Gauhati University BA Contemporary Western Philosophy 2007 Question Paper

University :  Gauhati University

Degree :   B.A Philosophy

Question Paper Subject: Contemporary Western Philosophy

Question Paper Year : 2007

Question Paper Details : Previous Years Question Papers Types Version

                                                 B.A Philosophy THIRD PAPER 

(Contemporary Western Philosophy)

The questions are of equal value

Write the answers to the two Halves in separate books

FIRST HALF

Answer any two questions

1. What is an 'appearance'? How is an appearance related to reality? Critically

discuss following Bradley.

2. What is Phenomenology? Discuss the merit of Husserl's process of

phenomenological reduction (bracketing).

3. Explain, adding your comments, the Sartrian expression 'existence precedes

essence'.

4. Explain and examine Heidegger's concept 'beings-in-the-world'. Is. 'anguish'

natural for men? Discuss.

SECOND HALF

Answer any two questions

5. What, according to Russell, are the distinctive characteristics of modem logic?

Can logic be taken as the essence of philosophy? Discuss.

6. How does Moore refute the principle esse est percipi? Show, giving examples, the

relation between consciousness and the object of consciousness.

7. Write an evaluative essay on Wittgenstein's concept of philosophy as 'critique of

language'.

8. Is it possible to 'do things' with words? Discuss the problem with reference to

Austin. 

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