pyq/2016/philosophy-optional-i/3

(a) Does Plato’s ‘Theory of Form’ explain the ‘change’ and ‘sensibility’ of matter? Give reasons for your answer. (20 marks)

(b) What, according to Kant, are ‘pure concepts’? Examine their role in the process of knowing. (15 marks)

(c) Explain Russell’s view that “the physical object is a logical construction from sense-data”. Why does he call his metaphysical view ‘neutral monism’? (15 marks)