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Syllabus for the Degree of Master of Arts in Philosophy As per Semester System
(To be effective from the academic session 2007‐2008)
Abstract
Each paper will carry 50 marks : Written Part‐45 marks and Internal Assessment‐5marks Minimum number of classes per paper of 50 marks : 45
SEMESTER‐I Full Marks: 200
CORE PAPERS
Paper 101 Indian Classsics Paper 102 Indian Epistemology Paper 103 Western Classics Paper 104 Western Ethics
SEMESTER‐II Full Marks: 200
CORE PAPERS
Paper 201 Indian Ethics Paper 202 Indian Metaphysics Paper 203 Western Epistemology Paper 204 Western Logic
SEMESTER‐III Full Marks: 200
CORE PAPERS
Paper 301 Indian Philosophy of Language Paper 302 Western Metaphysics
OPTIONAL PAPER (Any one Group to be chosen)
Group A (Nyaya‐Vaisesika)
Paper 303 Pracina Nyaya‐I Paper 304 Pracina Nyaya‐II
Group B (Vedanta)
Paper 303 Advaita Metaphysics‐I Paper 304 Advaita Metaphysics‐II
Group C Applied Ethhics
Paper 303 Bio‐medical Ethics Paper 304 Socio‐political Issues in Ethics
Group D Advanced Logic
Paper 303 Intuiti ve Set Theory Paper 304 Non‐deductive Logic
SEMESTER IV Full Marks:200
CORE PAPERS
Paper 401 Phenomenology and Existentialism
Paper 402 Analytic Philosophy (Western)
OPTIONAL PAPERS
(As chosen in Semester‐III)
Group‐A
Nyaya‐Vaisesika
Paper 403 Navya Nyaya‐I
Paper 404 Navya Nyaya‐II
Group‐B
Vedanta
Paper 403 Advaita Epistemology
Paper 404 Visistadvaita Metaphysics
Group‐C
Applied Ethics
Paper 403 Business and Professional Ethics
Paper 404 Environmental Ethics
Group‐D
Advanced Logic
Paper 403 The Logic of Relations
Paper 404 Propositional Logic
Syllabus for Degree of Master of Arts in Philosophy
As per Semester System
(To be effective from the academic session 2007‐2008)
Each paper will carry 50 marks : Written part‐45 marks and internal assessment‐5 marks
SEMESTER‐I
Full Marks‐200
CORE PAPERS
(Minimum number of classes as per paper of 50 marks : 45)
Paper 101 Indian Classics (Marks‐50)
Prasastapada: Padarthadharmasamgraha
(Up to the end of prthivisadharmya parikasa)
(45 classes)
Paper 102 Indian Epistemology (Marks‐50)
(i) Ganga: Tattvacintamani (pramanyavada up
to the end na tu rajatatvena purovartinamiti)
(23 classes)
(ii) Dharmakirti : Nyayabindu
(Up to trirupani ca)
(22 classes)
Paper 103 Western Classics (Marks‐50)
Kant: Critique of Pure Reason, N.K.Smith’s abridged
Edition (up to the end of the Transcendental Analytic)
(45 classes)
Paper 104 Western Ethhics (Marks‐50)
(i) Normative Ethics: Utilitarianism and Deontology
(13 classes)
(ii) Metaethics: Cognitivism – Naturalism and Intuitionism
Non‐cognitivism: Emotivism, Prescriptivism
(20 classes)
(iii) Applied Ethics: Life and Death issues, Issues in
Environmental Ethics (12 classes)
Suggested Readings:
1. J.S.Mill ; “Utilitarianism”, in Collected Works of J.S.Mill, Vol. X,
University of Toronto Press.
2. I. Kant: Groundwork of Metaphysic of Morals, Macmillan
3. W.D.Hudson : Modern Moral Philosophy, Macmilloan
4. Peter Singer: Practical Ethics, Cambridge University Press
5. H.LaFollette (ed) : Ethics in Practice : An Anthology, Blackwell
6. James P. Sterba (ed) : Contemporary Ethics, Prentice‐Hall
7. Robert Elliot (ed): Environmental Ethhics, Oxford University Press
SEMESTER‐II
Full Marks‐200
CORE PAPERS
Paper 201 Indian Ethics (Marks 50)
(i) Bhagavadgita (Chapters II & III)
(22 classes)
(ii) Laugaksi Bhaskara : Arthasamgraha
(Dharma, bhavana, vidhi and its varieties, arthavada)
(23 classes)
Paper 202 Indian Metaphysics (Marks 50)
(i) Gaudapada : Mandukyakarika (Chapters I & II)
(22 classes)
(ii) Isvarakrsna : Samkhyakarika with
Tattvakaumudi (Karikas 1‐3, 9‐22)
(23 classes)
Paper 203 Western Epistemology (Marks 50)
(i) Nature and Definition of Knowledge
(10 classes)
(ii) Gettier Problem and Responses to it
(10 classes)
(iii) Scepticism and the Possibility of knowledge
(10 classes)
(iv) Justification of knowledge claims: Foundationalism,
Coherentism and Reliabilism (10 classes)
(v) Knowledge of Other Minds (5 classes)
Suggested Readinbgs:
1. Keith Lehrer : Theories of Knowledge, Routledge
2. R.M.Chisholm : Theory of Knowledge, 3rd ed, Prentice Hall
3. A.J.Ayer ; The Problem of Knowledge, Penguin Books
4. J.L. Pollock : Contemporary Theories of Knowledge,
Rowman & Littlefield
5. A. Stroll (ed) : Epistemology : New Essays in Theory of Knowledge,
Harper & Row
6. J. Dancy : Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology, Blackwell
Paper 204 Western Logic (Marks 5)
(i) Propositional Logic: Rules of Natural Deduction,
The Rule of Conditional Proof, Indirect Proof,
Proving Invalidity (10 classes)
(ii) Quantification Theory: Singular and General
Propositions, Multiply‐General Propositions,
Quantification Rules and Proving Validity,
Proving Invalidity, Logical Truths Involving
Quantifiers (35 classes)
Text: I.M.Copi : Symbolic Logic (5th edition), Macmillan (Chapters 3 and 4)
SEMESTER III
Full Marks‐200
CORE PAPERS
Paper 301 Indian Philosophy of Language (Marks‐50)
Visvanatha : Bhaspariccheda with Siddhantamuktavali
(Sabdakhanda) (45 classes)
Paper 302 Western Metaphysics (Marks‐50)
(i) Nature and Notions of Metaphysics : Traditional
and Contemporary (10 classes)
(ii) Being and Becoming : Essence and Existence
(10 classes)
(iii) Substance : The Aristotlean Conception,
Individuation of Substance, Essentialism
(15 classes)
(iv) Self Knowledge and Self‐identity : Memory Criterion,
Body Criterion; Primitiveness of the Concept of Person
(10 classes)
Suggested Readings:
1. D.W.Hamlyn : Metaphysics, Cambridge University Press
2. P.F.Strawson: Individuals : An Essay in Descriptive Metaphysics, Metheun
3. G. Evans: Varieties of Reference, Clarendon Press
4. Aristotle : Metaphysics, Book Zeta
5. B.A. Brody : Identity and Essence, Princeton University Press
Optional Papers
(Any one Group to be chosen)
Group A
(Nyaya‐Vaisesika)
Paper 303 Pracina Nyaya‐I (Marks‐50)
Gotama : Nyayasutra with Vatsyayanabhasya (Anhika‐I) (45 classes)
Paper 304 Pracina Nyaya‐II (Marks‐50)
Udayana : Nyayakusumanjali (1st stavaka) (45 classes)
Group B
(Vedanta)
Paper 303 Advaita Metaphysics‐I (Marks‐50)
Badarayana : Brahmasutra with Sankarabhasya (Catuhsutri) (45 classes)
Paper 304 Advaita Metaphysics‐II (Marks‐50)
Vidyaranya : Vivaranaprameyasamgraha (Adhyasa)
(45 classes)
Group C
(Applied Ethics)
Paper 303 Bio‐medical Ethics (Marks‐50)
(i) The Biological Basis of Ethics (5 classes)
(ii) Fundamentals of Medical Ethics (5 classes)
(iii) Experimentation with Non‐human Animals
(15 classes)
(iv) Experimentation with Human Subjects (20 classes)
Suggested Readings:
1. Peter Singer : The Expanding Circle, Oxford University Press
2. J. Harris : The Value of Life : An Introduction to Medical Ethics,
Routledge and Kegan Paul
3. J.F. Childress & T.L.Beauchamp : Principles of Bio‐medical Ethics,
Routledge and Kegan Paul
4. Helga Kuhse & Peter Singer : Bio‐Ethics: An Anthology, Blackwell
Paper 304 Socio‐Political Issues in Ethics (Marks‐50)
(i) Liberty, Equality & Justice (20 classes)
(ii) Terrorism, War and Peace (15 classes)
(iii) Feminist Ethics (10 classes)
Suggested Readings:
1. Ruth Chadwick: Encyclopaedia of Applied Ethics, Academic Press
2. Peter Singer: Practical Ethics, Cambridge University Press
3. Hugh LaFollette (ed): Ethics in Practice: An Anthology, Backwell
4. T.A. Mappes and J. S. Zembaty: Social Ethics, McGraw Hill
5. B.Almond & D. Hill (eds): Applied Philosophy: Morals and Metaphysics,
Routledge and Kegan Paul
6. Claudia Card (ed): Feminist Ethics, University of Kansas
7. Brian Barry et al (eds) : Justice, Edward Arnold Publishers
Group D
(Advanced Logic)
Paper 303 Set Theory (Marks‐50)
(i) Intuitive Set Theory : Definition (5 classes)
(ii) Basic Operations on Sets (5 classes)
(iii) Venn Diagrams (5 classes)
(iv) Relations ; Binary, n‐ary (15 classes)
(v) Functions (15 classes)
Text : P. Suppes: Introduction to Logic, East‐West Press
Paper 304 Non‐deductive Logic (Marks‐50)
(i) Problem of Induction (5 classes)
(ii) Hypothesis (5 classes)
(iii) The Nature of Evidence‐statements (5 classes)
(iv) Eliminative Induction (8 classes)
(v) Justification of Induction (5 classes)
(vi) Causation as Regular Succession (10 classes)
(vii) Counterfactuals and Dispositions (7 classes)
Suggested Readings:
1. S.F. Barker : Induction and Hypothesis, Cornell University Press
2. R.B. Bratithwaite: Scientific Explanation, Harper and Brothers
3. Arther Pap : An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science, Eyre and
Spotliswoode
SEMESTER IV
FULL MARKS : 200
CORE PAPER
Paper 401 Phenomenology and Existentialism (Marks‐50)
(i) Phenomenology : Development of Husserl’s Phenomenology, The Natural World Thesis, Phenomenological Reduction, Essential Intuition, Pure Consciousness and Transcendental Subjectivity, Intentionality, Solipsism and Inter Subjectivity, The Life‐World
(25 classes)
(ii) Existentialism : Sartre’s Existentialism, Sartre’s Critique of Husserl, Nothingness, Being‐for‐itself vis‐a‐vis Being‐in‐itself, Freedom and Responsibility, Bad faith, and Critique of Marxism (25 classes)
Suggested Readings:
1. Edmund Husserl : Ideas, Book‐I, Martinus Nijhoff
2. Edmund Husserl : The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology, North‐Western University Press
3. Herbert Speigelberg : The Phenomenological Movement (Vols. I&II), Martinus Nijhoff
4. J.N.Mohanty & W.R.Mckenna (eds) : Husserl’s Phenomenology : A Text book, University Press of America
5. M.K.Bhadra : A Critical Survey of Phenomenology and Existentialism, ICPR Allied
6. J.N.Mohanty : “The Development of Husserl’s Thought” in Cambridge Companion to Husserl, Cambridge University Press
7. Jean‐paul Sartre : Being and Nothingness, Philosophical Library
8. Jean‐Paul Sartre : Critique of Dialectical Reason, Verse
9. Jean‐Paul Saertre: Transcendence of the Ego, New York
Paper 402 Analytic Philosophy (Western) (Marks‐50)
(i) Issues and Problems : Sense and Reference; Concepts and Objects; Negative Existentials, Indirect speech, Propositional Attitudes, Proper Names, Definite Descriptions. (22 classes)
(ii) Wittgenstein : Language and Reality, Facts and Objects, Names and Propositions, the Picture Theory, Rejection of the Picture‐model, Philosophy and Language, Meaning and Use, Forms of Life.
(23 classes)
Suggested Readings:
1. G. Frege: “On Sense and Reference”, in Translations
2. From the Philosophical Writings of Gottlob Frege”, P. Geach & M. Black (ed), Blackwell
3. G. Frege : “On Concepts and Objects” in Translations
4. From the Philosophical Writings of Gottlob Frege”, P. Geach & M. Black (eds), Blackwell
5. B. Russell : Logic and Knowledge, R.C. Marsh (ed.), Allen and Unwin
6. B. Russell : Introduction to mathematical Philosophy,
7. L. Wittgenstein : Tractatus Logico‐Philosophicus, (trans.) D.F. Pears and B.F. McGuiness, Routledge & Kegan Paul
8. L. Wittgensteinbn : Philosophical investigations, (tran.) G.E.M. Anscombe, Blackwell
9. G.Pitcher : The Philosophy of Wittgenstein, Prentice‐Hall
Optional Papers
(As Chosen in Semester‐III)
Group A
(Nyaya‐Vaisesika)
Paper 403 Navya Nyaya‐I (Marks‐50)
Visvanatha : Bhasapariccheda with Siddhantamuktavali
(Karikas 51‐55 & 125‐137) (45 classes)
Paper 404 Navya Nyaya‐II (Marks‐50)
Gangesa: Vyaptipancaka with Mathuri(1st vyaptilaksana) (45 classes)
Group B
(Vedanta)
Paper 403 Advaita Epistemology (Marks‐50)
Dharmaraja: Vedantaparibhasa (pratyaksapramana) (45 classes)
Paper 404 Visistadvaita metaphysics (Marks‐50)
Badarayana : Brahmasutra with Sribhasya
(1st sutra) (45 classes)
Group C
(Applied Ethics)
Paper 403 Business and professional Ethics (Marks‐50)
(1) Business Imperative and Morality (10 classes)
(2) Basics of Professional Ethics (10 classes)
(3) Ethical Codes of Conduct for various Professionals (10 classes)
(4) Media Ethics (15 classes)
Suggested Readings:
1. E.R.Winkler & J.R. Coombs: Applied Ethics: A Reader,Blackwell
2. Richarfd De George: Business Ethics, Maclmillan
3. Daryl Koehn: The Grounds of Professional Ethics,Routledge and Kegan Paul
4. Andrew Belsey and Ruth Chadwick (eds) Ethical Issues in Journalism and the Media, Routledge
Paper 404 Environmental Ethics (Marks‐50)
(i) Anthropocentrism (15 classes)
(ii) Biocengtrism (10 classes)
(iii) Ecocentrism (15 classes)
(iv) Ecofeminism (5 classes)
Suggested Readings:
1. Robert Elliot (ed) ; Environmental Ethics, Oxford University Press
2. David Pepper ; Modern Environmentalism, Routledge and Kegan Paul
3. Carolyn Merchant (ed.) Ecology, Rawat Publishers
4. Nina Witoszek and Andrew Brennan (eds.) : Arne Naess and Progress
of Eco‐philosophy, Rowman & Littlefield
5. Ruth Chadwick(Ed): Encyclopaedia of Applied Ethics, Academic Pres
Group D
(Advanced Logic)
Paper 403 The Logic of Relations (Marks‐50)
(i) Symbolising Relations (10 classes)
(ii) Arguments Involving Relations (10 classes)
(iii) Some Attributes of Relations (10 classes)
(iv) Identity and Definite Descriptions (10 classes)
(v) Predicate Variable and Attribures of
Arttributes (5 classes)
Text : I.M. Copi : Symbolic Logic (5th edition), Macmillan (Chapter V)
Reference Books:
1. Richard C. Jeffrey , Formal Logic : Its Scope and Limits (1st edition),
Tata McGraw‐Hill (Chapters 6,7 and 9)
2. W.V.O. Quine: Methods of Logic, Routledge
Paper 404 Propositional Logic (Marks‐50)
(i) Formal deductive system, attributes of formal
Deductive system, the P.M. system : axioms and
Theorems, consistency, completeness and independence
(30 classes)
(ii) Modal propositional logic : The System‐T (15 classes)
Text: 1. B.Russell & Whitehead: Principia Mathematica
(Abridged ed), Part‐I: *1, *2 upto 2.41
2. Hughes & Cresswell : An Introduction to Modal Logic,
Metheun, Chapters 1 & 2.
Reference Books:
1. G.E.Hughes & D.G. Londey : The Elements of Formal Logic, Methuen
2. Ambrose and Lazerowitz: Fundamentals of Symbolic Logic
3. I.M. Copi: Symbolic Logic, (5th edition), Macmillan
4. Basson and O’Connor: Introduction to Symbolic Logic,
Oxford University Press