Mohan Lal Sukhadia University (MLSU) 2001 PHILOSOPHY -II (History of Western Philosophy) - Question Paper

First Year exam of the 3 -Year
Degree Course, 2001
(Faculty of Arts)
PHILOSOPHY Paper-II (History of Western Philosophy)
(Theory)
Time: three Hours
[ Maximum Marks :100 ]
Attempt 5 ques. in all.
First ques. of Section-A is compulsory.
choose 3 ques. from Section-A
and 2 ques. from Section-B
All ques. carry equal marks.

SECTION-A
1. (a) Mention the names of Philosophers who hold the subsequent view:
(i) Knowledge is virtue and virtue is knowledge.
(ii) Knowledge is conceptual.
(iii) Sensation and reflection are the 2 sources of all experience.
(iv) Doubt is starting point of my knowledge and not ultimate goal.
(v) Primary and secondary qualities.
(vi) I think, therefore, I exist.
(vii) There are no innate ideas.
(viii) Monads are windowless.
(ix) Substance is that which exists in itself, and is conceived by itself.

(b) Whose names are associated with the subsequent system/ doctrines :
(i) Ideas are ultimate real.
(ii) Soul is immortal.
(iii) Parallelism.
(iv) Experience is only source of all knowledge.
(v) There are 4 types of causes.
(vi) God is unmoved mover.
(vii) Saliprism.
(viii) Subjective idealism.

(c) Write the name of the writers of the subsequent books:
(i) Meno
(ii) The meditation
(iii) Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding.
(iv) The principles of the Philosophy of Descartes.

2. discuss and examine Plato's doctrine of Ideas.

3. elaborate the Philosophical issues Socrates? define the methods by which he solves them.

4. explain the concept of God according to Aristotle's view.

5. define the Philosophical methods of Descartes.

SECTION-B
6. discuss the concept of God according to Leibnitz. What proof does he provide for the existence of God?

7. What is the nature of knowledge according to Lockes? define the sources of knowledge.

8. How does Berkeley refute the existence of external world? provide arguments.

9. discuss the nature and forms of substance according to Spinoza.

10. explain how Hume criticises theory of Causation. discuss his views on the relation of reason and effect.

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