KPK, PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Competitive Examination for the Posts of PMS, 2018
PHILOSOPHY, PAPER-1
Time Allowed: 03 Hours Max: Marks: 100
Attempt any five questions and each questions carry equal marks.
1 What is informal fallacy? Explain fallacies of Ambiguity and Presumption with at least one example each.
2 Critically examine five criteria commonly used in judging the worth of scientific hypothesis.
3 Enumerate different types of ‘definition’ and explain them with examples.
4 What is the difference between proposition and sentence? Discuss its various kinds with examples.
5 Differentiate between Deduction and Induction. How can inductive reasoning be justified.
6 Elaborate Ibn-Tahmiya’s criticism on Aristotelian logic.
7 Discuss Traditional square of opposition and various forms of immediate inferences.
8 State and thoroughly examine Mill’s doctrine of Plurality of Causes.
