IASbaba’s TLP OPTIONAL – 2017 : Philosophy [6th Sep, 2017] – Day 50 Archives 1) How do you formulate religious language as non-cognitive? 2) Religious language is dependent on natural language for an analogy and a symbol of work. Why …
IASbaba’s TLP OPTIONAL – 2017 : Philosophy [5th Sep, 2017] – Day 48 & Day 49 Archives 1) How far can religious mortality incorporate individual freedom? 2) ‘If God does not exist then why one should be moral all the …
IASbaba’s TLP OPTIONAL – 2017 : Philosophy [2nd Sep, 2017] – Day 47 Archives 1) Discuss the conflicting nature of religious experience with special reference to Buddhism and Jainism. 2) Is mystical experience open to different interpretations? 3) If religious …
IASbaba’s TLP OPTIONAL – 2017 : Philosophy [1st Sep, 2017] – Day 46 Archives 1) Point out the relative importance of reason and revelation in religion.Are the two compatible? Discuss. 2) Explain the notion of revelation. Does revelation stand in …
IASbaba’s TLP OPTIONAL – 2017 : Philosophy 31st Aug, 2017] – Day 45 Archives 1) Explain the doctrine of the law of karma. Is it compatible with the freedom of will? Discuss. 2) Distinguish between Indian concept of Jivanta and …
IASbaba’s TLP OPTIONAL – 2017 : Philosophy 29th Aug, 2017] – Day 43 Archives 1) Analyse the teleological argument as a proof for the existence of God. 2) Human mind is such that it naturally observes order in nature. Given …
IASbaba’s TLP OPTIONAL – 2017 : Philosophy 28th Aug, 2017] – Day 42 Archives 1) Can deism be satisfactory theory in the context of God of grace and devotion? Discuss. 2) “Religion is not just false, it is harmful.” Discuss …
IASbaba’s TLP OPTIONAL – 2017 : Philosophy 26th Aug, 2017] – Day 41 Archives 1) Discuss the impact of caste-discrimination – affirmative or otherwise on the harmony of the society as a whole. 2) Is there any impact of caste …
IASbaba’s TLP OPTIONAL – 2017 : Philosophy 25th Aug, 2017] – Day 34 – Day 40 Archives Day 34 (Forms of Government) 1) Critically examine – “The idea of democracy is paradoxical.” 2) Political democracy is hollow unless accompanied with …
IASbaba’s TLP OPTIONAL – 2017 : Philosophy 17th Aug, 2017] – Day 33 Archives 1) “Rights and duties are complementary.” Explain 2) Discuss Kant’s distinction between duties of perfect and imperfect obligation 3) Does accountability necessarily contribute to moral perfection? …
IASbaba’s TLP OPTIONAL – 2017 : Philosophy 16th Aug, 2017] – Day 32 Archives 1) Explain the notion of sovereignty. Critically consider in this context the claim that sovereignty is illimitable and logically indivisible. 2) Critically examine Kautilya’s saptang theory …
IASbaba’s TLP OPTIONAL – 2017 : Philosophy 15th Aug, 2017] – Day 31 Archives 1) Critically examine – ‘The concept of equality as a apolitical ideal.’ 2) Critically examine – ‘Freedom as liberation from Samsara.’ 3) Discuss Amartya Sen’s principle …
IASbaba’s TLP OPTIONAL – 2017 : Philosophy 14th Aug, 2017] – Day 30 Archives 1) Some thinkers distinguish between two mutually irreducible senses of freedom, namely negative freedom and positive freedom. Explain and critically consider the distinction. 2) Discuss the …
IASbaba’s TLP OPTIONAL – 2017 : Philosophy 12th Aug, 2017] – Day 29 Archives 1) How far are Quine’s arguments in ‘two dogmas of empiricism’ justified? Discuss. 2) Explain and evaluate Strawson’s arguments for his conception of the nature of …
IASbaba’s TLP OPTIONAL – 2017 : Philosophy 11th Aug, 2017] – Day 28 Archives 1) Analyse Kierkegaard’s concept of choice. Can there be, in his view, correct or incorrect choice? Discuss. 2) Compare the views of Spinoza and Sarte on …
IASbaba’s TLP OPTIONAL – 2017 : Philosophy [10th Aug, 2017] – Day 27 Archives 1) Discuss Husserl’s conception of philosophy as rigorous science. 2) What is ‘epoche’? Bring out its significance for Husserl’s conception of rigorous science. 3) What is …
IASbaba’s TLP OPTIONAL – 2017 : Philosophy [9th Aug, 2017] – Day 26 Archives 1) According to Wittgenstein ‘Philosophy is a battle against bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language’. Explain the function of philosophy in the above context. …
IASbaba’s TLP OPTIONAL – 2017 : Philosophy [8th Aug, 2017] – Day 25 Archives 1) Are empirical statements verifiable? Discuss the limitations of verification theory of meaning. 2) ‘Logical Positivism’ broadly claims that metaphysics and theology are meaningless because they …
IASbaba’s TLP OPTIONAL – 2017 : Philosophy [7th Aug, 2017] – Day 24 Archives 1) State and discuss Russell’s analysis of Definite Descriptions 2) Why does Wittgenstein disagree Bertrand Russell’s interpretation of atomism in the philosophy of Tractatus? 3) What …
IASbaba’s TLP OPTIONAL – 2017 : Philosophy [5th Aug, 2017] – Day 23 Archives 1) Was Moore successfully able to refute idealism? 2) Why it has been said that the defense of common Sense is essentially a defense of ordinary language? 3) Critically …
