Who among the following ascribed rarefaction and condensation as two different processes of the creation of the universe ?

"In this universe, no straight line is really straight; no circle is perfectly circular. Yet perfect straight line or circle exist in their own worlds." - This view is acceptable to whom ?

What is the fundamental stuff of the universe according to Heraclitus ?

"To know good is to do good; no place for pleasure in ethical life"- who holds this view ?

Who among the following holds the view that earth is a flat disc floating on water ?

What is a 'thing' according to Aristotle ?

Who propounded the existence of God by the argument from motion ?

Which of the following are true according to St. Augustine ?
(a) Reason is the anti-thesis of revelation
(b) God can be known by reason
(c) Reason grows into revelation
(d) God can be known by revelation
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

"We do not know that events like earthquakes and epidemics have a place in the total selection of things created by God" - This is acceptable to whom ?

Which of the following is not correctly matched ?

Match List-I with List-II .
     List-I                                      List-II
   (Philosophers)                    (Doctrines)
(a) Spinoza                          (i) Ontological Dualism
(b) Descartes                       (ii) Parallelism of attributes
(c) Berkeley                         (ii) Parallelism of attributes
(d) Leibnitz                          (iv) Immaterialism
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

"We think that we are free agents; this is nothing but illusion" - Whose is this view ?

Who holds the view that "Some of our ideas resemble the qualities and others do not" ?

"Though we do not perceive the substratum in which colour, shape etc reside, still we have to regard unperceived substratum as existing"Whose is this view ?

"The forms of sensibility are intuitional and the understanding in conceptual." - To whom this is acceptable ?

According to whom, the Absolute is an identity of opposites ?

Who advocated the principle of 'Synthetic unity of apperception' ?

What is the main plank of Kant's criticism of Ontological argument for existence of God ?

"The events are so pre-organized by God in this universe, that there is peace and harmony everywhere". Who accepts this view ?

Who is the author of the books - (I) Discourse on Method and (II) Meditations ?

Which of the following are true with reference to Plato ? Mark the correct code .
(a) Ideas belong to a realm of their own 
(b) Ideas are temporal
(c) Ideas as Forms are real
(d) Ideas are appearances

Who refuted the doctrine of abstract ideas ?

Which of the following statements are true with reference to Descartes ? Mark the correct code .
(a) Matter is something that does not exist 
(b) I think, therefore I am
(c) I am, then I think

Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) .
Assertion (A) : All that exist are ideas, with reference to Berkeley .  
Reason (R) : There is no knowledge, which is not in the form of ideas, in the view of Berkeley .
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Mark what is not acceptable to Kant .

criticism Read the following statement carefully and choose the correct option given thereafter :
"The buddhi obtains an intention when it thinks that the soul has a desire for experience, and because it has that experience the sense organs [too obtain an intention). This is incorrect; because [they are] unconscious. For the buddhi is unconscious, and so are the sense organs. If they do not experience intention, how can their modification into the shape of the objects be decided upon ?" Above statement represents the of :

Given below are two statements :
Statement I : The deterministic doctrine states roughly that human actions like all other natural events are determined by preceding conditions, by the immutable laws of nature .
Statement II :  The karma doctrine endorsed by most the Classical Indian Schools of Philosophy leads to determinism since a person's present actions are a product of his past actions .
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Which of the following statements is true of Karma theory as advocated in Classical Indian notions of ethics and morality ?
(a) The karma theory in its simplest form means that every act, whether good or bad, produces a certain result or consequence which can be escaped or overcome by the perpetrator of the act
(b) The doctrine of karma is posited in a religious context as a moral necessity
(c) It is an attempt to answer the question of moral responsibility in man
(d) Metaphysically, it is based upon the doctrine of physical causation, according to which each effect has to be accounted for by its causal precedents
(e) It is a kind of extrapolation or extension of the doctrine of causation from the physical realm to the moral realm
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

According to Vaisesika philosophy which of the following are included among qualities of the soul ?
(a) Effort
(b) Subliminal impressions
(c) Desire
(d) Indifference
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Read the following statements carefully .
(a) Mechanistic view of creation is premised on the idea that matter formed itself unaided into organisms of an almost incredible complexity
(b) Teleological view of creation is premised on the idea that order and efficacy apparent in the things created have been imposed from outside by a rational agent working on plan
(c) Nyaya view of creation is mechanistic
(d) Nyaya view of creation is teleological
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Read the following sentences with reference to ethics of Vaisesika philosophy :
Assertion (A) : Correct knowledge enables people to see that all activity leads to suffering
Reason (R) : One should abstain from all activity and obtain liberation
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

According to Samkhya system dharma and adharma are :

Given below are two statements :
Statement I : Emotivism as a metaethical theory holds that the actionguiding force of morality could be explained only with reference to the special "evaluative element" in moral judgment .
Statement II : Prescriptivism as a metaethical theory held that the action-guiding force of morality could be explained only with reference to the special "evaluative element" in moral judgment .
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Which of the following is true regarding R.M. Hare's views on moral judgments ?
(a) They are prescriptive in character
(b) To assent to them is to assent to the imperatives that they entail
(c) To assent to an imperative involves doing something making something the case
(d) They are a kind of fact-stating, truth functional discourse
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

"Moral words like "good" and "wrong" resemble ordinary descriptive words like "red" and "rectangular" in that their meaning and their application-conditions are firmly linked, so that to change either is to change the other." Which of the following metaethical theories is best represented by this statement ?

Which of the following are Kant's postulates of morality ?
(a) Freedom of the will
(b) Immortality of the soul
(c) The existence of God
(d) Kingdom of Ends
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Who among the following ethicists argues that the hedonist definition implies that the question "is anything which is pleasant good?" means the same as the question "is anything which is pleasant pleasant ?"

Which of the following theory of morality advocates the view that basic moral propositions are self-evident, and that moral properties are non-natural properties ?

Match List-I with List-II .
   List-I                                        List-II
(a) Biocentrism                       (i) The ethical belief that some animals warrant moral consideration as ends in themselves, rather than means to human ends
(b) Ecocentricism                   (ii) The ethical belief that all living individual beings have moral values as ends in themselves, rather than as means to human ends
(c) Anthropocentrism             (iii) The ethical belief that both individuals and whole ecosystems, watersheds, species, the biotic community have inherent value as ends in themselves
(d) Zoocentricism                   (iv) The view that human beings are  the only, or the primary, bearers of moral rights
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) .
Assertion (A) : According to advocates of animal killing the argument that to kill an animal is objectionable because it is contrary to its will is not acceptable .
Reason (R) : Animals lack the degree of self-consciousness necessary to conceive of, deliberate about, and plan for their own future lives .
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

In Vedic tradition, the controlling power of the cosmos is :

Which one among the following is NOT a mark of a sat hetu in Nyaya epistemology ?

In Nyaya epistemology, we perceive by samanyalaksana sannikarsa :

Select the code correctly matched in terms of magnitude (Parimana) of dravyas in Vaisesika metaphysics :

In Vedic tradition, vajna is performed for the benefit of :

Which one in Jaina metaphysics is NOT an ajiva dravya ?

Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : God does not suffer .
Reason (R) : God lacks body .
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Who holds that, a shade of blue colour and the knowledge of it is one and the same thing ?

Dialogue regarding Sreyas and Preyas' was held between

Which one of the following is false regarding 'Apurva' ?