CSS Philosophy Past Paper 2018

Instructions specific to this paper

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

Part-II questions

1. Q. 220 marks

   Define Philosophy and explain its main branches.

2. Q. 320 marks

   Discuss key points of Popper’s Fallibilism.

3. Q. 420 marks

   Work out the weaknesses and strengths of Deductive method.

4. Q. 520 marks

   Discuss Berkeley’s critique of Locke’s representative realism.

5. Q. 620 marks

   Critically evaluate Rawls’ notion of Original Position.

6. Q. 720 marks

   In what sense Foucault may be treated as a post-modernist thinker.

7. Q. 820 marks

   Write short notes on any TWO of the following: (10 each) (a) Al-Farabi (b) Al-Ghazali (c) Ibn Rushid

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Source:

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Standard FPSC instructions

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• 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.