MPYE-003: Epistemology – Assignment Answer Index
Below is a structured index of responses for the MPYE-003: Epistemology assignment. Each entry corresponds to the relevant assignment question and links directly to a detailed explanation.
Question 1
- What are the conditions required to be a meaningful sentence in Nyaya Philosophy? Explain with examples.
- What is Paradigm? Do you think that language game theory is a paradigm shift? Give arguments to support your answer.
Question 2
- 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.
- Discuss the conditions that prompted Quine to propose naturalized epistemology.
Question 3
- Paul Ricoeur’s idea of hermeneutics
- Ontological certitude
- Verbal Testimony (Sabda Pramanya) in Indian Philosophy
- Language game and the shift from picture theory
Question 4
- Main streams behind the linguistic turn
- Comparison (Upaman) as a means of true knowledge
- Correspondence theory of truth
- Pragmatic theory of truth
- The death of epistemology
- First order and second order assertions in performative theory