University of New Zealand.
B.A. Examination for Honours, &c., 1885.
Mental Science.
Paper
c.
History of Philosophy.
Examiner:
James Sully, M.A.
1. |
What traces of the modern doctrine of Evolution are to be met with in the Pre-Sokratic period of Greek Philosophy? |
2. |
Define the relation of Sokrates to his philosophic predecessors, and explain what is meant by saying that he first concentrated thought on man's own nature. |
3. |
Compare the ideas of Plato and Aristotle respecting the nature and criterion of true Cognition. |
4. |
Illustrate the influence of Judaic and Christian ideas on the development of philosophic speculation in the first centuries of our era. |
5. |
Give an account of the Dualism of Descartes, and point out the principal changes it underwent at the hands of his disciples. |
6. |
Give a critical account of the main points of dispute between Locke and Leibniz.
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7. |
Bring out the differences between the treatment of the idea of Power or Causal Agency by Berkeley and by Hume.
To what extent is Hume's philosophic doctrine a logical development of Berkeley's own principles? |
8. |
Define the aim and scope of Kant's Critical Inquiry, indicating his position in relation both to the Skepticism and to the Dogmatism of his immediate predecessors. |
9. |
How far does the modern doctrine of Evolution supply a means of reconciling the opposed views respecting the origin and the validity of knowledge? |