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Gauhati University Contemporary Western Philosophy 2007Question Paper

University :  Gauhati University
Degree :  B.A Political Science
Question Paper Subject: Contemporary Western Philosophy
Question Paper Year : 2007
Question Paper Details : Previous Years Question Papers Types Version

                                                B.A Political Science 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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