Monday, April 25, 2011

Philosophy Main Exam Paper One

Civil Service Philosophy Main Exam Paper One
                                                                            PAPER-1
 Section-A :History and Problem of Philosophy
1. Plato and Aristotle: Ideas; Substance; Form and Matter; Causation; Actuality and Potentiality.
 2. Rationalism (Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz): Cartesian Method and Certain Knowledge; Substance God; Mind-Body Dualism; Determinism and Freedom
3. Empiricism (Locke, Berkeley, Hume): Theory of Knowledge; Substance and Qualities; Self and God skepticism.
 4. Kant: Possibility of Synthetic a priori Judgements;Space an Time ;Categories; Ideas of Reason; Antinomies; Critique of Proofs for the Existence of God
 5. Hegel: Dialectical Method; Absolute Idealism
6. Moore,Russel and Early Wittgenstein :Defence of Commonsense; Refutation of Idealism; Logical Atomism; Logical Constructions; Incomplete Symbols; Picture Theory of meaning; Saying and Showing
7 Logical Positivism: Verification Theory of Meaning:Rajection of Metaphysics; Linguistic Theory of Necessary Propositions
8. Later Wittgenstein: Meaning and Use; Language-games; Critique of Private Language.
9 Phenomenology (Husserl): Method; Theory of Essences; Avoidance of Psychologism
10 Existentialism (Kierkegaard, Sartre, Heidegger): Existence and Essence; Choice, Responsibility and Authentic Existence; Being-in-the-world and Temporality
11. Quine and Strawson: Critique of Empiricism; Theory of basic particulars and persons
Section-B
12. Carvaka: Theory of Knowledge; Rejection of Transcendent Entities
13. Jainism: Theory of Reality; Saptabhaoginaya; Bondage and Liberation
14. Schools of Buddhism: Pratityasamutpada, Ksanikavada, Nairatmyavada
15. Nyaya-Vaiuesika:theory of Categories; Theory of Appearance; Theory of Pramana;Self,Liberation;God;Proofs for the Existence of god; Theory of Causation; Atomistic Theory of Creation.
16 Samkhya:Prakrti;Purusa;Causation;Kaivalya
18 Mimamasa:theory of Knowledge
19 Schools of Vedanta: Brahman;luvara;Atman;Jiva;Maya; Avidya;Adhyasa; Moksa; Aprthaksiddhi ; Pancavidhabheda
20 Aruobindo: Evolution,Involution;Integral Yoga

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