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Assignment – 10
Note:
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. Write a detailed essay on Marxist Philosophy. 20
Or
Define knowledge. Explain propositional knowledge as ‘Justified True Belief’. 20
2. Write an essay on the general nature and arguments of feminist epistemology. 20
Or
How is mental perception different from other sensory perceptions?
Explain the theory of perception according to Nyaya. 20
3. Answer any two of the following questions in about 200 words each:
a. “There is an inseparable relation between metaphysics and epistemology”. Explain. 10
b. Briefly elucidate Kierkegaard’s attack on the objectivity of knowledge. 10
c. Define Epistemology. Explain the scope and importance of its study. 10
d. Illustrate the coherence theory of truth. 10
4. Answer any four of the following in about 150 words each:
a) Differentiate between a priori and a posteriori judgments/propositions. 5
b) Briefly elucidate Kierkegaard’s attack on the objectivity of knowledge. 5
c) What do you understand by dependence on coherentism? 5
d) Briefly explain Cartesian doubt. 5
e) Does Sankhya accept sabda as a valid source of knowledge? Discuss. 5
f) What do you understand by contextual continuity? 5
5. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each:
a) Correspondence theory 4
b) Immediate Inference 4
c) Pramana 4
d) Sabda- pramāna 4
e) The ecological approach to perception 4
f) Verification 4
g) Sesavat inference 4
h) Semantic theory of truth 4