Philosophy Punjab PMS Paper I 2014

PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR

RECRUITMENT TO THE POSTS OF

PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE-2014

SUBJECT: PHILOSOPHY (OPTIONAL) PAPER-I

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100

NOTE: Attempt FIVE Questions in All. Attempt in Urdu or English.

Q.1 Discuss the salient features of Plato’s theory of state. 20

Q.2 Write a critical note on Aristotle’s theory of knowledge. 20

Q.3 “I think, therefore, I am”: Explain and elaborate the Cartesian dictum. 20

Q. 4 Critically examine Locke’s theory of primary and secondary qualities. 20

Q.5 Hume’s skepticism was the logical culmination of British Empiricism. Explain. 20

Q.6 Give a critical account or Hegel’s Absolute Idealism. 20

Q.7 Discuss in detail Nietzsche’s philosophy as manifestation of “Wilt to Power”, with special reference to his concept of ‘Overman’ and ‘Eternal Recurrence’. 20

Q.8 What is Verifiability Principle? Discuss its various forms and its logical status with reference to the Logical Positivism. 20

Q.9 Distinguish between consciousness-for-itself and consciousness-in-itself, as ontological foundations of Sartre’s Phenomenology of human freedom. 20