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IGNOU MPYE-04 (July 2025 – January 2026) Assignment Questions
1. Write a note on Locke’s understanding of Personal Identity.
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Explain and examine the idea of intellectual dynamism.
2. Discuss and evaluate the Heidegger’s idea of dasein and authentic life.
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How does one respond to the Freudian challenge of psychological determinism?
3. Give answer of any two questions in about 250 words each.
a) Compare Plato’s and Aristotle’s idea of Soul.
b) Compare between Bhagvada Gita’s and Buddhist’s idea of rebirth.
c) How existentialism see human being? Is Existentialism successful in defining human being?
d) Elaborate Skinner’s idea of planned society.
4. Give answer of any four questions in about 150 words each.
a) Explain Volitional Dynamism.
b) Compare Oppressive and Liberative understanding of Human Person.
c) Explain Heidegger’s idea of ‘Concern’.
d) Write a note on the idea of Absurdity.
e) Differentiate between ‘freedom from’ and ‘freedom for’.
f) How does Gabriel Marcel reject Cartesian dualism?
5. Write short notes on any five in about 100 words each.
a) Dasein
b) The Butterfly Affect
c) Somatic Death
d) Dark Energy
e) Sartre’s notion of death
f) Marcel’s idea of availability
g) Absurdity
h) Absurdity
IGNOU MPYE-04 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
1. Figure out differences between philosophy of human person in Indian and Western perspectives.
Or
Discuss and evaluate the Heidegger’s idea of dasein and authentic life.
2. Write a note on Locke’s understanding of Personal Identity.
Or
How does one respond to the Freudian challenge of psychological determinism?
3. Give answer of any two questions in about 250 words each.
a) Compare between Bhagvata Gita’s and Buddhist’s idea of rebirth.
b) Explain the basic principles of Maslow, on which he bases his humanistic psychology.
c) How existentialism see human being? Is Existentialism successful in defining human being?
d) Compare Plato’s and Aristotle’s idea of Soul.
4. Give answer of any four questions in about 150 words each.
a) Distinguish between general anthropology and philosophical anthropology.
b) Explain Volitional Dynamism.
c) Discuss the concept of human dignity.
d) “Animal identity is preserved in identity of life, and not of substance.” Examine this statement critically.
e) Explain Volitional Dynamism.
f) What is the philosophical significance of Chaos theory? Explain.
5. Write short notes on any five in about 100 words each.
a) Marcel’s idea of availability
b) Dark Energy
c) Categorical Imperative
d) The Butterfly Affect
e) Cartesian Dualism
f) Animal Symbolicum
g) Facticity
h) Absurdity




