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PHILOSOPHY

Introduction:-

This draft Undergraduate Syllabus has been prepared, as far as practicable, within the parameters of the structure approved by the 16th Academic Council. However, the Syllabus may be altered/ modified/ changed if needed.

Course Layout:-

SEM COURSE PAPER Name Of Course ICA TEE TOTALI Core I I Epistemology & Metaphysics 25 75 100II Core II II Ethics 25 75 100III Core III III Logic 25 75 100IV Core IV IV History Of Western Philosophy 25 75 100 Core V V Indian Philosophy(Part-I) 25 75 100 Core VI VI Philosophy of Religion( Part-I) 25 75 100V Core VII VII Social & Political Philosophy( Part-I) 25 75 100 Core VIII VIII(A) Existentialism & Phenomenology(Part -I) 25 75 100 VIII(B) Philosophy of Mind( Part-I) Core IX IX Indian Philosophy(Part-II) 25 75 100 Core X X Philosophy Of Religion( Part-II) 25 75 100

VI Core XI XI Social & Political Philosophy(Part-II) 25 75 100 Core XII XII(A) Existentialism &Phenomenology(Part-II) 25 75 100 XII(B) Philosophy of Mind( Part-II)

Philosophy Core (100 x 12) 1200

Each Paper carries 25 marks of Internal Continuous assessment and 75 marks at Semester End Exam. Internal assessment shall be by Assignment and Test with 1:1 ratio of marks.

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CORE SUBJECT – 1ST SEMESTER

Paper – I

EPISTEMOLOGY AND METAPHYSICS

Semester Exam: 75Continuous assessment: 25

Full mark: 100Time: 3 hrs

Questions must be set from each unit.

UNIT I: INTRODUCTION

(a) Concepts And Methods Of Philosophy(b) Meaning of Philosophy ( Indian and Western)(c) Relation of Philosophy to Science and Religion(d) Methods of Philosophy (Plato and Samkara)

UNIT II: SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE

(a) Western : Empiricism, Rationalism and Transcendental Idealism(b) Indian : Perception, Inference and Verbal testimony( Different schools of thought)

UNIT III: THEORIES OF TRUTH

(a) Coherence(b) Correspondence and Pragmatism(c) Pramanyavada( Different schools of thought)

UNIT IV: THEORIES OF REALITY (Western and Indian)

(a) Monism, Dualism, Pluralism(b) Materialism, Idealism, Realism

UNIT V: METAPHYSICAL CATEGORIES

(a) Substance and Causality(b) Space and Time

Suggested Readings:

1. John Hosper : An introduction to Philosophical Analysis, Allied Publishers, N. Delhi

2. Patrick : An Introduction to Philsophy, Surjeet Publication, N. Delhi

3. Taylor, R : Elements of Metaphysica, Surjeet Publication, N. Delhi

4. Walsh, W. H: Kant’s Criticism of Metaphysics, Edinburgh.

5. Chaterjee, S.C: An Introduction to Indian Philosophy. RUPA and CO.

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6. Russel, B: The Problem of Philosophy, Oxford University Press.

7. Sharma C. D: A critical Survey of Indian Philosophy, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, Delhi.

8. Stace W. T : Critical History of Greek Philosophy, Mac Millan, 1972

9. Hiriyanna, M : The Essentials of Indian Philosophy, George Allen and Unwin London 1985

10. Hiriyanna, M : Outlines of Indian Philosophy, South Asia Books

11. Smith N, K. (Trans): Immanuel Kant’s critique of Pure Reason. Mac Millan Press Ltd. 1773,

pp (41-91).

12. Sinha, J. N: Indian Philosophy (Volume 1 to 3, relevant chapters), New Central Book

Agency.

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2ND SEMESTER

Paper II

ETHICS





(a) Nature And Scope Of Ethics(b) Judgement, Fact and Value(c) Concept of Good, Right and Duty(d) Virtue Ethics : Aristotle(e) Meta Ethics: Different theories

UNIT II: ETHICAL THEORIES

(a) Teleological : Hedonism, Utilitarianism and Perfectionism(b) Deontological : Ethics of Kant (Categorical Imperative)(c) Theories of Punishment

UNIT III: Ethical concepts

(a) Intuitionism - G. E Moore(b) Emotivism – A. J. Ayer; C. L Stevenson(c) Prescriptivism – R. M. Hare

UNIT IV: INDIAN ETHICAL IDEALS

(a) Niskama Karma(b) Purusarthas and their inter relations(c) Buddhists Ethics : Four noble truths(d) Ahimsa

UNIT V: ETHICAL PROBLEMS

(a) Euthanasia , Amniocentesis(b) Animal ethics(c) Environmental ethics

Suggested Readings:

1. Frankena, W: Ethics, Prentice Hall of India. N. Delhi

2. Lillie, W : Introduction to Ethics, Allied Publisher Limited

3. Hare, R. M. : The Language of Morals, Oxford University Press, USA

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4. Mackenzie, John S: A Manual of Ethics, Surjeet Publications, Delhi

5. Singer, Peter : Practical ethics, Cambridge University Press ( Relevant topics)

6. Chakraborty, D. K: Problems of Analytic Ethics, Mohan Prakash 1989, Guwahati.

7. Mahadavan, T.M.P: Outlines of Hinduism, Chetana Limited, Bombay, 1956

8. Iyer, Raghavan, M : The Moral and Political Thought of Mahatma Gandhi, Oxford University

Press, London

9. Sharma I.C : Ethical philosophies of Indian, George Allen and Unwin London, 1956

10. Aristotle: Nichomachean Ethics. Book Six, with Essays, Notes, and Translation, Nabu Press

11. Plato: Charmides and Protagoras, EbooksLib.

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Semester - III

Paper – III

LOGIC



Questions must be set from each unit

UNIT I: BASIC CONCEPTS

(a) What is logic?

(b) Sentences, Judgments, Statements/Propositions

(c) Arguments

(d) Truth, Validity and Soundness

UNIT II: INFORMAL LOGIC

(a) Language Functions and different types (emotive, neutral, disputes)

(b) Definitions and their uses

(c) The structure of definitions : extension and intension( denotation and connotation)

(d) Rules of definitions by genus and difference

UNIT III: FALLACIES

(a) Fallacy : Formal and Informal

(b) Fallacies of relevance

(c) Fallacies of presumption

(d) Fallacies of defective induction

(e) Fallacies of ambiguity

UNIT IV: DEDUCTION

(a) Classes and Classification of Propositions and Traditional Square of Opposition

(b) The question of existential Import

(c) Categorical syllogism

(d) Laws of Thought – Modern interpretation

UNIT V: SYMBOLIC LOGIC

(a) Use of symbols – constants and variables

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(b) Truth Function : Negation, Conjunction, Disjunction, Implication and Testing

(c) Decision procedure and testing validity of arguments by truth table (tautology,

contradictory, contingent)

(d) Use of nine rules of inference in formal proof of validity

Suggested Readings:-

1. Irving M. Copi and Carl Cohen: Introduction to Logic (Thirteenth Edition), Pearson

Prentice Hall Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi

2. I.M Copi : Symbolic Logic (Fifth edition) Pearson, Prentice Hall, N. Delhi

3. M. R. Cohen and E. Nagel: Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method Allied

Publishers. Pvt. Ltd. Delhi 1972

4. M.R. Cohen and E. Nagel : Introduction to Logic, Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd.

London

5. O’ Connor, D.J. and Basson, A.H: Symbolic Logic, Oxford University Press

6. Suppes, P: Introduction to Logic, East West Press Indian Edition.

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Semester- IV

Paper- IV

HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY




UNIT I: GREEK PHILOSOPHY

Plato

(a) Theory of Knowledge

(b) Theory of Forms

Aristotle

(c) Form and Matter

(d) Theory of Causation

UNIT II: DESCARTES, SPINOZA, LEIBNITZ

Descartes

(a) Method of Doubt

(b) Substance

Spinoza

(c) Substance

Leibnitz

(d) Monadology (Doctrine of Pre-established harmony, truth of reason and truth of facts,

innateness of all ideas, principles of non-contradiction and sufficient reason, identity

of indiscernible)

UNIT III: LOCKE, BERKELEY, HUME

(a) Locke –Representationism, knowledge and its grades.

(b) Berkeley –Subjective Idealism

(c) Hume- Impression and Ideas, Causality

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UNIT IV: IMMANUEL KANT

(a) Conception of critical philosophy

(b) Classification of Judgements – analytic and synthetic, a priori and a posterior)

(c) Possibility of Synthetic a priori Judgement

(d) Space and time as form of sensible intuition.

UNIT V: HEGEL AND MARX

(a)Dialectical method( Hegel and Marx)

(b)Historical method (Hegel and Marx)


1. Masih, Y : A Critical History of Western Philosophy; Motilal Banarsidass, N. Delhi

2. Copleston, F. SJ : A History of Philosophy ; Burns and Dates Limited, London; Vol.

III, IV, V, VI

3. O’ Connor, D.J. : A Critical History of Western Philosophy, New York

4. Russel. B : History of Western Philosophy; Allen and Unwin, London 1963

5. Falckenberg, Richard : History of Western Philosophy; translated by A.C. Armstrong

Jr. Kosa publishing House, Delhi, 1989

6. Benneth, Jonathan : Locke, Berkeley, Hume Central themes, Oxford University Press

7. Stace, W. T : Critical History of Greek Philosophy; Macmillan 1972

8. Barlingay and Kulkarni, P.B: A Critical Survey of Western Philosophy, Macmillan

Company of India, 1980.

9. Seruton, Rogers : A Short History of Modern Philosophy; Routledge Classics,

London 1994

10. Das, Rashvihari : A Handbook to Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, Progressive

Publishers, 1968.

11. Campbell Cornforth, Maurice: Dialectical Materialism, Lawrence & Wishart, 1952.

12. Harris, Errol : Fundamentals of Philosophy; George Allen and Unwin Limited,

London 1969

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Semester- V

Paper- VIII (Optional A)

EXISTENTIALISM AND PHENOMENOLOGY (Part- I)




UNIT I: EXISTENTIALISM(a) Theistic and Atheistic Existentialism(b) Existence Precedes essence(c) Existentialism as movement(d) Existentialism and Humanism

UNIT II: SOREN KIERKEGAARD (a) Faith, Subjectivity and Truth(b) Dread(c) Stages of life(d) Existential Dialectic and the spheres of Existence

UNIT III: MARTIN HEIDEGGER(a) Problem of Being(b) Concept of Dasein(c) Existential structure of Being-

Existenz, facticity And fallenness, care and concern.(d) Authenticity and Inauthenticity

UNIT IV: FRIEDRICH NIETZCHE(a) Transvaluation of values(b) Idea of superman(c) Nature of morality(d) Nihilism and will to power

UNIT V: JEAN PAUL SARTRE(a) Being-in-itself and Being-for-itself(b) Concept of freedom(c) Authenticity(d) Bad faith

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Semester- VI

Paper- XII (Optional A)

EXISTENTIALISM AND PHENOMENOLOGY (Part- II)




UNIT I: EXISTENTIALISM: KARL JASPER

(a) Metaphysical notion

(b) Nature of Being(Tripartate)

(c) The importance of give and take

(d) Transcendence

UNIT II: PHENOMENOLOGY: AIM

(a) A radical method of investigation

(b) A presuppositionless philosophy

(c) A rigorous science

(d) Science of essence distinguished from science of facts

UNIT III: METHOD

(a) Phenomenal reduction and

(b) Its stages

(c) Essence and

(d) Essential intuition

UNIT IV: CONSCIOUSNESS

(a) Consciousness

(b) Intentionality

(c) The structure of consciousness (noesis and noema)

(d) The transcendental ego

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UNIT V: EDMUND HUSSERL

(a) Ideal of presuppositionless philosophy

(b) Phenomenology and the foundation of philosophy

(c) Object of phenomenological investigation

(d) Phenomenological investigation

(e) Intentionality

(f) Objects and Acts of consciousness

Suggested Readings:

1. Mary Warnock : Existentialism, Oxford University press, 1970

2. Blackham H. J : Six existentialist Thinkers, Routledge and Kogan Paul, London, 1951

3. Kierkegaard : Philosophical Fragments, Princeton University

4. Copleston, F : Existentialism and Modern Man, Oxford Blackfriars, 1943

5. Greene Majorie : Dreadful Freedom : A critique of existentialism, The Chicago

University Press, 1948

6. Jean Paul Sartre: Being and Nothingness, Washington Square Press.

7. Badra, M. K : A Critical Survey of Phenomenology and Existentialism, Indian

Council of Philosophical Research, 1990

8. Nietzsche, Friedrich: The Will to Power, Trans. W. Kaufman and R. G. Hellingdale,

Edt. W. Kaufman, Vintage Books.

9. D. Cooper: Existentialism: A Reconstruction, Basil Blackwell 1990

10. Mary Warnock : Philosophy of Sartre, London Hutchinson University, 1965

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Semester- V

Paper- V

INDIAN PHILOSOPHY (Part-I)




UNIT I: NATURE OF INDIAN PHILOSPHY

(a) Plurality as well as common features

(b) Basic concepts of the Vedic and Upanishadic world view:

(i) Ŗta (The Cosmic Order)(ii) The Divine and The Human Realms;(iii) The centrality of the Institution of Yajña (Sacrifice)(iv) Ŗna (Duty/Obligation)

UNIT II: ATMAN AND BRAHMAN

(a) Atman

(i) Hinduism(ii) Buddhism(iii) Jainism(iv) Sikhism

(b) Brahman

(i) Śreyas(ii) Preyas(iii) Karma(iv) Samsāra(v) Mukti

UNIT III: CARVAKA AND JAINISM

(a) Carvaka

(i) Epistemology(ii) Metaphysics (iii) Ethics

(b) Jainism

(i) Concepts of Sat, Dravya, Guna, Prayāya, Jiva, Ajiva(ii) Anekāntavāda(iii) Syādvāda and Nayavāda(iv) Pramānas

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UNIT IV: BUDDHISM

(a) Theory of Pramanas(b) Theory of Dependent origination.(c) Doctrine of Momentariness(d) Theory of No Soul.

(The interpretation of these theories in school of Buddhism, Vaibhāşika, Sautrāntika, Yogācāra, Mādhyamika)

UNIT V: NYAYA AND VAIŚEŞIKA

(a) Nyaya:

(i) Pratyaksha, Anumana, Sabda(ii) Theory of Pramanas

(b) Vaiśeşika :

(i) Padārthas (Dravya, Guna, karma, Sāmānya, viśeşa, abhāva)(ii) Pramanyavada

Suggested Readings:

1. M. Hiriyanna : Outline of Indian Philosophy, Blackie and Son Publication, Pvt. Ltd., Delhi

1983

2. C. D. Sharma : Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy; Motilal Banarsidass Publications, N.

Delhi 1975

3. P. T. Raju: Structural Depths of Indian Thought, South Asian Publishers, N. Delhi 1985

4. S.N. Dasgupta : A history of Indian Philosophy, Vols I to V; Motilal Banarssidas, Delhi 1975

5. T. M. P. Mahadevan: Invitation to Indian Philosophy: Arnold Heinemann Publishers (India)

Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi 1974.

6. Madhyacharya : Sarvadarsana Sangraha, translated by E. B. Cowell & A. E. Gough, Cosmos

Publications, New Delhi 1976

7. S. Radhakrishnan : Indian Philosophy, Vol I and Vol II, Oxford University Press, Delhi

8. D.M. Dutta and S.C. Chaterjee : An Introduction to Indian Philosophy. University of Calcutta,

1968.

9. Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya: What is Living and what is dead in Indian Philosophy. (People’s

Pub House, 1976, New Delhi)

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Semester: VI

Paper: IX

INDIAN PHILOSOPHY (Part- II)




UNIT I: SAMKHYA AND YOGA

(a) Samkhya :

(i) Prakŗti : Its constituents, evolutes and arguments for its existence

(ii) Purusa: Arguments for its existence; plurality of Purusas; Relationship

between Prakŗti and Purusa

(iii) Satkaryavada

(b) Yoga:

(i) Yoga

(ii) Citta and Citta – Vŗtti

(iii) Eightfold path

UNIT II: PŪRVA MĪMĀMSĀ;

(a) Śruti and its importance

(b) Classification of Śruti Vāklyas; vidhi, nişedha

(c) Arthavāda

(d) Dharma and Atheism

UNIT III: ADVAITA VEDANTA

(a) Nirguna Brahman

(b) Vivartavāda

(c) Māyā

(d) Pramānas

UNIT IV: VISISTADVAITA VEDANTA

(a) Saguna Brahman

(b) Refutation of Maya

(c) Parinamavada

(d) Jiva and rejection of jivanmukti

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UNIT V: DVAITA

(a) Saguna Brahman

(b) Rejection of Nirguna Brahman and Maya

(c) Bhakti

(d) Moksha

Suggested Readings:

1. M. Hiriyanna : Outline of Indian Philosophy, Blackie and Son Publication, Pvt. Ltd., Delhi

1983

2. C. D. Sharma : Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy; Motilal Banarsidass Publications, N.

Delhi 1975

3. P. T. Raju: Structural Depths of Indian Thought, South Asian Publishers, N. Delhi 1985

4. S.N. Dasgupta : A history of Indian Philosophy, Vols I to V; Motilal Banarssidas, Delhi 1975

5. T. M. P. Mahadevan: Invitation to Indian Philosophy: Arnold Heinemann Publishers (India)

Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi 1974.

6. Madhyacharya : Sarvadarsana Sangraha, translated by E. B. Cowell & A. E. Gough, Cosmos

Publications, New Delhi 1976

7. S. Radhakrishnan : Indian Philosophy, Vol I and Vol II, Oxford University Press, Delhi

8. D.M. Dutta and S.C. Chaterjee : An Introduction to Indian Philosophy. University of Calcutta,

1968.

9. Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya: What is living and what is dead in Indian Philosophy. (People’s

Pub House, 1976, New Delhi)

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Semester- V

Paper - VIII (Optional – B)

PHILOSOPHY OF MIND (Part- I)




UNIT I: INTRODUCTION(a) Conceptual and empirical enquiry

(b) Brief analysis of some basic relevant philosophical concepts:-(i) A priori(ii) A posteriori(iii) Form(iv) Matter(v) Substance(vi) Attribute

UNIT II: PROBLEM OF MIND(a) Philosophy and Psychology of mind(b) Mind in empirical psychology(c) Mind in a priori philosophy(d) Conscious and unconscious.

UNIT III: THEORIES OF MINDCartesian Dualism

(a) Mind and Body relation(b) Problem of Causal interactionism (c) Mind and Science

Functionalism(d) Mind as a functional system(e) Criticism of strong Artificial Intelligence

UNIT IV: THEORIES OF MINDBehaviourism:-(a) Methodological and philosophical behaviourism(b) Explanatory inadequacy(c) Cognitivism in Psychology

UNIT V: THEORIES OF MIND Materialism:-

(a) Mind- brain identity theory(b) Problems of Materialism(c) The problem of phenomenal consciousness

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Semester- VI

Paper- XII (Optional – B)

PHILOSOPHY OF MIND (Part-II)




UNIT I: MIND AND KNOWLEDGE(a) Feelings and Sensations(b) Emotions, Volitions and Will(c) Personal Identity and Problems of Identity(d) Self knowledge and knowledge of others

UNIT II: SOME THEORIES OF ACTIONS(a) Mental events as the cause of action(b) The theory of agency(c) A performative theory(d) Goals as the explanation of actions

UNIT III: THEORIES OF CONSCIOUSNESS (INDIAN)(a) Carvaka(b) Buddhism(c) Jainism(d) Vedanta

UNIT IV: STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS (INDIAN)Mandukya Upanisad

(a) Swapna(b) Jagrata(c) Susupti(d) Turiya

UNIT V: CONSCIOUSNESS(a) Consciousness: S. Freud, C. Jung(b) Cognitive science and Philosophy(c) Mystery of consciousness and the explanatory gap(d) Naturalism about phenomenal consciousness.

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1. Jerome Shaffer : Philosophy of Mind, Pearson prentice Hall of Pvt. N. Delhi

2. Gilbert Ryle : The Concept of Mind, Routledge, 2009

3. S. Radhakrishnan : Indian Philosophy (relevant volume) George Allen and Unwin

Ltd. 1956

4. E. J. Lowe : Locke(An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind) , Routledge, 2005

5. Sidney Hook (ed): Dimension of Mind- a symposium, Tudor Publishing Co.

6. J. R Searle: Mind. Cambridge MIT Press 1992.

7. D. Braddon Mitchel and F. Jackson : The Philosophy of Mind and Cognition,

Blackwell Publishing 1996, 2007

8. John Heil: Philosophy of Mind: A Guide and Anthology, Routledge, 2003.

9. R.N. Pani: Integral education: Thought & Practical, APH Publishing

10. Juan Mascaró :The Upanishads, Penguin, 1965

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Semester- V

Paper- VI

PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION (Part- I)





(a) Philosophy of religion – nature and concerns(b) Definitions of religion(c) Theology and philosophy of religion (d) Religion and science

UNIT II: BASIC CONCEPTS OF PRIMITIVE IDEAS OF RELIGION AND ORIGIN

(a) Religion: Origin(b) Animism, Manaism(c) Fetishism, Magic(d) Totemism

UNIT III: TYPES OF RELIGION

(a) Religion without God(b) Atheism(c) Theism(d) Deism and Pantheism

UNIT IV: FOUNDATIONS OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

(a) Reason(b) Faith(c) Revelation(d) Mystic experience (Mysticism)

UNIT VI: THE IDEA OF GOD

(a) Christianity (b) Hinduism (Ishvara)(c) Buddhism(d) Islam

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Semester- VI

Paper- X

PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION (Part- II)




UNIT I: PROOF FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD

(a) Ontological (b) Cosmological(c) Teleological(d) Moral

UNIT II: ATTRIBUTES OF GOD

(a) Omniscience(b) Omnipresence(c) Omnipotent(d) Eternity

UNIT III: THE PROBLEM OF SUFFERING

(a) Christianity(b) Hinduism(c) Buddhism(d) Islam

UNIT IV: LIBERATION(a) Christianity(b) Hinduism(c) Buddhism(d) Islam

UNIT V: SOME SOCIO-RELIGIOUS ISSUES: RELIGIOUS LANGUAGE

(a) Cognitivist and Non-Cognitivist Debate(b) Religious Tolerance and Possibility of Inter-religious dialogue(c) Secularism(d) The problem of Evil

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1. John Hick : Philosophy of religion, Pearson Prentice Hall 1990 Pvt. Ltd. N. Delhi

2. John Hick (Ed) : Classical and Contemporary Readings in philosophy of religion,

Prentice-Hall, 1970

3. John Hick : An Interpretation of Religion, Yale University Press, 2005

4. John Caird : An introduction to the Philosophy of Religion, J. Maclehose and sons, 1894

5. Nielsen, K: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion (New York: St Martin's

Press, 1982).

6. Ninian Smart : Religious Experience of Mankind, Scribc, 1984

7. Ninian Smart : The religious experience, Prentice Hall, 1996

8. Elton Trueblood : Philosophy of Religion, Harper, 1957

9. Thomas McPherson : Philosophy of Religion, Van Nostrand, 1965

10. T.M.P. Mahadevan : Outlines of Hinduism, Chetana Limited, 1961

11. K. Satchidananda Murty: The realm of between: lectures on the philosophy of religion,

Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 1973

12. Lieven Boeve, Hans Geybels, Stijn Van den Bossche: Encountering transcendence: contributions to a theology of Christian religious experience, Peeters Publishers 2005(R. Swinburne : The existence of God)

13. Paul Raddin: Primitive Religion - Its nature and Origin, Omega Publication, N.Delhi

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Semester- V

Paper- VII

SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (Part- I)




UNIT I: NATURE AND SCOPE

(a) Nature and scope of social and political philosophy(b) Social philosophy and sociology (c) Political philosophy and political science(d) Social contract: Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau

UNIT II: SOCIAL INSTITUTION

(a) Family(b) Marriage(c) Property(d) Education and Religion

UNIT III: MAJOR CONCEPTS

(a) Individual and society(b) State and Nation(c) Sovereignty (d) Power and Authority

UNIT III: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL IDEALS

(a) Individualism(b) Fascism(c) Socialism(d) Marxism

UNIT IV: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES

(a) Democracy(b) Communism(c) Liberation(d) Sarvodaya

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1. O.P. Gauba : Social and Political Philosophy, Mayur Paperbacks, Noida

2. D.D. Rapheal : Problem of Political Philosophy, Praeger Publishers, New York,

Macmillan, London, 1970

3. A.K. Sinha : Outlines of Social Philosophy, Sinha Pub. House, 1965

4. N. V. Joshi : Social and Political Philosophy, Current Book House, 1964

5. Mary Evans : Introducing Contemporary feminist Thought, Blackwell Publishers, 1997

6. Rosemarie Tong: Feminist Thought: A comprehensive Introduction, Westview Press,

2009.

7. M. K. Gandhi : Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule, LULU PR, 2008

8. Bertrand Russel: Authority and the Individual, Routledge classics.

9. V. Geetha/ Va Kītā : Gender, Stree , 2002

10. T. S. Devadoss : Sarvodaya and the problem of Political Sovereignty , University of

Madras, 1974

11. Nancy Fraser : Unruly Practices( power, discourse and gender in contemporary social

theory), Polity Press, 1990 (relevant chapter on Feminism)

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Semester- VI

Paper- XI

SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (Part- II)




UNIT I: POLITICAL IDEALS

(a) Justice(b) Equality(c) Liberty(d) Fraternity

UNIT II: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ACTIONS

(a) Reform(b) Rebellion(c) Revolution(d) Satyagraha

UNIT III: SOME SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ACTIONS

(a) Varnasrama(b) Secularism(c) National Integration(d) Constitutionalism

UNIT IV: SOME SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES

(a) Casteism(b) Terrorism(c) Corruption( Political Corruption)(d) Tradition, Change and Modernity

UNIT V: SOME SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES

(a) Feminism- Social construction of gender-sex gender relationship.(b) Empowerment of women(c) Human Rights (d) Concepts of sustainable development

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1. O.P. Gauba : Social and Political Philosophy, Mayur Paperbacks, Noida

2. D.D. Rapheal : Problem of Political Philosophy, Praeger Publishers, New York,

Macmillan, London, 1970

3. A.K. Sinha : Outlines of Social Philosophy, Sinha Pub. House, 1965

4. N. V. Joshi : Social and Political Philosophy, Current Book House, 1964

5. Mary Evans : Introducing Contemporary feminist Thought, Blackwell Publishers, 1997

6. Rosemarie Tong: Feminist Thought: A comprehensive Introduction, Westview Press,

2009.

7. M. K. Gandhi : Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule, LULU PR, 2008

8. Bertrand Russel: Authority and the Individual, Routledge classics.

9. V. Geetha/ Va Kītā : Gender, Stree , 2002

10. T. S. Devadoss : Sarvodaya and the problem of Political Sovereignty , University of

Madras, 1974

11. Nancy Fraser : Unruly Practices( power, discourse and gender in contemporary social

theory), Polity Press, 1990 (relevant chapter on Feminism)

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