a MA I Sem I and Sem II Philosophy1 1 Syllabus Mumbai University

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REVISED SYLLABUS (w.e.f. 2018 -2019)

M.A. (Philosophy) Part I (Semester I and Semester II)
M.A. (Philosophy) Part II (Semester III and Semester IV) in

Choice - based Credit System (CBCS)

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M.A. PROGRAMME:

 Eligibility:
a. Graduates of the University of Mumbai or of any recognized University, equivalent to this
University are eligible for direct admission to the M.A. Course in Philosophy as long as
candidates have graduated with at least two papers in Philosophy.
b. Graduates in the faculties other than the faculty of arts and graduates in the subject other than
philosophy seeking admission to the M.A. degree course bypapers/research are required to
appear for the entrance test conducted by the department.
c. Graduates of other universities seeking admission to the department will have to obtai nan
eligibility certificate from the University of Mumbai following due procedure.
 Application Process:
a. Application forms for admission to the M.A./M.Phil./Ph.D. Courses can be had from the office
during office hours. If required, a candidate shall appear for an interview before being finally
admitted.
b. While applying for admission, candidates shall have to submit prescribed fees, TC if application,
Certificate of Eligibility, Statement of marks, Passing certificate or Degree certificate (attested
photo copies.)
 M.A. Programmes Offered:
The Department offers M.A. by Papers and M.A by Research. Candidates intending to do
M.A. by papers shall be admitted only at the beginning of the academic year which begins in the
month of June
Applications are open for MA b y Research throughout the year. However the admission process will
take place after the interview and Entrance / Faculty change test as per the guidelines of the
University of Mumbai.
 M.A. in Philosophy (By Papers) :
As per the CBCS guidelines the first two semesters have four core papers in each semester. There are
five electives that a student must chose within each basket in papers IX X XI XII XIII. In semester
IV there is one paper to be chosen under the ability enhancement course (XIV) and one under the
interdisciplinary course (XV) plus a dissertation (XVI)

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 M.A. in Philosophy with specialization (By Papers):
1. Buddhist Philosophy
2. Jaina Philosophy
3. Yoga Philosophy.
 To complete the specialization a student must choose a dissertation topic (paper XVI) in
line with the area of specialization. In addition, the prescribed combination of electives
(Papers IX -XV) to attain specialization is as follows:
Specialization Paper IX Paper X Paper
XI Paper XII Paper XIII Papers
XIV and
XV
Buddhist
Philosophy Buddhism
and
Metaphysics Nagarjuna Milinda
Prasna Buddhist
Epistemology Buddhist
Psychology and
Meditation No Bar
Jaina
Philosophy Jaina
Metaphysics Acharya
Kundakunda Apta
Mimamsa Jaina
Epistemology Jaina
Psychology and
Meditation No
Bar
Yoga
Philosophy Samkhya
Metaphysics Sri Aurobindo
OR Swami
Vivekananda:
Four schools of
Yoga. Hathayoga -
pradipika
OR
Jnaneshwar Yoga
Epistemology Yoga
Psychology and
Meditation No
Bar

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 The Department of Philosophy will organize workshops on Philosophical Concepts and
Methods towards the end of Semester 3 and beginning of Semester 4. Participation by all
students appearing for M.A. (By Papers) Semester IV as well as for students of M.A. (By
Research) is mandatory. The workshop may culminate with student preliminary
presentations required for finalizing the dissertation topic for Semester IV. Orientation to
students will be given by the Coordinators towards the end of Semester 3 regarding
dissertation to be submitted in semester .
 The Aim and Objective of the Core papers is to get a grasp of ideas and concepts in core branches
of philosophy and its debate through the ages by thinkers across the globe.
 The Aim and Objective of the Electives is to enable the student to choose from a lis t of
philosophers, traditions and texts and learn to study in depth through reading of primary texts as
well as scholarly secondary sources. The course aims at preparing students for research through
assignments and course work consisting of research metho dology culminating in a final
dissertation at the end of the fourth semester. Students are also encouraged to think and engage
with contemporary issues during the entire programme apart from participating in seminars and
conferences organized continuously in the department of philosophy.

Fee Structure :

Course Tuition Fees P.G.
Registration/
Registration
Fees Library Fees Gymkhana
Fees Other Fees Total
M.A. Rs.1000/ - Rs.1025/ - Rs.1000/ - Rs.200/ - Rs.740/ - Rs.3965/ -
M. Phil. Rs.3000/ - Rs.850/ - Rs.1000/ - Rs.200/ - Rs.6315/ - Rs.11365/ -
Ph.D. Rs.6000/ - Rs.1000/ - Rs.1000/ - Rs.200/ - Rs.4965/ - Rs.13165/ -

Those seeking admissions after the due date will have to pay late fees.

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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.
Facilities offered:
Local Railway Concession: Research Students – Up to 35 years. Regular Students – Up to 25 years.
SC/ST Students – Up to 27 years.
Employed Students – not entitled.
Students can avail of Scholarships under schemes of the Government of India and the Hon. Vice –
Chancellor. They can also appear for the Hon. Vice – Chancellor’s Earn and Learn Scheme

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M.A. -Philosophy: Part I and Part II
Overview of Paper s for Semester I II I I I a nd I V
M.A Part I
SEMESTER I
Paper I (Core): Metaphysics (Indian and Western)
Paper II (Core): Epistemology (Indian and Western)
Paper III (Core): Contemporary Philosophy (Indian and Western) A
Paper IV (Core): Contemporary Philosophy (Indian and Western) B
SEMESTER II
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

MA PART II
SEME STER III
Paper IX Basket I (Elective): Classical Thought
1. Ancient Greek Philosophy
2. Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman Philosophy
3. Early Medieval Philosophy
4. Late Medieval Philosophy
5. Traditional Logic
6. Buddhism and Metaphysics
7. Jaina Metaphysics
8. Samkhya Metaph ysics
9. Schools of Vedanta
10. Shaivism, Shaktism and Tantrism.
11. Islamic Philosophy

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Paper X Basket II (Elective): Philosophers
1. Plato: Moral Philosophy, Politics, and Art
2. Aristotle: Practical Philosophy
3. Kant: Practical Philosophy
4. Hume
5. Shankaracharya
6. Ramanujacharaya
7. Vallabhacharya
8. Madhvacharya
9. Nagarjuna
10. Acharya Kundakunda.
11. Sri Aurobindo.
12. Swami Vivekananda: Four Yogas
Paper XI Basket III (Elective): Thinkers and Texts
1. Plato: Epistemology
2. Kant : Epistemology
3. Heidegger
4. Wittgenstein
5. Jnaneshwar a
6. Gandhi
7. J. Krishnamurti
8. Milinda Prasna (Buddhist Text)
9. Apta Mimamsa (Jaina Text)
10. Hatha Yoga Pradipika (Yoga Text)
11. Viveka Cudamani( Vedanta Text)
12. Commentaries on the Bhagavad Gita


Paper XII Basket IV (Elective): Philosophical Disciplines
1. Indian Epist emology (Advanced).
2. Western Epistemology (Advanced)
3. Symbolic Logic: First -order Sentential Logic.
4. Nyaya Epistemology

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5. Jaina Epistemology
6. Buddhist Epistemology
7. Yoga Epistemology
8. Modern Political Thought
9. Contemporary Political Thought
10. Philosophy of Religion and Culture

Paper XIII Basket V (Elective): Contemporary Themes
1. Buddhist Psychology and Meditation
2. Jaina Psychology and Meditation
3. Yoga Psychology and Meditation
4. Existentialism
5. Femininities, Masculinities and Language
6. Frankfurt Sc hool and Critical Theory
7. Language and Reality
8. Mind and Conceptions of Self
9. Structuralism and Post Structuralism
10. Sufism and Culture

SEMESTER IV
Paper XIV: Ability Enhancement Course (Any One )
1. Critical Thinking
2. Logical Reasoning (Indian & Western)
3. Symbolic Logic ( Second -order Sentential Logic)



Paper XV : Interdisciplinary/Cross disciplinary Courses (Any One)
1. Philosophy of Art
2. Philosophy of Feminism
3. Philosophy of Film.
4. Philosophy of Education.
5. Philosophy of Management

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6. Philosophy of Science
7. Studies in Meditation.
8. Environmental Ethics.
9. Symbolic Logic: Relational Logic and Axiomatic Systems.
10. Studies in World Religions.
11. Jaina –Value Education.
12. Buddhism – Value Edcation.
13. Yoga – Value Education.

Paper XVI: Dissertation

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MA PART I
SEMESTER I

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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. Theories of Soul: Soul as substance (Jainism , Nyaya Vedanta), Soul as Reality ( Samkhya -
Yoga); Anatamavada (Buddhism) and Dehatmavada (Charvaka)
b. Status of World : Vyavaharika nnd paramarthika (Vedanta) ; Samvritti and Parmarthik
(Buddhism)
Section II: Western Metaph ysics
Unit III:
a. The Nature of Speculative Metaphysics: Being and Becoming; Existence and Essence;
Universals and Particulars (Aristotle; Ockham)
b. Reconstruction of Metaphysics: Critique of Speculative Metaphysics; Metaphysics as
Ontology; Identity and Difference (Heidegger)
Unit IV
a. Realism and the problem of Causality, Space and Time: Humean, Kantian,
Bergsonian interventions
b. Varieties of Idealism: Subjective Idealism (Berkeley), Transcendental Idealism (Kant) and
Objective Idealism (Hegel)

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References:
Section I: Indian Metaphysics
a. Philosophy of Advaita by Iyer, M.K.V. Asia/ Allied Publication
b. “Brahmavada of Sankara”, by Dr. Naulakh
c. “No-Soul Theory of Boddhism” by T.H. Stcherbatsky, Bharatiya Vidya
Prakashan, 1988.
d. “Central Philosophy of Buddhism” by Murti, T.R. V., Unwin
Paperbacks, 1980
e. Abhidharmakosa of Vasubandhu, Eng. Trans. By Thera Narada
f. “Panchastikaya Sara Sangraha”, by Acarya Kundakunda
g. “Theories of Reality”, by Dr. Padmarajaiah.
h. Samkhya karika of Ishwara Krishna with Tattva Kaumudi of Sri
Vacaspati Misra, Ram akrishna Math Publication.
i. “Yoga Philosophy of Patanjali” by Swami H. Aranya, Calcutta
University Pub. 2000.
j. “Nyaya -sutra of Gautama with Tatparya -tika of Vacaspati Misra, Eng.
Tran. By Dr. Ganganath Jha.

Section II: Western Metaphysics
Primary Sources :
Aristotle 1941 The Basic Works of Aristotle (Metaphysics Book I) Trans. Richard McKeon
New York: Random House.
Bergson, Henri. 1911 Creative Evolution trans. Arthur Mitchell New York: Dover
Berkeley G, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, ed by Jonathan
Darcy, OUP, 1998.

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Secondary Sources :
1. Cambridge Companion to Hegel, Ed. by Fredeich Beiser, 1993.
Cambridge Companion to Kant, Ed. Paul Guyer,1992 Hegel, G.W.F.1977 The Phenomenology of
Spirit (trans. A.V. Miller) Oxford: Oxford University
Heidegger, Martin (1927) Being and Time Harper Row: New York.
(1957) 1969 Identity and Difference Harper Row: New York
1975. “Overcoming Metaphysics” in his The End of Philosophy. Souvenir Press
(Educational and Academic) London
1998a “What is Metaphysics?” in Pathmarks ed. William McNeill, 82 -96. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
1998b “Postscript to ‘What i s Metaphysics?’”, in Path marks ed. William McNeill, 231-
238. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
_ 1998c “Introduction to ‘What is Metaphysics?”, in Pathmarks ed. William McNeill, 277 -
290. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
(a) Kant, Critique of Pure Reason, Tr. by Paul Guyer and Allen Wood, NY, 1997.
(b) Loux, Michael. 1998. Ockham’s Theory of Terms (St Bend Indiana: St. Augustine Press (For
Ockham’s Summa Logicae)
2. Cambridge Companion to Berkeley, Ed by Kenneth P Winkler, CUP, 2005.
3. Cambridge Companion to German Idealism, Ed by Karl Ameriks, CUP, 2000.
4. Cambridge Companion to Carnap, Ed by Richard Creath and Michael Friedman, CUP,
2007.
5. A Survey of Metaphysics, E.J. Lowe, OUP, 2002.
6. Metaphysics, An Anthology, Ed by Jaegwon Kim and Ernest Sosa, Blackwell, 1999.
7. The Oxford handbook of Metaphysics ed by Michael Loux and Dean Zimmerman,
OUP, 2003.
8. Werner Marx. 1975. Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit, New York: Harper and Row.
9. Inwood, Michael.1985. Hegel Oxford: Oxford University Press
10. Walsh. W.H.1963. Metaphysics Lond on: Hutchinson University Library
11. 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 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)
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.
6. ‘Spirit of Indian Philosophy’, Nikunjavihari Bannerjee.
7. History of Indian Epistemology, Jwala Prasad.
8. Theories of Error in Indian Philosophy; Bijayanand Kar.

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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 Companion 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 (Open University 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 Contemporary Readings.
(Wadsworth : Belmont) Richard Rorty. 1979. Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature. (New
Jersey:Princeton University Press)
11. Barry Stroud. 1984 Significance of Philosophical Scepticism. (Oxford University
Press: Oxford)
12. A. Woozley. 1966. Theory of Knowledge

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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 Culm ination 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: Ideal language, L ogicism and the Linguisti c Turn
1. Frege: Sense and Reference, Thought ;
2. Russell’s Ideal language philosophy: Analysis of facts, Theory of descriptions;
Strawson: On Referring.
3. Wittgenstein (Early): Logic and language; Picture theory of meaning.
Unit IV: Logical Empiricism and the Metaphysical Question
1. Carnap : Unity of Science project, Primitive Protocol statements, Internal and External
questions ; Schlick : Meaning and Verification , Basic/ Observation statements.
2. Dummet: Justificatory Semantics

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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 Maharash tra- 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 U niversity Press, 2011
Section II: Western Philosophy Primary 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 Bedeut ung”, 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).
5. Russell B (1918), “The Philosophy of Logical Atomism”, Logic and
Knowledge: Essays 1901 -1950, London: Routledge, 1956, 1989, 1992; pp. 175-281.
6. Strawson P.F. (1950) , “On Referring”, Mind, Vol. LIX, pp. 320-344.
7. Wittgenstein, L. (1961) Tractatus Logico Philosophicus (Tr. By DF Pears and
BF McGuiness) London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.

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8. Relevant articles in Ayer, A.J. Logical Positivism London, George Allen and
Unwin Ltd , 1959.
9. Dummett M., The Logical Basis of Metaphysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts:
Harvard University Press, 1991.
10. Carnap R., “Empiricism, Semantics and Ontology”, Revue Internationale de
Philosophie, Vol. 4, No. 11 (Janvier 1950), pp. 20-40
Secondary Sources :
1. Baillie J, Contemporary Analytic Philosophy, Prentice Hall, 2003.
2. Martinech AP and Sosa D (Eds), A Companion to Analytic Philosophy,
Blackwell Anthologies, 2001.
3. Ayer, A.J, Philosophy in the twentieth Century London: George Allen &
Unwin, 1984.
4. Pitcher G, The Philosophy of Wittgenstein Englewood Cliffs, Prentice Hall,
1964.
5. Encyclopedia of Philosophy Ed. Paul Edwards Vol. VI, London: Routledge.
6. Urmson, J.O, Philosophical Analysis Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956.
7. 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 Reconstructi on of Traditio n
(c) Mahatma J yotiba Phule: Critique of Tradition, Philosophy of Universal
Humanism, Social Reforms
(d) Pandita Ramabai: Account of the High -caste Brahmin Woman, Social Reform
from a Gender -perspective, the Issue of Conversion
Unit II : Repudiation and Reconstruction of Tradition
(a) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar: Critique of Hinduism, Reformist Position as
Expressed in Sudharaka, Agnosticism
(b) Lokmanya Tilak: Gitarahasya as a Comment ary on Bhagvadgita, Analysis of
Karmayoga, Ethics founded on Metaphysics
Section II: Western Philosophy Unit III : Phenomenological Psychology and Sc ience
(a) Brentano: Critique of Psychologism; Intentionality, Primary and
Secondary Objects
(b) Husserl: Rigorous science, Intentionality, Method (reduction), Life-worl
Unit IV : Phenomenologi cal Ontology and Embodiment
(a) Heidegger: Ontological difference between Bei ng and beings, Significance of
Dasein, Fundamental ontology of Dasein (inauthenticity and authenticity), Time
(b) Merleau -Ponty: Living Body, New Account of Perception, Art
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: National Book Trust
5. Malik -Goure, Archana, (2013), Jyotiba Phule : A Moder n Indian Philosopher,
Suryodaya Publications, New Delhi.
6. Omvedit, Gail, (Ed), (2002), Jyotiba Phule Ani Stree Mukticha
Vichar, Lokvangmay group, Mumbai

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7. Phadke, Y.D. (Editor), (1991), Mahatma Phule Samagra Vangmaya , Publisher
Maharashtra Rajya Sahitya and Sanskruti Mandal, Mumbai
8. Deshapande, G.P., (2002), Selected Writing of Jotirao Phule , Edited, with annotations
and introduction, Left word books, New Delhi, 2002.
9. Ramabai, Pandita. ‘The High -Caste Hindu Woman’ (1887) in Pandita Ramabai
through her own Words: Selected Works, ed. Meera Kosambi, 129-180. Oxford
University Press: New Delhi, 2000 (Primary source)
10. Kosambi, Meera. “Introduction” in her (ed) Pandita Ramabai through her own Words:
Selected Works, 1 -32. Oxford University Press: New Delhi, 2000.
11. 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.
12. Tilak, Lokmanya, “Geetarahasya”
13. Ganachari Arvind, (2005) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, The Secular Rationalist Reformer,
Popular Prakashan, Pune.
14. Garge, S M (1996) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar National Book Trust, India
15. Nalini Bhushan and Jay L. Garfield (eds.) Indian Philosophy in English: From
Renaissance to I ndependence Oxford University Press, 2011

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:
Harper Torchbooks.
4. Merleau -Ponty, Maurice. 1962 Phenomenology of Perception London: Routledge and
Kegan Paul.
5. Moran Dermont, Timothy Mooney. 2002. The Phenomenology Reader London:
Routledge
& Lester Embree. 2004. Phenomenology: Critical Concepts (4 volumes) London:
Routledge

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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) “Notes 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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SEMESTER II

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Paper V (Core): Ethics (Indian and Western)
Section I: Indian Ethics
Unit I:
a. Nature of Indian Ethics (Niti) - Ethics and Metaphysics, Ethics and Mysticism,
Truth as moral standard and Spiritual end.
b. Concept of Dharma and various approaches to Dharma in Indian tradition, Mimamsa
definition of Dharma in terms of Chodana and nature of Vidhivakya
Unit II:
a. Theory of Karma and Problem of Freedom, Analysis of Karma, Akarma,
Vikarma and Nishkama Karma
b. The Concept of Purusharthas, Nature and Kinds of Purusharthas, Three approaches to
Purusharthas - Materialistic, Intuiti onistic and Metaphysical.

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)
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.
Bhelke and Gokhale 2002 Studies in Indian Moral Philosophy: Problems, Concepts and
Perspectives Pune: Indian Philosophical Quarterly
4. I.C. Sharma.1965 Ethical Philosophies of India Lincoln: Johnsen Publishing Co.

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5. Justice P.Kodandaramayya, The Message of Mahabharata,(2006), Bharatiya Vidya
Bhavan, Mumbai
6. Nigal, S.G., (2006), “ Indian Conception of Values and Value Education ”, first
Edition, R.K. Printers, Nashik
7. Cowell, E.B.; Gough, A.E., (1882), Sarva -Darsana Sangraha of Madhava Acharya:
Review of Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy . Indian Books Centre/Sri Satguru
Publications. New Delhi.
8. Hiriyanna M, , (1975), Indian Conception of Values, Kavyalaya Publishers, Mysore
9. Kane Panduruang Vaman, (1941), History of Dharmashatra, Vol II - Part I,
Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona.
Section II: Western Ethics
1. Nowell -Smith, 1954 Ethics London: 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 Logic London: Penguin Books
5. Warnock, Mary 1967 Ethics since 1990 Oxford: Oxford University Press
6. Hudson, W.D. 1983Modern Moral Philosop hy Houndmills, 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 Language Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press
9. Sartre, Jean Paul. 1946. “Existentialism is a Huma nism” in Existentialism From
10. Dostoevsky to Sartre ed. Walter Kaufmann, Cleveland: World Publishing
11. Beauvoir de, Simone. 1976 Ethics of Ambiguity New York: Citadel Press Gilligan,
Carol.1982. In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women’s Development
Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press
12. Okin, Susan. 1989 “Reason and Feeling in Thinking about Justice” Ethics 99 (2): 229 -
249
13. Jaggar, Alison. 2000 “Feminist Ethics” in The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory ed.
Hugh La Follette Malden: Black well
14. Tong Rosemarie. 1989. Feminist Thought: A Comprehensive Introduction. Boulder,
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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 sleep and turiya states
(b) Samkhya -Yoga view: Purusa as drsta, citta, citta vritti, citta bhumi, nirvikalapa
Samadhi
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 :
(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
(b) Computational model of mind, Artificial Intelligence and
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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 Gupt a — 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.
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.

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Secondary Sources :
1. S. Guttenplan, A Companion to Philosophy of Mind, 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 Contemporary Introduction, Routledge, 2004.
5. Boden Margaret, The philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, OUP, 1990
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), Gandhi -
Ambedkar debate about caste, c ritique 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
1. Ordinary Language Philosophy: Moore’s defense of common sense and proof of the
external world ; Later -Wittgenstein on meaning and the notion of language games;
Wittgenstein on certainty.
2. Speech Act Theory: Austin’s theory of speech acts, Grice’s psychological theory of
meaning, Searle’s theory of indirect speech acts
Unit IV: Problems of Meaning and Truth
1. Quine: Naturalized epistemology, indeterminacy of translation, inscrutability of
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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. 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. Parekh, Bhiku. Gandhi’s Political Philosophy, Notre Dame University P ress: South
Bend, 1989.
9. Parel Anthony (Ed). Gandhi: Hind Swaraj and Other Writings Cambridge University
Press: Cambridge, 1997. (Primary source)
10. Zelliot, Eleanor. From Untouchable to Dalit: Essays on the Ambedkar Movement.
Manohar: New Delhi, 1992.
11. Nalini Bhushan and Jay L. Garfield (eds.) Indian Philosophy in English: From
Renaissance to Independence Oxford University Press, 2011.
12. Nimbalkar Namita ; Gandhi’s Quest for Religion and Communal Harmony, Navvishnu
Publicationa and Department of Philosophy , University of Mumbai 2017.
13. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, Annhilation of Caste : With a reply to Mahatma Gandhi,
published by Dr. Bhalachandra Mungekar
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. Wittgenstein L (1949) Philosophical Investigations, Tr. by G.E.M. Anscombe,
Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1953.
3. Grice P (1957), Meaning, The philosophical Review, 66, 377-88.

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4. Grice P, Logic and Conversation, in Syntax and Semantics Vol.3, ed. by Peter Cole
and Jerry Morgan, NY, Academic press, 1975.
5. Austin, J.L, How to do things with words , Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1962..
6. Searle J, Speech Acts, CUP, 1975.
7. Russell B, Problems of Philosophy London: Oxford University Press, 1959.
8. Russell B, An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth, 1952, George Allen and Unwin,
Reprinted by Routledge, 1992.
9. Russell B (1905) “On Denoting”, in Logic and Knowledg e: Essays 1901 -1950,
London: Routledge, 1956, 1989, 1992; pp. 39-56.
10. Quine, Word and Object, MIT press, 1960.
11. Quine, “Epistemology Naturalized” in Ontological Relativity and Other Essays . New
York: Columbia University Press (1969).
12. Quine, “Two Dogmas of Em piricism” in Philosophical Review 60 (1):20 –43 (1951)
13. Davidson, Inquiries 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.
3. Pitcher George, The Philosophy of Wittgenstein Englewood Cliffs, Prentice Hall,
1964.

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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 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 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 Phi losophy – 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. Schilpp, P.A. (ed.) “The Philosophy of Sarvapelli Radhakrishnan”, Tudor
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9. Dar, Bashir Ahmad, “A Study in Iqbal’s Philosophy”, Shaikh Mohammad Asraf,
Kashmiri Bazar, Lahore, 1948.
10. Iqbal Mohammad, “Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam”, Oxford
University Press, London, 1934.
11. The First and Last Freedom by J.Krishnamurti - KFI, 1998
12. Commentaries on Living by J. Krishnamurti - KFI.
13. Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya Memorial Volume - (ed.) S.K.Maitra et al - Indian
Institute of Philosophy, Amalner, 1958 .
14. 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. 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: 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: CUP
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& 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 University Press.
5. Warnke, Georgia.1987. Gadamer: Hermeneutics, Tradition and Reason. Stanford:
Stanford University Press.

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