CSS Philosophy Past Paper 2009
Note: Before 2016 Philosophy had Two Papers.
Paper-I
PART-II (Subjective) 80 Marks
Attempt ONLY FOUR Questions from PART-II. (20×4)
PART-II
Q.2 State and critically evaluate Aristotelian Traditional Square of Opposition.
Q.3 Discuss the role of definition in reducing ambiguity and vagueness in language.
Q.4 Define emotive terms and discuss their role in fallacious reasoning.
Q.5 Define and distinguish:
(a) Sentence and proposition
(b) Deductive and inductive arguments (also cite examples)
Q.6 Define conjunctive, disjunctive, and hypothetical statements. State their symbols and determine their truth values, citing examples.
Q.7 Construct formal proofs of validity for the following arguments:
Q.8 State and explain hypothesis and the criteria to evaluate a hypothesis.
Paper-II
PART-II (Subjective) 80 Marks
Attempt ONLY FOUR Questions from PART-II. (20×4)
PART-II
Q.2 Define and distinguish subjective and objective idealism, with special reference to Berkeley and Hegel.
Q.3 Discuss Pragmatic theory of truth; pragmatism is the philosophy of capitalism. Comment.
Q.4 Critically evaluate A.J. Ayer’s ‘Principle of Verifiability’ and its impact on ethics.
Q.5 Discuss in detail the sources and component parts of Marxism.
Q.6 State and explain Ibn-i-Khaldun’s concept of ‘asabia’, keeping in view the contemporary debate on the clash of civilizations.
Q.7 Critically discuss religious fundamentalism, revivalism, and reformism.
Q.8 Sayyid Ahmad Khan and Iqbal were against fatalism and tried to promote a worldly attitude among Muslims. Comment.