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Philosophy – Optional (Main Examination)
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Paper-I
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History and Problems of Philosophy
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Section-A
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Plato : Theory of Ideas.
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Aristotle : Form, Matter and causation.
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Descartes : Cartesian Method and certain knowledge, God, Mind-Body
Dualism.
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Spinoza : Substance, Attributes and Modes, Pantheism; Bondage and Freedom.
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Leibnitz : Monads; Theory of Perception God.
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Locke : Theory of Knowledge, Rejection of Innate Ideas; substance and
qualities.
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Berkeley
: Immaterialism, God, Criticism of representative Theory of Perception.
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Hume : Theory of knowledge, Scepticism Self, Causality.
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Kant : Distinctions between synthetic and analytic judgements and between
aprion and aposteriori judgements, Space, Time Categories, Possibility of
Synthetic Apriori Judgements, Ideas of Reason and Antinomics; Criticism of
the Proofs for the Existence of God.
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Hegel : Dialectical Method, Absolute Idealism.
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Precursors of Linguistic Analysis : Moore (Defence of common sense,
Reputaion of idealism), Russell (Theory of Descriptions).
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Logical Atomism : Atomic Facts, Atomic sentences, Logical Constructions
and Incomplete Symbols (Rusell), Distinction of saying and showing
(Wittgenstein)
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Logical Positivism : Verification theory and rejection of Metaphysics,
Linguistic Theory of Necessary Propositions.
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Phenomenology : Husserl.
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Existentiaslism : Kierkegaard, Sartre.
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Quine : Radical empiricism.
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Strawson : theory of person.
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Section-‘B’
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Carvaka : Theory of Knowledge, Materialism.
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Jainism : Theory of Reality, Saptabhangi Naya, Bondage and Liberation.
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Buddhism : Pratityasamutpada, Ksanikavýds, Ńairătmyavăda, Schools of
Buddhism, Sautrantika Theory of Pramana, Ideal of Bodhisattva.
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Samkhya : Prakriti, Purusa, Theory of Causation, Liberation.
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Naya-Văisesika : Theory of Pramăna, Self, Liberation, God and Proofs of
God’s Existence, Categories, Theory of Causation, Atomistic theory of
Creation.
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Mimănsă : Theory of Knowledge.
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Vedănta : Schools of Vedăntă Sankara, Rămănuja, Madhva (Brahman,
Isvara, Ătman, Jiva, Jagat, Măyă, Avidyă Adhyăsă, Moksă).
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Paper-II
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Section-‘A’
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Socio-Political
Philosophy
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Political Ideals : Equality, Justice,
Liberty
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Sovereignty (Austin, Boidin, Laski, Kautilya).
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Individual and State.
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Democracy; Concept and forms.
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Socialism and Marxism.
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Humanism.
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Secularism.
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Theories of punishment.
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Co-existence and violence; Sarvoday.
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Gender-Equality.
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Scientific Temper and Progress.
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12.
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Philosophy of Ecology.
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Section-‘B’
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Philosophy of Religion
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Notions of God : Personalistic, Imparsonalistic, Naturalistic.
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Proofs of the Existence of God and their criticisms.
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Immortality of Soul.
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Liberation.
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Problem of Evil.
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Religious Knowledge : Reason, Revelation and Mysticism.
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Religion without God.
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Religion and Morality.
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