pyq/2019/philosophy-optional-i/5

Write short answers to the following in about 150 words each : (10 marks, 150 words)

(a) Justify the status of Abhāva as a category in Vaiśeṣika philosophy. (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) How do the Yogācāra Buddhists deny the existence of the external world? Discuss. (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) Are the Cārvākas consistent when they hold that inference is not a source of knowledge? Discuss. (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) Critically discuss the metaphysical status of a Jīva and a Puruṣa according to Sāṅkhya philosophy. (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) How does Mīmāṃsā establish the authority of Vedic knowledge? (10 marks, 150 words)