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Classical Western Epistemology and Metaphysics
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Leibniz gives
1. truth of reason
2. truth of fact
3. truth of falsity
4. truth of logic
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For Descartes, . . . . . . . . Is important.

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Given below are two statements, one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Considering (A) and (R) with reference to Descartes' concept of substance, select the correct option.
Assertion (A) Mind and body are two relative substances.
Reason (R) Mind and body are dependent on each other.

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With whom, Descartes doubt is contrasted?

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Leibniz has accepted

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Match the following:
List-I List-II
a. Descartes 1. There is only one substance, God
b. Locke 2. The secondary properties are modes
c. Spinoza 3. ldea of substance is a complex idea

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What are the characteristics of reality for Hegel?

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The concept of pre-established harmony of . . . . . . . . is similar to the concept of Rta in Vedic philosophy.

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Hume gives
1. philosophical definition of causation.
2. psychological definition of causation.
3. non-philosophical definition of causation.
4. non-psychological definition of causation
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In the light of Kant's philosophy, match List I with List II and choose the correct answer:
List-I List-II
a. The problematical judgement 1. Heat is form motion
b. The infinite Judgement 2. This may be poison
c. The apodictic Judgement 3. Mind is unextended
d. The affirmative judgement 4. Every effect must have a cause

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What is regarded apart from reason?

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In what sense, the word 'idea' is used by Locke?

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According to Locke, knowledge consists in

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Which one of the following statements is true with reference to the Doctrine of Force of Leibniz?

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Descartes gives
1. causal proof.
2. cosmological proof.
3. non-causal proof.
4. non-cosmological proof.
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Pineal gland is . . . . . . . . of the soul.

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Given below are Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Consider them and select the correct option.
Assertion (A) According to Kant, though we cannot directly experience Noumena, a special class of transcendental ideas bringes the gap between the phenomenal and noumenal worlds.
Reason (R) 1 Ideas are called transcendental because they are products of reason alone and not the result of the mind's interaction with sensation. The 'unify' or 'make possible' having experience in the first place.

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Which of the following is not acceptable to Berkeley?

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According to whom 'to start with' mind is a clean state?

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Which one among the following option is acceptable to John Locke?
1. Only agreement of ideas is knowledge.
2. Only agreement of sensations is knowledge.
3. Agreement or disagreement of ideas is knowledge.
4. Agreement or disagreement of sensations is knowledge.

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