CSS past paper

CSS Philosophy Past Paper 2025

CSS Philosophy 2025 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
Explain David Hume’s Theory of Knowledge in detail. How did Hume carry his Empiricism/Scepticism to its logical limits?
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Q. 3
Do you agree with the John Stuart Mill’s Creed of “Greatest Happiness Principle”, better known as “Utilitarianism”? Support your opinion with cogent arguments. Highlight its contemporary relevance.
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Q. 4
Explain Al-Ghazali’s stance on the relationship of Cause and Effect. Discuss its subsequent consequences in the academic arena of the Muslim World.
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Q. 5
What is Pragmatism? How is it the best method to resolve Old Metaphysical Disputes according to William James?
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Q. 6
Shed light on Hegel’s illustrious Dialectical Method. What did Hegel prove through it? Why did he need a new philosophical method?
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Q. 7
“Sensible World is a crude copy of the World of Ideas”. Elucidate Plato’s Metaphysics in-depth.
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Q. 8
What do you understand by the term “Neo-Pragmatism”? Analyze Richard Rorty’s Ethnocentrism, Naturalism and Relativism shortly and crisply.
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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.