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MA Philosophy1_1 Syllabus Mumbai University by munotes
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M.A. Part I Philosophy
(Credit Based Semester System)
(w.e.f . Academic Year 2016 -17)
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Course Structure:
1.1 Credits: A course that is taught for 4 hours a week for a period of 15 weeks will carry six credits.
1.2. Course credits: To qualify in a given course, a student will have to acquire six credits in the course.
Out of these, four credits are central teaching component and two credits are for the self -study
component. The self -study component will consist of academic tasks o utside the classroom that will be
assigned by the teacher from time to time. The self -study component assigned in this manner will be
related to or an extension of but not in lieu of the prescribed syllabus. The self -study component will be
given a weighta ge of 33% in the evaluation of the student. In case of courses with practical component/
field-work components, four credits are for theory course and two credits shall be practical
component/filed -work component (regulation 5.1 to 5.9).
1. 3. M. A. Programme : A student who acquires a minimum of 100 credits over four semesters will be
declared eligible for the award of the M.A. degree.
1.4. Courses: There shall be five types of courses: (i) Core Course; (ii) Elective Course; (iii)
Interdisciplinary/Cross -disciplinary Courses; (iv) Audit Courses; (v) Project -based Courses; (vi) Ability
Enhancement Courses
(i) Core Course: Core courses are courses that impart instruction in the basic non -specialized aspects of
a discipline that constitute the minimum basic competency in that discipline, regardless of any
specialization that the learner might choose in the future. Core-Courses shall be offered by the parent
department. Core courses shall be for six credits. Minimum 50% courses of the MA programme over four
semesters must be core courses.
(ii) Elective Courses: Elective courses shall be courses offered by the parent department that impart
instructions in s pecialized/advanced/supportive aspects of the relevant discipline. Each department shall
offer a pool of such courses from which a student can choose. Elective Courses shall be for six credits.
The syllabus for each elective course will have a preamble clearly stating the course and th e learner
objectives for the elective, along with the pre-requisites if any and a detailed list of references.
(iii) Interdisciplinary/Cross Disciplinary Courses (I/C courses) : I/C courses shall be offered by parent
department and departments other that parent department. One ‘course basket’ shall be created for the
same. Each MA program has to offer a minimum of two courses and maximum of four courses in the
basket. Every I/C course shall be for six credits. A student may opt for an I/C course offered b y his/her
parent department.
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(iv) Audit Courses: Students can audit a course from the parent department as well as from other
departments in addition to the core, elective and I/C courses that are mandatory, with the prior permission
of the head/s of the relevant department/s. Such a student will have to apply in writing at most a week
after the relevant course has commenced. For the audit course, a student shall attend lectures of the audited course. The student cannot appear for the semester -end exami nation for the audited course.
However, the student shall appear for the internal examination/assessment. The audit course appears on the mark -sheet only when the student passes the internal assessment with minimum 50% marks, failing to
which, the student cannot claim the audit for that course. The internal marks shall not be displayed on final mark -sheet. The internal marks shall not be used for the credit computation. A student is permitted
to audit maximum four courses in the MA program.
(v) Ability E nhancement Course: The ability enhancement courses are skills based course. The ability
enhancement courses are to be offered at fourth semester. (vi) Project based courses: Project based courses shall consist of a dissertation. Each dissertation course
will carry 10 credits. Every learner shall choose one project based course.
2: Rules for programmes not having a practical component
2.1: Four core courses shall be offered in semesters 1 and 2 each.
2.2. Five elective courses shall be offered in the th ird semester. No other courses will be offered in the
third semester. 2.3. The fourth semester shall consist of one ability enhancement course, one interdisciplinary/cross
disciplinary courses (I/C courses) and one project based course.
2.4 Each depart ment will offer at least one I/C course during semester 4. The learner can choose any one
course from this basket, including the course offered by his/her parent department. The preamble to this
course will clearly specify the prerequisites for this course.
2.5 A learner will have to apply to the relevant department in writing no later than two weeks after the
commencement of the fourth semester for taking the I/C course offered by that department.
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2.6. A learner can relinquish an I/C course chosen by h im/her no later than two weeks after the
commencement of the fourth semester by applying to the Head of the Department whose I/C course the
student wishes to opt for. The application will have to be endorsed by the head of the Department whose
I/C course t he student has relinquished and the Head of the parent department.
2.7. The Head of the Department offering a specific I/C course will convey the marks of the internal
examination obtained by students taking the course to the Head of the parent department before the
commencement of the end semester examination of the parent department.
Lecture Pattern:
There will be 60 lectures per paper during the semester. All papers have 4 units. 15 lectures will
be conducted per unit during the semester. There will be 4 lectures per week per paper for 15
weeks.
6.1: The examinations shall be of two kinds:
(i) Internal Assessment
(ii) Semester End Examination.
6.2. The learner who obtains less than 40 % of the aggregate marks of the relevant examination in that
course either in the internal assessment or in the end –semester examination will be awarded the letter
grade F in that course.
6.3 Internal Assessment for theory courses: Th e internal assessment shall be for 40 marks.
6.4 Internal Assessment for pra ctical component/ field work component: The internal assessment shall be
for 40 marks.
6.5: The existing rules for moderation of answer sheets will be followed in the case of internal
examinations in core courses excluding practical component/ filed work component.
6.6: Semester -End Examination: The semester end examination shall be for 60 marks for theory courses
(core /elective) and for practical component/field work component. The semester –end examination for
practical component/ filed work component s hall be conducted separately.
6.7: If a student is absent from the internal or end semester examination in any course including the
project course and practical/filed -work component, he/she will get a grade point of 0 and a letter grade of
F.
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6.8: If a s tudent fails in the internal examination of a co re or elective course, or practical/filed work
component, he/she will have to appear for the internal examination of the course when the course is
offered again.
6.9: If a student fails in the end -semester examination of a core or elective course or practical/filed work
component, he/she may reappear for the same examination when it is held again in the following
semester. A student can appear at the most three times, including the original attempt. If a stud ent obtains
a letter grade F in all the three attempts, he/ she will have to seek fresh admission to the MA programme.
6.10. If a student obtains the letter grade F in any course in a given semester including practical/filed work component, the letter gra de F will continue to be shown in the grade card for that semester even
when the student passes the course subsequently in another semester.
6.11. If a student obtains minimum 40% marks in the internal assessment and fails to obtain minimum 40% percent mar ks in the end-semester examination of any course in any of the semester, the marks of
the internal examination shall be carried forward.
6.12: The le tter grade and the grade point for the course will be computed as in 3.13.
6.13: In any semester, the stu dents GPA will be calculated as follows:
where
= credits for that course offered in that semester and
= grade point obtained in that course offered in that semester.
Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA m) at the ned of semester m is calculated as follows:
, where,
is the credits for the ith course offered in semester j and
is the
grade point obtained in the ith course in semester j. There shall be no rounding of GPA and CGPA.
6.14. The semester wise GPA and CGPA shall be printed on the grade card of the student along with
table 3.13.
6.15. The final semester grade card shall also have the aggregate percentage marks scored by the student
in all the courses including practical/filed work component in which the student has obtained the relevant credits.
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6.16. In case, if it is required to scale the internal assessment marks and end -semester examinatio n marks
to 400 marks per semester and 1600 marks for entire MA course, then internal assessment marks, end -
semester examination marks and total marks shall be multiplied by factor 0.8.
6.17: The rules for gracing: the existing ordinance for gracing shall c ontinue to be used.
Evaluation Pattern :
(I) The paper will be for 100 marks
(II) The end of semester exam will be for 60 marks with 24 marks as the standard of passing
(III) There will be continuous evaluation for 40 marks with 16 marks as the standard of passing.
(IV) The end of semester exam for 60 marks will have 4 questions (1 for each unit for which
internal choice may be given) for 15 marks each
(V) The continuous evaluation for 40 marks will be as follows:
a. 20 marks Project/Practical and Presentation
b. 20 marks Internal Test and Overall Participation
Attendance requirement:
The candidates are required to attend a minimum of 75% of the total number of lectures in each
paper in order to be eligible to appear for the end of semester exams at the M.A. Part I level.
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Overview of Core Papers for Semester I and II with code numbers
Semester I
Paper I (Core): PAPHI101 Metaphysics (Indian and Western)
Paper II (Core): PAPHI102 Epistemology (Indian and Western)
Paper III (Core): PAPHI 103Contemporary Philosophy (Indian and Western) B
Paper IV (Core): PAPHI 104 Contemporary Philosophy (Indian and Western) A
Semester II
Paper V (Core) : PAPHI201 Ethics (Indian and Western)
Paper VI (Core): PAPHI202 Philosophy of Consciousness(Indian and Western)
Paper VII (Core): PAPHI203 Contemporary Philosophy (Indian and Western) C
Paper VIII (Core): PAPHI 204 Contemporary Philosophy (Indian and Western) D
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SEMESTER I
Paper No. Paper Name Page No.
Paper I (Core) Metaphysics (Indian and Western) 09
Paper II(Core) Epistemology(Indian and Western) 12
Paper III (Core) Contemporary Philosophy (Indian and Western) A 14
Paper IV (Core) Contemporary Philosophy (Indian and Western) B 17
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SEMESTER I
Paper I (Core): Metaphysics (Indian and Western)
Section I: Indian Metaphysics
Unit I :
(a) Substance : Monism, Dua lism and Pluralism (Vedanta, Sam khya and Nyaya -Jaina);
Realism and Idealism (Samkhya- Nyaya -Jaina and Vedanta/I dealist Buddhist schools)
(b) Theory of Causation : Satkaryavada andArambhavada/ Asatkaryavada;
Vivartavada and PratityaSamutpada
Unit II :
(a) Theories of Soul : Soul as Substance (Jainism, Nyay aVedanta ), Soul as Reality
(Sam khya -Yoga); Anatmavada (Buddhism) and Dehatmavada (Charvaka)
(b) Status of World : Vyavahrik and Paramarthika (Vedanta) ; Samvritti andParmarthik
(Buddhism)
Section II: Western Metaphysics
Unit III: Basic Concepts of Metaphysics
(a) The Nature of Speculative Metaphysics : Being and Becoming; Existence and
Essence; Universals and Particulars
(b) The problem s of c ausality , space and t ime
Unit IV : Some Metaphysical Debates
(a) Realism and Idealism Debate
(b) New Directions in Metaphysics : Critique of Speculative Metaphysics; Reconstruction
in Metaphysics (Strawson and Heidegger)
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References :
Section I: Indian Metaphysics
1. “Philosophy of Advaita” by Iyer, M.K.V. Asia/ Allied Publication
2. “Brahmavada of Sankara”, by Dr. Naulakh
3. “No-Soul Theory of Boddhism” by T.H. Stcherbatsky, BharatiyaVidyaPrakashan, 1988.
4. “Central Philosophy of Buddhism” by Murti, T.R. V., Unwin Paperbacks, 1980
5. Abhidharm akosa of Vasubandhu, Eng. Trans. By TheraNarada
6. “Panchastikaya Sara Sangraha”, by AcaryaKundakunda
7. “Theories of Reality”, by Dr. Padmarajaiah.
8. Samkhya karika of Ishwara Krishna with T attvaKaumudi of Sri VacaspatiMisra,
Ramkrishna Math Publication.
9. “Yoga Phi losophy of Patanjali” by Swami H. Aranya, Calcutta University Pub. 2000.
10. “Nyaya -sutra of Gautama with Tatparya -tika of V acaspatiMisra, Eng. Tran. By Dr.
GanganathJha.
Section I I: Western Metaphysics
Primary Sources:
1. Aristotle 1941 The Basic Works of Aristotle (Metaphysics Book I)trans. Richard
McKeon New York: Random House
2. Bergson, Henri. 1911 Creative Evolution trans. Arthur Mitchell New York: Dover
3. Berkeley G, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, ed by Jonatha n
Darcy, OUP, 1998.
4. Cooper, David. 2000. Metaphysics: The Classic Readings , Oxford: Blackwell (Relevant
readings)
5. Hegel, G.W.F.1977 The Phenomenology of Spirit (trans. A.V. Mi ller) Oxford: Oxford
University
6. Heidegger, Martin (1927) Being and Time
Harper Ro w: New York.
7. _____ (1957)1969 Identity and Difference Harper Row: New York
8. _____ 1975. “Overcoming Metaphysics” in his The End of Philosophy . Souvenir Press
(Educational and Academic) London
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9. _____ 1998a “What is Metaphysics?”in Pathmarks ed. William McNeill, 82 -96.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
10. _____ 1998b “Postscript to ‘What is Metaphysics?’”, in Pathmarks ed. William
McNeill, 231-238. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
11. _____ 1998c “Introduction to ‘What is Metaphysics?”, i n Pathmarks ed. William
McNeill, 277 -290. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
12. Kant, Critique of Pure Reason, Tr. by Paul Guyer and Allen Wood, NY, 1997.
13. Loux, Michael. 1998. Ockham’s Theory of Terms (St Bend Indiana: St. Augustine Press
(For Ockham’s Summa Logicae)
14. Schlick M in Positivism and Realism in Logical Positivism ed by AJ Ayer, Logical
Positivism, The Free Press, 1959.
15. Strawson, Individuals, Metheun, 1959.
16. Strawson, Skepticism and Naturalism -Some Varieties, Columbia University Press, 1985.
Secondary Sources:
1. Cambridge Companion to Hegel, Ed. by FredeichBeiser, 1993.
2. Cambridge Companion to Kant, Ed. Paul Guyer,1992.
3. Cambridge Companion to Berkeley, Ed by Kenneth P Winkler, CUP, 2005.
4. Cambridge Companion to German Idealism, Ed by Karl Ameriks, CUP, 2000.
5. Cambridge Companion to Carnap, Ed by Richard Creath and Michael Friedman, CUP,
2007.
6. A survey of Metaphysics, E .J. Lowe, OUP, 2002.
7. Metaphysics, An Anthology, Ed by Jaegwon Kim and Ernest Sosa, Blackwell, 1999.
8. The Oxford handbook of Metaphys ics ed by Michael Loux and Dean Zimmerman, OUP,
2003.
9. Werner Marx. 1975. Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit , New York: Harper and Row.
10. Inwood, Michael.1985. Hegel Oxford: Oxford University Press
11. Walsh. W.H.1963. Metaphysics London:Hutchinson University Libr ary
12. Taylor A.E.1909 Elements of Metaphysics New York: The Macmillan Company
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Paper I I (Core): Epistemology (Indian and Western)
Section I: Indian Epistemology
Unit I :
(a) Jnana and Prama : Definition and kinds of Pramana, Pramanyavada
(b) Perception
(c) Khyativada
Unit II :
(a) Inference : Definition, Classification and Components
(b) Vyapti and F allacies
(c) Sabda : Meaning (Word and Sentence ); Anvitabhidanavada and Abhihitanvayavada
Section II: Western Epistemology
Unit III:
(a) Knowledge and Belief :The tripartite account of knowledge as justified true belief;
Gettier’s paradox
(b) The Problem of Perception
(c) Memory: As a Source of Knowledge (Locke and Ayer); Types of Memory
Unit IV :
(a) The Sceptical Challenge
(b) Critique of Epistemology I
: Contextualism (Rorty)
(c) Critique of Epistemology II : Feminism (Harding)
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References :
Section I: Indian Epistemology
1. ‘Mimamsa Theory of Knowledge ‘G.P. Bhatt.
2. ‘Nyaya Theory of Knowledge’, S.C. Chatterjee.
3. ‘Presuppositions of Indian Philosophies’, Karl H. Potter.
4. ‘Six Ways of Know ing ’, D. M. Datta.
5. ‘Doctrines and Arguments in Indian Philosophy’, Ninian Smart.
6. ‘Spirit of Indian Philosophy’, NikunjavihariBannerjee.
7. History of Indian Epistemology, Jwala Prasad.
8. ‘Theories of Error in Indian Philosophy; BijayanandKar.
Section I I: WesternEpistemology
1. A.J.Ayer. 1956. The Problem of Knowledge (Penguin: Middlesex)
2. Roderick M. Chishol m. 1977. Theory of Knowledge (Prentice Hall: NewDelhi)
3. Jonathan Dancy. 1994. Contemporary Epistemology. (Oxford UniversityPress: Oxford)
4. Jonathan Dancy and Ernest Sosa (Ed) 1994. A Companion toEpistemology (Blackwell:
Oxford)
5. Paul Edwards (Ed) 1969. The Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Routledge:London)
6. D.W. Hamlyn. 1971. Theory of Knowledge. (Doubleday: London)
7. Sandra Harding. 1986. The Science question in F eminism (OpenUniversity Press: Milton
Keynes)
8. Sandra Harding (Ed). 1987. Feminism and Methodology: Social Science Issues. (I ndiana
University Press: Bloomington
9. Keith Lehrer. 1990. Theory of Knowledge. (Routledge: London)
10. Louis Pojman (Ed) 1999. Theory of Knowledge: Classical andContemporary Readings.
(Wadsworth : Belmont)
11. Richard Rorty. 1979. Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature. (New Jersey:Princeton University Press)
12. Barry Stroud. 1984 Significance of Philosophical Scepticism. (OxfordUniversity Press: Oxford)
13. A. Woozley. 1966. Theory of Knowledge
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Paper I II (Core) : Contemporary Philosophy (Indian and Western) A
Section I: Indian Philosophy
Unit I : Rethinking Tradition
(a) Swami Vivekanada : Universal Religion, Practical Vedanta and explanation of Maya
(b) Sri Aurobindo : Ascent and descent of Reality, Seven Cords of reality, Gnostic Being
Unit II : Reconstructing Mysticism
(a) R. D. Ranade : Mysticism as a Method, Pathway to Go d-realization, Advaita Vedanta
Culmination of Spiritual Experience
(b) Rabindranath Tagore : Relation of the Individual to the Universe, Soul -consciousness,
Problem of evil and Self, Realization of the Infinite through Love, Action and Beauty
Section II: Western Philosophy
Unit III:Linguistic Turn
(a) Frege’s notion of Sense and Reference; Functi on, Concept and Object.
(b) Language as truth functional, The Philosophy of Logical Atomism : Russell (Analysis
of facts and Theory of descriptions) and Early -Wittgenstein (Picture theory of
meaning).
Unit IV : Positivism and Pragmatism
(a) Logical Positivism : The Analytic -Synthetic distinction, Elimination of Metaphysics,
Status of protocol statements and principle of Verifiability; Popper on Falsifiability .
(b) Pragmatism and conceptions of Truth : Peirce, James, Dewey and Rorty.
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References:
Section I: Indian Philosophy
1. Contemporary Indian Thought byV.S.Narawane
2. Contemporary Indian Philosophy byR.S.Srivastava
3. Contemporary Indian Philosophy by B.K. Lal
4. Twentieth Century Indi an Philosophy – Nilima Sharma
5. Philosophical Trends in Modern Maharashtra - Mathew Lederle Popular Prak ashan
6. The Complete Works of Vivekananda – Eight Vo lumes, Advaita Ashram, 1957
7. Life Divine: SriAurobindo
8. Integral Advaitism of Sri Aurobindo by R.S. Mishra
9. Mysticism in Maharashtra by R.D.Ranade
10. Tagore, Rabindranath. 1913 (2000) Sadhana: The Realisation of Life Macmi llan: Delhi,
Chennai and Mumbai
11. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo by S.K. Maitra
12. NaliniBhushan and Jay L. Garfield (eds.) Indian Philosophy in English: From
Renaissance to Independence Oxford University Press, 2011
Section II: Western Philosophy
Primary Sources:
1. FregeGottlob (1891), “Function and Concept”, in The Frege Reader, Edited by
Michael Beaney, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 1997, pp. 130- 148.
2. FregeGottlob (1892), “On Sinn and Be deutung”, in The Frege Reader, Edited by
Michael Beaney, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 1997, pp. 151- 171.
3. FregeGottlob (1893), “On Concept and Object”, TheFrege Reader, Edited by Michael
Beaney, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 1997, pp. 181- 193.
4. Russell Bertrand (1959) Problems of Philosophy London: Oxford University Press
Thayer, H.S. (1967).
5. Russell B (1918), “The P hilosophy of Logical Atomism”, Logic and Knowledge:
Essays 1901 -1950, London: Routledge , 1956, 1989, 1992; pp. 175- 281.
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6. Wittgenstein , L. (1961) TractatusLogicoPhilosophicus (Tr. By DF Pears and BF
McGuiness) London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
7. Pitcher G, The Philosophy of Wittgenstein Englewood Cliffs, Prentice Hall, 1964.
8. Ayer A.J. (1936/1946) Language Truth and Logic, London: Victor Gollancz
9. Ayer, Schlick, Carnap and Neurath on Protocol Statements, in Ayer, A.J. Logical
Positivism London, George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1959.
10. Popper Karl, The Logic of Scientific Discovery, Routledge Classics, 1959.
11. Popper Karl, Conjectures and Refutations, Routle dge, 2003.
12. Peirce C ‘How to make our ideas clear’ (Article) in Barrett, William and Henry D. Aiken (Ed), Philosophy in the twentieth century, New York: Random House, 1962.
13. James W, Pragmatism, Harvard University, 1907, 1979.
14. Rorty R, Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature, Princeton University Press, 1979.
15. Rorty R, Part I (Contingency) ‘Contingency Irony and Solidarity’ Cambridge
University Press, 1989.
Secondary Sources:
1. Baillie J, Contemporary Analytic Philosophy, Prentice Hall, 2003.
2. Martinech AP and Sosa D (Eds), Analytic Philosophy, Blackwell Anthologies, 2001.
3. Ayer, A.J, Philosophy in the twentieth Century London: George Allen &Unwin,
1984.
4. Bernstein R, “Dewey, John” in Encyclopedia of Philosophy Ed. Paul Edwards Vol . II,
London: Routledge, 1967.
5. Ezorsky G, “Pragmatic Theory of Truth” from Encyclopedia of Philosophy Ed. Paul
Edwards Vol . VI, London: Routledge, 1967.
6. Goodman R (Ed), Pragmatism: Critical Concepts in Philosophy, London: Routledge , 2005.
7. Encyclopedia of Philosophy E d. Paul Edwards Vol . VI, London: Routledge.
8. Urmson, J.O, Philosophical Analysis Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956.
9. Ayer AJ, Russell and Moore- The Analytic Heritage, Macmillan, 1971.
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Paper I V (Core): Contemporary Philosophy (Indian and Western) B
Section I: Indian Philosophy
Unit I :Repudiation and Reconstruction of Tradition
(a) PanditaRamabai : Account of the High- caste Brahmin Woman, Social Reform from a
Gender -perspective, the Issue of Conversion
(b) Mahatma JotibaPhule : Critique of Tradition, Philosophy of Universal Humanism,
Social Reforms
Unit II :Repudiation and Reconstruction of Traditi on
(a) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar : Critique of Hinduism, Reformist Position as Expressed in
Sudharaka, Agnosticism
(b) LokmanyaTilak : Gitarahasya as a Commentary on Bhagvadgita, Analysis of
Karmayoga, Ethics founded on Metaphysics
Section II: Western Philosophy
Unit III: Phenomenological Psychology and Science
(a) Brentano : Critique of Psychologism; Intentionality, Primary and Secondary O bjects
(b) Husserl : Rigorous science, I ntentionality, M ethod (reduction), Life-world
Unit IV :Phenomenological Ontology and Embodiment
(a) Heidegger : Ontological difference between Being and beings, S ignificance of
Dasein, F undamental ontology of Dasein (ina uthenticity and authenticity), T ime
(b) Merleau -Ponty : Living Body, New Account of Perception, Art
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References :
Section I: Indian Philosophy
1. Contemporary Indian Philosophy – B.K. Lal.
2. Twentieth Century Indian Philosophy – Nilima Sharma.
3. Philosophical Trends in Modern Maharashtra - Mathew Lederle Popular Prakashan
4. LaxmanShastri Joshi (1996) JotiraoPhule New Delhi: National Book Trust
5. Ramabai, Pandita. ‘The High- Caste Hindu Woman’(1887) in PanditaRamabai through
her own Words: Selected Works, ed. MeeraKosambi, 129- 80. Oxford University Press :
New Delhi, 2000 (Primary source)
6. Kosambi, Meera. “Introduction” in her (ed) PanditaRamabai through her own Words:
Selected Works, 1 -32. Oxford University Press: New Delhi, 2000.
7. Tharu, Susie and K. Lalitha . “Literature of the Reform and Nationalist Movements’ in
their (ed.) Women Writing in India Vol I: 600 B.C. to the early twentieth century, 145-86. Feminist Press: New York, 1991.
8. Tilak, Lokmanya, “Geetarahasya”
9. GanachariArvind,(2005) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar , The Secular Rationalist Reformer,
Popular Prakashan, Pune.
10. Garge, S M(1996) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar National Book Trust, India.
11. NaliniBhushan and Jay L. Garfield (eds.) Indian Philosophy in English: From Renaissance to Independence Oxford University Press, 2011
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Section I I: WesternPhilosophy
Primary Sources:
1. Brentano, Franz. 1973. Psychology from an Empirical Point of View London: Routledge
2. Heidegger, Martin.1963 Being and Time New York: Harper and Row
3. Husserl, Edmund. 1965 Phenom enology and the Crisis of Philosophy, New York:
4. Harper Torchbooks.
5. Merleau -Ponty, Maurice. 1962 Phenomenology of Perception London: Routledge and
Kegan Paul.
6. Moran Dermont, Timothy Mooney. 2002. The Phenomenology Reader London:
Routledge
7. _____ & Lester Embree. 2004. Phenomenology: Critical Concepts (4 volumes) London:
Routledge
Secondary Sources:
1. Bell, David (1990) Husserl London :Routledge.
2. Buckely Philip, R (1992) Husserl, Heidegger and the Crisis of Philosophical
3. Responsibility, Netherlands: Kluwer.
4. Glendinning, Simon. 1999. The Edinburgh Companion to Continental Philosophy
Edinburg: Edinburg University Press
5. SundaraRajan R (June 1996) “Notes Towards a Phenomenology of Historigraphies” The
Journal of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research.
6. Spiegelberg, Herbert (1982) The Phenomenological Movement The Hauge
:MartinusNijhoff.
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SEMESTER II
Paper No. Paper Name Page No.
Paper V (Core) Ethics (Indian and Western) 21
Paper VI (Core) Philosophy of Consciousness (Indian and Western) 23
Paper VII (Core) Contemporary P hilosophy (Indian and Western) C 26
Paper VIII (Core) Contemporary Philosophy (Indian and Western) D 29
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SEMESTER I I
Paper V (Core): Ethics (Indian and Western)
Section I: Indian Ethic s
Unit I :
(a) Nature of Indian Ethics (Niti) : (i) Ethics and Metaphysics (ii) Ethics and
Mysticism(iii) Truth as moral standard and s piritual end
(b) (i) Three Approaches to Dharma :Materi alistic, Institutionistic and Metaphysical
(ii) Theory of Purusharthas :Carvaka, Vedic and Sraman a
Unit II :
(a) Theory of Karma and Problem of Freedom, Analysis of Karma, Akarma, Vikarma
and Nishkama Karma
(b) The Mimamsa definition of Dharma in terms of Chodana and nature of Vidhivakya
Section II: Western Ethics
Unit III:
(a) Cognitivism : Intuitionism (Moore) Neo-naturalism (Searle)
(b) Non-Cognitivism : Emotivism (Ayer/ Stevenson); Prescriptivism (Hare)
Unit IV :
(a) Existential E thics : de Beauvoir / Sartre: Ethics of situation, freedom and ambiguity
(b) Feminist E thics : Ethics of care (Gilligan); Ethics of justice ( Okin)
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References :
Section I: Indian Ethic s
1. B.G. Tilak Gita Rahasya – B.S. Sukhtankar, Pune, 1965.
2. S.K. Maitra – The Ethics of Hindus, 1925 Asia Publication, 1978.
3. Dasgupta, Surama. 1961 Development of Moral Philosophy in India Orient Longman.
4. Bhelke and Gokhale 2002 Studies in Indian Moral Philosophy: Problems, Concepts and
Perspectives Pune: Indian Philosophical Quarterly
5. I.C. Sharma.1965 Ethical Philosophies of India Lincoln: Johnsen Publishing Co.
6. Kane, P.V. History of Dharmashatra
Section I I: WesternEthics
1. Nowell -Smith, 1954 EthicsLondon: Penguin Books
2. Moore, G.E.1903 Principia Ethica Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
3. Foot Phillipa 1967 The Theories of Ethics Oxford University Press: Oxford
4. Ayer, A.J.(1936)2001 Language, Truth and LogicLondon: Penguin Books
5. Warnock, Mary 1967 Ethics since 1990 Oxford: Oxford University Press
6. Hudson, W.D. 1983Modern Moral PhilosophyHoundmills, Hampshire: Macmillan
7. Hare, R.M.1952 Language of Morals Oxford: Oxford University Press
8. Searle, John 1969 Speech Acts : An Essay in Philosophy of LanguageCambridge:
Cambridge University Press
9. Sartre, Jean Paul. 1946. “Existentialism is a Humanism” in Existentialism From
10. Dostoevsky to Sartre ed. Walter Kaufmann, Cleveland: World Publishing
11. de Beauvoir, Simone. 1976 Ethics of AmbiguityNew York: Citadel Press
12. Gilligan, Carol.1982. In a Different Voice: P sychological Theory and Women’s
Development Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press
13. Okin , Susan . 1989 “Reason and Feeling in Thinking about Justice” Ethics 99(2): 229 -249
14. Jaggar, Alison.2000 “Feminist Ethics”in The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theoryed. Hugh
LaFollette Malden: Blackwell
15. Tong Rosemarie. 1989. Feminist Thought: A Comprehensive Introduction. Boulder, CO:
Westview Press
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Paper V I (Core): Philosophy of Consciousne ss (Indian and Western)
Section I: Indian Perspective
Unit I :
(a) Upanishadic and Vedantic views of consciousness; Psychological analysis of waking,
dream, deep seleand turiya states
(b) Samkhya -Yoga view :Purusa asdrsta, citta, cittavritti, cittabhumi, nirvikalapa
Samadhi
(c) Nyaya -Vaisesika : Status of Consciousness
Unit II :
(a) Jainism : Status of jiva and lesya
(b) Materalist (Carvaka) view of consciousness.
(c) Buddhist view of consciousness and the denial of Soul
Section II: Western Perspective
Unit III:
(a) The Problem of C onsciousness : Aristotelian and the Cartesian paradigms; Spinozean
interventions
(b) The Mind- Body problem and the linguistic solution : Ryle and Later -Wittgenstein
Unit IV :
(a) The Mind- Body problem restated : The ‘hard’problem of consciousness and the notion
of an ‘explanatory gap’; Theories of Consciousness : Identity theories (reductive and
non-reductive), Eliminativism
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(b) Computational model of mind, Artificial Intelligence and Functionalism, Naturalist
and Transcendental the ories of consciousness
References :
Section I: Indian Perspective
1. M. Indich Williams — Consciousness in Advaita Vedanta — MotilalBanarasidass, Delhi,
1980
2. Debabr ataSinha — The Metaphysics of E xperience in Advaita Vedanta: A
Phenomenological Approach — MotilalBanarasidass, Delhi, 1995.
3. Ramaprasad — Patanjala Yoga Sutras — SreeRamaprasad Press, 1966.
4. Geraldine Costner — Yoga and Western Psychology: A Comparison —
MotilalBanarsidass, Delhi, 1998.
5. Swami Abhedananda — Yoga Psychology — Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 2002.
6. Bina Gupta — CIT: Consciousness — Oxford India, 2003.
7. Padmasiri De Silva, An Introduction to Buddhist Psychology, 4th edition, London:
Palgrave, Macmillan, 2005.
8. T. G. Kalghatgi — Some Prolems in Jaina Psychology, Dharwad: Karnataka University Press, 1961.
9. Uttaradhyayana Sutra Chapter 3, 4.
Section I I: WesternPerspective
Primary Sources:
1. Aristotle’s De Anima, Hamlyn DW, Oxford Clarendon, 1968.
2. Aristotle’s De Anima, Hicks, CUP, 1907.
3. Descartes Meditations and Principles of Philosophy in Philosophical Writings of
Descartes (Vol I and 2) CUP, 1985.
4. Ryle Gilbert, Concept of Mind, University of Chicago press, 1949.
5. Wittgenstein L (1949) — Philosophical Investigations — Translated by G.E.M.
Anscombe, Oxford: Blackwell Publishe rs, 1953.
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6. David Chalmers — Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings —
Oxford University Press, New York, Delhi, 2002 (Anthology).
7. Heil J, Philosophy of Mind, A Guide and Anthology, Clarendon, Oxford, 2004.
8. Dennett D, Consciousness Explaine d, Penguin, 1991.
9. Searle John, Minds Brains and Science, 1984 Reith lectures.
10. Searle John, Mystery of Consciousness, NYRB, 1997.
11. Mcginn C, Problem of Consciousness, Blackwell, 1991, 1993.
Secondary Sources:
1. S. Guttenplan, A Companion to Philosophy of M ind, Oxford: Blackwell, 1994.
2. Stephen P. Stitch and Ted A. Warfield (eds.) — The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Mind — Oxford: Blackwell, 1993.
3. Smith and Jones (Eds), An Introduction to Philosophy of Mind, , CUP, 1986.
4. Heil J, Philosophy of Mind: A Cont emporary Introduction, Routledge, 2004.
5. Boden Margaret, The philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, OUP, 1990.
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Paper V II (Core): Contemporary P hilosophy (Indian and Western) C
Section I: Indian Philosophy
Unit I : Gandhian Approach
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (Spiritual Foundations of Politics) : Reality with Multiple Aspects,
Truth as God, Interdependence between mul tiple s elves and other forms of life -
Svaraj and Ahimsa
(b) Mahatma Gandhi (Socio -Political Ideas) : Foundations of Good Society - Trusteeship,
Sarvodaya, Svadeshi, Means -ends relationship, Satyagraha, Communal Harmony
Unit II : Critiques of Tradition
(a) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Critique of Hinduism ( Varna and Caste -system ), Critique of
Early Buddhism, and Reconstruction of Buddhism
(b) M. N. Roy : Relation to Marxism, Freedom, Radical Humanism
Section II: Western Philosophy
Unit III: Ordinary Language Philosophy and Speech Act Theory
(a) Ordinary language philosophy : Moore’s defense of common sense; Later
Wittgenstein on meaning, language games; Ryle on informal logic
(b) Speech act theory : Austin’s theory of speech act, Grice’s psychological theory of
meaning, the notion of conversational implicature and Searle’s theory of Indirect
speech acts
Unit IV : Problems of Reference, Meaning and Truth
(a) Reference and Referri ng: Problems of reference and analysis of singular terms,
Russell on Denoting and Strawson on Referring
(b) Meaning and Truth : Semantic Holism of Quine and Davidson - problems of
translation and interpretation
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References:
Section I: Indian Philosophy
1. Ambedkar. Who were the Sudras? How They Came to be the Fourth Varna in Indo -
Aryan Society. Mumbai: Thacker and Co, 1946. (Primary source)
2. Gandhi, Mohandas Karmachand (1997) Hind Swaraj and Ot her Writings New Delhi
Cambridge University Press
3. Gore, M.S. The Social Context of Ideology: Ambedkar’s Political and Social Thought.
Sage: New Delhi, 1993
4. Roy, M N., Reason Romanticism and Revolution (Vols 172) Calcutta, Renaissance
5. _____Radical Humanism, EEP. 14, Delhi, 1955, B.I. Publishing Pvt. Ltd. 1987.
6. M. N. Roy's New Humanism and Materialism by Dr.Ramendra, 2014
7. Jondhale, Surendra and Johannes Beltz. Reconstructing the World: Ambedkar and Buddhism in India. Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2004.
8. Joshi, LaxmanShastri (1996) JotiraoPhule New Delhi: National Book Trust
9. Parekh, Bhiku. Gandhi’s Political Philosophy, Notre Dame University Press: South Bend,1989.
10. Parel Anthony (Ed). Gandhi: Hind Swaraj and Other Writings Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1997. (Primary source)
11. Zelliot, Eleanor. From Untouchable to Dalit: Essays on the Ambedkar Movement. Manohar: New Delhi, 1992.
12. NaliniBhushan and Jay L. Garfield (eds.) Indian Philosophy in English: From Renaissance to Independence Oxford University Press, 2011
Section II: Western Philosophy
Primary Sources:
1. Moore’s Defence of Common Sense and Proof of external world in Barrett, William and
Henry D. Aiken (Ed), Philosophy in the twentieth century, New York: Random House, 1962.
2. Ryle G, On Formal and Informal Logic, the Tanner lectures, Dilemmas, CUP, 1953.
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3. Wittgenstein L (1949) Philosophical Investigations, Tr. by G.E.M. Anscombe, Oxford:
Blackwell Publishers, 1953.
4. Pitcher George, The Philosophy of Wittgenstein Englewood Cliffs, Prentice Hall, 1964.
5. Grice P (1957), Meaning, The philosophical Review, 66, 377- 88.
6. Grice P, Logic and Conversation, in Syntax and Semantics Vol.3, ed. by Peter Cole and
Jerry Morgan, NY, Academic press, 1975.
7. Austin, J.L, How to do things with wordsOxford: Oxford University Press, 1962..
8. Searle J, Speech Acts, CUP, 1975.
9. Russell B, Problems of Philosophy London: Oxford University Press, 1959.
10. Russell B, An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth, 1952, George Allen and Unwin, Reprinted by Routledge, 1992.
11. Russell B (1905) “On Denoting”, in Logic and Knowledge: Essays 1901- 1950, London:
Routledge, 1956, 1989, 1992; pp. 39- 56.
12. Strawson P.F. (1950), “On Referring”, Mind, Vol. LIX, pp. 320- 344.
13. Strawson, P.F, Individuals, London: Metheun, 1959.
14. Strawson, P.F, Analysis and Metaphysics: An Introduction to Philosophy, OUP, 1992.
15. Quine, Word and Object, MIT press, 1960.
16. Davidson, Inqui ries into truth and interpretation, Clarendon press, 1984
Secondary Sources:
1. Baillie James, Contemporary Analytic Philosophy, Prentice Hall 2003.
2. Martinech A.P., and David Sosa (eds), Analytical Philosophy, Blackwell Anthologies
2001.
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Paper VI II (Core ): Contemporary P hilosophy (Indian and Western) D
Section I: Indian Philosophy
Unit I :Synthesis of Tradition
(a) Mohammad Iqbal : Reconstruction of Islamic Religious Thought, Self -World -God,
Man and Superman
(b) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan : Idealist View of Life, Intellect and Intuition, Rebirth
Unit II : Reconstruction of Traditi on
(a) J. Krishnamurti : Conditioned Self, Freedom from the Known, Awareness
(b) K.C. Bhattacharya : Concept of Philosophy, Subject as Freedom, Concept of Value
Section II: Western Philosophy
Unit III: Hermeneutics as Method and Philosophy
(a) Methodological Hermeneutics : Schleiermacher (Authorial Intention), Dilthey
(Historical Reconstruction)
(b) Critique of method (Gadamer) : Understanding (Verstehen), Prejudice (Vorurteil) and
Tradition; F usion of horizons
Unit IV :Critical Hermeneutics and Beyond
(a) Critical Hermeneutics (Habermas) : Distance in Interpretation and Understanding;
Ideology Critique; Knowledge and Human Interests
(b) Between Tradition and its Critique (Ricoeur) : Mediation of Cultural Symbols;
Conflict of Interpretations; Critical hermeneutics
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References :
Section I: Indian Philosophy
1. Annemarie, Schimmel (1963), Gabriel's Wing: a study of the religious ideas of Sir
Muhammad Iqbal , Leiden, Netherlands: E. J. Brill
2. Zafar, Anjum (2014) Iqbal: The Life of a Poet, Philosopher and Politician, Random
House.
3. Iqbal Singh Sevea, (2012) The Political Philosophy of Muhammad Iqbal: Islam and
Nationalism in Late Colonial India, Cambridge University Press.
4. Contemporary Indian Philosophy – B. K. Lal.
5. Twentieth Century Indian Philosophy – Nilima Sharma.
6. Freedom from the Known – J. Krishnamurthi.
7. Studies in Philosophy Vol. II – K. Bhattacharya, ed. by Gopinath
8. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, “An Idealist View of life”, George Allen and Unwin Ltd.,London,
1947.
9. Schilpp, P.A. (ed.) “The Philosophy of SarvapelliRadhakrishnan”, Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1952.
10. Dar, Bashir Ahmad, “A Study in Iqbal’s Phi losophy”, Shaikh Mohammad Asraf ,
Kashmiri Bazar, Lahore, 1948.
11. Iqbal Mohammad, “Reconstruction of Rel igious Thought in Islam”, Oxford University
Press, London, 1934.
12. The First and Last Freedom by J.Krishnamurti - KFI, 1998
13. Commentaries on Living by J. Krishnamurti- KFI.
14. Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya Memorial Volume - (ed.) S.K.Maitra et al -Indian Institute
of Philosophy, Amalner, 1958
15. NaliniBhushan and Jay L. Garfield (eds.) Indian Philosophy in English: From Renaissance to Independence Oxford University Press, 2011
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Section I I: WesternPhilosophy
Primary Sources:
1. Hans Georg Gadamer 1975. Truth and Method New York: Seabury Press
2. Habermas, Jurgen. 1988. On the Logic of the Social Sciences Cambridge Mass: MIT
Press.
3. Kearney, Richard & Mara Rainwater. 1996. The Continental Philosophy Reader
London:Routledge.
4. Ricoeur, Paul. 1974. The Conflict of Interpretations: Es says in Hermeneutics Evanston:
Northwestern University Press.
5. Ricoeur, Paul. 1983. “On Interpretation” in Philosophy in France Today ed. Alain
Montefiore Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
6. Thompson J.B. (ed) 1981Hermeneutics and the Human Sciences Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
Secondary Sources:
1. Bernstein, Richard J. 1983. Beyond Objectivism and Relativism: Science, Hermeneutics
and Praxis. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
2. Bleicher, Josef. 1980. Contemporary Hermeneutics London: Routledge and Kegan Paul
3. Glendinning, Simon. 1999. The Edinburgh Companion to Continental Philosophy
Edinburg: Edinburg University Press
4. Thompson, John B. 1981. Critical Hermeneutics: A Study in the Thought of Paul Ricoeur and Jürgen Habermas , Cambridge: Cambridge Unive rsity Press.
5. Warnke, Georgia.1987. Gadamer: Hermeneutics, Tradition and Reason. Stanford:
Stanford University Press.