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Short Name or Subject Code | BPY-003: Ancient and Medieval Western Philosophy |
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Assignment – 3
i) Answer all five questions
ii) All questions carry equal marks
iii) Answer to question no. 1 and 2 should be in about 400 words each.
1. How did Augustine explain the relationship between reason and faith? Discuss. 20
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Explain philosophy with special reference to wisdom. Elaborate its scope and importance in detail.
2. Explain and interpret the notion of being in Parmenides. 20
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Give a detailed account of the main methods applied in Western Philosophy.
3. Answer any two of the following questions in about 200 words each:
a. Describe skepticism. 10
b. What is special about the aim and modus operandi of the Socratic method? 10
c. Explain the philosophy of Avicenna and Al-Ghazali. 10
d. Explain the theory of the ‘union of the opposites’ in the philosophy of Heraclitus 10
4. Answer any four of the following in about 150 words each:
a) Describe Dun Scotus’ views of God’s existence. 5
b) “Virtue is knowledge”. Explain. 5
c) How does Empiricism differ from Rationalism? 5
d) How do you explain ‘Ockham’s Razor’? 5
e) Discuss Objectivism and Subjectivism. 5
f) Explain the Pythagorean concept of the soul. 5
5. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each:
a) Abstraction 4
b) Materialism 4
c) Concept of ‘Being’ 4
d) Apeiron 4
e) Agnosticism 4
f) Al-Ghazali 4
g) Dogmatism 4
h) Aesthetics 4