PHIL 2035 Exam Questions Set 1 F2023

Asian Philosophical Traditions AP/PHIL 2035 3.0 Exam Questions Set 1 Instructions: Please briefly answer two of the following questions. The exam will be held in class, on Oct. 19 . Here, for your convenience, is the excerpt from the syllabus regarding these. Exams : Short essay questions on material explored will be circulated one week in advance of exams. There will be two sets of five or six short essay questions distributed, and you will need to complete two options from each set . The first exam may be rewritten, and the grade averaged with the first exam’s score for a total grade for the first exam. We will discuss expectations for these further in class. A few tips:  Please be sure to answer questions directly in as much depth and detail as possible. (Note that we will of course keep in mind that you only have a maximum of approximately 75 minutes to write your exams, but this also means that you should only include the most important and relevant bits of information.)  Although we will discuss expectations for this course component more in class, as a rough guide, you should aim to make your answers clear , correct , and convincing . Excellent answers to these questions should (among other things, of course) be relatively easy to interpret, contain no factual errors, and be logically valid with strong supporting reasons provided. Remember to write as if you are explaining things to someone who is learning about what you are writing on for the first time. 1. What is Brahman, according to the author(s) of the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad (BU), and how can the text be interpreted as arguing for the claim that it is identical to atman (and indeed, all else that there is)? Are you inclined to agree, or disagree, with this perspective on the world? Explain your response. 2. How is the notion of Brahman connected with the question of why we love others, according to the author(s) of the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad (BU), and how does it compare with what a Buddhist might