EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Four philosophical problems-predication, speech acts, rules, and innate ideas-are discussed in the light of their implications for psychological and linguistic research. The discussion of predication concerns both form and use.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thus our two questions may be re-stated as follows: (1) Is there any such thing as matter? (2) If so, what is its nature? The philosopher who first brought prominently forward the reasons for regarding the immediate objects of our senses as not existing independently of us was Bishop Berkeley (1685-1753).

Detailed explanation-3: -Philosophy helps us express what is distinctive in our views, it enhances our ability to explain difficult material, and it helps us to eliminate ambiguities and vagueness from our writing and speech.

Detailed explanation-4: -It teaches critical thinking, close reading, clear writing, and logical analysis; it uses these to understand the language we use to describe the world, and our place within it. Different areas of philosophy are distinguished by the questions they ask. Do our senses accurately describe reality?