Each essay question shall be marked according to the following criteria:
Clear presentation of the problematic in the introduction;
Identification and elaboration of the Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis and Conclusion;
Coherence and organization of material.
Each question carries 25 mark.
You are reminded of the necessity for good English and orderly presentation in your answers.
SECTION ONE: WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
1. The Pre-Socratics were preoccupied with problem of permanence in the universe. Discuss this Eleatic assertion.
(25 marks)
2. Are you the Marxist view that the history of human societies is caused by class struggle? (25 marks)
SECTION TWO: AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY
3. The reality of witchcraft is reasonable. Critically asses this assertion. (25 marks)
4. “Negritude is the affirmation of the African Being. “Examine the tenability of his assertion. (25 marks)
SECTION THREE: PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS
5. “Since seeks objective truth while religion seeks the Absolute. “Discuss this assertion focusing on their
similarities and differences.
(25 marks)
6. The state is an obstacle to human freedom. Is this fair appreciation of the role of the state? (25 marks)