GCE A - LEVEL IN PHILOSPHY QUESTIONS PAPER 2

EACH QUESTION CARRIES 25mks

SECTION ONE: Western Philosophy

1. Were the sophist Philosophers?
2. "All thinking is a way of doing something". Justify this pragmatic view in Peirce's Philosophy.
3. Change is the main concern of the pre socratics. Assess this assertion.
4. is belief instrumental in Peirce's Pragmatism?
5. The Pre-Socratics were preoccupied with the problem of permanence in the universe. Discuss the eleatic assertion.
6. Are you the Marxist view that the history of human societies is caused by class struggle.

SECTION TWO: African philosophy

1. The reality of Witch craft is reasonable. Critically assess this assertion.
2. "Negritude is the affirmation of the African being. "Examine the tenability of this assertion.
3. "The africans are notoriously relegious". Assess this view of J.S Mbiti.
4. Has Ujama's contributed to the growth of African social Philosophy?
5. The defence for the non-existence of witch craft id problematic. Discuss.
6. Consciencism is illusory. Justify the tenability of this assetion.

SECTION THREE: Philosophical problems

1. Is abortion morally justifiable?
2. Can one attribute man's calamities to God?
3. Is death the end of human existence?
4. can man be held responsible for his acts?
5. "Since seeks objective While Religion seeks the absolute". Discuss this assertion focussing on their similarities and differences.
6. The state is an obstacle to human freedom. Is this a fair appreciation of the role of the state?