BPYC-134 · June 2023 · English
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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