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SemesterI

PHI-HC-1016

Core1:IndianPhilosophyI

UnitI TheVedas;theUpanisads;Bhagavadgita

DevelopmentofIndianPhilosophy;MeaningandscopeofIndianPhilosophy

SchoolsofIndianPhilosophy;theCommonCharacteristicsofIndianSystems

UnitIICarvaka Materialism: Epistemology (Denial of Inference and Testimony); Metaphysics

Fourelements;denialofsoul;denialofGod;Ethics

Jainism:Anekantavada;Syadvada;SaptabhangiNaya

Jainism:Navatattva

UnitIIIFourNobelTruths;Suffering;CauseofSufferingandChainofTwelveLinks;Cessationof

SufferingandNirvana;WayofCessationofSufferingandAstangikaMarga

TheoryofDependentOrigination

TheoryofImpermanence;TheoryofNo-soul

UniitIVAbhidharma Schools: Vaibhasika (bhaya-pratyaksa-vada); Sautranika (bahyanumeya-

veda)

Madhyamaka:Sunyavada

Yogacara:Vijnanavada

BooksRecommended:Chatterjee,S.C&Dutta,D.M: AnIntroductiontoIndianPhilosophyDasgupta,S.N.: AHistoryofIndianPhilosophyHiriyana,M. OutlinesofIndianPhilosophyRadhakrishnan,S. IndianPhilosophySharma,C.D. ACriticalSurveyOfIndianPhilosophySinha,J.N. IndianPhilosophy,VolumeI&II

SemesterIPHI-HC-1026

Core2:Logic–I

UnitI:FundamentalConceptsofLogicPropositionsandArguments

TruthandValidity

DeductionandInduction

UnitII:AristotelianSyllogisticLogicCategoricalPropositions,TranslatingOrdinaryPropositionintoStandardForm

SquareofOpposition

CategoricalSyllogism,FiguresandMoods

ImmediateInference

UnitIII:VennDiagram VennDiagrammaticRepresentationofPropositionsandArguments

IdeasofExistentialImport

TestingValiditybyVennDiagram

UniitIV:SetandItsOperations ConceptofSet

OperationsofSet-Union,IntersectionandDifference

SymbolizationofSentencesbySetNotations

BooksRecommendation:BassonandO’Connor: IntroductiontoSymbolicLogicChakraborti,Chhanda, Logic:Informal,SymbolicandInductiveCopi,I.M. Introductiontologic.14thEdition,Hurley,Patrick. IntroductiontoLogicRoy,B.N. DeductiveLogicSuppes,P. IntroductiontoLogic

SemesterIIPHI-HC-2036

Core3:GreekPhilosophy

UnitI:MythandCosmologyThales,Anaximander,Anaximenes

Pythagoras

Heraclitus,DemocritusandParmenides

UnitII:TheSophistsandSocaratesProtagoras

Socrates’smethod

Socrates’svirtue

UnitIII:Plato KnowledgeandOpinion

TheoryofForms

Justice

UniitIV:Aristotle FormandMatter

Causation

ActualityandPotentiality

BooksRecommended: W.T.Stace: ACriticalHistoryofGreekPhilosophyJ.Barnet: EarlyGreekPhilosophyB.A.G.Fuller: HistoryofGreekPhilosophy

BooksforReference: F.Copleston(Vol.1): HistoryofPhilosophyZeller: OutlinesofGreekPhilosophyGomperz: TheGreekThinkersW.K.C.Guthrie: HisotryofGreekPhillosophyB.NMoore: Philosophy,ThePowerofIdeas

SemesterIIPHI-HC-2046

Core4:LogicII

UnitI:SymbolicLogic:IntroductionSymbolicLogicanditsCharacteristics,UsesofSymbols

RelationbetweenTraditionalLogicandSymbolicLogic

ModernClassificationofPropositions

UnitII:PropositionalLogicLogicalConnectivesandVariables

SymbolizationofeverydayLanguage

TruthTablesforLogicalConnectives

Truth-Tablemethodoftestingvalidityofargument

UnitIII:FormalProofofValidity RulesofInference

RulesofReplacement

ConstructionofFormalproofofValidity

UniitIV:PredicateLogicSingularandgeneralpropositions

Quantifiers:UniversalandExistential

Symbolizationofuniversalandexistentialproposition

BooksRecommended:BassonandO’Connor: IntroductiontoSymbolicLogicChakraborti,Chhanda,Logic: Informal,SymbolicandInductive,Copi,I.M. Introductiontologic.14thEdition,Hurley,Patrick. IntroductiontoLogic,Roy,B.N. DeductiveLogicSuppes,P. IntroductiontoLogicStebbing,L.S. AModernIntroductiontoLogic

SemesterIII PHI-HC-3056

Core5:WesternPhilosophy:DescartestoHegel

UnitI:RationalismDestartes:CartesainMethod,mindbodydualism

Spinoza:Godandsubstances

Leibnitz:Theoryofmonads,pre-establishedharmony

UnitII:EmpiricismLockecritiqueofinnateideas,substanceandqualities

Berkely:esseestpercipiHume:Impressionandideas,conceptofself

UnitIII:KantPossibilityofsyntheticapriorijudgement

Spaceandtime

Categories

UniitIV:HegelDialecticMethod

AbsoluteIdealisms

Master-slavesdialectic

BooksRecommended:F.Thilly: AHistoryofPhilosophyBarlingayandKulkarni: CriticalHistoryofWesternPhilosophyY.Masih: ACriticalHistoryOfModernPhilosophy

BooksforReference:

RoutledgeHistoryofPhilosophyAnthonyKenny: ANewHistoryofPhilosophyF.Copleston: HistoryOfPhilosophyD.W.Hamlyn: AHistoryofWesternPhilosophy

SemesterIIIPHI-HC-3066

Core6:IndianPhilosophyII

UnitISamkhya:Purusa;Prakrti;Causation

Yoga:CittavrttianditsNirodha;AstangikaMarga

UnitIINyaya:Pramanas

Vaisesika:Padarthas;AtomistictheoryofCreation

UnitIIIMimamsa:Pramanas

Mimamsa:Pramanyavada;Khyativada

UniitIVSamkara:Brahman;Atman;AdhyasaandAvidya

Ramanuja;Brahman;JivaandJagat;Aprthaksiddhi

Sankardeva’sconceptofGodandBhakti

BooksRecommended: Chatterjee,S.C.: NyayaTheoryofKnowledgeChatterjee,S.C&Dutta,D.M.: AnIntroductiontoIndianPhilosophyDasgupta,S.N.: AHistoryofIndianPhilosophyHiriyana,M.: OutlinesofIndianPhilosophyRadhakrishnan,S.: IndianPhilosophySharma,C.D.: ACriticalSurveyOfIndianPhilosophySinha,J.N.: IndianPhilosophy,VolumeI&II

SemesterIIIPHI-HC-3076

Core7:Ethics

UnitINature,ScopeandUtilityofstudyofEthics

ObjectofMoralJudgement,MoralObligation

PostulatesofMorality

UnitII VirtueEthics:Aristotle

DeontologicalEthics:Kant

Utilitarianism:Bentham,Mill

UnitIII TheoriesofPunishment

ProfessionalEthics

EnvironmentalEthics

UnitIVLawofKarma,VarnaandAsramaDharma,Purusarthas

BuddhistPancasila;Brahmavihara

JainaTriratna,AnuvrataandMahavrata

BooksRecommended: Dasgupta,S.N.: AHistoryofIndianPhilosophyFrankenna,Williams.: Ethics,PrenticeHallofIndiaHiriyana,M.: OutlinesofIndianPhilosophyHudson,W.D: ModernMoralPhilosophyLillie,William.: AnIntroductiontoEthicsMackenzie,J.N.: ManualofEthicsMoore,G.E.: EthicsRadhakrishnan,S.: IndianPhilosophySinger,Peter.: AppliedEthicsSinger,Peter.: PracticalEthicsTiwari,KedarNath: ClassicalIndianEthicalThought:APhilosophicalStudyof Hindu,JainaandBuddhistMorals

SemesterIVPHI-HC-4086/PHI-RE-5016

Core8:ContemporaryIndianPhilosophy

UnitI:AurobindoEvolution

Supermind

Synthesisofyoga

UnitII:RadhakrishnanReligiousexperience

Intellectandintuition

Manandhisdestiny

UnitIII:GandhiReligion,Truth,Non-violence

Satyagraha,Sarvodaya,Swadeshi

Critiqueofindustrialisation,trusteeship

UnitIV:VivekanandaUniversalreligion

PracticalVedanta

Philosophyofeducation

BooksRecommended:CompleteworksofSwamiVivekananda(relevantchapters)

S.Radhakrishnan: AnidealistviewofLifeS.K.Maitra: AnintroductiontoPhilosophyofSriAurobindoD.M.Datta: ThePhilosophyofMahatmaGandhiN.K.Bose: SelectionsfromGandhi

Booksforreference:NilimaSharma: TwentiethCenturyIndianPhilosophy

D.M.Datta: ChiefCurrentsofContemporaryPhilosophy

SemesterIV

PHI-HC-4096/PHI-RE-6026Core9:PhilosophyofReligion

UnitINatureofPhilosophyofreligionanditsdistinctionfromtheology

Religiousexperience

ReligionandScience

UnitII:ProofsfortheexistenceofGodOntologicalargument

Cosmologicalargument

Teleologicalargument

Moralargument

UnitIIIReason,FaithandRevelation

FreedomofWill

Immortalityofthesoul

UnitIVReligiouslanguageandsymbolism

Antireligioustheories-Materialismandlogicalpositivism

ReligiousPhilosophyofSankardeva

BooksRecommended:JohnHick: PhilosophyofReligionMiallEdwards: PhilosophyofReligionB.Mitchell: PhilosophyofReligionJohnHick: Classicalandcontemporaryreadingsinthephilosophyof

ReligionNilimaSharma: PhilosophyofSankardeva:Anappraisal

BooksforReference:Y.Masih: IntroductiontoReligiousPhilosophyPetersonandothers(OUP): ReasonandReligiousBelief:AnIntroductiontothePhilosophy

ofReligionPetersonandothers: PhilosophyofReligion.SelectedReadingsMaheswarNeog: SankardevaandHisTimes

SemesterIV

PHI-HC-4106

Core10:Political&SocialPhilosophy

UnitIRightsandDuties

Justice

Equality&Liberty

UnitII-PoliticalIdeologiesAnarchism

Socialism

Marxism

UnitIII-FormsofGovernmentMonarchy

Theocracy

Democracy

UnitIVCorruption,Violence,Genocide

GenderDiscrimination:FemaleFoeticide,LandandPropertyRights;WomenEmpowerment

CasteDiscrimination:Gandhi,Ambedkar

Optional(UnitIV)PoliticalPhilosophyHumanism

Secularism

Multiculturalism

BooksRecommended:Ambedkar,B.R.: CasteinIndia(fromWritingsandSpeeches,Volume3),

Benjamin,M.(ed): ScienceandSensibility,GenderandScientificEnquiry,Durkheim,E.: SociologyandPhilosophyJoshi,N.V.: SocialandPoliticalPhilosophyKemp,S.&Squires,J.(ed).: FeminismsMackenzie,J.S.: OutlinesofSocialPhilosophyPiet,J.HandPrasad,A.(ed).: AnIntroductiontoAppliedPhilosophyRachel,J: TheElementsofMoralPhilosophyRaphael,D.D.: ProblemsofPoliticalPhilosophyRout,B.C.: PoliticalTheoryandIdeologyRoy&Bhattacharya.: PoliticalTheorySinger,Peter.: AppliedEthicsSinhha,A.K.: OutlinesofSocialPhilosophy

SemesterVPHI-HC-5116

Core11:AnalyticPhilosophy

UnitI:Moore TheAnalyticTurnofPhilosophyRefutationofIdealismDefenceofCommonSense

UnitII:RussellLogicalAtomismGeneralPropositionsandExistenceTheoryofDescription

UnitIII:EarlyWittgensteinandViennaCircle

TheWorldasaTotalityofFactsPictureTheoryofMeaning VerificationTheoryandRejectionofMetaphysics

UnitIV:LaterWittgensteinMeaningandUseLanguageGameCritiqueofPrivateLanguage

Books recommended

Ammerman,R.R.(ed): ClassicsofAnalyticPhilosophy

Gross,B.R.: AnalyticPhilosophy

Moore,G.E.: “DefenceofCommonSense”

… “RefutationofIdealism”

Russell,B.: LogicalAtomism

Wittgenstein: TractatusLogicoPhilosophicus

… PhilosophicalInvestigations

BooksofReference:

Pitcher,G.: PhilosophyofWittgenstein

Pradhan,R.C.: RecentDevelopmentsinAnalyticPhilosophy

SemesterV

PHI-HC-5126

Core12:PhenomenologyandExistentialism

UnitI:KierkegaardThethreestagesofhumanexistenceSubjectivityandTruth

UnitII:SartreExistenceandEssence

FreedomandChoice

UnitIII:HeideggerAuthenticexistenceBeing-in-the-worldandTemporality

UnitIV:HusserlTheoryofessenceIntentionalityandBracketing

Booksrecommended:H.J.Blackham: SixExistentialistThinkersMargaretChatterjee: ExistentialistOutlookM.K.Bhadra: ExistentialismandPhenomenologyMaryWarnock: ExistentialismJohnMacquirre: Existentialism

BooksforReference:J.P.Sartre: ExistentialismandHumanismE.Husserl: LogicalInvestigationsKierkegaard: ConcludingUnscientificPostscript

SemesterVI

PHI-HC-6136Core13:PhilosophyofMind

UnitIPsychologyandPhilosophyofmind

Cartesiandualism

ProblemsofCartesiandualism

UnitIIParallelism

Occassionalism

Epiphenomenalism

UnitIIIBehaviourism

Identitytheory

Functionalism

UnitIVProblemofPersonalidentity

PhysicalCriterion

MemoryCriterion

BooksRecommended:

JRSearle: Mind,AbriefintroductionJHeil: PhilosophyofMind

Ryle,Gilbert: TheConceptofMindJJC,Smart: “SensationandBrainProcess”intheNatureofMindby

DRosenthal

JVassey: PersonalIdentityB.Williams: ProblemofSelf

SemesterVI

PHI-HC-6146Core14:MetaEthics

UnitI:EthicsandMetaEthicsNormativeEthics

EthicalConceptsandEvaluation-GoodandRight

MetaEthics

UnitII:G.E.MooreIndefinabilityof‘Good’

NaturalisticFallacy

AutonomyofMorals

UnitIII:AyerandStevensonA.J.Ayer:EthicalTermsandPseudoConcepts

C.L.Stevenson:CharacteristicsofMoralDiscourse

PersuasiveDefinition

UnitIV:R.M.HareUniversalPrescriptivism

NatureofMoralArguments

WeaknessoftheWill

BooksRecommended:

Ayer,A.J.: Language,TruthandLogicChakravary,D.K.: ProblemsofAnalyticEthicsHare,R.M. TheLanguageofMoralsMiller,Alex: AnIntroductiontoContemporaryMetaethicsMoore,G.E.: PrincipiaEthicaRoojen,M.V.: Metaethics:AContemporaryIntroductionStevenson,C.L. EthicsandLanguageWarnock,G.J: ContemporaryMoralPhilosophyWarnock,M. Ethicssince1900

ElectiveDSE: (tobechosen2outof3alternatives)

SemesterV

PHI-HE-5016Elective1:PhilosophyofUpanishads

UnitIBackground:RelationtoVedas

GeneralSocialConditions

UnitIIMethodsandPhilosophers:MethodsofUpanisadicPhilosophy

UpanisadicPhilosophers:Cosmological,PsychologicalandMetaphysical

UnitIIICreation:DiversityofTheories

AcosmicandCosmicPresentation

UnitIVUltimateReality:Brahman:AbsoluteandWorld-Ground

CosmicandAcosmicIdeal

UnitVIndividualDestiny:IndividualSoul

KarmaandSamsara

Liberation

BooksRecommended:Dasgupta,S.N.: AHistoryofIndianPhilosophy(VolumeI)

Deussen,P.: ThePhilosophyoftheUpanisadsHume,R.E.: ThirteenPrincipalUpanisadsMahadevan,T.M.P.: UpanisadsRadhakrishnan,S.: ThePrincipalUpanisadsRadhakrishnan,S.: IndianPhilosophy(VolumeI)

Ranade,R.D.: AConstructiveSurveyofUpanisadicPhilosophy

ElectiveDSE: SemesterV

PHI-HE-5026Elective2:PhilosophyofGita

UnitI:

LawofKarma

ConceptofKarma,Akarma,Vikarma

FreedomandChoice

UnitII:Ksetra-Ksetrajna,purusa-prakrti

UttamaPurusaandUltimateReality

RelationofindividualselfandUltimateReality

UnitIII:ConceptionofYoga

TheYoga:KarmaYoga,JnanaYoga,BhaktiYoga

ReconciliationoftheYogas

UnitIv:Svabhava,Svakarma,Svadharma

Niskamakarmayoga;Lokasangraha

Liberation

BooksRecommended:

Aurobindo: TheBhagavadGitaGandhi,M.K.: GitaRadhakrishnan,S.: TheBhagavadGitaRanade,R.D.: BhagavadGita-APhilosophyofGodRealizationTilak,B.G.: GitaRahasya

ElectiveDSE: SemesterV

PHI-HE-5036Elective3:IsaUpanishadwithShankaraBhasya(TextualStudy)

UnitI:

Mantra1-4

UnitII:

Mantra5-9

UnitIII:

Mantra10-14

UnitIV:

Mantra15-18

BooksRecommended:

IsaUpanisadwithSankara’sCommentary(VariousEditions)

ElectiveDSE: (tobechosen2outof3alternatives)

SemesterVI

PHI-HE-6046Elective4:WesternPhilosophy(TextualStudy)

UnitI:

Plato:Republic(books2and4)

UnitII:

Hegel:ThePrefacetothePhenomenologyofSpirit

UnitIII:

Wittgenstein:PhilosophicalInvestigation(part1,section65-91)

UnitIV:

Sartre:ExistentialismandHumanism

BooksRecommended

Plato:Republic

Hegel:ThePrefacetothePhenomenologyofSpirit

Wittgenstein:PhilosophicalInvestigation

Sartre:ExistentialismandHumanism

ElectiveDSE: SemesterVI

PHI-HE-6056Elective5:PhilosophyofLanguage

ElectiveDSE:SemesterVI

PHI-HE-6066

Elective6:AppliedEthics

UnitI:AppliedEthics:Introduction

NatureofAppliedEthics,itsscope

AppliedEthicsandHumanValues

UnitII:EnvironmentalEthics

Useandexploitationofnature

Animalkillingandanimalrights

UnitIII:CyberEthics

Computercrime

EthicsandLegalaspectsofvirtualworlds

UnitIV:Bio-medicalEthics

Rightsandobligationsofhealthcareprofessionals,Patientsandfamily

Abortion,Euthanasia-ActiveandPassive

BooksRecommended:

Hizza,JosephM.: ComputerNetworkSecurityandCyberEthicsHolmes,R.L.: IntroductiontoAppliedEthicsHolmesR.&AndrewL.: EnvironmentalEthics:AnAnthologyLucas,G.: EthicsandCyberWarfareSinger,P.: AppliedEthicsYogi,ManasviniM.: Euthanasia:ItsMoralImplication

SemesterI

PHI-HG-1016/PHI-RC-1016

GE1:GeneralPhilosophy

UnitIDefinition,NatureandScopeofPhilosophy,BranchesofPhilosophy

RealismandIdealism

UnitIISubstance,Causality,SpaceandTime

UnitIIIProblemofKnowledge:Empiricism,Rationalism,Criticism

Scepticism

UnitIVRelationofGodandtheworld:Deism,Pantheism,Panentheism

ProofsforexistenceofGod:Ontological,Cosmological,Moral,Teleological

UnitVTheoriesofTruth:Correspondence,Coherence,Pragmatic

BooksRecommended:

Patrick,G.T.W.: IntroductiontoPhilosophyCunninghum,G.W.: ProblemsofPhilosophyRussell,Bertrand.: ProblemsofPhilosophyTaylor,Richard.: MetaphysicsHamlyn,D.W.: Metaphysics

SemesterIIPHI-HG-2026/PHI-RC-2026

GE2:IndianPhilosophyUnitIDevelopmentofIndianPhilosophy,MeaningandscopeofIndianPhilosophy

SchoolsofIndianPhilosophy;theCommonCharacteristicofIndianSystem

UnitIIBuddhism:FourNobleTruths;TheoryofImpermanence;No-soultheory

Jainism:Syadvada,Anekantavada

UnitIIISamkhya:Purusa;Prakrti;Evolution

Nyaya:Pramanas

UnitIVSamkara:Brahman;Avidya&Adhyasa

Ramanuja:Brahman;JivaandPrakrti

BooksRecommended:Chatterjee,S.C.: NyayaTheoryofKnowledgeChatterjee,S.C.&Dutta,D.M.: AnIntroductiontoIndianPhilosophyDasgupta,S.N.: AHistoryofIndianPhilosophyHiriyana,M.: OutlinesofIndianPhilosophyRadhakrishnan,S.: IndianPhilosophySharma,C.D.: ACriticalSurveyofIndianPhilosophy

SemesterIII

PHI-HG-3036/PHI-RC-3036

GE3:Ethics

UnitI Nature,ScopeandUtilityofstudyofEthics

MoralConsciousness,ObjectofMoralJudgement,MoralObligation

PostulatesofMorality

UnitIIVirtueEthics:Aristotle

DeontologicalEthic:Kant

Utilitarianism:Bentham,Mill

UnitIIITheoriesofPunishment,CapitalPunishment

ProfessionalEthics

EnvironmentalEthics

UnitIVLawofKarma,VarnaandAsramaDharma,Purusarthas

BuddhistPancasila;Brahmavihara;BodhisattvaBhumis

JainaTriratna,AnuvrataandMahavrata

BooksRecommended:

Chakravarty,D.K. ProlemsofAnalyticalEthicsDasgupta,S.N. AHistoryofIndianPhilosophyFrankenna,W. EthicsHiriyana,M. OutlinesofIndianPhilosophyHudson,W.D. ModernMoralPhilosophyLillie,William. AnIntroductiontoEthicsMackenzie,J.N. ManualofEthicsMoore,G.E. EthicsRadhakrishnan,S. IndianPhilosophySinger,Peter. AppliedEthicsSinger,Peter. PracticalEthicsTiwari,KedarNath. ClassicalIndianEthicalThought:APhilosophicalStudyofHindu, JainaandBuddhistMorals

SemesterIV

PHI-HG-4046/PHI-RC-4046GE4:Logic

UNITI:FundamentalConceptsoflogicPropositionsandArguments

TruthandValidity

DeductionandInduction

UNITII:AristotelianSyllogisticLogicCategoricalPropositions,TranslatingOrdinaryPropositionintoStandardForm

SquareofOpposition

CategoricalSyllogism,FiguresandMoods

ImmediateInference

UNITIII:SymbolicLogic:IntroductionSymbolicLogicanditsCharacteristics,UsesofSymbols

RelationbetweenTraditionalLogicandSymbolicLogic

ModernClassificationofPropositions

UNITIV:PropositionalLogicLogicalConnectives:And,Or,Not,MaterialConditional,Bi-conditional

Symbolizationofeverydaylanguage

Truth-Tablemethodoftestingvalidityofargument,ShorterTruthTable

Booksrecommended:

BassonandO’Connor: IntroductiontoSymbolicLogicChakraborti,Chhanda: Logic:Informal,SymbolicandInductive

Copi,I.M. IntroductiontoLogic,14thEditionHurley,Patrick. IntroductiontoLogicRoy,B.N. DeductiveLogicSuppes,P. IntroductiontoLogicStebbing,L.S. AModernIntroductiontoLogic

SemesterIII

SEC1

Reasoning and Logic

Unit I Reasoning

Introduction to Reasoning Reasoning in Everyday Life; Working out Exercises Laws of Thought: Identity, Contradiction and excluded Middle

Unit II Informal Logic

Distinguishing between: Reasoning and Arguments Formal and Informal Arguments Truth and Validity

Unit III Fallacies

Fallacies in Informal Logic: identification and correction Fallacies in formal logic: identification and correction Testing validity of arguments

Unit IV Symbolic Logic

Simple and Compound Statements, Truth-Function Truth Table

Books Recommended:

Chakraborty, C.: Logic, Informal, Symbolic and Inductive Copi, I.M.: Introduction to Symbolic Logic Copi, and Cohen.: Introduction to Logic Sharma,B.andJ.Deka:ATextBookofLogic

SemesterIV

SEC2

Critical Thinking