Abhinav Philosopher 2013
Questioning
Presumptions
Stage 2: Critical Thoughts
Essay
(10 Mk)
Given below are three quotes of certain
philosophers on different subjects. Choose any one of them to write an essay of about a few pages. The essay
should not only explain the given view, but should either support it or
oppose it with examples and logic. You do not need to have knowledge of the
Philosopher’s work, but rather should be able to grasp the central idea and
analyze the different aspects of the statement. Usually one goes about
establishing the meaning and relevance of each phrase/clause separately and
then sums up the whole argument. Your coherence, reasoning and depth of
thought are most important. For more detailed instructions, refer http://philo.abhinav.ac.in/InPOInstructions.htm
The
student should follow the general instructions given below while appearing
for this round.
1.
The student gets 3 hrs to write the essay and 15 min more to submit the same by
email. Student must ensure that there is no power outage in this period or if
there is then he/she can resume their work within a few minutes of the
outage.
2.
Given the power fluctuations or random reasons
why the PC may crash, student must keep saving the essay every few minutes.
3.
The essay should be submitted by email to director@abhinav.ac.in.
If the student is unable to email for some reason, then he/she must inform
the problem to us on the mobile number through which they received the
instructions.
4.
If a student is unable to write the essay on the
PC, he/she may write on paper in a neat handwriting, then either photograph
or scan the pages with good resolution and send the images via email.
5.
The student may use the internet or dictionaries
during the exam to read about or understand certain issues / terms. However,
directly copying content from the net or inserting quotes of other
philosophers verbatim (which the student is not likely to know before hand)
would be grounds for disqualification.
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I. Those
who believe that they believe in God, but without passion in their hearts,
without anguish in mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, without an
element of despair even in their consolation, believe only in the God idea,
not God Himself. – Miguel de Unamuno, Tragic
Sense of Life, 213
II. It is
... easy to be certain. One has only to be sufficiently vague. -- C. S.
Peirce
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