PHILOSOPHY

SECTION-A
PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY
1. Substance and Attributes: Aristotle, Descartes, Lock, Berkeley's criticism, Nyaya- Viasesika, Buddhist criticism of Pudgals.
2. God, Soul and the World: Thomas Acquinas. St Augustine, Sponoza, Descartes. Nyaya- Vaisesika, Sankara, Ramanuja.
3. Universals: Realism' and Nominalism (Plato. Aristotle,Berkeley's criticism of abstract ideas, , Nyaya - Vaisesika, (Buddhism).
4. Bases of Knowledge : Pramanavada in Carvaka , Nyaya- Vaisesika, Buddhism, Advaita Vedanta.
5. Truth and Error- Correspondence Theory,Coherence Theory , Pragmatic Theory: Khyativada (Anyathakhyati,Akhyati, Anivacaniyakhyati).
6. Mater and Mind: Descates, Spinoza, Leibnitz, Berkeley.
SECTION-B
LOGIC
1. Thruth and Validity
2. Classification of sentences: Traditional and Modern.
3. Syllogism : Figure and Moods ; Rules of syllogism (Grneral and special ) validation by Venn Diagrams ; Formal Fallacies.
4. Sentential Calculus: Symbolisation ; Truth - Functions and their interdefinability: Truth Tables; Formal Proof.
SECTION-C
ETHICS
1. Statement of fact and statement of value.
2. Right and Good; Teleology and Deonotology.
3. Psychological Hedonism.
4. Utlitarianism (Bentham; J.S.Mill).
5. Kantian Ethics.
6. Problem of the freedom of will.
7. Moral judgements : Descriptivism,Prescriptvism, Emotivism.
8. Niskamakarma: Sthitaprajna.
9. Jaina Ethics.
10. Four Noble Truth and Eight fold path in Buddhism.
11. Gandhina Ethics : Satya , Ahimsa, Ends and Means.