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UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG

Faculty of Arts

Department of Philosophy

Syllabus for B.A. (Honours) Course in Philosophy

Session 2015–2016 & 2016–2017

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Year of Examinations

First year, B.A. Honours: 2016 & 2017

Second year, B.A. Honours: 2017 & 2018

Third year, B.A. Honours: 2018 & 2019

Fourth year, B.A. Honours: 2019 & 2020

Year Major

Courses

Related

Courses

Credits Sessional Viva-

voce

Credits Total

Marks

Total

Credits

First 400 200 24 25 25 01+01 650 26

Second 400 200 24 25 25 01+01 650 26

Third 800 -- 32 25 25 01+01 850 34

Fourth 800 -- 32 25 25 01+01 850 34

Total 2400 400 112 100 100 08 3000 120

First Year Honours

Session 2015-2016 & 2016-2017 Marks

101 Introduction to Philosophy 100

102 Muslim Philosophy (Traditional) 100

103 History of Western Philosophy

(Ancient & Medieval)

100

104 Introduction to Logic 100

Allied (1) Psychology 100

Allied (2) Economics/Sociology 100

Sessional (Class Test – 15 & Attendance – 10) 25

Viva-Voce 25

Total = 650

001 Compulsory English Marks 100

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Second Year Honours

Session 2016-2017 & 2017-2018 Marks

201 History of Western Philosophy (Modern) 100

202 Symbolic Logic 100

203 Knowledge and Reality 100

204 Introduction to Ethics 100

Allied (3) History of World Civilization/Political Science 100

Allied (4) Statistics and Research Methodology

(Statistics – 50 & Research Methodology – 50)

100

Sessional (Class Test – 15 & Attendance – 10) 25

Viva-Voce 25

Total = 650

Third Year Honours

Session 2017-2018 & 2018-2019 Marks

301 Twentieth Century Philosophy 100

302 Informal Logic and Critical Thinking 100

303 Meta-Ethics 100

304 Indian Philosophy-1 100

305 Philosophy of Mind 100

306 Contemporary Epistemology 100

307 Muslim Philosophy (Modern) 100

308 Bangladesh Philosophy 100

Sessional (Class Test – 15 & Attendance – 10) 25

Viva-Voce 25

Total = 850

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Fourth Year Honours

Session 2018-2019 & 2019-2020 Marks

401 Contemporary Metaphysics 100

402 Business Ethics and Bio-Ethics 100

403

404

Social Philosophy/

or, Modern Trends in Bangladesh Philosophy

Contemporary Islamic Philosophy

100

100

405 Political Thought 100

406 Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence 100

407 Philosophy of Religion 100

408 Philosophy of Art / or, Indian Philosophy-2 100

Sessional (Class Test – 15 & Attendance – 10) 25

Viva-Voce 25

Total = 850

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UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG

Faculty of Arts

Department of Philosophy

Syllabus for BA (Honours) Course in Philosophy

Session 2015-2016 & 2016-2017

First Year Honours

Session 2015-2016 & 2016-2017 Marks

101 Introduction to Philosophy 100

102 Muslim Philosophy (Traditional) 100

103 History of Western Philosophy

(Ancient & Medieval)

100

104 Introduction to Logic 100

Allied (1) Psychology 100

Allied (2) Economics/Sociology 100

Sessional (Class Test – 15 & Attendance – 10) 25

Viva-Voce 25

Total = 650

001 Compulsory English Marks 100

Course: Phil-101 Marks 100

Introduction to Philosophy

In this course, students will be introduced to the content and methods of

philosophy by considering, at an elementary level, some of the central

problems that arise within the subject. Included here will be: free will,

determinism and responsibility; existence of God; personal identity; the

relation of the mind to the body; the nature and the problems of the

possibility of knowledge; the idea of equality; issues; the reality of

qualities; and our understanding of moral dilemmas.

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Text:

-John Hospers, An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis, New Delhi:

Allied Publishers: 1975 (Selected chapters)

-Thomas Nagel, What Does It All Mean? Oxford University Press: 1987

Books Recommended:

Matin, A An Outline of Philosophy, 2nd edition Dhaka:aduna

Publishers, 2006

Titus, H Living Issues in Philosophy,Titus:-New york:

American Book Co:1964

Hirst, R. J.(ed) Philosophy.London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1970

Cunningham Problems of Philosophy

Russell, B. History of Western Philosophy, New York, 1965

DM Datta, The chief currents of contemporary Philosophy

Patrick, T.W: Introduction to Philosophy, New York: George Allen-

Unwin, 1968.

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Course: Phil-103 Marks 100

History of Western Philosophy (Ancient & Medieval)

The begining of philosophy from the pre-Socretics to Plotinus for ancient

history of philosophy. Emmphasis is placed on nature and language as

the origin of philosophical problems in Heraclitus, Parmenides and Plato.

Key elements of of Aristotle’s philosophy are presented with an emphasis

on categories and the background for metaphysics. Skepticism, and

Stoicism are explored in relation to materialism, fate, and natural law.

Considering the medieval trend of philosophy, a study of central topics

in the works of Augustine, Aquinas, and Ockham are examined with

primary emphasis on nature of being, the existence and attributes of God,

the human person, and the problem of faith and reason. The course builds

upon the study of ancient and medieval philosophy and provides essential

background for the study of early modern philosophy.

Books Recommended:

Russell, B. History of Western Philosophy,London,1962

Stace, W. T. A ritical History of GreekPhilosophy, London

Marcmillan, 1920.

Thilly, F. A History of Philosophy,New York: Charles Scribner’s

Sons, 1951

Burnet, J. Greek Philosophy from Thales to Plato,4th edition, London 1930

Plato The Republic(Abyev`:mi`vi dRjyj Kwig: †cø‡Uvi

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Aristotle Metaphysics (Abyev`: Avãyj Rwjj wgqv Gwi÷U‡ji

Awawe`¨v) XvKv, 1988.

Copleston, F. A History of Philosophy, Vol.-1, New York: Image

Books, 1985.

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Course: Phil-104 Marks 100

Introduction to Logic

This course provides an excellent introduction to the study of formal

logic. Included in the course are a brief historical background, arguments,

deduction, induction, and the definitions for terms used in the study of

logic. The material is organized in other sections are uses of language,

categorical propositions, categorical syllogism, analogy and Mills

methods of experimental inquiry. Its material also covers the study of

simple syllogisms, arguments in ordinary language, hypothetical

syllogisms, complex syllogisms, and the logic of relations.

Text:

Irving. M. Copi, Introduction to Logic (Selected Chapters)

Books Recommended:

Copi, I. M and Carl Cohenrod Intuction to Logic (9th ed.)

Joseph, W. B. An Introduction to Logic.

Strawson, P. F. Introduction to Logical Theory

Barker, S. Elements of Logic

Jeffrey, R. C. Formal Logic: Its Scope and Limits

Johnson Logic

Stebbing, L.S. A Modern Introduction to Logic

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Allied Course 1 Marks 100

Psychology

Nature and scope of Psychology: Methods of Psychology: Branches of

Psychology: Heredity and Environment, Motivation, Learning, &

Memory.Sensation, Perception, Attention, Thinking, Intelligence,

Personality, Frustration, Conflict and Abnormality.

Books Recommended:

Fluegel General Psychology

Gullford General Psychology

Hilgard Introduction to Psychology

Morgan Introduction to Psychology

Munn Psychology

Murphy Historical Introduction to Psychology

Saiyed Abdul Hai How Children Grow

Woodworth Contemporary Schools of Psychology

Woodworth Psychology

Whittaker Introduction to Psychology

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Economics

Economics (Micro & Macro)

TEXT:

P A Samuelson, Economics (15th Ed.)

(Selected Chapters)

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Sociology

--Nature and Scope of Sociology, Methods of Sociology, Sociology and

other social sciences and Philosophy, Various approaches in Sociology,

origin and development of Sociology, Leading sociological thinkers: Ibn

Khaldun, Auguste Comte, Karl Marx, Max Waber.

--Primary concepts: Society, Community, Social Structure, Association,

Institution, Socialization, Groups, Rules, Status, Norms and Values.

--Major social institutions: Family, Property, State and Religions, Major

Theories.

--Social stratification: Class, Status, Power, Caste, Estate, Status and

RoleÍSocial Mobility-Major Theories.

--Social Control: Agencies and Mechanism-Theories of Social Control.

--Social change: Evolution, Progress, Change, Social Change and

Cultural Change, Theories relating to social change.

Books Recommended:

Bottomore, T, B, Sociology

Gisbert, P. Fundamental Sociology

Koenig, S. Introduction to Sociology

Khan, R. R. Principles of Sociology

Inkels, Alex, What is Sociology

Mackentre, Outlines of Social Philosophy

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Course No – 001: Faculty of Arts 100 Marks

Compulsory English

--Reading Comprehension 10

--Vocabulary building 05

--Precis 05

--Identification of the Parts of speech and their use in Sentence 05

--Basic sentence Pattern; Expansion of sentences 12

--Compound and Complex sentences: (8+8) = 16

--Appropriate Preposition, Phrasal Verbs and Idioms (4+4+4) = 12

--Punctuation: 05

--Common Mistakes 05

--Writing letters: 05

--Writing Paragraphs 08

--Writing Essays: 12

TEXT:

Foundation English for Undergraduates by Q. M. Billah, G. S.

Chowdhury & M. Ala

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Second Year Honours

Session 2016-2017 & 2017-2018 Marks

201 History of Western Philosophy (Modern) 100

202 Symbolic Logic 100

203 Knowledge and Reality 100

204 Introduction to Ethics 100

Allied (3) History of World Civilization/Political Science 100

Allied (4) Statistics and Research Methodology

(Statistics – 50 & Research Methodology – 50)

100

Sessional (Class Test – 15 & Attendance – 10) 25

Viva-Voce 25

Total = 650

Course: Phil-201 Marks 100

History of Western Philosophy (Modern)

A treatment of the main philosophers of the rationalist, empiricist, and

Kantian traditions followed by Fichte, Schelling and Hegel.

Books Recommended:

Cottingham, J.--The Philosophical Works of Descartes

Copleston, F--A History of Philosophy

Descartes, Rene--Meditation on First Philosophy

Gibson, A. B. -- The Philosophy of Descartes

Caird, E.--Critical Philosophy of Immanuel Kant

Iverach, J.--Descartes, Spinoza, and the New Philosophy

Wolfson, H. A.--Philosophy of Spinoza

Latta, R. (tr.)--The Monadology and Other Philosophical Writings

Gibson, J.--Locke’s theory of Knowledge and Its Historical Relations

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Hendel, C. W.--Studies in the Philosophy of David Hume

Locke--An Essay Towards Human Understanding

Edwards and Pap A Modern Introduction to Philosophy

Smith, N. K.--Philosophy of David Hume

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Russell, B.--A Critical Exposition of the Philosophy of Leibnitz

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Course: Phil-202 Marks 75

Symbolic Logic

Study of the basic concepts of logic that included simple and compound

statements, truth table, test of tautology, contradiction and contingency.

Also included is an investigation into the method of deduction, proof of

invalidity, rule of conditional proof, rule of indirect proof, shorter truth

table technique, and test of inconsistency, including quantification theory

and truth tree method.

Text:

1. Copi. Irving. M. – Symbolic Logic 5th Ed. New York.1979

(Chapters 1. 2. 3 & 4. .)

2. Hurley. A Concise Introduction to Logic (Selected Chapters)

Books recommended:

Copi, and Cohen An Introduction to Logic

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Course: Phil 203 Marks 100

Knowledge and Reality

Knowledge:

In considering knowledge you students examine whether it is possible to

attain knowledge of what the world is really like. Is our knowledge of the

world necessarily limited to what we can observe to be the case? Indeed

are even our observational beliefs about the world around us justified?

Can we have knowledge of what will happen based on what has

happened? Is our understanding of the world necessarily limited to what

what we can prove to be the case? Or can we understand claims about the

remote past or distant future which we cannot in principle prove to be

true.

Reality:

In considering reality you will focus on question such as the following.

Does the world really contain the three-dimensional objects and their

properties – such as red buses or black horses – which people appear to

encounter in everyday life? Or it made up rather of the somewhat

different entities studied by science, such as colourless atoms or four-

dimentional space-time worms? What is the relation between the

common sense picture of the world and that provide by contemporary

science? Is it correct to think of the objects and their properties that make

up the world as being what they are independently of our preferred ways

of dividing up reality? These issues are discussed with reference to a

variety of specific questions such as ‘What is time?’, ‘What is the nature

of causation?’, and ‘What are substances?’ There is an opportunity in this

subject to study such topics as reference, truth and definition.

Text:

Colin McGinn Knowledge and Reality Selected Essays (Oxford)

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Course: Phil-204 Marks 100

Introduction to Ethics

This course is an introduction to the study of morality, including the

theory of right and wrong behavior, the theory of value (goodness and

badness), and the theory of virtue and vice. Besides providing familiarity

with the primary questions addressed within moral philosophy and the

most influential answers given by well-known philosophers’ like

Aristotle, Kant and Mill and so on. This course is designed to help

students develop their abilities to read, explicate, analyze, and evaluate

philosophical literature, write and express themselves well about their

own ethical positions, and think critically about ethical issues on

judgements and different theories of ethics. It also includes feminist

ethics and ethics of care.

Books Recommended:

Mill J. S. Utilitarianism

Lillie, William An Introduction to Ethics

Mackenzie, J. A Manual of Ethics

Feldman, Fred Introductory Ethics

Frankena, F. Ethics

Hospers, J. Human Conduct

Peter Singer A Companion to Ethics

Rachels, James The Elements of Moral Philosophy

Williams, Bernard An Introduction to Ethics

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Allied Course: 3 Marks 100

History of World Civilization

This course provides a broad historical study of the main cultural,

economic, and political trends and events, from the rise of civilization in

the near east to the age of absolutism. It discusses the meaning that our

society has given to some 12000 years of human history: beginning with

the rise of civilization in the near Near East until early-modern times. By

giving meaning to these past peoples, cutures, and events, our society

defines for us who we are, or who we should be.It will survey the history

of world civilizations, with special emphasis on their political, cultural,

and religious history. It includes the rise and fall of Babylonian, Egyptian,

Persian, Chinese, Indus Valley, Greco-Roman and Holy roman

civilization down to the growth of universities and the Islamic

civilization. Emergence of Rnaissance, Nationalism and the post modern

and contemporary period are the latest development of world civilization.

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Political Science

This course includes the following topics for study: Introduction, nature,

scope and method of political science; Relation of political science to

other social science: Fundamental concepts, such as: Society,

Community, State, Sovereignty, Law, Liberty, Equality, Nation,

Nationalism and Internationalism; Various Theories of the Origin of the

State, Stages of development of modern state, Functions of the state;

Individualism. Democracy, Socialism, Communism & Welfare State.

Books Recommended:

Been and Peters The Principles of Political Thought

Coker, Francis W. Recent Political Thought

Hacker Political Theory

Raphael, D. D. Problems of Political Philosophy

Sabine, H. S. A History of Political Theory

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Allied Course: 4 Marks 100

Statistics & Research Methodology

Group – A Statistics – 60 marks

Group – B Research Methodology – 40 marks

Statistics:

Basic Concepts of Probability and Statistics, nature of statistical data

analysis, mean mode, median, variance, standard deviation, covariance,

and correlation coeffieient, Hypothesis, probability and their

distributions, random variables and their mean and variance etc.

Books Reference:

Md. Ali Mian and Aliullah Miyan Introduction of Statistics

Shukla Mc and Gulshan S S Statistics –Theory and Practice

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Research Methodology:

This course emphasizes the specific spirit of the discipline of philosophy.

Its purpose is to help the student prepare various kinds of research

assignments by providing useful methods, approaches, and information,

and thus to help the student cope with other course requirements. It

includes types of research method, techniques of reading books, writing

an assignment and research paper, doing research in philosophical topics,

footnotes and bibliography, transliteration etc.

Books recommended:

Bertman, Martin A. Research Guide in Philosophy.

Lester, James A. Writing Research Paper: A Complete Guide.

Turabian, KL A Manual of Writers of Term Papers, Thesis and Dissertaion.

Tice, TN & Others Research Guide of Philosophy.

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Third Year Honours

Session 2017-2018 & 2018-2019 Marks

301 Twentieth Century Philosophy 100

302 Informal Logic and Critical Thinking 100

303 Meta-Ethics 100

304 Indian Philosophy-1 100

305 Philosophy of Mind 100

306 Contemporary Epistemology 100

307 Muslim Philosophy (Modern) 100

308 Bangladesh Philosophy 100

Sessional (Class Test – 15 & Attendance – 10) 25

Viva-Voce 25

Total = 850

Course: Phil-301 Marks 100

Twentieth Century Philosophy

Beginning with the twentieth century, a treatment of the roots of

philosophical trends such as Neo-Hegelian Idealisn, Neo Idealism, Neo

Realism and Critical Realism on the one hand and Existentialism,

Dialectical Materialism, Pragmatism, Analytic Philosophy on the other.

It explores the implications of these movements in twentienth century

philosophy. Authors treated may include Bergson, Schopenhauer and

Neitzsche also.

Books Recommended:

Thilly, F, A History of Philosophy, New York, 1951.

Copleston, F., A History of Philosophy, Vols, iv, v vi, and vii, Image

Books, New York, 1985.

Russell, B., A History of Western Philosophy, Allen and Unwin,

London, 1946.

Falckenberg, R. History of Modern Philosophy, Berlin, 1921.

O’Connor, D. J (ed), A Critical History of Western Philosophy, New York, 1964.

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Wright, W. K. A History of Modern Philosophy, New York, 1941.

Radhakrisnan, S

(ed),

History of Philosophy: Eastern and Western, George Allen

and Unwin, 1953.

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Course: Phil-302 Marks (50+50=) 100

Informal Logic and Critical Thinking

Informal Logic:

The inadequacy of Inductive-Deductive Dichotomy, Nature, Scope and

Utility of Informal Logic,The Uses of Language, Recognizing Premise,

Conclusion Missing Premise and Additional Irrational Premise in the

Argument. Practical Reasoning, Legal Reasoning, Ethical Reasoning

(Conduction), Scientific Reasoning (Abduction), Argumentative

Dialogue, Non-Inductive Analogy, Informal Fallacies.

Books Recommended:

Copi, I. M. Symbolic Logic (5th ed.) chapter --5.

Suppes, Patrick Introduction to Logic (chapters: 9--11).

Lipschutz, Seymour Set Theory

Gemignani, M. C. Basic Concepts of Mathematics and Logic

Barker, Stephen F. The Elements of Logic

Copi, I. M. Informal Logic

-------- -- Introduction to Logic

Fogelin, Robert Understanding Arguments

Govier, Trudy Practical Study of Argument

Levi, Edwards An Introduction to Legal Reasoning

Vincent, Barry Applying Ethics: A Text with Readings

Walton, D. Informal Logic

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Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking is the process by which we develop and support our

beliefs, and evaluate the strength of arguments made by others in real-

life situations. This course provides the students some practices of the

most central and important skills of critical thinking, and focus on

applying those strategies to understanding current issues, belief systems,

and ethical positions. They will analyze media, the current political

environment, and their own beliefs and moral inclinations. They will

learn to appraise information and influences, discuss controversial topics

intelligently, and construct well-reasoned arguments on a variety of

topics.

Text:

Richard W. Paul and Linda Elder, Critical Thinking (Selected Chapters),

Prentice Hall, 2002, New Jersey. USA

Course: Phil--303 Marks 100

Meta-Ethics

A close examination of metaethical views that take a deflationary

approach toward the moral domain: realism, nihilism, skepticism,

naturalism, emotivism, perspectism, and descriptivism.

Texts:

G. E. Moore: Principia Ethica, (1903). (Selected chapters).

A. Aj. Ayer: Language, Truth and Logic. (Selected chapters).

R. M. Hare: Moral Thinking, (1981). (Selected chapters).

Sheikh Abdul Wahab: Bingsho Satabdir Nithi Darshaon

Course: Phil 304 Marks 100

Indian Philosophy-1

This course is an introduction to some of the central topics, questions,

strategies, and trends of Indian Philosophy (i.e. fundamental concepts,

scope, objections, replies to objections etc). We will look at some central

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themes like the sources of knowledge, forms of reasoning, existence of

God and the nature of self that occupied all traditions, such as: Sankhya,

Yoga, Naya. Vaishesika, Mimansha, Vaisesikha and Vedanta of

Classical Indian Philosophy after the fifth century CE. Finally, we will

reflect on the challenges of interpreting non-western texts, and raise the

question of whether we can describe general characteristics of Indian

Philosophy.

Text:

Chatterjee, S.C & Dutta, D.M: An Introduction to Indian Philosophy

Books Recommended

Chatterjee, S.C and

Dutta, D.M.

An Introduction to Indian Philosophy, Calcutta, 1969.

Dasgupta, S.N A History of Indian Philosophy, 5 Vols. Cambridge, 1952.

Hiriyanna, M. Outlines of Indian Philosophy, London, 1932.

Islam, A. N. Self, Suffering and Salvation: with Special Reference to

Buddhism and Islam, Allahabad, 1987.

Popper, K. H. A Constructive Survey of Indian Philosophy, New Delhi, 1965.

Radhakrishman, S. Indian Philosophy, 2 Vols. Bombay, 1977.

Sharma, S. D. A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy, New Delhi, 1964.

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Course: Phil--305 Marks 100

Philosophy of Mind

This course provides a broad view of fundamental issues in philosophy

of mind.Topics include the nature of the consciousness, the self, and

emotions as well as the relationship between mind and body. Questions

to be addressed may include: descriptive question, explanatory question

and functional question. The goal is for each student to be able to

articulate the basic issues examined, to describe several possible

responses to those issues, and to evaluate those positions critically.

Text:

Edward Feser, Philosophy of Mind: A Contemporary Introduction, 2006

Books Recommended:

Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind

David Chalmers (ed.), The Conscious Mind Mind Papers (URL) a

Bibliography of 18371 materials.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Roger Penrose Shadows of the Mind

..................The Emperor’s New Mind

Penrose, Roger ---Shadous of the Mind The Emperors New Mind

†R. G. †kdvi g‡bv`k©b, (gyn¤§` Rûiæj nK Ab~w`Z), XvKv evsjv GKv‡Wgx, 1983.

Course: Phil--306 Marks 100

Contemporary Epistemology

This course is designed to introduce the students with some basic issues

of contemporary epistemology. This includes definition, kinds and

sources of knowledge, nature and sources of its justification, limits of

knowledge, contexualism and and some basic claims of contemporary

issues. Contemporary issues emphasizes on naturalistic, religious, moral,

social, feminist and evolutionary epistemology. In addition, Gettier’s

objection and its reponses in belief is also part of investigation.

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Texts:

Roderick M. Chisholm, Theory of Knowledge (3rd edition)

Jonathon Dancy, Contemporary Epistemology

Robert Audi, A Contemporary Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge (3rd

edition)

Course: Phil--307 Marks 100

Muslim Philosophy (Modern)

This course will enable the students to understand the continuity and

change in Islam in the context of its adaptation to modern values and

systems in practical life. Its contents include the main aspects of thoughts

of the following Muslim Philosophers: Ibn Khaldun, Ibn Taimiya, Shah

Walliallah, Saiyed Ahmed Khan, Allama Iqbal, Ibn-AL Arabi, Shekh

Ahmed Shirhindi, Mohammad Asad, Jamal Uddin Afgani, Mufti

Muhammad Abduhu, Rashid Ridha, Mullah Sadra, Ali Shariati.

Books Recomended:

Patrick Bannerman, Islam in Perspective

Riffat Hassan, An Iqbal Primer: An introduction to Iqbal's Philosophy, Aziz

Publishers, Lahore, Pakistan, 1979.

Abul Hasem, The Creed of Islam, Dhaka, 1950.

Fazlur Rahman, The Philosophy of Mullah Sadra.

Mirja Gulam Ahmed, The philosophy of The Teachings of Islam, Islam

International Publication Ltd, UK, 1989.

M. A. Fakry, History of Islamic Philosophy, 2nd ed., Columbia University

Press, NY, 1983.

Muzaffar Iqbal, Islam and Science, Center for Islam and Science, Canada,

Ashate, 2002.

Peters, Ted, Science, Theology and Ethics, Ashgate, UK, 2003Haq, Sirajul,

Imam Ibn Tamiya and His Projects of Reform

McDonald, D.M.ÍDevelopment of Muslim Philosophy

Nasr, Seyyed Hossein and Leaman, Oliver (ed) History

of Islamic Philosophy (Part I & II)

Rafiabadi Hamid NaseemÍMuslim Philosophy and Science: An Introduction.

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Sharif M.M (ed).ÍA History of Muslim Philosophy

Bhat, Abdur RashidÍIqbal’s Approach to Islam: A Study

Fakhry, Majeed. History of Muslim philosophy

Hakim, K. A--Islamic Ideology

MacDonald--Muslim Theology

Montgomary Watt--Islamic Philosophy & Theology.

Nadvi, M-- Sources of Muslim Philosophy

Rahim, M. A.--Sayeed Amir Ali and the Muslim Renaissance Movement

Saidur Rahman--An Introduction to Islamic Culture and Philosophy

Saiyed Abdul Hai--Muslim Philosophy

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Course: Phil--308 Marks 100

Bangladesh Philosophy

This course will treat the historical, political and theological writings of

activist, philosopher, and social theorist of Bangladesh from the

beginning down to mid 20th century. It will cover ethico-religious

foundations of many of the most important currents of intellectual history

(Sahajia-darshan Vaishnavism, Baulism and Sufism) and social

movements (like Wahabi, Faraji, Brahmo-Samaj and Young Bengal

movement, and Bengal renaissance) of Bangladesh. In addition, students

will gain an understanding of thought of the following thinkers:

Rabindranath Tagore, Kaji Nazrul Islam, Nawab Abdul Latif, Syed Amir

Ali and Delwar Hossain Meerza.

Books recommended:

Prabodh Chandra

Bagchi

Buddhism” in the History of Bengal, vol. 1, ed., by

R. C. Majumder Dhaka: The University of Dhaka,

2nd imp., 1963

R. C. Majumder History of Ancient Bengal, Calcutta: rept., 1974

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A. J. Arbery The Doctrines of the Sufis, Pakistan: Kashmir

Bazar, Lahore, 1966

Benu Prashad Barua Buddhism A Modern Perspective, Chittagong:

Homeland Press and Publications, 2004.

Enamul Hoque History of Sufism in Bengal

-------------- Spread of Islam in Bengal

S. C. Chakraborty The Development of Vaisnavava Philosophy in

Bengal, Kolkata

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GKv‡Wgx, 1994

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Fourth Year Honours

Session 2018-2019 & 2019-2020 Marks

401 Contemporary Metaphysics 100

402 Business Ethics and Bio-Ethics 100

403

404

Social Philosophy/

or, Modern Trends in Bangladesh Philosophy

Contemporary Islamic Philosophy

100

100

405 Political Thought 100

406 Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence 100

407 Philosophy of Religion 100

408 Philosophy of Art / or, Indian Philosophy-2 100

Sessional (Class Test – 15 & Attendance – 10) 25

Viva-Voce 25

Total = 850

Course: Phil-401 Marks 100

Contemporary Metaphysics

Text:

Nikk Effingham, An Introduction Ontology, Polity Press, 2013

Course: Phil-402 Marks 100

Business Ethics and Bio-Ethics

Business Ethics:

An introduction to moral theory, with special attention to major ethical

issues that arise in the practice of business. These may include the

morality of the free market, the nature of property, product liability,

advertising, management versus employee rights, wistle-blowing, health

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and safety issues, affirmative action, comparable worth, corporate social

responsibility and the environment.

Books Recommended:

Barry, V., Moral Issues in Business

Jenifer An Introduction to Business Ethics

Shaw, Business Ethics

Velasquez Business Ethics

Boatright, R.B., Ethics and the Conduct of Business.

DeGeorge, R.T., Business Ethics (4th ed.)

Regan Tom (ed.) Just Business: New Introductory Essay in

Business Ethics

Barry, V. Ethical Issues in Business

Chryssides, G. and Kaler, J. In Introduction to Business Ethics.

------------- Essentials of Business Ethics.

Frederick R.E. A Companion to Business Ethics.

Guha D.

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Economic and Business Ethics

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Bio-ethics:

An introduction to bioethics which examines human nature, moral action,

and moral resoning within the context of medicine and health care.

Topics investigated may include reproductive technologies, abortion, and

experimentation on human subjects, genetic theraphy, euthanasia, brain

death, doctor-patient relationship, and the just allocation of health care.

Books Recommended:

Cragg, W. Contemporary Moral Issues

Singer, P. Practical Ethics

--------------- A Companion to Ethics

Hare, R.M. Essays on Bio-ethics

Harris, J. The Value of Life

Beachamp, T.L. Medical Ethics

Rachels, J. The End of Life: Euthanasia and Morality

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Shannon ed. Bio-ethics

Macer, D. R. J. A Cross-Cultural Introduction to Bioethics.

Roetz, H. Cross-Cultural Issues in Bioethics

Guha, D. The Primer of Applied Ethics.

------------- Bio-Medical Ethics.

Kuhse, H and Singer,

P.

A Companion to Bioethics

Burley, J and Harris, J. A Companionto Genetics

Basson, M. (ed.) Ethics, Humanism and Medicine, New York, Alan

R, Liss, 1980.

Charlesworth, M, Bioethics in a Liberal Society, Cambridge, CUP,

1993.

Chadwick, R. F. (ed.), Ethics, Reproduction and Genetic Control, rev.

edn. London, Routledge, 1992.

Fulford, KWM, Moral Theory and Medical Practice, Cambridge,

CUP, 1989.

Nuffield Council on

Bioethics,

Genetic Screening: Ethical Issues, London,

Nuffield Council on Bioethics, 1993.

Spicker, S F and

Englehardt, TH (ed),

Philosophical and Medical Ethics: Its Nature and

Signiftcance, Dordrecht, the Netheriands: D.,

Reidel, 1977.

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ivwk`v AvLZvi Lvbg cwi‡ek bxwZwe`¨v, XvKv,2009.

Course: Phil-403 Marks 100

Social Philosophy / Modern Trends in Bangladesh Philosophy

Social Philosophy

Almost everyone lives in society. But what is society? How should

society be understood by its value, common good and social welfare?

How does living in society change the way people think and act for

social values? How does it change the way they ought to think and act

for social equality, freedom, rights and justice? How should it be set up,

organized, and governed? We will consider these and related questions

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through an introductory survey of influential works by writers such as

Rawls and Nozick.

Books Recommended:

Feinberg, J. Social Philosophy

Fink, Social Philosophy

Beck Robert Hand Book in Social Philosophy

Mackenzie Outline of Social Philosophy

Sen, P. B. Handbook in Social Philosophy

Rawls, J. A Theory of Justice

Muller, D. Social Justice

Nozick , Anarely, State and Utopia

Aristotle Nicomachian Ethics

Steiner, H An Essay on Rights

Almond and Hill (ed.) Applied Philosophy

Dillon, R. Dignity, Character and Self-Respects

Hill. Jr: Autonomy and Self Respect.

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g‡n›`ª bv_ AwaKvix mgvR `k©‡bi K‡qK cvZv

cÖ‡gv` eÜz †mb mgvR `k©b

Course: Phil-404 Marks 100

Contemporary Islamic Philosophy

Students are required to have general knowledge concerning

contemporary philosophical problems relating to the life, universe, ethics

and society in the Muslim world, especially on the following topics:

Classical Modernism, Neo-Modernism, Post-Modernism, Revivalism,

New-Revivalism, Fundamentalism, Neo-Fundamentalism, Secularism,

Reformism, Westernism, Islamization of Knowledge. These trends are to

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be discussed in relations to their agenda of discourse such as religious

education vs. western education, economics, politics, women rights,

human rights, Jihad, Ijtihad, Law of inheritance, Zakat system, etc.

Books Recommended:

Ahmad, Akbar S. Post-Modernism and Islam, London: Routledge,

1992.

Gelluer, Ernest Post-modernism, Reason and Religion, London,

Routladge, 1992.

Rahman, Fazlur Islam and Modernity, Transformation of an

Intellectual Tradition, Chicago and London:

University of Chicago Press, 1982.

Welch, Alfred &

Pierre Caches (ed.)

Islamic Post-Jufluence and the Present Challenge.

New York: State University of New York, 1979.

Hadden, J.K. and

Shepe A. Anson

(eds.)

Prophetic Religions and Politics, New York:

Paragon House, 1986.

Sayed, Edward W. Orientalism: New York and London, 1978.

Levtzion, N. (ed.) Eighteenth Century Renewal and Reform in Islam,

Syracus: 1987.

Esposito, John L.

(ed.)

Voices of Resurgent Islam, N. Y, Oxford University

Press, 1983.

Dr. Usuf Quardawi Priorities of the Islamic Movement: Islamic

Awakening Between Extremisms

Ataullah Siddiqui "Ismail Raji al-Faruqi: From 'Urubah to Ummatic

Concerns" in The American Journal of Islamic

Social Sciences Vol. 16.3

Islamization of Knowledge General Principles and

Work Plan Third Edition 1995, IIIT, USA.

P.M. Holt, Ann K.S.

Lambton and

Bernard Lewis (ed.)

The Cambridge History of Islam Vol.2

Hamid Enayet Modern Islamic Political Thought Macmillan, 1988

Patrick Bannerman Islam in Perspective, Routledge, 1988

Prof. Dr. ANM

Wahidur Rahman

Muslin Reassessment of Orientalism (Doctoral

Thesis)

Aziz Ahmad Islamic Modernism in India and Pakistan

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Haroon Khan

Sherwani

Studies in Muslim Political Thought and

Administration

M. Mozammel

Hoque

"Islamic Modernism of Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan and

Allma Iqbal: A Comparative Study", The Journal of

Arts and Humanities, University of Chittagong

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Course: Phil-405 Marks 100

Political Thought

This course offers an investigation into political thought from the ancient

period to the present. Students gain an understanding of important

political philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle, St. Augustine, St.

Thomas Acquinas, Ibn Khaldun and Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke,

Rousseau, and Hegel. In addition, students read contemporary essays,

with focuses on issues in contemporary society regarding race, gender,

class theory, written by some important theorists in their respective fields.

Books Recommended:

Plato

Aristotle

Al-Farabi;

The Republic

The Politics

Al-Madinatual Fadila

Been and Peters The Principles of Po

Ebenstein Great Political Thinkers

Hacker, Andrew Political Theory

Raphael, D. D. Problems of Political Philosophy

Sabine A History of Political Theory

Stranse, Leo Political Philosophy

Wayper, C. L. Political Philosophers

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Course: Phil-406 Marks 100

Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence

This course is an introductory course to artificial intelligence. The

purpose of this course is to provide an overview of this field. We will

cover topics including: agents, definitions, intelligent systems, weak

&strong AI, ethical issues, man and machines, computational theory of

mind, current issues and future directions, and learning. The goals of this

course are to provide a fundamental knowledge of the field.

Text:

Luger, George F., Artificial Intelligence, 4th ed. Pearson Education

(Singapore) 1988

References:

Luger, George F. Artificial Intelligence, 4th ed. Pearson Education

(Singapore) 1988

Russell, Stuart &

Norvig, Peter

Artificial Intelligence A Modern Approach, 2nd ed.

Pearson Education (Singapore) 2003

Alan Turing "Computing Machine and Intelligence"

Rich, Elaine &

Knight, Kevin

Artificial Intelligence, 2nd ed. Tata McGraw-Hill

Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi, 2004

Patterson, Dan W. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Expert

System , Prentice-Hall of India Private Limited, New

Delhi 2000

David J. Chalmers The Conscious Mind in Search of a Fundamental

Theory, Oxford University Press, Chapter- 4(9)

Parfit, Derek Reasons and Persons, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1985

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Course: Phil-407 Marks 100

Philosophy of Religion

This course examines the philosophical questions that have arisen in the

Western tradition regarding some fundamentatal of religion.Major issues

include monotheism vs. polytheism, the attributes of God, arguments for

belief in God, grounds for disbelief in God, problems of evil, problems

of religious language, conflicting truth claims of different religions,

reincarnation, the prospect of life after death, resurrection and

conversion.

Texts:

Hick John: The Philosophy of Religion (Selected Chapters), 4th ed.,

London, 19….

Thouless Robert H –An Introduction to Psychology of Religion.

(Selected Chapters), Cambridge, 1971.

Books Recommended:

Brightman Philosophy in Religion

James, William The Varities of Religious Experiences

Thompson, S. M. A Modern Philosophy of Religion

Sri AurobindoÍ Life Divine

Otto, R. The Idea of the Holy

Pinagan Archeology of World Religion

Flew and McIntyre (ed.) New Essays in Philosophical Theory

Max Webber Sociology of Religion

Course: Phil-408 Marks 100

Philosophy of Art / Indian Philosophy-2

Philosophy of Art

This course offers an analysis and philosophical evaluation of problems

in art appreciation, art criticism and theories of art. Themes include the

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nature of philosophical expression in art, art forms that focuses on the

nature of pleasure, beauty, representation and understanding etc. Also

examine art in the context of value, ontology, autonomy, cognition,

plurality and power. Special emphasis will be given to art criticism and

understanding in the perspective of Marxism, Structuralism,

Deconstructionism, Post-modernism.

Books Recommended

Dewitt H. Parker The Principles of Aesthetics

Gordon Graham Philosophy of the Arts: An introduction to

aesthetics, 2005.

M. Rader A Modern Book of Aesthetics

Susan Feagin &

Patrick Maynard

Aesthetics

Osborne, Harold (ed.) Aesthetics, Oxford University Press, London,

1972

Borey, Yuri Aesthetics, Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1985.

Nahm, Milton C. (ed), Readings in Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics.

Read, Herbert, Art and Alienation, London, 1967.

------------------- The Meaning of Art, Faber & Faber London, 1931.

Collingwood, R. G, The Principles of Art.

Tolstoy

Aristotle

Art as Communication of Feeling

Poetics

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Or

Indian Philosophy-2

This course includes most radical of the Indian philosophical systems, such as:

Charvaka, Jainism and Buddhism together with its scientific and naturalistic

approach to metaphysics and rejection of the existence of other worldly entities

(i.e. immaterial soul or god) and ethical systems grounded in super-naturalistic

cosmologies. In other words, it will discuss extensively epistemological,

logical, ethical and metaphysical views of the above mentioned systems.

Books Recommended

Chatterjee, S.C and

Dutta, D.M.

An Introduction to Indian Philosophy, Calcutta, 1969.

Dasgupta, S.N A History of Indian Philosophy, 5 Vols. Cambridge, 1952.

Hiriyanna, M. Outlines of Indian Philosophy, London, 1932.

Islam, A. N. Self, Suffering and Salvation: with Special Reference to

Buddhism and Islam, Allahabad, 1987.

Popper, K. H. A Constructive Survey of Indian Philosophy, New Delhi, 1965.

Radhakrishman, S. Indian Philosophy, 2 Vols., Bombay, 1977.

Sharma, S. D. A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy, New Delhi, 1964.

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