CSS Philosophy Past Paper 2025

Part-II questions

1. Q. 2

   Do you agree with John Stuart Mill’s Creed of “Greatest Happiness Principle”, better known as “Utilitarianism”? Support your opinion with cogent arguments. Highlight its contemporary relevance.

2. Q. 3

   Explain Al-Ghazali’s stance on the relationship of cause and effect. Discuss its subsequent consequences in the academic arena of the Muslim world.

3. Q. 4

   What is pragmatism? How is it the best method to resolve old metaphysical disputes according to William James?

4. Q. 5

   Shed light on Hegal’s illustrious Dialectical method. What did Hegel prove through it? Why did he need a new philosophical method?

5. Q. 6

   “Sensible World is a crude copy of the World of Ideas”. Elucidate Plato’s Metaphysics in depth.

6. Q. 7

   What do you understand by the term “Neo-Pragmatism”? Analyze Richard Rorty’s Ethnocentrism, Naturalism, and Relativism briefly and crisply.

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