MA Regular in Philosophy Sem I II Copy_1 Syllabus Mumbai University by munotes
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M.A PHILOSOPHY REGULAR W.E.F 2017 -18
Section
Overview
Semester I Modification in numbering for Paper III (A) and IV (B)
and Bridge Course under r evision
Paper I ( Core ): Metaphysics (Indian and Western)
Paper I I (Core ): Epistemology (Indian and Western)
Paper I II (Core ): Contemporary Philosophy (Indian and Western) A
Paper I V (Core ): Contemporary P hilosophy (Indian and Western) B
Bridge Course for those from other disciplines without SYBA in
Philosophy
Semester II Modification in the Ethics paper w.e.f 2017 -18
Paper V (Core) : Ethics (Indian and Western)
Paper VI (Core) : Philosophy of Consciousness (Indian and Western)
Paper VII (Core) : Contemporary Philosophy (Indian and Western) C
Paper VIII (Core) : Contemporary Philosophy (Indian and Western) D
Semester III w.e.f 2017 -18
Paper IX Basket I (Elective): Classical Thought
Paper X Basket II (Elective): Thinkers
Paper XI Basket III (Elective): Logic and Epistemology
Paper XII Basket IV (Elective): Socio -Political and Religio -Spiritual
Thought
Paper XIII Basket V (Elective): Contemporary Trends
Semester IV w.e.f. 201 7-18
Paper XIV Ability Enhancement Course (any one from groups A or B )
(A)(i)Critical Thinking
OR
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(A) (ii) Studies on Meditation (Indian & Western)
(B)(i)Logical Reasoning (Indian & Western)
OR
(ii)Symbolic Logic ( Second- order Sentential Logic)
Paper XV Interdiscipl inary/Cross disciplinary Course (one)
Paper XVI Dissertation
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MA I Philosophy- All Core Papers
Semester I w.e.f 2016- 17(revised numbering for Papers III (A) and IV (B) and
Bridge Course w.e.f 2017- 18
Paper I (Core): PAPHI101 Metaphysics (Indian and Western)
Paper II (Core): PAPHI102 Epistemology (Indian and Western)
Paper III (Core): PAPHI103 Contemporary Philosophy (Indian and Western) A
Paper IV (Core): PAPHI104 Contemporary Philosophy (Indian and Western) B
PLUS BRIDGE COURSE FOR THOSE WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE
ENTRANCE EXAM
Semester II w.e.f.2016 -17 and revised w.e.f 2017- 18
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): PAPHI204 Contemporary Philosophy (Indian and Western) D
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MA REGULAR w.e.f 2017- 18
MA I I Philosophy
Sem ester III: 5 Electives
Paper IX Basket I
Classical Thought
a. Ancient Greek Philosophy
b. Buddhism & Metaphysics
c. Early Medieval Philosophy
d. Greek, Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy
e. Jaina Metaphysics
f. Late Medieval Philosophy
g. Samkhya Metaphysics
h. Schools of Vedanta
i. Shaivism, Shaktism and Tantrism
Paper X Basket II
Thinkers - 13
a. Acarya Kundakunda
b. Aristotle: Practical Philosophy
c. Gandhi
d. Heidegger (Later Philosophy)
e. Hume
f. J. Krishnamurti
g. Kant: Practical Philosophy
h. Nagarjuna
i. Plato: Moral Philosophy, Politics and Art
j. Rāmānuja
k. Śankara
l. Svatmarama : Hathayogapradipika
m. Wittgenstein
Paper XI Basket III
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Logic and Epistemology- 11
a. Advanced Indian Epistemology
b. Advanced Western Epistemology
c. Aristotle -Epistemology
d. Buddhist Epistemology
e. Jaina Epistemology
f. Kant -Epistemology
g. Nyaya Epistemology
h. Plato- Epistemology
i. Symbolic Logic (First- order Sentential Logic)
j. Traditional Logic
k. Yoga Epistemology
Paper XII Basket IV
Socio- Political and Religio -Spiritual Thought
a. Buddhist Text Study
b. Comparative Religion
c. Contemporary Political Thought
d. Islamic Philosophy
e. Jainism Text Study
f. Jnaneshwar
g. Modern Political Thought
h. Philosophy of Religion
i. Sufism -Politics & Culture
j. Vallabha
k. Yoga Text Study
Paper XIII Basket V
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Contemporary Trends - 09
a. Buddhist Psychology and Meditation
b. Existentialism
c. Feminities, Masculinities and Language
d. Frankfurt School and Critical Theory
e. Jaina Psychology and Meditation
f. Language and Reality
g. Philosophy of Science
h. Structuralism and Post Structuralism
i. Yoga Psychology and Meditation
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Semester IV New
Paper XIV Ability Enhance ment Course s Choose any one from any one group
(A) OR (B)
(A) (i)Critical Thinking
OR
(ii) Studies on Meditation (Indian & Western)
(B) (i)Logical Reasoning (Indian & Western)
OR
(ii)Symbolic Logic ( Second- order Sentential Logic)
Paper XV Interdisciplina ry/Cross disciplinary Courses
a. Buddhist Ethics
b. Environmental Ethics
c. Jaina Ethics
d. Mind and Conceptions of the Self
e. Philosophy of Art
f. Philosophy of Education
g. Philosophy of Feminism
h. Philosophy of Film
i. Philosophy of Management
j. Schools of Yoga
k. Sufi Philosophy
l. Symbolic Logic (Relational Logic and Axiomatic Systems)
m. Yoga Ethics
Paper XVI Dissertation (1500 words)
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SEMESTER I
Paper I (Core): Metaphysics (Indian and Western)
Section I: Indian Metaphysics
Unit I :
a) Substance : Monism, Dualism and Pluralism (Vedanta, Samkhya and Nyaya -
Jaina); Realism and Idealism (Samkhya -Nyaya -Jaina and Vedanta/Idealist
Buddhist schools)
b) Theory of Causation : Satkaryavada and Arambhavada/Asatkaryavada; Vivartavada
and Pratitya Samutpada
Unit II :
a) Concepts of Space and Time (Akasa, Dik and Kala) according to Jainism and
Nyaya -Vaisesikas.
b) Status of World: Vyavahrik and Paramarthika (Vedanta); Samvritti and
Parmarthik (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 problems of causality, space and time
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)
References:
Section I: Indian Metaphysics
1. “Philosophy of Advaita” by Iyer, M.K.V. Asia/ Allied Publication
2. “Brahmavada of Sankara”, by Dr. Naulakh
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3. “No- Soul Theory of Boddhism” by T.H. Stcherbatsky, Bharatiya Vidya
Prakashan, 1988.
4. “Central Philosophy of Buddhism” by Murti, T.R. V., Unwin Paperbacks, 1980
5. Abhidharmakosa of V asubandhu, Eng. Trans. By Thera Narada
6. “Panchastikaya Sara Sangraha”, by Acarya Kundakunda
7. “Theories of Reality”, by Dr. Padmarajaiah.
8. Samkhya karika of Ishwara Krishna with Tattva Kaumudi of Sri Vacaspati
Misra, Ramkrishna Math Publication.
9. “Yoga Philosophy of Patanjali” by Swami H. Aranya, Calcutta University Pub. 2000.
10. “Nyaya -sutra of Gautama with Tatparya- tika of Vacaspati Misra, Eng. Tran.
By Dr. Ganganath Jha.
Section II: 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 Jonathan Darcy, OUP, 1998.
4. Coope r, David. 2000. Metaphysics: The Classic Readings, Oxford: Blackwell
(Relevant readings)
5. Hegel, G.W.F.1977 The Phenomenology of Spirit (trans. A.V. Miller) Oxford:
Oxford University
6. Heidegger, Martin (1927) Being and Time Harper Row: 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
9. _____ 1998a “What is Metaphysics?”in Pathmarks ed. William McNeill, 82 -96.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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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?”, in 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 Sour ces:
1. Cambridge Companion to Hegel, Ed. by Fredeich Beiser, 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 Metaphysics ed by Mich ael 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 Library
12. Taylor A. E.1909 Elements of Metaphysics New York: The Macmillan Company
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Paper II (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 Fallacies
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 ju stified
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 (H arding)
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 Knowing ’, D. M. Datta.
5. ‘Doctrines and Arguments in Indian Philosophy’, Ninian Smart.
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6. ‘Spirit of Indian Philosophy’, Nikunjavihari Bannerjee.
7. History of Indian Epistemology, Jwala Prasad.
8. ‘Theories of Error in Indian Philosophy; Bijayanand Kar.
Section II: Western Epistemology
1. A.J. Ayer. 1956. The Problem of Knowledge (Penguin: Middlesex)
2. Roderick M. Chisholm. 1977. Theory of Knowledge (Prentice Hall: New
Delhi)
3. Jonathan Dancy. 1994. Contemporary Epistemology. (Oxford University Press: Oxford)
4. Jonathan Dancy and Ernest Sosa (Ed) 1994. A Compani on to Epistemology
(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 Feminism (OpenUniversity Press: Milton Keynes)
8. Sandra Harding (Ed). 1987. Feminism and Methodology: Social Science
Issues. (Indiana University Press: Bloomington
9. Keith Lehrer. 1990. Theory of Knowledge. (Routledge: London)
10. Louis Pojman (Ed) 1999. Theory of Knowledge: Classical and Contemporar y
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. (Oxford
University Press: Oxford)
13. A. Woozley. 1966. Theory of K nowledge
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Paper III (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 God- realization, Advaita
Vedanta Culmination of Spiritual Experience
b) Rabindranath Tagore : Relation of the Individual to the Un iverse, 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; Function, 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 by V.S.Narawane
2. Contemporary Indian Philosophy by R.S.Srivastava
3. Contemporary Indian Philosophy by B.K. Lal
4. Twentieth Century Indian Philosophy – Nilima Sharma
5. Philosophical Trends in Modern Maharashtra - Mathew Lederle Popular
Prakashan
6. The Complete Works of Vivekananda – Eight Volumes, Advaita Ashram,
1957
7. Life Divine: Sri Aurobindo
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
Macmillan: Delhi, Chennai and Mumbai
11. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo by S.K. Maitra
12. Nalini Bhushan and Jay L. Garfield (eds.) Indian Philosophy in English: From
Renaissance to Independence Oxford University Press, 2011
Section II: Western Philosophy
Prim ary Sources :
1. Frege Gottlob (1891), “Function and Concept”, in The Frege Reader, Edited by
Michael Beaney, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 1997, pp. 130 -148.
2. Frege Gottlob (1892), “On Sinn and Bedeutung”, in The Frege Reader, Edited by Michael Beaney, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 1997, pp. 151 -171.
3. Frege Gottlob (1893), “On Concept and Object”, The Frege 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).
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5. Russell B (1918), “The Philosophy of Logical Atomism”, Logic and
Knowledge: Essays 1901 -1950, London: Routledge, 1956, 1989, 1992; pp. 175-
281.
6. Wittgenstein, L. (1961) Tractatus Logico Philosophicus (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 Sta tements, 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, Routledge, 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 En cyclopedia of Philosophy
Ed. Paul Edwards Vol. VI, London: Routledge, 1967.
6. Goodman R (Ed), Pragmatism: Critical Concepts in Philosophy, London: Routledge , 2005.
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7. Encyclopedia of Philosophy Ed. Paul Edwards Vol. VI, London: Routledge.
8. Urmson, J.O, Philoso phical Analysis Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956.
9. Ayer AJ, Russell and Moore - The Analytic Heritage, Macmillan, 1971.
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Paper IV (Core): Contemporary Philosophy (Indian and Western) B
Section I: Indian Philosophy
Unit I :
Repudiation and Reconstruction of Tr adition
a) Pandita Ramabai : Account of the High -caste Brahmin Woman, Social
Reform from a Gender -perspective, the Issue of Conversion
b) Mahatma Jotiba Phule : Critique of Tradition, Philosophy of Universal
Humanism, Social Reforms
Unit II :
Repudiation and Recon struction of Tradition
a) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar : Critique of Hinduism, Reformist Position as
Expressed in Sudharaka, Agnosticism
b) Lokmanya Tilak: 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
Objects
b) Husserl : Rigorous science, Intentionality, Method (reduction), Life -world
Unit IV:
Phenomenological Ontology and Embodiment
a) Heidegger : Ontological difference between Being and beings, Significance of
Dasein, Fundamental ontology of Dasein (inauthenticity and authenticity),
Time
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. Laxman Shastri Joshi (1996) Jotirao Phule New Delhi: Nation al Book Trust
5. Ramabai, Pandita. ‘The High -Caste Hindu Woman’ (1887) in Pandita Ramabai
through her own Words: Selected Works, ed. Meera Kosambi, 129 -80. Oxford
University Press: New Delhi, 2000 (Primary source)
6. Kosambi, Meera. “Introduction” in her (ed) P andita Ramabai 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
twen tieth century, 145 -86. Feminist Press: New York, 1991.
8. Tilak, Lokmanya, “Geetarahasya”
9. Ganachari Arvind, (2005) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, The Secular Rationalist
Reformer, Popular Prakashan, Pune.
10. Garge, S M (1996) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar National Book Trust, In dia.
11. Nalini Bhushan and Jay L. Garfield (eds.) Indian Philosophy in English: From
Renaissance to Independence Oxford University Press, 2011
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Section II: Western Philosophy
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 Phenomenology 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. Sundara Rajan R (June 1996) “Not es Towards a Phenomenology of
Historigraphies” The Journal of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research.
6. Spiegelberg, Herbert (1982) The Phenomenological Movement The Hauge : Martinus Nijhoff.
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BRIDGE COURSE IN WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
(FOR STUDENTS WITHOUT S.Y.B.A IN PHILOSOPHY WHO HAVE
GIVEN THE ENTRANCE EXAM)
TOTAL LECTURE HOURS: 20
MARKS: THIS COURSE IS AN AUDIT COURSE WITHOUT EVALUATION
OR MARKS. STUDENTS HAVE TO SUBMIT THE SPECIFIED
ASSIGNMENTS TO WHICH TEACHER FEEDBACK IS INTEGRAL
I. General Introduction [Four Hours]
(i) Meaning of Philosophy
(ii) Philosophy as a second order activity
(iii) Role and relevance of Philosophy
II.Development of Western Philosophy [Four hours]
(Ancient to modern)
(i) Approach :Pre -Socratic , Plato, Aristotle
(ii) Medieval Thought: Anselm, Aquinas, Averroes
(iii) Mod ern philosophy: Descartes, Hume ,Kant
III. Important Philosophical questions: Western perspective
(Ethics & Epistemology) [Four hours]
Truth,Knowledge, Good and Right, Justice, Problem of Evil
IV. Honing skills to explore Western Philosophy [Four hours]
(i) Introduction to Reasoning: Meaning, Method,Analysis , Argument and
Discussion
(ii) Writing Philosophy : Comprehending a topic, understanding,
interpretation, expression (Basic writing skills )
STUDENT ASSIGNMENT PATTERN:
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(1) One primary text summary (1500 words)
(2) One research paper (1500 words)
(3) One classroom presentation
This is a pass/fail course there are no marks assigned to it.
Books :
1. Cooper David.2003 ,World Philosophies . Blackwell Publications, Malden, MA
2. Feinberg Joel . 2002, Doing Philosophy : A guide to the Writing of Philosophy
Papers , Wadsworth, Canada.
3. Gilje Nils, Skirbekk Gunnar. 2001, History of Western Thought, Routledge
publication, United Kingdom.
4. Moran Dermot. 2010, The Routledge Companion to Twentieth Century
Philosophy , Routledge, USA and Canada.
5. Passmore, John .1961 ,Philosophical Reasoning . London: Gerald Duckworth .
6. Solomon, Robert C. and Higgins ,Kathleen M.1996, A Short History
ofPhilosophy , Oxford University Press, New York.
7. Vaughn Lewis. 2006, Writing Philosophy : A Student's Guide to Writing
Philosophy Essays , USA.
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SEMESTER II
Paper V (Core): Ethics (Indian and Western)
Section I: Indian Ethics
Unit I :
a) Various approaches to Dharma in Indian tradition; The Mimamsa
definition of Dharma in terms of Chodana and nature of Vidhivakya
b) Theory of Karma and Problem of Freedom, Analysis of Karma, Akarma,
Vikarma and Nishkama Karma
c) Theory of Purusharthas : Vedic perspective in comparison withCarvaka
and Sramana
Unit II:
a) Carvaka ethics - Hedonism, theory of Purusarthas
b) Buddhist ethics - Concept of Dukkha – Dvadasa Nidana , Eight Fold Path
Pancashila, Brahmaviharas, Paramitas, Nirvana
c) Jaina ethics - Ahimsa, Concept of Karma, Problem of determinism and free
will, Triple Jewels; P ath of Liberation
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 Ethics : de Beauvoir / Sartre: Ethics of situation, freedom and
ambiguity
b) Feminist Ethics : Ethics of care (Gilligan); Ethics of justice (Okin)
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References:
Section I: Indian Ethics
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
7. Bhargava Dayananada, Jain Ethics, Motilal Banarsidass
8. Sogani. K.C, Ethical doctrines in Jainism,
Section II: Western Ethics
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
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12. Gilligan, Carol.1982. In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women’s
Development Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press
13. Okin, Susan. 1989 “Reason and Feeling in Thinking about Jus tice” Ethics
99(2): 229- 249
14. Jaggar, Alison. 2000 “Feminist Ethics” in The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory ed. Hugh LaFollette Malden: Blackwell
15. Tong Rosemarie. 1989. Feminist Thought: A Comprehensive Introduction. Boulder, CO: Westview Press
Paper VI (Core): Philosophy of Consciousness (Indian and Western)
Section I: Indian Perspective
Unit I :
a) Upanishadic and Vedantic views of consciousness; Psychological analysis
of waking, dream, deep sele and turiya states
b) Samkhya -Yoga view : Purusa as drsta, citta, citta vritti, citta bhumi,
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 Consciousness: Aristotelian and the Cartesian paradigms;
Spinozean interventions
b) The Mind -Body problem and the linguistic solution : Ryle and Later -
Wittgenstein
Unit IV:
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a) The Mind -Body problem restated: The ‘hard’ proble m of consciousness
and the notion of an ‘explanatory gap’; Theories of Consciousness: Identity
theories (reductive and non -reductive), Eliminativism
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 — Motilal
Banarasidass, Delhi, 1980
2. Debabrata Sinha — The Metaphysics of Experience in Advaita Vedanta: A
Phenomenological Approach — Motilal Banarasidass, Delhi, 1995.
3. Ramaprasad — Patanjala Yoga Sutras — Sree Ramaprasad Press, 1966.
4. Geraldine Costner — Yoga and Western Psychology: A Comparison — Motilal Banarsidass, 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 II: Western Perspective
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 Publishers, 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 Explained, 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 Mind, Oxford: Blac kwell, 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 Contemporary Introduc tion, Routledge, 2004.
5. Boden Margaret, The philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, OUP, 1990.
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Paper VII (Core): Contemporary Philosophy (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 multiple selves 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 Referring : Problems of reference an d 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 Other 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. Pub lishing 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, Laxman Shastri (1996) Jotirao Phule 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. Nalini Bhushan 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.
3. Wittgenstein L (1949) Philosophical Investigations, Tr. by G.E.M. A nscombe,
Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1953.
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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 Refe rring”, 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, Inquiries into truth and interpr etation, 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 VIII (Core): Contemporary Philosophy (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 Tradition
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; Fusion of horizons
Unit IV: Critical Hermeneutic s 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; Critica l 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 Sarvapelli Radhakrishnan”, Tudor
Publishing Company, New York, 1952.
10. Dar, Bashir Ahmad, “A Study in Iqbal’s Philosophy”, Shaikh Mohammad Asraf, Kashmiri Bazar, Lahore, 1948.
11. Iqbal Mohammad, “Reconstruction of Religious 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. Nalini Bhushan and Jay L. Garfield (eds.) Indian Philosophy in English: From
Renaissance to Independence Oxford University Press, 2011
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Section II: Western Philosophy
Primary Sources:
1. Hans Georg Gadamer 1975. Truth and Method New Yo rk: 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: Essays 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) 1981 Hermeneutics 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 H abermas, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
5. Warnke, Georgia.1987.Gadamer: Hermeneutics, Tradition and Reason. Stan ford:
Stanford University Press
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