pyq/2025/philosophy-optional-ii/5

Answer the following questions in about 150 words each : (50 marks)

(a) Discuss Cārvāka’s critique of the belief in the existence of suprasensible entities. (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) Is religious language symbolic ? Give reasons and justification in support of your answer. (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) Present an account of Nietzsche’s criticism of religion and morality. (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) Discuss the nature of embodied liberation (jīvanmukti) with reference to Advaita Vedānta. (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) How does Aquinas’ account of Faith as “an intellectual assent” reconcile the juxtaposition between Reason and Faith ? Discuss. (10 marks, 150 words)