pyq/2013/philosophy-optional-i/1

Write short answers to the following in about 150 words each:

(a) Explain and evaluate Strawson's arguments for his conception of the nature of a person. (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) Explain Wittgenstein's arguments against the possibility of private language. (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) Distinguish necessary from empirical propositions. How is a necessary proposition justified? Explain. (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) Discuss how by refuting the different concepts of substances Aristotle establishes his own theory of substance. (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) What is an antinomy? Describe the major antinomies discussed by Kant. (10 marks, 150 words)