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CSS Philosophy Past Paper 2023

CSS Philosophy 2023 carries 100 marks over 3 hours. It has 7 questions.

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How to attempt: Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.

Question 1 (Part I) is the paper's MCQs, which are not reproduced here.

Q. 2
How does Ibn-Rushd reconcile Philosophy with Religion? Discuss in detail.
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Q. 3
What is Pragmatism? Discuss Pragmatism as a method with reference to William James.
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Q. 4
Discuss Kant’s moral proof for the existence of God.
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Q. 5
Hegelian Philosophy is mainly responsible for the contemporary anti-metaphysical movement (e.g., Logical Positivism). Discuss.
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Q. 6
Discuss the need of principle of movement in the structure of Islam in the Philosophy of Iqbal.
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Q. 7
State and explain the cardinal principles of Leibniz monadology.
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Q. 8
Give critical exposition of Berkeley’s doctrine of Esse Est Percipi or “To be is to be perceived”.
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Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.