Calicut University 2007 M.A Philosophy ,2008(Old Scheme) - Question Paper

FIRST SEMESTER M.A DEGREE EXAMINATION, FEBRUARY 2008(Old Scheme)
Philosophy
Phil. 402. COURSE WORK ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF KANT.
Time : 3 Hours
Maximum : 80 Marks

part A
ans all ques. by choosing the right ans from the choices provided in the brackets
1. Kant explains conscious in terms of its .
(a) Meanings. (b) Essences.
(c) Functions. (d) None of these.
2. The transcendental ego is the source
of consciousness.
(a) Transcendental.
(b) Transcendent.
(c) Nontranscendental.
(d) None of these.
3. Kant holds that without sensibility to
us in the situation of knowledge.
(a) Object is provided.
(b) No object is provided.
(c) Sometimes object is provided and sometimes not provided.
(d) None of these.
4. Sensibility and understanding cooperate
with every other to constitute .
(a) Experience. (b) Meaning.
(c) Knowledge. (d) None of these.
5. The denial of the truth of an analytic judgement leads to .
(a) Tautology. (b) Contrariety.
(c) Contradiction. (d) None of these.
6. Space and time are a priori necessary conditions for .
(a) External sensations. (b) Internal sensations.
(c) All sensations. (d) None of these.
7. Laws of sensibility are called.
(a) Transcendental aesthetic. (b) Transcendental logic.
(c) Transcendental dialectic. (d) None of these.
8. According to Kant pure apperception means the relation ranging from .
(a) The subject and the manifold meanings it constitutes.
(b) The subject and the manifold of sensible institutions.
(c) The subject, the object and the meanings.
(d) None of these.
9. Kant holds that existence is .
(a) a predicate. (b) Not a predicate.
(c) An adjective. (d) None of these.
10.According to Kant categories of understanding means .
(a) The relationship ranging from concepts and understanding.
(b) The relationship ranging from subject and its experience.
(c) A priori concepts in built in logical kinds of judgement.
(d) None of the above.

part B
ans any 2 ques. from the subsequent.
every ques. carries 20 marks.
Your ans for every ques. should not exceed 1000 words.


11.Discuss Kantian scheme of judgements with suitable example for analytic, synthetic
and synthetic a priori judgement.
12.Evaluate Kant's contributions to philosophy. Do you agree with the contention that
contemporary Western philosophy is only a lengthy footnote
to the Kantian
philosophy ? explain.
13.Give an account of the distinction ranging from the a priority of a priori judgement and the
a priority of synthetic a priori judgements.
14.Explain Kant's theory of the synthetic unity of apperception.

(2x20 = 40marks)


part C
ans any ten from the subsequent.
every ques. carries three marks.

15.What does Kant mean by appearance ? Is appearance various from or similar to
phenomenon and noumenon ?
16.What is space and time ? Examine their similarities and differences.
17.What is a Judgement ? Examine the characteristics of a priori judgement. What is the
relation ranging from priori and analytic judgement ?
18.Examine the characteristics, similarities and differences among sentence, judgement
and proposition.
19.What do you understand by Kant's Copernican Revolution ?
20.What does transcendental aesthetic deal with ?
21.What does Kant mean by human natural disposition to metaphysics ? Why does he
speak of it ?
22.Distinguish ranging from Legitimate and Illegitimate use of categories.
23.What does Kant mean by constitutive and regulative concepts ? provide examples.
24.What does Kant mean by understanding and cause ? discuss.
25.What are the postulates of empirical thought according to Kant ?
26.What does Kant mean by the pure employment of cause ? explain.

(10x3 = 30marks)

Earning:   Approval pending.