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COURSES OF STUDIES
P.G. Department ofPHILOSOPHY
Admission Batch2013-14 onwards
U.N. AUTONOMOUS COLLEGE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYPRACHI JNANAPITHA, ADASPUR, CUTTACK, ODISHA
Email : [email protected] : www.udayanathcollege.org
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Proposed Structure of Choice-BasedCredit Semester System forP.G. Course in Philosophy
Syllabus approved by Board of Studies,Academic Council and Governing Body of
Udaya Nath Autonomous College ofScience & Technology, Prachi Jnanapitha,
Adaspur, Cuttack.
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P.G. Department of Philosophy Syllabus
STRUCTURE OF CHOICE-BASED CREDITSEMESTER SYSTEM FOR P.G. COURSE IN
PHILOSOPHY
FIRST SEMESTERHARD CORE
PAPER – IINDIAN EPISTEMOLOGY
Full Marks : 100 Credit Point : 5
Term End Sem : 70Mid Sem : 30
Unit – I
Pramanas : Pratyaksa, Anumana and Anupalabdhi
Unit – II
Upamanu, Arthapatti and Sabda
Unit – III
Pramanyavada : Pramanya – Svatah and paratah, apramanya-Svatah and Paratah.
Unit – IV
Khyativadas (doctrines of error)
Basic Study Materials :
1. D. M. Datta, The Six Ways of Knowing
2. S.C. Chatterji, The Nyaya Theory of Knowledge
3. C.D. Sharma, A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy
4. Jwala Prasad, History of Indian Epistemology
5. Swami Satprakashananda, Methods of Knowledge
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PAPER – IIINDIAN METAPHYSICS
Full Marks : 100 Credit Point : 5
Term End Sem : 70Mid Sem : 30
Unit – I
The Concept of Reality in the Upanisads. Jainism and Buddhism
Unit – II
The concept of Reality in Samkhya. Vaisesika and Vedanta(Samkara and Ramanuja)
Unit – III
The Doctrines of Causality and Evolution : satkaryavada,asatkaryavada and satkaranavada : parinamavada and vivartavada
Unit – IV
The Concept of a Person : Body, Mind and Self; Action, Freedomand Responsibility.
Basic Study Materials :
1. S. Radhakrishna, The Principal Upanisads
2. S. Radhakrishnan, Indian Philosophy, Vol. I & II
3. S. N. Dasgupta, History of Indian Philosophy, Vol. I & II.
4. T.R.V.Murti, Central Philosophy of Buddhism
5. P. T. Raju, Spirit, Being and Self
6. Mahesh Chandra Bhartiya, Causation in Indian Philosophy
7. Sarbani Ganguli, A Critique of Causality
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P.G. Department of Philosophy Syllabus
PAPER – IIIINDIAN ETHICS
Full Marks : 100 Credit Point : 5
Term End Sem : 70Mid Sem : 30
Unit – I
Purusarthas
Unit – II
Svadharma, Paradharma, Varnasrama Dharma and NiskamaKarma
Unit – III
Ethics of Jainism, Buddhism and Samkhya- Yoga
Unit – IV
Gandhian Ethics
Basic Study Materials :
1. S. K. Maitra, Ethics of the Hindus
2. M. Hiriyanna, The India Conception of Values
3. Surama Dasgupta, Development of Moral Philosophy in India
4. I. C. Sharma, Ethical Philosophy of India
5. Rajendra Prasad, Varnadharma, Niskamakarma and PracticalMorality.
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PAPER – IVPOST-KANTIAN AND CONTEMPORARY
PHILOSOPHYFull Marks : 100 Credit Point : 5
Term End Sem : 70Mid Sem : 30
Unit – I
Hegel and Bradley
Unit – II
Pragmatism and Logical Positivism
Unit – III
Existentialism and Phenomenology
Unit – IV
Post-modernism : Derrida and Foucault
Basic Study Materials :
1. C. E. M. Joad, Introduction to Modern Philosophy
2. D. M. Datta, Chief Currents of Contemporary Philosophy
3. W.T. Stace, Philosophy of Hegel
4. Peter Singer, Hegel : A Very Short Introduction
5. F. H. Bradley, Appearance and Reality
6. Richard Wollheim, Bradley
7. William James, Pragmatism
8. (Ed.) A. J. Ayer, Logical Positivism
9. A. J. Ayer, Language, Truth and Logic
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10. Jean-Paul Satre, Existentialism and Humanism
11. Edmund Husserl, Phenomenology and the Crisis of Philosophy,(Tr.) Quentin Lauer.
12. Martin Buber, I and Thou
13. Robert Solomon, From Rationalism to Existentialism
14. Dermot Moran, An Introduction to Phenomenology
15. M. K. Bhadra, A Critical Survey of Phenomenology andExistentialism
16. Quentin Lauer, Phenomenology : Its Genesis and Project
17. J. N. Mohanty, The Concept of Intentionality
18. Roy Boyney, Foucault and Derrida
19. Francois Cusset, French Theory : How Foucault, Derrida andDeleuze & Co. Transformed the Intellectual Life of the UnitedStates.
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PAPER – VSYMBOLIC LOGIC & CRTICAL THINKING
Full Marks : 100 Credit Point : 5
Term End Sem : 70Mid Sem : 30
Unit – I
Sentential Theory of Inference, Symbolising Everyday Language
Unit – II
General Theory of Inference and further rules of inference.
Unit – III
Elementary intuitive set theory : Relations and Functions.
Unit – IV
Logical Appraisal (Chapter – 1)
Books Prescribed
1. Patrick Suppes; Introduction to Logic (Chapter 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 & 11)
2. P. F. Strawson; Introduction to Logical theory (Chapter 1)
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SECOND SEMESTER
HARD CORE
PAPER – VIWESTERN EPISTEMOLOGY
Full Marks : 100 Credit Point : 5
Term End Sem : 70Mid Sem : 30
Unit – I
Problems of knowledge : Plato-Knowledge, Belief and Opinion;A . J. Ayer- Scepticism; Gettier- ‘‘Is Justified True BeliefKnowledge ?’’
Unit – II
Conceptions of Truth : Correspondence, Coherence and Semantic
Unit – III
Problems Concerning Perceptual Knowledge and ProblemsConcerning Memory.
Unit – IV
Naturalised Epistemology; Quine
Basic Study Materials :
1. A. D. Woozley, Theory of Knowledge
2. Noah Lemos, An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge
3. R. M. Chisolm, Theory of Knowledge
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4. D.M. Armstrong, Belief, Truth and Knowledge
5. A. J. Ayer, The Problem of Knowledge
6. A.C.Danto, Analytical Philosophy of Knowledge
7. Paul Newall, An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology
8. Jonathan Dancy, An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology
9. Edmund Gettier, ‘‘Is justified True Belief Knowledge ?’’Analysis. Vol. 23, No.6 (available online)
10. W. V. O. Quine, Theories and Things
11. W.V.O. Quine, From Stimulus to Science
12. Richard Feldman, Naturalised Epistemology
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PAPER – VIIWESTERN METAPHYSICS
Full Marks : 100 Credit Point : 5
Term End Sem : 70Mid Sem : 30
Unit – IThe Conceptions of Reality : Monism, Dualism and Pluralism
Unit – IIProblem of Substance and Problem of Universals
Unit – IIIProblems of Space and Time
Unit – IVProblems Concerning Body and Mind Relation
Basic Study Materials :1. D. W. Hamlyn, Metaphysics2. Richard Taylor, Metaphysics3. G.W.Patrick, An Introduction of Philosophy4. G.T.W. Cunningham, Problems of Philosophy5. (Ed.) David Halis, Metaphysics : Contemporary Readings6. C. Dennet and Hofstades, Mind's I7. David Chalmers, Self and Its Brain8. Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind9. John Hospers, An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis
10. (Ed.) John Hospers, Readings in Introductory PhilosophicalAnalysis
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PAPER – VIIIWESTERN ETHICS
Full Marks : 100 Credit Point : 5
Term End Sem : 70Mid Sem : 30
Unit – IEthical Theories : Consequentialism and Teleological Theories.
Unit – IIEthical Theories : Deontology and Virtue Ethics
Unit – IIIMetaethical Theories : Cognitivism and Non-Cognitivism
Unit – IVMetaethical Theories : Universalism, Relativism and Nihilism
Basic Study Materials :1. Shelly Kegan, Normative Ethics2. William K. Frankena, Ethics3. L.M. Hinman, Ethics : A pluralistic approach to Moral Theory4. Samuel Scheffler, Consequentialism and Its Critics5. R. M. Hare, Language of Morals6. J. J. Mittler, Relativity Theory of Ethics7. A. J. Ayer, ‘‘A Critique of Ethics’’, in Language, Truth and Logic8. Frank Jackson, From Metaphysics to Ethics.
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P.G. Department of Philosophy Syllabus
PAPER – IXLANGUSTIC AND CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
Full Marks : 100 Credit Point : 5
Term End Sem : 70Mid Sem : 30
Unit – I
G. Frege : ‘‘On Sense and Reference’’. G.E.Moore : ‘‘A Defenceof Common Sense’’.
Unit – II
B. Russell : ‘‘On Descriptions’’, P.F. Strawson : ‘‘On Referring’’and B. Russell : ‘‘A Reply to Strawson’’.
Unit – III
A. J. Ayer : ‘‘The Nature of Philosophical Analysis’’, W.V.O.Quine : ‘‘Two Dogmas of Empiricism’’. H.P.Grice &P.F.Strawson : ‘‘In defence of a Dogma’’.
Unit – IV
G. Ryle : ‘‘Philosophical Arguments’’, John Wisdom :‘‘Philosophy and Psycho-analysis’’ J.L.Austin : A Plea forExcuses.
Basic Study Materials :
1. John Passmore : A Hundred Years of Philosophy
2. Ayer and others, The Revolution in Philosophy
3. G. Frege, ‘‘On Sense and Reference’’, Text available in Wikipedia
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4. Richard Heck & Robert May, Frege's Contribution to Philosophyof Language
5. (Ed.) Robert R. Ammerman, Classics of Analytic Philosophy
6. (Ed.) P. K. Mohapatra and S.C. Panigrahi, Perspective in AnalyticPhilosophy
7. A. J. Ayer, Twentieth Century Philosophy
8. (Ed.) Kennick and Lazerowitz, Metaphysics (For the prescribedarticle of G. Ryle)
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PAPER – XCOMPARATIVE RELAGION
Full Marks : 100 Credit Point : 5
Term End Sem : 70Mid Sem : 30
Unit – INature, Scope and Method of Study of Comparative Religion.
Unit – IIBasic tenets of Eastern Religions : Hinduism (Sanatana Dharma),Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism.
Unit – IIIBasic tenets of Western Religions : Christian, Islam andZoroastrianism
Unit – IVUnity of religions, Inter-religious dialogue, Secularism,Proselytisation
Basic Study Materials :1. Y. Masih, A Comparative Study of Religions2. John Westerdale Bowker, World Religions : The Great Faiths
Explored and Explained3. Huston Smith, The World's Religions4. Daniel L Pals, Eight Theories of Religion5. Robert A. Segal, The Blackwell Companion to the Study of
Religion.
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THIRD SEMESTERALLIED ELECTIVES PAPER - I
PAPER – IINDIAN VALUE SYSTEM
Full Marks : 100 Credit Point : 5Term End Sem : 70
Mid Sem : 30
Unit – I
Purusarthas : dharma (different meanings of ‘dharma’, ‘dharma’and religion, Jiva dharma and manava dharma, svadharma andvarnasrama dharma)
Unit – II
Purusarthas : artha (economic value and spiritual value) and kama(Psychological and axiological senses)
Unit – III
Purusarthas : moksa (different margas – jnana, karma and bhakti)
Unit – IV
Sreya and preya; vidya and avidya; karma, akarma and vikarma;abhyudaya and nihsreyasah
Basic Study Materials :
1. Swami Ranganathananda, The Eternal Values of a ChangingSociety, Vol. I.
2. S. Radhakrishnan (Ed.), The Principal Upanisads (Introduction)
3. (Ed.) P. K. Mohapatra, Purusarthas
4. S.C. Panigrahi, Issues in Indian Ethics
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THIRD SEMESTERALLIED ELECTIVES PAPER - II
PAPER – IIAPPLIED ETHICS
Full Marks : 100 Credit Point : 5Term End Sem : 70
Mid Sem : 30
Unit – I
Environmental Ethics
Unit – II
Business Ethics
Unit – III
Biomedical Ethics
Unit – IV
Media Ethics
Basic Study Materials :
1. Peter Singer, Practical Ethics
2. J. Jagadeb, Biomedical Ethics
3. Patrick Lee Plaisanca, Media Ethics : Key Principles forResponsible Practice.
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THIRD SEMESTERFREE ELECTIVES PAPER - I
PAPER – IIIA STUDENT CAN CHOOSE ANY TWO OUT OF THE
FOLLOWING FOUR PAPERSPAPER -1 : PHILOSOPHY OF THE UPANISADS :TEXTUAL STUDY OF THE KATHA UPANISAD ANDTHE KENA UPANISAD WITH THE COMMENTARY OFSAMKARACARYAFull Marks : 100 Credit Point : 5
Term End Sem : 70Mid Sem : 30
Unit – I
The Kena Upanisad : Sections 1 and 2
Unit – II
The Kena Upanisad : Sections 3 and 4
Unit – III
The Katha Upanisad : Chapter 1, Sections 1 and 2
Unit – IV
The Katha Upanisad : Chapter 1, Sections 3 and 4
Basic Study Materials :
1. Swami Gambhirananda, Eight Upanisads, Vol. 1
2. R. D. Ranade, A Constructive Survey of Upanisadic Philosophy
3. S. Radhakrishnan, The Principal Upanisads
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THIRD SEMESTERPAPER – IV
FREE ELECTIVES PAPER - IIPHILOSOPHY OF WITTGENSTEIN
Full Marks : 100 Credit Point : 5Term End Sem : 70
Mid Sem : 30
Unit – INature of the world, Nature of language
Unit – IINature of Philosophy, Nature of other modes of thought – Logic,Mathematics, Science, Ethics and Religion
Unit – IIIRejection of Essentialism. Diverse functions of Language
Unit – IVNature and Source of Philosophical Problems, Mind andLanguage
Basic Study Materials :1. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, (Tr.) D.
F. Pears and B.F. Mc Guiness2. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations, (Tr.) G.E.M.
Anscombe3. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Note Books4. Ludwig Wittgenstein, The Blue and Brown Books5. D.F. Pears, Wittgenstein6. Anthony Kenny, Wittgenstein7. George Pitcher, Philosophy of Wittgenstein8. Max Black, A Companion to Wittgenstein's Tractatus
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THIRD SEMESTERPAPER – V
FREE ELECTIVES PAPER - IIIPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Full Marks : 100 Credit Point : 5Term End Sem : 70
Mid Sem : 30
Unit – I
Ancient Political Thought : Plato, Aristotle and Machiavelli
Unit – II
Modern Political Thought : Theories of social contract (Hobbes,Locke and Rousseau). Socio-economic revolution (Hegel, Marxand Lenin)
Unit – III
Indian Political Thought : Political Philosophy in theMahabharata, Political Philosophy in the Arthasastra of Kautilya.
Unit – IV
Philosophical Analysis of Political Concepts : ‘‘Authority’’,‘‘Two Concepts of Liberty’’ by Isiah Berlin from (Ed.) AnthonyQuinton, Political Philosophy.
Basic Study Materials :
1. G. Sabine, History of Political Theory
2. C. I. Wayper, Political Thought
3. E. Barber, Plato and His Predecessors
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FOURTH SEMESTERPAPER – I
FREE ELECTIVES PAPER - IVMAJOR TRENDS IN ODISHAN PHILOSOPHY
Full Marks : 100 Credit Point : 5Term End Sem : 70
Mid Sem : 30
Unit – I
Concept of reality and moral perspective of Mahima Philosophy
Unit – II
Pandit Nilakantha Das on Odishan Culture
Unit – III
Sri Jagannath : Tradition, Culture and Philosophy
Unit – IV
Vaisnavism in Odisha
Basic Study Materials :
1. Pt. Nilakantha Das, Bhagavadgita, Pithika (Introduction)
2. M. N. Das (ed.), History and Culture of Orissa (Chapter, 30, 31and 37)
3. Bhima Bhoi, Stutichintamani
4. S.C. Panigrahi, Bhima Bhoi and Mahima Darsana
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FOURTH SEMESTERPAPER – II
ALLIED ELECTIVES PAPER -IIICRITICAL THINKING
Full Marks : 100 Credit Point : 5Term End Sem : 70
Mid Sem : 30
Unit – I
Word Meaning, Sentence Meaning, Definition, Vagueness andAmbiguity
Unit – II
Analytic truth, Logical Possibility, A Priori and a Posteriori
Unit – III
Argument : Different types, Impediments to good reasons
Unit – IV
Basic concepts of argument analysis : Well-formed arguments,Deductive soundness and strength, inductive soundness andstrength.
Basic Study Materials :
1. John Hospers : An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis
2. Richard Feldman : Reason and Argument
3. M. R. Cohen and E. Nagel, An Introduction to Logic and ScientificMethod.
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THIRD SEMESTERPAPER – III
Allied Electives PAPER -IVPHILOSOPHY OF COGNTTION
Full Marks : 100 Credit Point : 5Term End Sem : 70
Mid Sem : 30
Unit – I
Mind, body and soul (in India's Philosophies)
Unit – II
Mind and its place in nature (Western Philosophical views) :What is mind ? Mind's relationship with matter, ThePsychological and the Philosophical conceptions of mind.
Unit – III
Doctrine of Perception – Indian and Western
Unit – IV
Artificial intelligence – The Philosophical Problems
Basic Study Materials :
1. P. T. Raju, Spirit, Being and Self
2. A. C. Danto, Perception
3. M. Hiriyanna, Outlines of India Philosophy
4. C. D. Broad, Mind and its Place in Nature
5. J. Shaffer, Philosophy of Mind
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FREE ELECTIVES
PAPER – VA STUDENT CAN CHOOSE ANY TWO OUT OF THE
FOLLOWING FOUR PAPERSPAPER -1 : ADVAITA VEDANTA
Full Marks : 100 Credit Point : 5Term End Sem : 70
Mid Sem : 30Unit – I
AdhyasaUnit – II
Brahmasutra : Samkara Bhasya, Part I, Chapter I – Sutra 1 to 4Unit – III
Brahmasutra : Samkara Bhasya, Part II, Chapter I and IIUnit – IV
Advaita Conception of Philosophy : Its Method, Scope and Limitsby Ganeswar Misra, Chapters I and II
Basic Study Materials :1. Brahmasutra with Samkara's Commentary, English Translation
by George Thibaut2. Brahmasutra with Samkara's Commentary, English Translation
by Swami Gambhirananda3. Brahmasutra with Samkara's Commentary, Odia Translation by
Markanda Dash4. Ganeswar Misra, Advaita Conception of Philosophy : Its Method,
Scope and Limits.5. G. C. Nayak, Essays in Analytic Philosophy
6. G. P.Das, Vedantaparibhasa : An Analytical Study.
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FOURTH SEMESTERPAPER – IV
Free Electives PAPER – VIPHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
Full Marks : 100 Credit Point : 5Term End Sem : 70
Mid Sem : 30
Unit – I
What is Philosophy of Social Science : Philosophical Bearingof Social Science
Unit – II
Explanations of human action : Behaviourism, Functionalism,Holism and Rational Choice.
Unit – III
Social Studies as Science
Unit – IV
Mind, Language and Society
Basic Study Materials :
1. Peter Winch, The Idea of a Social Science and Its Relation toScience
2. Ian Craib and Tred Venton (ed.), Philosophy of Social Science
3. Alexander Rosenberg, Philosophy of Social Science.
4. Malcolm Williams, Science and Social Science : An Introduction
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FOURTH SEMESTERPAPER – V
Free Electives PAPER – VIIPHILOSOPHY OF SRI AUROBINDO
Full Marks : 100 Credit Point : 5Term End Sem : 70
Mid Sem : 30
Unit – I
Life Divine : ‘‘Mind and Supermind’’, ‘‘Supermind, Mind andthe Overmind Maya’’ (Chapters XVIII and XXVIII of Book I,‘‘The Ascent Towards Supermind’’ (Chapter XXVIII of Book II)
Unit – II
The Synthesis of Yoga : ‘‘The Conditions of the Synthesis’’(Chapter – ‘‘Introduction’’)
Unit – III
Essays on The Gita : Essays 1 to 7 of First Series
Unit – IV
‘‘A Rationalistic Critique on Indian Culture’’ (Chapter II of theFoundations of Indian Culture.
Basic Study Materials :
1. S. K. Maitra, An Introduction to Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo
2. Madhusudan Reddy, Sri Aurobindo's Philosophy of Evolution
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Free Elective PAPER – VIIIPHILOSOPHY OF NIRGUNA IN ODIA LITERATURE
Full Marks : 100 Credit Point : 5Term End Sem : 70
Mid Sem : 30
Unit – I
Balarama Dasa : Chatisa Gupta Gita of and translation of theBhagavadgita
Unit – II
Yasobanta Dasa : Gobinda Chandra, (ed.) K. C. Sahu
Unit – III
Achyutananda Dasa : Anakara Samhita
Unit – IV
Chaitanya Dasa : Nirguna Mahatmya
Basic Study Materials :
1. Surendra Mohanty, Odia Sahityara Itihasa
2. Chittaranjan Das, Glimpses on Odia Literature
3. Mayadhar Mansingh, History of Odia Literature
4. J. N. Monanty, History of Odia Literature
5. Konarka : Pancasakha Visesanka