Directions (Q. 1 – 10): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, have words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate words.
Although John Wisdom’s writings in philosophy show early the influence of Wittgenstein, they nevertheless also display a (1) originality. Despite the (2) and difficulty of style, a careful reading of Wisdom is seldom (3). He is a unique kind of genius in philosophy. This essay is an excellent example of Wisdom’s repeated tempts to (4) the ultimate bases of philosophical strange. A great deal of the time Wisdom I (5) interested in finding out why metaphysicians feel (6) to uttar such strange sentences (eg., “Time is unreal”. There are no material things”, etc). According to Wisdom, such sentences are both false (and perhaps meaningless) and yet (7). Even more than Wittgenstein. Wisdom has stressed the ‘therapeutic’ conception of philosophy, a view that comes out clearly in this essay where he emphasizes the analogy between philosophical and neurotic distress (8) them with other kinds of problems.
The reader who is interested in gaining a fuller (9) with Wisdom’s thought is referred to his famous article “Gods in Philosophy and Psycho analysis”. Other minds is Wisdom’s most (10) discussion of as single topic and in many ways his finest work.
1.(1) concise (3)
(2) virtual
(3) marked
(4)limited
(5) relative
2.(1) individuality (4)
(2) novelty
(3) originality
(4) complexity
(5) creativity
3.(1) unprofitable (1)
(2) useful
(3) advantageous
(4) unreliable
(5) durable
4.(1) jettison (4)
(2) delimit
(3) augment
(4) fortify
(5) explore
5.(1) admirably (2)
(2) primarily
(3) inadvertently
(4) reluctantly
(5) happily
6.(1) depressed (4)
(2) confined
(3) alluded
(4) compelled
(5) adapted
7.(1) illuminating (1)
(2) damaging
(3) confusing
(4) critical
(5) unreliable
8.(1) compelling (2)
(2) associating
(3) contrasting
(4) describing
(5) advocating
9.(1) comparison (4)
(2) analysis
(3) agreement
(4) elaboration
(5) acquaintance
10.(1) projected (1)
(2) sustained
(3) prolonged
(4) prolific
(5) attributed
