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JNU philosophy MA entrance paper


Ankita Baruah 11th Jul, 2021
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Aditi Yadav 20th Aug, 2021
Hey there!

Here is the link for JNUEE MA Philosophy Previous Year's Question Papers-

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Alternatively, you can go through National Testing Agency official website for mock tests and previous year's question papers.

It is very important to know the syllabus to perform best in exam. You can get JNUEE MA Philosophy syllabus on the below mentioned link, National Testing Agency official website and on Jawaharlal Nehru University Prospectus.

Syllabus of JNUEE MA Philosophy

Section: I - Metaphysics

1. Proofs for Existence of God , 2. Free Will and Determinism ,3. Self and No-self ,4. Consciousness ,5. Personal Identity ,6. Substance and Qualities ,7. Being and Becoming ,8. Actuality and Potentiality ,9. Appearance and Reality ,10. Mind and Body Problem ,11. Universals ,12. Realism and Idealism ,13. Essence and existence

Section: II - Epistemology

Theories of Truth 2. Theories of Error 3. Gettier Problem 4. Definitions of Knowledge 5. Knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by Description 7. Sources of Knowledge 8. Skepticism 9. Justification of Knowledge: Foundationalism, Anti-foundationalism, and Coherentism 10. Knowledge that and knowledge How 11. Problem of Induction 12. Apriori Knowledge

Section: III - Ethics

Theories of Normative Ethics: Utilitarianism, Kantian Deontology, Virtue ethics, Social contract theory, care ethics 2. Theories of Metaethics: Relativism, Non-naturalism, Emotivism, Universal Prescriptivism, 3. Themes of Applied Ethics: Abortion, Euthanasia, Surrogacy, Capital punishment, Animal and Environment ethics 4. Thoughts of Indian ethical tradition: Nature of Dharma, Morksa, Purusharthas, Rta, Rina, and themes from Buddhist and Jaina ethics

Section: IV - Symbolic Logic

1. Inductive Logic a. Analogical Reasoning b. Causal Reasoning c. Probability

2. Deductive Logic a. Categorical proposition b. Categorical syllogisms c. Symbolic Logic d. Methods of Deduction e. Quantification Logic

3. Informal Fallacies: Indian and Western

4. Types of Arguments

Section: V - Social and Political Philosophy

Theories of Justice 2. Liberty and Equality 3. Democracy 4. Feminism 5. Global justice 6. Marginalization and Discrimination 7. Gandhi: Non-violence, Satyagraha, Swaraj, Nationalism, State 8. Ambedkar: Genesis of Caste and Annihilation of Castes 9. Tagore: Nationalism, Education, and Religion of Man 10. Amartya Sen: Justice (Niti and Nyaya)

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