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IGNOU BPYC-134 June 2023 Previous Year Question Paper

WESTERN PHILOSOPHY-MODERN

Structured previous year question paper for BPYC-134, June 2023 session.

Max marks: 100 · Questions: 8 · Sections: 2

Verified: 24 Aug 2026

B. A. (GENERAL) PHILOSOPHY

(BAG)

Term-End Examination

June, 2023

BPYC -134 :WESTERN PHLOSOPHY :MODERN

Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100

Note : Candidates are required to attempt any five

questions in total such that at least

2 questions are attempted from each Section.

The word limit for each question is

400 words. All questions carry equal marks.

Section—I

Q1.Write a note on the salient features of Renaissance period.

Q2.How does Locke refute the concept of “Innate Ideas” ? Explain.

Q3.What according to Kant is the nature of knowledge ? Elaborate. 20 [2] BPYC

Q4.Write notes on any two of the following in about 200 words each : 10+10

(a) Marx’s idea of ‘Class Struggle’

(b) Transcendental freedom (०) Spinoza’s conception of ‘Determinism’

Section—II

Q5.What was the Leibnitz mean by the assertion “Monads are windowless”. How does he argue for the possibility of interaction between ‘Windowless Monads’ ?

Q6.Compare the ‘Dialectic Method’ of Descartes and Hegel.

Q7.What is ‘Free Will” ? How does Hume reject this notion ?

Q8.Write notes on any two of the following in about 200 words each : 10+10

(a) Subjective Idealism

(b) Intellectual Love for God

(c) Primary and Secondary Qualities [3] BPYC -134 [51 BPYC

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