be explained in it?

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And paper 2 q6 part c i.e. how will a religious person deny the possibility of religion without God? What have you guys written in it (if attempted)?

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@corrigible_87I was not really sure about the exact demand of this question so I think I deviated. This is what I understood - How would a religious person, who believes in a Personal God, will deny the possibility of any religion other than what he/she is practicing, and which claims to have no God. So I wrote that faith in God is the final answer (quoted Bible and Kant here), and then ended with theory of eschatology. Still not sure about the exact demand of question but now I think that mentioning proofs of God in brief could also have been a good option.

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@ajiteshmishra579160Better answer because it tells the necessity of God as per a religious person. Looks like it was a question made by mixing the two concepts of religion without God and proofs of God.

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@ajiteshmishra579160That's true. And this trend is in general as well. GS2 paper of this year is an example. Looks like they want to test the candidate's analytical skills instead of rote learning capabilities which is a kind of good thing.

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@ajiteshmishra579160vvrias does. They will come up with analysis in approx 1 week (called up their office)

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@Dip@utkarsh_mishraDid your actual scores differ in comparison to what you expected after writing the mains (in your previous attempts)?

Asking because this was my first mains so have no idea what to expect. Have attempted all 250 marks in both the papers but have written sub standard answers for around 30-40 marks in both. (But have written satisfactory answers for the rest of questions as per my own analysis). Also, was getting around 110-120 in Mitra's mocks in both papers.

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@rahul21-in1641 wrote only two points in favour: ability to give birth is natural gender discrimination, plus it has scientifically been proven that bone density of females is lesser than males, so difference in physical capacities.

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@utkarsh_mishraOk. And test series aapke hisab se kis institute ki best hai for philosophy?

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@DipFelt exactly the same about Mitra's. Will shift to vvrias this time.
Thanks for your feedback..?

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@spsnitc9171what have you written in Spinoza's statement (what is cannot be other than what it is)

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