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Department of Philosophy
 
Lesson Plan for the Session &ndash; (2023 &ndash; 2024)
(Under CCF)
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Semester &ndash; 1
 
MPHI : Core Courses
DSCC-1- 3 Th &amp; 1 TU
Fundamentals of Philosophy (6 credits per week)
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A.&nbsp;Introduction:
1. Nature of Philosophy &ndash; MSB &ndash; 2hrs
2. Common-sense , Science and Philosophy - MSB- 8hrs
3.&nbsp;Branches of Philosophy &ndash; Metaphysics , Epistemology , Ethics , Logic , Social and Political Philosophy etc. - MSB &ndash; 15 hrs.
 
B.&nbsp;Metaphysics:
1. Substance : General Introduction , Rationalist View of Substance , The Empiricist View of Substance &ndash; SS &ndash; 10hrs
2. Causality : Notion of Causal relation , The Rationalist View of Causality -Entailment
&nbsp; &nbsp; &ndash;Theory , The Empiricist View of Causality
&nbsp; &nbsp; &ndash; Regularity Theory &ndash; SS &ndash; 15hrs.
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C.&nbsp;Epistemology:
1. Three principle uses of the verb &lsquo; to know &lsquo; , Conditions of propositional knowledge &ndash; MSB - 10hrs.
2.&nbsp;Theories of origin of knowledge : Rationalism , Empiricism , Kant&rsquo;s Critical Theory &ndash; SS-10hrs.
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D.&nbsp;Ethics:
1. Nature and scope of ethics , Branches of ethics : Normative ethics , Meta &ndash; Ethics , Applied Ethics &ndash; MSB &ndash; 10 hrs.
2. Moral and non &ndash; moral actions , Concepts of good and bad , right &amp; wrong &ndash; SS &ndash; 5hrs
3. Duty &amp; obligation , Right &amp; Duty , Duty &amp; Virtue &ndash; MSB &ndash; 10 hrs.
4. Object of Moral Judgement &ndash; Motive and Intention &ndash; MSB &ndash; 5hrs
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PHI &ndash; H (Skill Enhancement Course)
Semester &ndash; 1
SEC &ndash; Man and Nature (60 credits)
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<ul>
<li>Introduction</li>
</ul>
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The meaning of the word nature; Narrow and broad sense of nature; Attitude towards nature &ndash; MSB &ndash; 10hrs
 
<ul>
<li>Classical Indian Attitude to nature - MSB &ndash; 10hrs.</li>
</ul>
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Upanisadic world-view; Tagore&rsquo;s understanding of nature; The Post-Upanisadic view of nature &ndash; SS - 15hrs.
 
<ul>
<li>Respect of nature</li>
</ul>
&nbsp; The attitude of respect; Bio-centric outlook to nature &ndash; MSB - 5hrs.
&nbsp; Ethical standards and rules that follow from the attitude of respect to nature , The idea of inherent worth of nature - MSB -15hrs.
 
<ul>
<li>Intrinsic Value of nature</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Moore&rsquo;s talk of &lsquo;intrinsic pro-properties&lsquo;; Chisholm&rsquo;s idea of intrinsic Value; Attfield on the intrinsic value of nature; Rolston &ndash; III on intrinsic value of nature; - MSB -15hrs.
&nbsp; Intrinsic Value: Subjective and Objective value &ndash; MSB - 5hrs
 
<ul>
<li>Deep Ecology and its Third world Critique,</li>
</ul>
&nbsp; &nbsp;Arne Naess on Deep Ecology; - SS - 10hrs.
&nbsp; &nbsp;Ramachandran Guha&rsquo;s critique of Deep Ecology - MSB - 5hrs.
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Semester &ndash; 2
 
DSCC &ndash; 2 &ndash; 3 Th &amp; TU
DSCC &ndash; 2: Outlines Of Indian Philosophy (6 credits)
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<ul>
<li>Indian Philosophy : A Historical Overview - MSB &ndash; 5hrs</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Rise of different Philosophical System -MSB &ndash; 15 hrs.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Common Characteristics of different systems of Indian Philosophy - MSB &ndash; 5hrs</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Concepts of Vedas and the Upanisads : Rta , Rna - MSB &ndash; 5hrs</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>The reality of the world - SS &ndash; 10hrs</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>The Law of Karma - SS &ndash; 10hrs</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>The reality of the Self - SS -10hrs</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Liberation - MSB - 5hrs</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Meaning of Dharma, Classification of Dharma:&nbsp;sadharnadharma and Asadharana dharma, Varnasrama dharma. - MSB &ndash; 15 hrs</li>
</ul>
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Semester &ndash; 2
 
SEC : Recent Issues in Philosophy : Political and Ethical (60 credits)
 
A. Human Rights
<ul>
<li>General Idea of Human Rights : Its Origin and Development during Ancient period ; Modern Period and Contemporary Period - SS - 5hrs.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Normative Justification of Human Rights - SS &ndash; 5hrs.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Nature and Value of Human Rights : Discrimination on the basis of Race , Caste and Religion - SS - 10 hrs.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Concepts of Justice and Equality -SS &ndash; 5hrs.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Theory of Justice - John Rawls -SS &ndash; 5hrs.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Idea of Justice &ndash; Amartya Sen -SS &ndash; 10hrs.</li>
</ul>
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B. Feminist Ethics: Some Key Concept of Feminism (MSB)
<ul>
<li>The Sex / Gender Dichotomy - MSB - 5hrs.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Three Forms of gender Discrimination : Sexism , Patriarchy and Androcentrism or Phallocentrism -MSB - 15hrs.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Androcentrism in Philosophy : Feminist Approach - MSB - 5hrs.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Feminist Movement &ndash; Feminist Consciousness -MSB - 5hrs.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Liberal and Radical Feminism : Their Distinction -MSB - 5hrs.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>A Brief Overview of Feminist Approach to Different Batches of Philosophy: Metaphysics, Epistemology and Ethics&ndash;MSB-5hrs.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Ethics of Care -MSB-5hrs.</li>
</ul>
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ACADEMIC PLAN FOR CCF (NEP) 2024-2025
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Semester -3
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PHI MD MINOR COURSES
MPHI&nbsp; MDC/MN3
Western Logic-1
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<ul>
<li>What is Logic, premises and conclusion, arguments, Deductive and Inductive arguments, Truth and Validity-MSB- 5hours?</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Categorical propositions and classes: quality, quantity and distributions of terms, Translating categorical propositions into standard form- MSB-5hours.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Immediate inferences: Traditional Square of opposition and into standard form-MSB-7- hours.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Categorical Syllogisms: Standard Form Categorical Syllogisms; The Formal nature of Syllogistic Argument, Boolean Interpretation of&nbsp; categorical&nbsp; propositions; Venn Diagram Technique for Testing Syllogisms, Rules and Fallacies, testing Syllogistic Arguments for&nbsp; validity &ndash; MSB- 15-hours.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Review of the Traditional Laws of Logic concerning immediate inference and syllogism; Hypothetical and Disjunctive Syllogisms, Enthymemes-MSB-15 hours.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Symbolic Logic : the value of special symbols; Truth- Functions; Symbols for Conjunction, Negation, Disjunction, Conditional Statements and Material &nbsp;Implication; Arguments Forms and Arguments, Construction of Truth Tables, Statement Forms and Statement, Material Equivalence; inter-definability of truth functors-8-hours.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Tautologous, Contradictory and Contingent Statement-forms; testing Argument Forms and Arguments, Statement&nbsp; Forms and statements for validity by the method of Truth table; The Paradoxes of Material Implication; The Three &acute;&rsquo;`Laws of Thought&rsquo;-MSB- 15- hours.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Causal Connections: Cause and Effect , the meaning of &lsquo;Cause&rdquo;; Induction by Simple Enumeration; Mill&rsquo;s Method of Agreement, Difference, Joint Method of Agreement and Difference, Residues, Concomitant Variations; Criticism of Mill&rsquo;s Methods, Vindication of Mill&rsquo;s Methods-SS-25hours.</li>
</ul>
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Semester -4
DSCC: History of Western Philosophy-1
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<ul>
<li>Pre-Socratic Philosophy: Thales, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, Democritus, Protagoras-MSB-15-hours.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Plato: Theory of Knowledge, Theory of Forms-MSB-5 hours.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Aristotle : Critique of Plato&rsquo;s theory of Forms, Doctrine of four causes, Form and Matter-MSB- 15hours.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>St. Thomas Aquinas &nbsp;: Faith and Reason, Essence and Existence-msb-5 hours.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Descartes : Cartisian method of doubt, Cogito ergo sum , Criterion of truth, Types of ideas, Proofs for the existence of God, Mind-body dualism, Proofs for existence of external world-MSB- 20hours.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Spinoza: Doctrine of substance, Attributes and Modes, Existence of God, Pantheism, Three orders of knowing-SS-10 hours.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Leibnitz: Monads, Truths of Reason, Truths of facts, Innateness of ideas, Some metaphysical&nbsp; principles: Law of Identity of indiscernibles, Law of sufficient reason, Law of continuity, Doctrine of Pre-established harmony-SS-20hours.</li>
</ul>
 
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SEMESTER-5
 
PHI MD MINOR COURSES
MPHI&nbsp; MDC: &nbsp;SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
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<ul>
<li>Nature and scope of Social and Political Philosophy -SS-10hours.</li>
<li>Primary Concepts : Society, Community, Association, Institution, Family: Nature, different forms of family, its role in society-SS-10hours.</li>
<li>Social Class and Caste: Principles of class and caste, Marxist conception of class, Varnasram dharma-MSB-10 hours.</li>
<li>Theories regarding the relation between individual and society:</li>
</ul>
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;i) Individualistic theory
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;ii) Organic theory
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;iii) Idealistic theory &ndash;MSB-15hours.
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<ul>
<li>Secularism &ndash; its nature, Secularism in India-MSB-5hours.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Social Change: Nature, Marx-Engle4s on social change, Gandhi on social change-MSB-15 hours.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Political Ideasls: Nature of democracy, Direct and Indirect democracy, Liberal democracy, Democracy as as political ideal.-MSB-10 hours.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Socialism: Utopian and Scientific, Anarchism-MSB-10 hours.</li>
</ul>
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SEMESTER -6
 
MPHI&nbsp;&nbsp; MINOR COURSES
Psychology and Philosophy of Mind
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<ul>
<li>Psychology: Definition, Nature and Scope-MSB-5 hours.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Sensation and Perception: Nature of Sensation, Nature of Perception, Relation between Sensation and Perception, Gestalt Theory of Perception, Illusion and Hallucination-MSB- 15 hours.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Learning : Three theories of learning, Thorndike&rsquo;s , Gestalt&rsquo;s, and Pavlov&rsquo;s theory of Conditioned Response- MSB_20 hours.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Personality: Types, Factors and Traits-SS-10 hours.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Nature of Philosophy of Mind-SS-5 hours.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Philosophical Theories of Mind: Interactionism , Double-Aspect Theory, Mind-Brain Identity Theory-SS-15 hours.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Consciousness: Leverls of Mind&mdash;Conscious, Sub-conscious, Unconscious, Proofs for the&nbsp;existence of Unconscious, Freud&rsquo;s heory of Dream-MSB-20 hours.</li>
</ul>
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Nature of Philosophy – MSB – 2hrs</span></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">2. Common-sense , Science and Philosophy - MSB- 8hrs</span></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">3. Branches of Philosophy – Metaphysics , Epistemology , Ethics , Logic , Social and Political Philosophy etc. - MSB – 15 hrs.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times;"><strong><br /></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;"><strong>B. </strong><strong>Metaphysics:</strong></span></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">1. Substance : General Introduction , Rationalist View of Substance , The Empiricist View of Substance – SS – 10hrs</span></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">2. Causality : Notion of Causal relation , The Rationalist View of Causality -Entailment</span></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">    –Theory , The Empiricist View of Causality</span></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">    – Regularity Theory – SS – 15hrs.</span></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"> </p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;"><strong>C. </strong><strong>Epistemology:</strong></span></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">1. Three principle uses of the verb ‘ to know ‘ , Conditions of propositional knowledge – MSB - 10hrs.</span></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">2. Theories of origin of knowledge : Rationalism , Empiricism , Kant’s Critical Theory – SS-10hrs.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;"><strong>D. </strong><strong>Ethics:</strong></span></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">1. Nature and scope of ethics , Branches of ethics : Normative ethics , Meta – Ethics , Applied Ethics – MSB – 10 hrs.</span></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">2. Moral and non – moral actions , Concepts of good and bad , right & wrong – SS – 5hrs</span></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">3. Duty & obligation , Right & Duty , Duty & Virtue – MSB – 10 hrs.</span></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">4. Object of Moral Judgement – Motive and Intention – MSB – 5hrs</span></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"> </p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times;"><br /></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: large;"><strong>PHI – H (Skill Enhancement Course)</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: large;"><strong>Semester – 1</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: large;"><strong>SEC – Man and Nature (60 credits)</strong></span></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;"><strong>Introduction</strong></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">          The meaning of the word nature; Narrow and broad sense of nature; Attitude towards nature – MSB – 10hrs</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;"><strong>Classical Indian Attitude to nature - MSB – 10hrs.</strong></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">          The Upanisadic world-view; Tagore’s understanding of nature; The Post-Upanisadic view of nature – SS - 15hrs.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;"><strong>Respect of nature</strong></span></li> </ul> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">  The attitude of respect; Bio-centric outlook to nature – MSB - 5hrs.</span></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">  Ethical standards and rules that follow from the attitude of respect to nature , The idea of inherent worth of nature - MSB -15hrs.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;"><strong>Intrinsic Value of nature</strong></span></li> </ul> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">  Moore’s talk of ‘intrinsic pro-properties‘; Chisholm’s idea of intrinsic Value; Attfield on the intrinsic value of nature; Rolston – III on intrinsic value of nature; - MSB -15hrs.</span></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">  Intrinsic Value: Subjective and Objective value – MSB - 5hrs</span></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;"><strong>Deep Ecology and its Third world Critique,</strong></span></li> </ul> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">   Arne Naess on Deep Ecology; - SS - 10hrs.</span></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">   Ramachandran Guha’s critique of Deep Ecology - MSB - 5hrs.</span></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: large;"><strong>Semester – 2</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: large;"><strong><br /></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: large;"><strong>DSCC – 2 – 3 Th & TU</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: large;"><strong>DSCC – 2: Outlines Of Indian Philosophy (6 credits)</strong></span></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;"><strong>Indian Philosophy : A Historical Overview - MSB – 5hrs</strong></span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;"><strong>Rise of different Philosophical System -MSB – 15 hrs.</strong></span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;"><strong>Common Characteristics of different systems of Indian Philosophy - MSB – 5hrs</strong></span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;"><strong>Concepts of Vedas and the Upanisads : Rta , Rna - MSB – 5hrs</strong></span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;"><strong>The reality of the world - SS – 10hrs</strong></span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;"><strong>The Law of Karma - SS – 10hrs</strong></span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;"><strong>The reality of the Self - SS -10hrs</strong></span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;"><strong>Liberation - MSB - 5hrs</strong></span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;"><strong>Meaning of Dharma, Classification of Dharma: </strong><strong>sadharnadharma and Asadharana dharma, Varnasrama dharma. - MSB – 15 hrs</strong></span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: large;"><strong>Semester – 2</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: large;"><strong><br /></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">SEC : Recent Issues in Philosophy : Political and Ethical (60 credits</span>)</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times;"><strong><br /></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;"><strong>A. Human Rights</strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">General Idea of Human Rights : Its Origin and Development during Ancient period ; Modern Period and Contemporary Period - SS - 5hrs.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Normative Justification of Human Rights - SS – 5hrs.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Nature and Value of Human Rights : Discrimination on the basis of Race , Caste and Religion - SS - 10 hrs.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Concepts of Justice and Equality -SS – 5hrs.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Theory of Justice - John Rawls -SS – 5hrs.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Idea of Justice – Amartya Sen -SS – 10hrs.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;"><strong>B. Feminist Ethics: Some Key Concept of Feminism (MSB)</strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">The Sex / Gender Dichotomy - MSB - 5hrs.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Three Forms of gender Discrimination : Sexism , Patriarchy and Androcentrism or Phallocentrism -MSB - 15hrs.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Androcentrism in Philosophy : Feminist Approach - MSB - 5hrs.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Feminist Movement – Feminist Consciousness -MSB - 5hrs.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Liberal and Radical Feminism : Their Distinction -MSB - 5hrs.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">A Brief Overview of Feminist Approach to Different Batches of Philosophy: Metaphysics, Epistemology and Ethics–MSB-5hrs.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Ethics of Care -MSB-5hrs.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;"><strong> </strong></span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: x-large;">ACADEMIC PLAN FOR CCF (NEP) 2024-2025</span></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: large;"><strong>Semester -3</strong></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: large;"><strong>PHI MD MINOR COURSES</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: large;"><strong>MPHI  MDC/MN3</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: large;"><strong>Western Logic-1</strong></span></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">What is Logic, premises and conclusion, arguments, Deductive and Inductive arguments, Truth and Validity-MSB- 5hours?</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Categorical propositions and classes: quality, quantity and distributions of terms, Translating categorical propositions into standard form- MSB-5hours.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Immediate inferences: Traditional Square of opposition and into standard form-MSB-7- hours.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Categorical Syllogisms: Standard Form Categorical Syllogisms; The Formal nature of Syllogistic Argument, Boolean Interpretation of  categorical  propositions; Venn Diagram Technique for Testing Syllogisms, Rules and Fallacies, testing Syllogistic Arguments for  validity – MSB- 15-hours.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Review of the Traditional Laws of Logic concerning immediate inference and syllogism; Hypothetical and Disjunctive Syllogisms, Enthymemes-MSB-15 hours.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Symbolic Logic : the value of special symbols; Truth- Functions; Symbols for Conjunction, Negation, Disjunction, Conditional Statements and Material  Implication; Arguments Forms and Arguments, Construction of Truth Tables, Statement Forms and Statement, Material Equivalence; inter-definability of truth functors-8-hours.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Tautologous, Contradictory and Contingent Statement-forms; testing Argument Forms and Arguments, Statement  Forms and statements for validity by the method of Truth table; The Paradoxes of Material Implication; The Three ´’`Laws of Thought’-MSB- 15- hours.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Causal Connections: Cause and Effect , the meaning of ‘Cause”; Induction by Simple Enumeration; Mill’s Method of Agreement, Difference, Joint Method of Agreement and Difference, Residues, Concomitant Variations; Criticism of Mill’s Methods, Vindication of Mill’s Methods-SS-25hours.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: large;">Semester -4</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: large;">DSCC: History of Western Philosophy-1</span></strong></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Pre-Socratic Philosophy: Thales, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, Democritus, Protagoras-MSB-15-hours.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Plato: Theory of Knowledge, Theory of Forms-MSB-5 hours.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Aristotle : Critique of Plato’s theory of Forms, Doctrine of four causes, Form and Matter-MSB- 15hours.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">St. Thomas Aquinas  : Faith and Reason, Essence and Existence-msb-5 hours.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Descartes : Cartisian method of doubt, Cogito ergo sum , Criterion of truth, Types of ideas, Proofs for the existence of God, Mind-body dualism, Proofs for existence of external world-MSB- 20hours.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Spinoza: Doctrine of substance, Attributes and Modes, Existence of God, Pantheism, Three orders of knowing-SS-10 hours.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Leibnitz: Monads, Truths of Reason, Truths of facts, Innateness of ideas, Some metaphysical  principles: Law of Identity of indiscernibles, Law of sufficient reason, Law of continuity, Doctrine of Pre-established harmony-SS-20hours.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong></span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: large;">SEMESTER-5</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: large;">PHI MD MINOR COURSES</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: large;">MPHI  MDC:  SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY</span></strong></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Nature and scope of Social and Political Philosophy -SS-10hours.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Primary Concepts : Society, Community, Association, Institution, Family: Nature, different forms of family, its role in society-SS-10hours.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Social Class and Caste: Principles of class and caste, Marxist conception of class, Varnasram dharma-MSB-10 hours.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Theories regarding the relation between individual and society:</span></li> </ul> <p>                 <span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">i) Individualistic theory</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">               ii) Organic theory</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">               iii) Idealistic theory –MSB-15hours.</span></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Secularism – its nature, Secularism in India-MSB-5hours.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Social Change: Nature, Marx-Engle4s on social change, Gandhi on social change-MSB-15 hours.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Political Ideasls: Nature of democracy, Direct and Indirect democracy, Liberal democracy, Democracy as as political ideal.-MSB-10 hours.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Socialism: Utopian and Scientific, Anarchism-MSB-10 hours.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: large;">SEMESTER -6</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: large;">MPHI   MINOR COURSES</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: large;">Psychology and Philosophy of Mind</span></strong></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Psychology: Definition, Nature and Scope-MSB-5 hours.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Sensation and Perception: Nature of Sensation, Nature of Perception, Relation between Sensation and Perception, Gestalt Theory of Perception, Illusion and Hallucination-MSB- 15 hours.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Learning : Three theories of learning, Thorndike’s , Gestalt’s, and Pavlov’s theory of Conditioned Response- MSB_20 hours.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Personality: Types, Factors and Traits-SS-10 hours.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Nature of Philosophy of Mind-SS-5 hours.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Philosophical Theories of Mind: Interactionism , Double-Aspect Theory, Mind-Brain Identity Theory-SS-15 hours.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">Consciousness: Leverls of Mind—Conscious, Sub-conscious, Unconscious, Proofs for the </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: medium;">existence of Unconscious, Freud’s heory of Dream-MSB-20 hours.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: large;"><strong><br /></strong></span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times; 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