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[CENTER][FONT="Arial Black"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][SIZE="4"]Repeated Question of Philosophy
Paper 1[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/CENTER]

[FONT="Arial Black"][COLOR="Magenta"][SIZE="4"][CENTER]LOGIC[/CENTER][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT]

•What [COLOR="DarkOliveGreen"]benefits are to be achieved from the study of logic[/COLOR]? Discuss .[B][COLOR="darkolivegreen"]2000[/COLOR][/B]
•Define Logic and explain the [COLOR="darkolivegreen"]difference between formal and informal arguments[/COLOR].[COLOR="darkolivegreen"][B]2001[/B][/COLOR]
•What is Logic? Evaluate in [COLOR="darkolivegreen"]brief Aristotelian Logic.[B]2002[/B][/COLOR]
•Logic [COLOR="darkolivegreen"]deals with arguments [/COLOR]and inferences. Discuss[B][COLOR="darkolivegreen"]2003[/COLOR][/B]
•Briefly examine [COLOR="darkolivegreen"]Muslim’s contribution in logic [/COLOR]with special reference to Abn Tamiya [COLOR="darkolivegreen"][B]2003[/B][/COLOR]
•Define Logic. What are its [COLOR="darkolivegreen"]two kinds with reference to Truth and Validity[/COLOR]?[COLOR="darkolivegreen"][B]2004[/B][/COLOR]
•Logic is the[COLOR="darkolivegreen"] Science of valid thought[/COLOR]. How can we determine validity?[COLOR="darkolivegreen"][B]2005[/B][/COLOR]
•Define Logic with special [COLOR="darkolivegreen"]reference to strength, Cogence and Soundness[/COLOR].[B][COLOR="darkolivegreen"]2006[/COLOR][/B]
•Give a [COLOR="darkolivegreen"]brief history of Logic.[B]2006[/B][/COLOR]
•Write short notes on[COLOR="darkolivegreen"] Problem Solving in Logic[/COLOR].[B][COLOR="darkolivegreen"]2006[/COLOR][/B]
•What is the role of [COLOR="darkolivegreen"]connotation and denotation [/COLOR]in logic?
•Define Logic and discuss[COLOR="darkolivegreen"] its two main kinds[/COLOR]. Deduction and Induction.[B][COLOR="darkolivegreen"]2007[/COLOR][/B]
•Define [COLOR="darkolivegreen"]Logic and briefly discuss its various k[/COLOR]inds.[B][COLOR="darkolivegreen"]2011[/COLOR][/B]
•Describe[COLOR="darkolivegreen"] Ibn-e-Sina's contribution [/COLOR]in logic.[B][COLOR="darkolivegreen"]2010[/COLOR][/B]

[CENTER][FONT="Arial Black"][COLOR="Sienna"][SIZE="3"]Symbols[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/CENTER]
•Discuss the [COLOR="sienna"]value of Symbols in Logic[/COLOR]? How are the Variable, Constants, Brackets and Axioms used as Symbols?[B][COLOR="sienna"]2001[/COLOR][/B]
•What is [COLOR="sienna"]Symbolic Logic[/COLOR]? Is it an improvement over traditional logic?[COLOR="sienna"][B]2002[/B][/COLOR]
•What is the [COLOR="sienna"]value of use of symbols[/COLOR] in logic? Explain.[COLOR="sienna"][B]2003 2007 2008 2011[/B][/COLOR]
•What are [COLOR="sienna"]Variables and Non-Variables [/COLOR]in Symbolic Logic [B][COLOR="sienna"]2004[/COLOR][/B]
•Write a not on symbolic logic defining its symbols of [COLOR="sienna"]conjunction, disjunction and negation with examples [B]2010[/B][/COLOR]

[FONT="Arial Black"][SIZE="4"][COLOR="Indigo"][CENTER]Analogy[/CENTER][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
•What is [COLOR="indigo"]Inductive Analogy[/COLOR]? On what factors does the strength of Inductive Analogy depend?[B][COLOR="indigo"]2000[/COLOR][/B]
• [B][COLOR="indigo"]Note:[/COLOR][/B]Analogy [COLOR="indigo"][B]2001[/B][/COLOR]
•[COLOR="indigo"]Argument[/COLOR] by Analogy [COLOR="indigo"][B]2002[/B][/COLOR]
•Discuss Analogy [COLOR="indigo"]as a form of Inductive Method[/COLOR].[COLOR="indigo"][B]2004[/B][/COLOR]
•Discuss the [COLOR="indigo"]Inductive use of Analogy [/COLOR]and Hypothesis.[COLOR="indigo"][B]2007[/B][/COLOR]

[COLOR="indigo"][FONT="Arial Black"][SIZE="4"][CENTER]Fallacy[/CENTER][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR]
•What is a fallacy? Discuss the different kinds of fallacies and its importance in Logic. 2001
•What is a [COLOR="indigo"]fallacy[/COLOR]? Briefly explain various [COLOR="indigo"]logical fallacies.[B]2003[/B][/COLOR]
•Critically discuss the [COLOR="indigo"]fallacy of Relevance [B]2004 ,2005[/B][/COLOR]
•Define in detail Fallacies.[B][COLOR="indigo"]2006[/COLOR][/B]
•What is a [COLOR="indigo"]Fallacy of judgment?[/COLOR] Differentiate between Fallacies of Relevance and Fallacies of Ambiguity.[COLOR="indigo"][B]2007[/B][/COLOR]
•What is a [COLOR="indigo"]logical fallacy[/COLOR]? Discuss in detail formal fallacy[COLOR="indigo"][B].2008[/B][/COLOR]
•Define [COLOR="indigo"]emotive terms and discuss their role [/COLOR]in fallacious reasoning.[B][COLOR="indigo"]2009[/COLOR][/B]
•What is fallacy? Enumerate and [COLOR="indigo"]define its various kinds [/COLOR]in brief. [B][COLOR="indigo"]2011[/COLOR][/B]
•State and Explain[COLOR="indigo"] various types of fallacies [/COLOR]with examples from everyday life.[B][COLOR="indigo"]2012[/COLOR][/B]

[CENTER][FONT="Arial Black"][COLOR="Blue"][SIZE="4"]Syllogism[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/CENTER]
•[COLOR="blue"]Rules for valid syllogism[/COLOR].[COLOR="blue"][B]2000[/B][/COLOR]
•What is syllogism? Explain [COLOR="blue"]rules of valid [/COLOR]syllogism.[COLOR="blue"][B]2003[/B][/COLOR]
•Discuss syllogism and its [COLOR="blue"]formative and general rules[/COLOR].[COLOR="blue"][B]2004[/B][/COLOR]
•Define in detail[COLOR="blue"] categorical syllogism[/COLOR].[COLOR="blue"][B]2006,2002[/B][/COLOR]
•How can you reduce the number of terms in a Syllogistic Arguments[COLOR="blue"][B] 2006[/B][/COLOR]
•[COLOR="blue"][B]Note:[/B][/COLOR]Syllogism.[COLOR="blue"][B] 2007 ,2012[/B][/COLOR]
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AL-Farabi[/SIZE][/CENTER][/COLOR][/FONT]
•Discuss [COLOR="darkgreen"]Al-Farabi’s contributions to logic [/COLOR]and compare his position to the Modern view of Logic [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2001[/COLOR][/B]
•Discuss [COLOR="darkgreen"]al-Farabi’s contribution [/COLOR]to Logic [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2004 ,2007,2011[/COLOR][/B]
•Al Farabi [COLOR="darkgreen"]divides logic into how many kinds[/COLOR]/categories?[B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2005[/COLOR][/B]
•Discuss Farabi's [COLOR="darkgreen"]contributions to Modality[/COLOR].[B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2012[/COLOR][/B]

[FONT="Arial Black"][SIZE="4"][CENTER][COLOR="darkgreen"]Aristotel[/COLOR][/CENTER][/SIZE][/FONT]
•Aristotelian Logic was [COLOR="DarkOrange"]refuted by Ibn-i-Taimya [/COLOR]in his book ‘Rad-ul-Mantaqeen’. Discuss the main points of his criticism.[COLOR="darkorange"][B]2001 ,2010[/B][/COLOR]
•What is Logic? Evaluate in [COLOR="darkorange"]brief Aristotelian Logic[/COLOR].[B][COLOR="darkorange"]2002[/COLOR][/B]
•Discuss [COLOR="darkorange"]Ibn-e-Taimya’s refutation [/COLOR]of Aristotelian Metaphysics and Logic [B][COLOR="darkorange"]2002[/COLOR][/B]
•Bring out the [COLOR="darkorange"]difference between Aristotelian and Modern Logic [B]2006[/B][/COLOR]
•Critically examine the [COLOR="darkorange"]role of definition [/COLOR]in Aristotelian Logic[B][COLOR="darkorange"] 2008[/COLOR][/B]
•How far is it tenable to hold that Muslim contribution to logic is an improvement on Aristotelian logic?[COLOR="darkorange"]2008[/COLOR]
•Define proposition. Explain [COLOR="darkorange"]Aristotle's view of propositions[/COLOR].[COLOR="darkorange"][B]2010[/B][/COLOR]
•Discuss [COLOR="darkorange"]ibn-e-Taimiyah's criticism [/COLOR]on Aristotle's logic.[COLOR="darkorange"][B]2010[/B][/COLOR]

[CENTER][FONT="Arial Black"][SIZE="4"][COLOR="darkorange"]Induction and deduction[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER]
•Differentiate between [COLOR="darkorange"]Induction and deduction[/COLOR].([COLOR="darkorange"][B]2000[/B][/COLOR])
•How [COLOR="darkorange"][B]Induction differs from Deduction[/B][/COLOR]? Can Induction be justified?([B][COLOR="darkorange"]2002[/COLOR][/B])
•Write short notes on Inductive Leap?[COLOR="darkorange"]2005[/COLOR]
•Define Logic and [COLOR="darkorange"]discuss its two main kinds[/COLOR]. Deduction and Induction [COLOR="darkorange"][B]2007[/B][/COLOR]
•Define and distinguish induction by simple enumeration and [COLOR="darkorange"]Mill's method of induction [B]2012[/B][/COLOR]
[COLOR="DarkOliveGreen"][B][CENTER][FONT="Arial Black"][SIZE="4"]
Hypothesis, truth and validity.[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][/B][/COLOR]
•Hypothesis, truth and validity.[B][COLOR="darkolivegreen"]2001[/COLOR][/B] Truth and Validity[COLOR="darkolivegreen"][B]2012[/B][/COLOR]
•Define hypothesis. How are [COLOR="darkolivegreen"]scientific hypothesis evaluated[B] 2000[/B][/COLOR]
•Define Logic. What are its two kinds with [COLOR="darkolivegreen"]reference to Truth and Validity[B] 2004[/B][/COLOR]
•Write[COLOR="darkolivegreen"] short notes on Hypothesis [/COLOR]and simple enumeration.[B][COLOR="darkolivegreen"]2004[/COLOR][/B]
•Logic is the Science of valid thought. [COLOR="darkolivegreen"]How can we determine validity [/COLOR][B][COLOR="darkolivegreen"]2005[/COLOR][/B]
•Distinguish between ‘truth’ and ‘validity’ of the logical argument. Illustrate your an-swer with the help of examples[COLOR="darkolivegreen"][B] 2008 2005[/B][/COLOR]
•State and explain hypothesis and [COLOR="darkolivegreen"]criteria to evaluate hypothesis [/COLOR][B][COLOR="darkolivegreen"]2009[/COLOR][/B]
•What is scientific explanation? Discuss the [COLOR="darkolivegreen"]role of hypothesis in scientific explanation [B]2010[/B][/COLOR]

[FONT="Arial Black"][SIZE="4"][COLOR="darkolivegreen"][CENTER]Probability[/CENTER][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[B][COLOR="darkolivegreen"]Note [/COLOR][/B]:Probability [COLOR="darkolivegreen"][B]2001, 2002, 2007[/B][/COLOR]
.Discuss the na[COLOR="darkolivegreen"]ture and scope of Probability in logic[/COLOR] [B][COLOR="darkolivegreen"]2011[/COLOR][/B]

[COLOR="darkolivegreen"][FONT="Arial Black"][SIZE="4"][CENTER]Language[/CENTER][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR]
•How are ambiguity and emotive use of language impediments in clear thinking? Discuss.[B][COLOR="darkolivegreen"]2003[/COLOR][/B]
•Discuss the Emotive or [COLOR="darkolivegreen"]Declarative use of language[/COLOR].[B][COLOR="darkolivegreen"]2004[/COLOR][/B]
•Discuss the[COLOR="darkolivegreen"] EMOTELY NEUTRAL LANGUAGE[/COLOR]?[B][COLOR="darkolivegreen"]2005[/COLOR][/B]
•Discuss the[COLOR="darkolivegreen"] three basic functions of Language[/COLOR]. Elaborate upon the importance of Emotionally Neutral Language for reasoning.[COLOR="darkolivegreen"][B]2007[/B][/COLOR]
•How emotive language is an impediment in clear thinking? Discuss.[COLOR="darkolivegreen"]2008[/COLOR]
[COLOR="darkolivegreen"]•Emotive language is ambiguous[/COLOR]. Illustrate with the help of fallacies of ambiguity .[COLOR="darkolivegreen"][B]2010[/B][/COLOR]

[FONT="Arial Black"][SIZE="4"][COLOR="darkolivegreen"][CENTER]Definition.[/CENTER][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
•Write a comprehensive note on the [COLOR="darkolivegreen"]various kinds of definition[/COLOR].[B][COLOR="darkolivegreen"]2000[/COLOR][/B]
•What are the [COLOR="darkolivegreen"]different kinds of definitions[/COLOR]? Explain with examples.[B][COLOR="darkolivegreen"]2001[/COLOR][/B]
•What is the purpose and [COLOR="darkolivegreen"]function of Definition[/COLOR]? Discuss various forms of Definition.[B][COLOR="darkolivegreen"]2002[/COLOR][/B]
•Logical Definition [COLOR="darkolivegreen"][B]2007[/B][/COLOR]
•Discuss the [COLOR="darkolivegreen"]role of definition in reducing ambiguity and vagueness [/COLOR]in language.[B][COLOR="darkolivegreen"]2009[/COLOR][/B]
•What is the [COLOR="darkolivegreen"]role of definition and division in logic[/COLOR]? Discuss with special reference to Aristotel[B][COLOR="darkolivegreen"] 2011[/COLOR][/B]

[CENTER][FONT="Arial Black"][COLOR="darkolivegreen"][SIZE="4"]Arguments[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/CENTER]
•What do you mean by [COLOR="darkolivegreen"]Arguments In Context[/COLOR]?[B][COLOR="darkolivegreen"]2005[/COLOR][/B]
•Elaborate any [COLOR="darkolivegreen"]two groups [/COLOR]of Arguments.[B][COLOR="darkolivegreen"]2006[/COLOR][/B]
•[B][COLOR="darkolivegreen"]Note[/COLOR][/B]:Formal Argument[COLOR="darkolivegreen"][B] 2007[/B][/COLOR]
•Define [COLOR="darkolivegreen"]Deductive and inductive arguments[/COLOR]. also cite examples [COLOR="darkolivegreen"]2009[/COLOR]

[FONT="Arial Black"][SIZE="4"][COLOR="DarkOrange"][CENTER]Repeated question of Philosophy Paper II[/CENTER][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[CENTER][FONT="Arial Black"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][SIZE="4"]Al Ghazali [/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/CENTER]
[COLOR="DarkGreen"][/COLOR]
1-.How does al-Ghazali ground the Sharia on spiritual basis?[COLOR="darkgreen"][B] 2000[/B][/COLOR]
2-.Critically evaluate[COLOR="darkgreen"] Al-Ghazali’s dispute with the ‘philosopher’ [/COLOR]in the Tahafat-ul-Falasafa and the defence of the philosophical position in Ibni-Rush’s Tahafat-ul-Tahafat.[B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2001[/COLOR][/B]
3-.[COLOR="darkgreen"]Ibn e Rushd’s critique [/COLOR]of Al Ghazali[B][COLOR="darkgreen"] 2002[/COLOR][/B]
4-[COLOR="darkgreen"]Ethics [/COLOR]of Al Ghazali [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2002[/COLOR][/B]
5-.Discuss[COLOR="darkgreen"] Ghazali’s three main points of dispute [/COLOR]with the Rationalist Philosophers in the Tahafatul Falsafah [I][B][COLOR="darkgreen"] 2011 ,2004[/COLOR][/B][/I]
6-.Critically examine al-Ghazali’s attack on the [COLOR="darkgreen"]“ETERNITY OF THE WORLD”. [/COLOR][COLOR="darkgreen"][B]2005 ,2010[/B][/COLOR]
7-.Critically examine al-Ghazalis [COLOR="darkgreen"]’Attack’ on law of causality [B]2006[/B][/COLOR]
8-.Discuss[COLOR="darkgreen"] Al-Ghazali’s criticism of Muslim Rationalists [/COLOR]with regards to, Eternity of Matter, God’s Knowledge of the particulars and Bodily Resurrection [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2007[/COLOR][/B]
9.Al-Ghazali’s reputation of [COLOR="darkgreen"]Muslim rationalists was a turning point[/COLOR] in the history of Muslim thought. Discuss [B][COLOR="darkgreen"] 2008.[/COLOR][/B]
10-.Compare Ghazali's attack on philosophers with Ibn-e-Rushd's defense of philosophy [COLOR="darkgreen"][B]2012[/B][/COLOR]
[FONT="Arial Black"][SIZE="4"][COLOR="darkgreen"][CENTER]IQBAL[/CENTER][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

1-.How does [COLOR="darkgreen"]Iqbal conceive the possibility of social change [/COLOR]through the reconstruction of Islamic law[B][COLOR="darkgreen"] 2000[/COLOR][/B]
2-.Evaluate[COLOR="darkgreen"] Iqbal’s Theory of knowledge [/COLOR]with special reference to the Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam.[COLOR="darkgreen"][B] 2001 ,2004, 2011[/B][/COLOR]
3-.Discuss the [COLOR="darkgreen"]role and place of Ijtihad in Islamic culture [/COLOR]with special reference to Iqbal [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2002[/COLOR][/B]
4-.Elucidate and [COLOR="darkgreen"]assess Iqbal’s position on Sufism.[B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2003[/COLOR][/B][/COLOR]
5- [COLOR="darkgreen"]“Is religion possible”[/COLOR] Iqbal proved it. How? [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2005[/COLOR][/B]
6-.What is the [COLOR="darkgreen"]impact of Iqbal’s Ijtehad [/COLOR]on the present society? [I][B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2006[/COLOR][/B][/I]
7- [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]Note[/COLOR][/B] : The three stages of Religious Consciousness in Iqbal’s view[B][COLOR="darkgreen"] 2007[/COLOR][/B]
8-.What is [COLOR="darkgreen"]original in the eclecticism of Iqbal[/COLOR]. Assess the status of Iqbal as a philosopher. [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2008[/COLOR][/B]
9-.Sayyid [COLOR="darkgreen"]Ahmed khan and Iqbal were against fatalism [/COLOR]and tried to promote this worldly attitude amongst muslim.Comment [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2009[/COLOR][/B]
10-.Elaborate [COLOR="darkgreen"]Iqbal's concept of Ijtihad [/COLOR]as the principle of movement in the structure of Islam. [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2010[/COLOR][/B]
[FONT="Arial Black"][COLOR="darkgreen"][CENTER][SIZE="4"]Sir Syed [/SIZE][/CENTER][/COLOR][/FONT]
1-.Why did Sir Syed’s synthesis of Westernism and Islamic Values fail to lead to a genuine Islamic Modernism?[B][COLOR="darkgreen"] 2000[/COLOR][/B]
2-.Sir Syed’s [COLOR="darkgreen"]views of Religious Language [B]2001[/B][/COLOR]
3-.Discuss Sir Sayyed’s [COLOR="darkgreen"]view of the Interpretation of Prophetic Traditions[/COLOR].[B][COLOR="darkgreen"] 2004[/COLOR][/B]3-.Write a short note on [COLOR="darkgreen"]Sir Sayyed’s Collective Intellects[/COLOR].[B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2005[/COLOR][/B]
5-.What are the [COLOR="darkgreen"]contributions of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan [/COLOR]towards Islamic Philosophy? [COLOR="darkgreen"][B]2006[/B][/COLOR]
6-.Sir Syed [COLOR="darkgreen"]Ahmed Khan is a rationalist[/COLOR]. Critically discuss.[B][COLOR="darkgreen"] 2011[/COLOR][/B]
[FONT="Arial Black"][COLOR="darkgreen"][SIZE="4"][CENTER] Sufism[/CENTER][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT]
1-[COLOR="darkgreen"]Sufism [/COLOR][B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2001, 2011 ,2006[/COLOR][/B]
2-Is Sufism allowed in Islam? [COLOR="darkgreen"][B]2005[/B][/COLOR]

[FONT="Arial Black"][COLOR="darkgreen"][SIZE="4"][CENTER]Ibn-I-Khaldun [/CENTER][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT]
1-.Ibn-i-Khaldun is the[COLOR="darkgreen"] founder of the History of Philosophy and sociology [/COLOR]Discuss [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2001 ,2010[/COLOR][/B]
2-.Do you think that Ibn-i-Khuldun’s philosophy of history is compatible with Islamic Philosophy of History?[B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2002[/COLOR][/B]
3-state and discuss [COLOR="darkgreen"]Ibn-I-Khaldun concept of ’asabia’ [/COLOR]keeping in view the contemporary debate on the clash of civilization [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2009[/COLOR][/B]

[COLOR="darkgreen"][SIZE="4"][FONT="Arial Black"][CENTER]Mu'tazilites And Ash'rites [/CENTER][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]

1-.‘Ashari’s formulation of dogma essentially represents an attempt at a synthesis of orthodoxy and that of Mutazila’. Explain[B][COLOR="darkgreen"] 2000[/COLOR][/B]
2-Note: [COLOR="darkgreen"]Mutazila[B] 2000[/B][/COLOR],[COLOR="darkgreen"] Mu'tazilites[B] 2012[/B][/COLOR]
3-Discuss the [COLOR="darkgreen"]five basic elements of the Mutazilite philosophy [/COLOR]and compare it with the views of Asharites [COLOR="darkgreen"][B]2001[/B][/COLOR]
4-What are the essential[COLOR="darkgreen"] differences between Mutazilism & Asharism.[/COLOR] Can they be reconciled [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2002 ,2003,2005[/COLOR][/B]
5-Briefly define the [COLOR="darkgreen"]five basic concepts of Mutazilaism. [B]2004[/B][/COLOR]
6-Compare the views of [COLOR="darkgreen"]Mutazilites and Asheraites about Freedom of the Will [/COLOR]and the relation of God’s Essence and Attributes [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2004[/COLOR][/B]
7-.Why Mutazilities are called the [COLOR="darkgreen"]people of Unity and Justice[/COLOR], explain?[B][COLOR="darkgreen"] 2006[/COLOR][/B]
8-Do you consider[COLOR="darkgreen"] Ashrites rationalists or orthodox[/COLOR]? Explain [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2006[/COLOR][/B]
9-.Ash'rites [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2012[/COLOR][/B]
10-Compare the views of Mutazilites and Asheraites about the following
(a) [COLOR="darkgreen"]Existence of God [/COLOR]and the relation of his essence and attribute
(b)Origin of the[COLOR="darkgreen"] Quran[/COLOR]
(c)Freedom of the[COLOR="darkgreen"] will [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2011[/COLOR][/B][/COLOR]

[FONT="Arial Black"][SIZE="4"][COLOR="darkgreen"][CENTER]Hegel[/CENTER][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

1-Define [COLOR="darkgreen"]Idealism as a school of Thought[/COLOR], and the form it took in the Philosophy of Hegel[B][COLOR="darkgreen"] 2001[/COLOR][/B]2-The Idealism of Hegel [COLOR="darkgreen"][B]2007[/B][/COLOR]
3-Critically examine [COLOR="darkgreen"]Rationalist Idealism[/COLOR] of Hegel [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2011[/COLOR][/B]
4-Critically discuss German idealism with special reference to Kant and Hegel.[B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2012[/COLOR][/B]

[FONT="Arial Black"][COLOR="darkgreen"][SIZE="4"][CENTER]Ibn-I -Sina[/CENTER][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT]

1-[COLOR="darkgreen"]Pshychology [/COLOR]of Ibn Sina [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2002[/COLOR][/B]
2-Briefly explain the salient features of [COLOR="darkgreen"]Ibn Sina’s philosophy[/COLOR] [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2003[/COLOR][/B]
3-Discuss Ibn-i-Sina’s views of [COLOR="darkgreen"]Cosmology ontology and Psychology [B]2004[/B][/COLOR]
4-Discuss Ibn-Sina’s [COLOR="darkgreen"]Theory of Knowledge[/COLOR].[B][COLOR="darkgreen"] 2005[/COLOR][/B]
5-How Ibn Sina explain [COLOR="darkgreen"]Body-Mind relationship [B]2006[/B][/COLOR]
6-Discuss Ibn-i-Sina’s [COLOR="darkgreen"]theory of being [/COLOR]and his views of Psychology[B][COLOR="darkgreen"] 2011[/COLOR][/B]

[FONT="Arial Black"][SIZE="4"][COLOR="darkgreen"][CENTER]Al Farabi[/CENTER][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

1-[COLOR="darkgreen"]Political philosophy[/COLOR] of Al Farabi [COLOR="darkgreen"][B]2002[/B][/COLOR]
2-Explain and assess [COLOR="darkgreen"]Al-Farabi’s doctrine of form. [B]2003[/B][/COLOR]
3-Critically evaluate al-Farabi’s [COLOR="darkgreen"]Theory of intellect[/COLOR]. [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2005[/COLOR][/B]
4-Write short notes on al-Farabi’s [COLOR="darkgreen"]Theory of Emanation [B]2005[/B][/COLOR]
5-Discuss All-Farabi’s[COLOR="darkgreen"] Theory of Emanation [B]2006[/B][/COLOR]
6-Discuss in detail Al-Farabi’s [COLOR="darkgreen"]social philosophy[/COLOR]. What is its significance for the contemporary world. [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2008[/COLOR][/B]

[FONT="Arial Black"][SIZE="4"][COLOR="darkgreen"][CENTER] Pragmatism [/CENTER][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

1-Pragmatism [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2000 , 2011[/COLOR][/B]
2-Pragmatism [COLOR="darkgreen"]characterizes American philosophy [/COLOR]in a unique way. Critically examine its impact on life and morals of the contemporary world [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2008[/COLOR][/B]
3-Pragmatism is[COLOR="darkgreen"] in essence idealism [/COLOR].Critically evaluate [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2012[/COLOR][/B]
4-Discuss pragmatic[COLOR="darkgreen"] theory of truth[/COLOR], Pragmatism is [COLOR="darkgreen"]Philosophy of capitalism[/COLOR]. comment[B][COLOR="darkgreen"] 2009[/COLOR][/B]

[COLOR="darkgreen"][SIZE="4"][FONT="Arial Black"][CENTER] Shah Wali Ullah [/CENTER][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]
1-Briefly discuss [COLOR="darkgreen"]the Irtifaqat [/COLOR]of Shah Wali Ullah [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2004[/COLOR][/B]
2-Discuss Shah Wali’s[COLOR="darkgreen"] Metaphysics [B]200[/B]5[/COLOR]
3-Discuss Shah Wali Allah’s[COLOR="darkgreen"] “Social Justice”. [B]2006[/B][/COLOR]
4-Discuss Shah Waliullah’s ‘Irtifaqat’ as an important part of his[COLOR="darkgreen"] Philosophy of Society[B] 2007[/B][/COLOR]

[CENTER][FONT="Arial Black"][COLOR="darkgreen"][SIZE="4"]Karl Marx ,Marxism[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/CENTER]

1-Give an account of Marx’s notion of’ [COLOR="darkgreen"]alienation [B]2000[/B][/COLOR]
2-Critically discuss the [COLOR="darkgreen"]Dialectical Materialism of Karl Marx. [B]2007[/B][/COLOR]
3-The [COLOR="darkgreen"]fall of Marxism [/COLOR]is the failure of dialectical materialism. Critically examine[B][COLOR="darkgreen"] 2008[/COLOR][/B]
4-Discuss in detail the [COLOR="darkgreen"]sources and component part of parts of Marxism [B]2009[/B][/COLOR]
5-State and explain [COLOR="darkgreen"]main features of dialectical materialism [/COLOR]as enunciated by Karl Marx.[B][COLOR="darkgreen"] 2012[/COLOR][/B]
6-[COLOR="darkgreen"][B]Note[/B][/COLOR]: Karl Marx[B][COLOR="darkgreen"] 2011[/COLOR][/B]

[CENTER][FONT="Arial Black"][SIZE="4"][COLOR="darkgreen"]Positivism[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER]

1-Local Positivism. [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2001[/COLOR][/B]
2-Critically examine verifiability criterion of meaning as expounded by logical positivism.[B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2003[/COLOR][/B]
[FONT="Arial Black"][SIZE="4"][COLOR="darkgreen"][CENTER]
Materialism[/CENTER][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

1-State and explain dialectical[COLOR="darkgreen"] materialism as a philosophy theory [B]2003[/B][/COLOR]
2-Critically discuss Dialectic Materialism and its concept of History, Social Change and class struggle[B][COLOR="darkgreen"] 2004[/COLOR][/B]
3-Define materialism. Critically examine dialectical materialism [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2010[/COLOR][/B]

[COLOR="darkgreen"][FONT="Arial Black"][SIZE="4"][CENTER]Abul al Maudadi[/CENTER][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR]

1-Maududi’s [COLOR="darkgreen"]view of Khilafat [B]2001[/B][/COLOR]
2-Briefly discuss Abul al Maudadi’s [COLOR="darkgreen"]views of Islamic State. [B]2004[/B][/COLOR]

[FONT="Arial Black"][SIZE="4"][COLOR="darkgreen"][CENTER]J. P. Sartre[/CENTER][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

1-[COLOR="darkgreen"] “Existence precedes essence,” [/COLOR]claimed J. P. Sartre. Discuss in the context of 20th century existentialist thought [B][COLOR="darkgreen"] 2003 ,2010[/COLOR][/B]
2- [COLOR="darkgreen"]"Hell is other people.” [/COLOR]How does SARTRE’S remark reflect on existentialist quest for freedom of the individual. [B][COLOR="darkgreen"] 2008[/COLOR][/B]

[FONT="Arial Black"][SIZE="4"][COLOR="darkgreen"][CENTER]Berkeley[/CENTER][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

1-[COLOR="darkgreen"] “To be is to be perceived.” [/COLOR]Critically evaluate Berkeley’s theory of Idealism.[B][COLOR="darkgreen"] 2002[/COLOR][/B]
2-Explain various types of idealism. Discuss [COLOR="darkgreen"]Berkeley's idealism[B] 2010[/B][/COLOR]

[COLOR="darkgreen"][SIZE="4"][FONT="Arial Black"][CENTER]Ibn-I- Rushd[/CENTER][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]

1-Write short notes on Ibn-e-Rushd’s views on Bodily Resurrection, Immortality of the soul and life after death.[COLOR="darkgreen"][B] 2004[/B][/COLOR]
2-Give a [COLOR="darkgreen"]critical exposition of tahafatul thafat [/COLOR]by Rushd.[B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2006[/COLOR][/B]
3-Ibn- i-Rushd’s[COLOR="darkgreen"] view of Immortality [B]2007[/B][/COLOR]
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A.J AYER [/CENTER][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]

1-Discuss A.j.Ayer's principle of verifiability,criterion of meaning and its impact on metaphysics and ethics [B][COLOR="darkgreen"]2012 , 2009[/COLOR][/B]