Short Question/Answer in Philosophy

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PHILOSOPHY 2
PART A
1. Which philosopher spoke of a “Copernican revolution”? What did he mean?
The analogy of Copernican revolution was coined by Copernicus and
Immanuel Kant talked about the same and changed the relation between
subject/object to knowledge. It was said by him that subject is the centre to
knowledge whereas earlier people kept object as the following centre.
2. What is a “world- historical individual” according to Hegel? Give an example.
The theory of world historical individual means the emergence of universal
from an individual’s particular. Great personalities coin the particular is backed with a
universal background to make it historical. Examples- Caesar, Alexander and
napoleon.
3. Which “social instinct” does Darwin call the origin of morality?
Darwin thought that humans are social animals and social instincts are the
origin of man’s morality. Natural selection was the main social instinct behind the
morality’s origin. Other instincts also played an important role but at a lower
proportion, such as imitativeness, reason or sympathy.
4. According to Marx and Engels, what is the main driver of historical process?
Their theory of historical materialism, it was coined that society’s way of
production was the main force behind historical process. It was the classless society
known as proletariats who helped in the evolution of historical development.
5. What is the “sickness unto death” according to Kierkegaard?