PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION
FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POSTS OF
PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE – 2020
SUBJECT: PHILOSOPHY PAPER I
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
NOTE:
(i) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
(ii) Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q. Paper.
(iii) No Page / Space be left black between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
(iv) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.
Attempt FIVE Questions in All. Attempt in Urdu or English.
Q. No. 1 Why Aristotle is regarded as the father of logic and what is his contribution towards formulating the various concepts of logic, especially of the deductive one? (20 Marks)
Q. No. 2. Encompass the ethical theory of Spinoza where he focused his notion about moral liberation from human bondage to human freedom. (20 Marks)
Q. No. 3. Explain the verifiability principle of the logical positivists and highlight its modified forms and logical status adopted with the passage of time. (20 Marks)
Q. No. 4. Explain Humes Skepticism in depth/ How does this deny the objectivity of knowledge and the External World? (20 Marks)
Q. No. 5. What is Nietzsche’s Will to Power which is governing the entire world? How is the Superman embodiment of the same Will to Power? (20 Marks)
Q. No. 6. What is the difference between theistic and atheistic existentialism? Being an atheist, what is the basic stance of Jean Paul Sartre? Discuss in detail. (20 Marks)
Q. No. 7. Explicate the idea of Freedom by Jean-Paul Sartre, discussing thoroughly the concept of “Bad Faith” and “Authentic Existence”. (20 Marks)
Q. No. 8. (A) Answer briefly: (5 x 2 = 10 Marks)
(a) What is the real name of Plato and what is the meaning of the word “Plato”?
(b) Just name the four causes, propounded by Aristotle.
(c) Who proclaimed “Cogito ergo sum” and what does it mean?
(d) Write two major differences between empiricism and rationalism.
(e) What does “Phenomena” and “Noumena” mean in Kantian philosophy?
(B) Write short note on: (2 x 5 = 10 Marks)
(a) Plato’s claim “Knowledge is not just sense perception.”
(b) Hume’s claim “there is no necessary connection between a cause and an effect.”