pyq/2013/philosophy-optional-i/3

Write answers to the following in about 200 words each : (12.5 marks, 200 words)

(a) Explain Descartes' method of doubt. Can this method be used to justify his belief in the existence of God? Argue your case. (12.5 marks, 200 words)

(b) Comment : ‘Movement is contradiction itself.’ Examine, in this context, Hegel's dialectical method. (12.5 marks, 200 words)

(c) Examine John Locke's theory of substance. (12.5 marks, 200 words)

(d) Examine Sartre's distinction between Being-for-itself and Being-in-itself. (12.5 marks, 200 words)