IGNOU MPYE 3 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

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MPYE 003 (January 2025 - July 2025) - ENGLISH

MPYE-003: Epistemology

Note:

i) Give answer of all five questions.

ii) All five questions carry equal marks.

iii) The answer of questions no. 1 and 2 should be in about 500 words.

1. What are the conditions required to be a meaningful sentence in Nyaya Philosophy? Explain with examples.

or

Write an essay on knowledge as justified true belief. Do you think that this definition of knowledge is justified? Give arguments to support your answer.

2. a) Compare Abhihitanvayavada and Anvitabhidhanavada.

b) What are the conditions required to be a meaningful sentence? Explain with examples.

or

Discuss the conditions that prompted Quine to propose naturalized epistemology. Explain elaborately some of the implications of naturalized epistemology.

3. Give answer of any two questions in about 250 words each.

a) Write an essay on the relation between metaphysics and epistemology.

b) Write a note on Paul Ricoeur's idea of hermeneutics.

c) Give a critical exposition of ontological certitude.

d) Compare ideal language theory of Bertrand Russell with ordinary language theory of G. E. Moore. 

4. Give answer of any four questions in about 150 words each.

a) What are the main streams that helped in the development of the linguistic turn in Philosophy?

b) Compare akhayativada and anyathakhayativada.

c) Discuss Pragmatic theory of truth.

d) Critically evaluate the coherence theory of truth.

e) What do you understand with 'the capacity of the text'?

f) Write a short note on the distinction between ‘first order assertion’ and ‘second orderassertion’ in Performative theory of truth.

5. Write short notes on any five in about 100 words each.

a) Pravrittisamarthya

b) Evidence

 c) Arthakriyakaritva

d) Confirmational Holism

e) Theory-Ladenness of observation

f) Vyanjana

g) Apohavada

h) Dasein

 

MPYE 003 (January 2027 - July 2026) - ENGLISH

Assignments for TEE December 2026 and for TEE June 2027

(MAPY First Year)

MPYE-003: EPISTEMOLOGY

Note:

i) Give answer of all five questions.

ii) All five questions carry equal marks.

iii) The answer of Questions No. 1 and 2 should be in about 500 words each.

iv) If any question has more than one part, attempt all parts.

1. Write an essay on Knowledge as Justified True Belief (JTB). Critically examine whether justified true belief is an adequate definition of knowledge.

OR

What is Naturalized Epistemology? Discuss the conditions that led Quine to propose Naturalized Epistemology and e(

2. What are the conditions required for a sentence to be meaningful according to Nyaya Philosophy? Explain with suitable examples.

OR

What is a Paradigm Shift? Do you think that Wittgenstein's Language Game Theory represents a paradigm shift in philosophy of language? Give reasons for your answer.

3. Answer any two questions in about 250 words each.

a) Write a note on Sabda Pramana (Verbal Testimony) in Indian Philosophy.

b) Explain the shift from Picture Theory to Language Game Theory in Wittgenstein's philosophy.

c) Write a critical note on Paul Ricoeur's concept of Hermeneutics.

d) Distinguish between Internalism and Externalism in Epistemology.

4. Answer any four questions in about 150 words each.

a) Discuss the Correspondence Theory of Truth.

b) Critically evaluate the Pragmatic Theory of Truth.

c) Do you think that Upamana (Comparison) is an independent source of valid knowledge? Give reasons.

d) What is meant by the "Death of Epistemology"?

e) What is the relation between Concept and Proposition?

f) Explain the distinction between First-Order Assertion and Second-Order Assertion in the Performative Theory of Truth.

5. Write short notes on any five in about 100 words each.

a) exchange

b) Evidence

(c) Apohavada

d) Theory-Ladenness of Observation

e) Existence

f) Deconstruction

g) Confirmational Holism

h) Svatah Pramanyavāda

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