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Instructions to candidates:
1. Answer TWO questions.
2. You may take NO MORE THAN 200 words of notes into the examination, which must be handed in with the script at the end.
Date: Monday 18th May 2009
Time: 9:20- 11:30
Venue: Brook 438
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1. Do you think it is possible to believe both that everything that happens has a cause and that it is appropriate sometimes to blame people for their actions?
2. Does the idea of altering what has already happened make sense?
3. "Everything remains in the state in which it is if there is nothing to change it..." (Leibniz)
Is this true of your mind, do you think?
4. Do you think there might come a day when biological engineers might be able to make a new human being from chemicals?
5. Would a complete knowledge of history up to this point make accurate prediction of the future possible?
6. Explain the significance of Hume's discussion of what you see when you observe the play of balls on a billiard table. Evaluate the argument he presents.
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Prepared by VP Created 30:03:09 A module of the BA Philosophy programme |
