CSS Philosophy Past Paper 2010
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 Define proposition. Explain Aristotle’s view of propositions.
Q.3 Inductive inference is probable. Discuss it with reference to analogical arguments.
Q.4 Emotive language is ambiguous. Illustrate with the help of fallacies of ambiguity.
Q.5 Write a note on symbolic logic defining its symbols of conjunction, disjunction, and negation with examples.
Q.6 What is scientific explanation? Discuss the role of hypothesis in scientific explanation.
Q.7 Describe Ibn-e-Sina’s contribution to logic.
Q.8 Discuss Ibn-e-Taimiyah’s criticism of Aristotle’s logic.
Paper-II
PART-II (Subjective) 80 Marks
Attempt ONLY FOUR Questions from PART-II. (20×4)
PART-II
Q.2 Explain various types of Idealism. Discuss Berkeley’s idealism.
Q.3 Define Materialism. Critically examine Dialectical Materialism.
Q.4 “Existence precedes essence.” Discuss with reference to Sartre’s existentialism.
Q.5 Analyze Logical Positivists’ views regarding the elimination of metaphysics.
Q.6 Discuss Al-Ghazali’s criticism of philosophers regarding the eternity of the world.
Q.7 Ibn Khaldun is the founder of the philosophy of history and sociology. Discuss.
Q.8 Elaborate Iqbal’s concept of Ijtihad as the principle of movement in the structure of Islam.