IGNOU BPYC 134 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

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BPYC 134 2025 - English

Assignment for TEE June 2025 and December 2025

BPYC-134

Western Philosophy: Modern

Note:

1. Give Answer of all five questions.

2. All five questions carry equal marks

3. Answer to question no. 1 and 2 should be in about 400 words cach.

1. 1. Write a brief essay outlining the key ideas of contemporary Western philosophy. 20

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What is Kant's view on the Nature of Knowledge? Explain and analyze.

2. Explain and analyze Descartes' method of doubt.

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How does Descartes prove the existence of the External world?

3. Answer any two of the following questions in about 200 words cach.

a) Explain the idea of causality? How does Hume criticize the idea of causation?

b) Contrast Descartes' and Locke's conceptions of substance with Spineca's.

c) What are Inrate Ideas? How Locke criticizes the concept of innate ideas?

d) Explain Pre-established harmony. Discuss its significance in Leibniz's philosophy.

4. Answer any four of the following questions in about 150 words cach.

a) Distinguish between primary and secondary qualities of Locke

b) Write a note on Berkley's refutation of materialism

c) "Thoughts without content are empty and intuitions without concepts are blind." Explain this dictum of Kant.

d) Discuss Spinoza's idea of God.

e) Write a note on the mind-body dualism of Descartes.

f) Write a short note on Enlightenment.

5. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words cach.

a)Alienated Labour

b) Locke's representative theory of perception.

c) Synthetic A-priori and Analytic A-priori

d) Leibniz's principle of sufficient reason

e) Descartes's Scientific Method

f) Cogito, ergo an

g) Hegel's idea of Absolute Truth

h) Meaning of transcendental for Kant

BPYC 134 (January 2026 - July 2026) - ENGLISH

Assignment for TEE June 2026 and December 2026

BPYC-134

Western Philosophy: Modern

Note:

1. Give Answer of all five questions.

2. All five questions carry equal marks

3. Answer to question no. 1 and 2 should be in about 400 words each.

1. Write a note on the salient features of Modern Western Philosophy.

OR

Give an account of Hegel's dialectical method and explain it with appropriate examples.

2. What is Kant's view on the nature of knowledge? Explain and analyze.

OR

Explain and analyze Descartes' mind-body dualism.

3. Answer any two of the following questions in about 200 words each.

a) Explain the idea of causality. How does Hume criticize the notion of causation?

b) Contrast Descartes' and Locke's conceptions of substance with that of Spinoza.

c) What are innate ideas? How does Locke criticize the theory of innate ideas?

d) Explain the significance of pre-established harmony in Leibniz's philosophy.

4. Answer any four of the following questions in about 150 words each.

a) Distinguish between primary and secondary qualities according to Locke.

b) Examine Berkeley's refutation of materialism.

c) "Thoughts without content are empty and intuitions without concepts are blind." Explain this dictum of Kant.

d) Discuss Spinoza's idea of God.

e) Write a short note on Enlightenment.

f) Write a short note on historical materialism.

5. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each.

a) Alienated Labour

b) Locke's representative theory of perception

c) Synthetic a priori and Analytic a priori judgments

d) Tabula Rasa

e) Cogito, ergo sum

f) Hegel's idea of Absolute Truth

g) Meaning of the term "Transcendental" in Kant's philosophy

h) The intellectual love of God

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