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Pragmatism and Contemporary Critiques - Contemporary Western Philosophy - Philosophy Previous Year Questions

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Philosophy
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Contemporary Western Philosophy
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Humanities & Social Sciences - Philosophy (XH-C4) 2026
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Humanities & Social Sciences-Philosophy (XH-C4) 2025
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Humanities & Social Sciences-Philosophy (XH-C4) 2024
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Humanities & Social Sciences-Philosophy (XH-C4) 2023
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Humanities & Social Sciences-Philosophy (XH-C4) 2022
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Humanities & Social Sciences-Philosophy (XH-C4) 202420241View paper
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2022 · Philosophy · Contemporary Western Philosophy · Pragmatism and Contemporary Critiques
Humanities & Social Sciences-Philosophy (XH-C4) 2022
Let us consider the cases of Shweta and Rani. While Shweta has access to, and can afford to buy good quality dairy products, she and her spouse decide to pursue a vegan lifestyle. Therefore, she no longer buys milk or dairy-based products for her family. Rani’s family on the other hand, has a meagre income. Although Rani’s children like milk and kheer, Rani refrains from buying milk and instead spends on rice.
In light of the concepts of functioning and capability as defined by Martha Nussbaum, which one of the following options holds for the above cases?
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2022 · Philosophy · Contemporary Western Philosophy · Pragmatism and Contemporary Critiques
Humanities & Social Sciences-Philosophy (XH-C4) 2022

Keeping in mind the central commitments of John Dewey’s Pragmatism, which one of the following applies to his concept of experience?

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2023 · Philosophy · Contemporary Western Philosophy · Pragmatism and Contemporary Critiques
Humanities & Social Sciences-Philosophy (XH-C4) 2023

Sandra Harding’s Standpoint Epistemology involves:

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2024 · Philosophy · Contemporary Western Philosophy · Pragmatism and Contemporary Critiques
Humanities & Social Sciences-Philosophy (XH-C4) 2024
“ ‘The true’, to put it very briefly, is only the expedient in the way of our thinking, just as ‘the right’ is only the expedient in the way of our behaving. Expedient in almost any fashion; and expedient in the long run and on the whole, of course.” Which one of the following philosophers claims this?
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2025 · Philosophy · Contemporary Western Philosophy · Pragmatism and Contemporary Critiques
Humanities & Social Sciences-Philosophy (XH-C4) 2025

“Original position” and “Veil of ignorance” are part of the hypothetical conditions that John Rawls asks us to apply before we can come up with principles of distributive justice. Which among the following highlight(s) the significance of these hypothetical conditions?

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2026 · Philosophy · Contemporary Western Philosophy · Pragmatism and Contemporary Critiques
Humanities & Social Sciences - Philosophy (XH-C4) 2026
Which one of the following options accurately captures Martha Nussbaum’s account of capabilities?
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2026 · Philosophy · Contemporary Western Philosophy · Pragmatism and Contemporary Critiques
Humanities & Social Sciences - Philosophy (XH-C4) 2026
Utilitarianism is the view that right actions are those which produce the greatest overall good. Which one of the following objections to utilitarianism is made by John Rawls in A Theory of Justice?
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2026 · Philosophy · Contemporary Western Philosophy · Pragmatism and Contemporary Critiques
Humanities & Social Sciences - Philosophy (XH-C4) 2026
Robert Nozick proposes an ‘entitlement’ theory of justice in Anarchy, State, and Utopia.
Which of the following principles is/are part of Nozick’s entitlement theory?
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