pyq/2017/philosophy-optional-i/1

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

(a) Elaborate Hegel's dictum : "All identity is identity and difference." (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) Explain Husserl's reasons for advocating phenomenological reductionism. (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) How is the statement, 'I met a man', semantically problematic for Russell ? How does he account for the meaningfulness of this statement ? (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) In what sense can ideas be both immanent and transcendent ? Discuss in this context Plato's theory of universals and particulars. (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) Show how Hume's analysis of experience leaves no ground for belief in any permanent reality either physical or mental. (10 marks, 150 words)