List of top Contemporary Western Philosophy Questions asked in GATE Humanities and Social Sciences- Philosophy

W.V.O. Quine, in his paper, “Two Dogmas of Empiricism”, rejects the boundary between synthetic and analytic statements. Which among the following correctly depict(s) his proposal of ‘Empiricism without the Dogmas’?

Which among the following statement(s) is/are true about René Descartes’ methods and his assumption that epistemic advance (method of discovery) is the only criterion of knowledge?

Which among the following statement(s) is/are in accordance with Plato’s conclusion in Theaetetus for the question, ‘what is knowledge?’

Which among the following statement(s) is/are compatible with Ludwig Wittgenstein’s position on ‘private language’ in his Philosophical Investigations?

Which among the following is/are advocated by Karl Marx in proposing the Dialectical process?

Consider the following argument:
My brother is a real pig. You should see him eat! If he is a pig, then he is not human.
So he is not human.
Which one of the following evaluations about the argument is true?

Which one of the following is the contrary of \( (\forall x)Px \)?

Whenever, our pet Johny falls sick, he just sniffs the food but does not eat. If forced, he pisses on the side of the food-plate. Later, I came across a study conducted by SAN’s School of Vets that such behaviour of pets is an indication of diabetes among dogs. This made me to conclude that Johny is suffering from diabetes.
Which one of the Mill’s methods is used here for arriving at the conclusion?

Which one of the following statements is advocated by Jean-Paul Sartre?