CSS Philosophy Past Paper 2017

Instructions specific to this paper

• Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.

Part-II questions

1. Q. 220 marks

   Discuss the Skepticism of Hume in-depth; how has it affected his ideas regarding Cause and Self ?

2. Q. 320 marks

   How did Ghazali refute the Philosophers’ argument about Eternity of the Universe?

3. Q. 420 marks

   Elaborate the way Iqbal has reconciled Divine Power (Omnipotence) and Knowledge with human freedom.

4. Q. 520 marks

   What do you understand by Dialectics? Critically evaluate Hegel’s Dialectical Method.

5. Q. 620 marks

   Elucidate Heidegger’s Theory of Being with special reference to Dasien.

6. Q. 720 marks

   What is Historical Materialism? Elaborate Karl Marx’s contribution in its development.

7. Q. 820 marks

   Write comprehensive notes on any two of the following: (10 each) (a) Three types of Knowledge by Spinoza. (b) Kant’s Categorical Imperative. (c) Stare’s Bad Faith.

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Source:

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Standard FPSC instructions

Printed on this and every CSS paper.

• Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
• All the parts (if any) of each question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
• Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the question paper.
• No page/space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of the Answer Book must be crossed.
• Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.