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FOUR YEAR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM IN PHILOSOP

UNIVERSITY OF DELHI

DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY

FOUR YEAR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMME

(Courses effective from Academic Year 2013-14)

SYLLABUS OF COURSES TO BE OFFERED

Disciplinary Courses I, Disciplinary Courses II

& Applied Courses

Note:The courses are uploaded as sent by the Department concerned. The scheme of marks will

be determined by the University and will be corrected in the syllabus accordingly. Editing,

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FOUR YEAR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM IN PHILOSOPHY

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PREAMBLE

The undergraduate course in Philosophy is aimed at introducing and familiarizing the student with

the basic issues in philosophy and fundamental problems that the discipline deals with. Apart fromthe study of history of Indian and Western philosophy, the course deals with the core branches of

philosophy. The main questions studied under the aegis of philosophy are inter alia : What is the

definition of knowledge? What are the right means of knowledge? What is a good action? Why

should one be moral? What is the ideal relationship between State, Society and Nation? What are

the normative foundations of law? What is the relationship between philosophy and practice of

Yoga and Meditation? What are the main methodological approaches to deal these issues? The

course would also deal with truth, validity and the methods of argument. It is hoped that a perusal of

the courses shall train a beginner to think critically, analytically and constructively. The course has

been designed in such a manner that at the end of the fourth year the student would have a complete

overview of the different possible areas of study in philosophy along with a good apprehension of the

problematic that each of those areas is concerned with different methods of resolving them. It shall

also help the learners identify the areas that they would like to pursue for their postgraduate studies.


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Discipline-I Courses

DC I ( 4+1)

Odd Semesters Even Semesters

Semester I1. Logic I2. Ethics I

Semester II3. Indian Philosophy-I4. Early Greek Philosophy

Semester III

5. Metaphysics & Epistemology6. Social & Political Philosophy

Semester IV

7. Philosophy of Religion8. Feminism

Optional Exit

Semester V9. Logic II10.Philosophical Classics11.Ethics-II

Semester VI12.Indian Philosophy- II13.Continental Philosophy (Texts)14.Philosophy of Law

Optional Exit

Semester VII

15.Philosophy of Mind (Western)16.Philosophy of Science

17.Research Methodology and Project

Semester VIII

18.Philosophy of Language (Western)19.Philosophy of Language (Indian)

20.Project


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Discipline-II Courses

Year Odd Semesters Even Semesters

I Semester-I Semester-II

II Semester-III Semester-IV

PHIL DC-II 01

Deductive& Inductive Logic

PHIL DC-II 02

Ethics

III Semester-V Semester-VI

PHIL DC-II 03

Social & Political Philosophy (Indian)

PHIL DC-II 04

Social & Political Philosophy (Western)

IV Semester-VII Semester-VIII

PHIL DC-II 05

Philosophical Texts-I

PHIL DC-II06

Philosophical Texts-II


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Applied Courses

Year Odd Semesters Even Semesters

I Semester-I Semester-II

II Semester-III Semester-IV

PHIL AC 1

Aesthetics and Arts appreciation

PHIL AC 2

Issues in Applied Ethics

III Semester-V Semester-VI

PHIL AC 3Bio-Ethics

PHIL AC 4Meditation and the World Today

IV Semester-VII Semester-VIII


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DISCIPLINE COURSE I

PHIL/DC-1: 1. LOGIC-I

Marks: 100

1. What is Logic?

Definitions of logical concepts:

i. Argument and Inferenceii. Truth, validity and soundness.iii. Sentence and propositioniv. Argument and Explanation: Forms and Fallacies/Dilemmav. Deduction and Induction

2. Logic and Language:

i. Definition of a term. What is a word? Difference betweenthe two.

ii. Connotation and Denotation of a term and the relationship between the twoiii. Uses of Language: Three Basic functions of Language.

iv. Agreement and disagreement in Belief and attitude

v. Definition

3. Aristotelian Logic:

A. i. Categorical Propositionsii. Square of Opposition, The Problem of Existential Import

iii. Immediate Inferences

B. i. Categorical Syllogisms: Mood, Figure

ii. Validating / Invalidating Catgorical Syllogisms through syllogistic rules and Special

Theoremsiii. Venn Diagrams

Essential Readings:

1. Copi. I.M,Introductionto Logic, Pearson, Delhi, Hindi.translation of this text is also available with Pearson, 14

thEdition 2012.

2 Cohen & Nagel,An Introduction to logic and Scientific Method,Allied Publishers,Delhi. 1968.

Further Reading:i. Hurley, Patrick,Introduction to Logic, Wadsworth, Delhi, 2007


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DISCIPLINE COURSE I

PHIL/DC-1 :3. INDIAN PHILOSOPHY I

Marks 100

1. The Idea of Indian Philosophy

1.1 General Characteristics of Indian PhilosophySurendranathDasgupta,A History of Indian Philosophy, Vol.1, Delhi: MotilalBanarsidass

Publishers Private Limited,2004, pp. 67-77.

1.2 The Tenets of Various Schools: An Overview

P.T. Raju, Metaphysical Theories in Indian Philosophy in Charles A. Moore (ed.), The

Indian Mind. Delhi: MotilalBanarsidass Publishers Private Limited2004, pp. 41-65.

2. Trajectories of the Philosophical

2.1 The Vedic Primordial QuestRaimundoPanikkar (ed. & trans.), May Peace Bring Peace [Shanti Mantra]AtharvaVeda XIX, 9, 1-5, 14 in The Vedic Experience: Mantramanjari. Delhi:

MotilalBanarsidass Publishers Private Limited,2006, pp. 305.

2.2 The UpanisadicQuery: The Immanent and the Transcendent, saUpanisad, verses 1 to 11.

S. Radhakrishnan,, saUpanisad in S. Radhakrishnan (ed. & trans.), ThePrincipal

Upanisads,New Delhi: HarperCollins Publishers India,1987, pp.567-575.

2.3 Early Buddhism: The Four Noble TruthsDavid J. Kalupahana, , The Problem of Suffering, Freedom and Happiness,and The Moral Life in A History of Buddhist Philosophy,1st Indian edition, Delhi:

MotilalBanarsidass,1994,pp.85-109.

2.4 The Moral Question and the Subtlety ofDharma

Gurcharan Das, Draupadis Courage in The Difficulty of Being Good. New

Delhi: Penguin Books, 2012, pp.33-53.

3. The Debate between the Schools

3.1. Crvka, Ngasena and akara on Self and its Other.

3.1.1. The Crvkaview:

Madhavcrya, Sarva-Darana-Sagraha, Chapter 1.

3.1.2. Ngasenas View:

The Questions of King Milinda, II.1.1.


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3.1.3. akaras View:

Brahma-Straakara-bhyaI.2.

3.2. Nyya and Skhyaon Cause-Effect Relation

S. Radhakrishnan, Cause inIndian Philosophy, Vol.2, 2nd Edition, 7th Impression.New

Delhi: Oxford University Press.2012, pp. 76-86.3.3. Nyya on Perceptual Knowledge

SatishchandraChatterjee and Dhirendra MohanDatta,An Introduction to Indian

Philosophy, 8th edition. Calcutta, University of Calcutta, 1984,pp. 170-173.

4. Jainism on the Probability of Knowledge:Naya&Sydvada

S. Radhakrishnan,Theory of Knowledge & Value of Jaina Logic inIndian

Philosophy, Vol.1, 2nd Edition,7th Impression, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.2012,pp. 243-255.

4. Indian Philosophy in Dialogue with other Disciplines

4.1 SudhirKakar, The Indian Mind in The Essential SudhirKakar, New Delhi,

OUP.2011,pp354-371

Further Readings:

1. T.R.V. Murti, The Silence of the Buddha and the Beginnings of the Dialecticin TheCentral Conception of Buddhism, New Delhi: HarperCollins India,1998, pp.36-54.

2. Bimal Krishna Matilal, Dharma and Rationality in The Collected Essays ofBimal Krishna Matilal, Vol.2, Ethics and Epics, Edited by JonardonGaneri. New

Delhi:Oxford University Press,2002, pp. 49-71.


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DISCIPLINE COURSE I

PHIL/DC-1: 4. EARLY GREEK PHILOSOPHY

Marks 100

1. Milesians: Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes

2. Pythagoras

3. Heraclitus

4. Eleactics: Parmenides and Zeno

5. Empedocles

6. Anaxagoras

7. Atomists: Leucippus and Democritus

8. Sophists: Protagoras

9. Socrates

Further Readings:

1. Barnes: Early Greek Philosophy. Penguin Books. London. 2001.

2. Kirk Raven & Schofield: The Pre-Socratic Philosophers.Cambridge

University Press. 1983.

3. Guthrie, W.C.K. History of Greek Philosophy, Vol. 1 & 2. Cambridge University Press 1962-

1969.

4. Kerfred, G.B. The Sophists.Cambridge University Press.1981.

5. Tankha, V. Ancient Greek Philosophy, Pearson, India 2006.


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DISCIPLINE COURSE I

PHIL/DC-1: 5. Metaphysics and Epistemology

Marks. 100

1. Introducing Metaphysics

Metaphysics by Peter Van Inwagen, in Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy.2007

2. Appearance and Reality

Appearance and Reality: Chapter 1 of Bertrand Russells Problems of Philosophy

3. Universals

The World of Universals: Chapter 9 ofProblems of Philosophy

On our Knowledge of Universals: Chapter 10 of Problems of Philosophy

4. Idealism

Idealism: Chapter 4 inProblems of Philosophy

5. Dualism

Chapter II of Rene DescartesMeditations(In Haldane and Rosss Translation or any other

suitable translation)

6. Freedom and Determinism

The Illusion of Free Will Baron DHolbach (1723-1789) (from his book System of Nature)

http://myweb.facstaff.wwu.edu/wasserr/114/the_illusion_of_free_will.pdf

Freedom and Necessity Chapter 12 of Philosophical Essays, A J

Ayer.http://www.informationphilosopher.com/solutions/philosophers/ayer/freedom_and_nece

ssity.html

7. Skepticism

The Problem of the External World: Chapter 1 of Barry Stroud.The Significance ofPhilosophical Skepticism, Oxford Clarendon Press, 1984,

http://uvmphil219.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/stroud-ch1.pdf

8. Varieties of Knowledge

Chapters 5, 7 and 8 ofProblems of Philosophy

i Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description

iiOn Our Knowledge of General Principles

iiiHow A Priori Knowledge is Possible.

Essential Reading:

1. Russell, Bertrand,Problems of Philosophy, Oxford University Press, Delhi.1924.

Further Readings:

1. Blackburn, Simon, Think! A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy, OUP.1998.

2. Van Inwagen, Peter,Metaphysics,Westview Press,2008.

3. Sosa, Ernest and Jaegwon Kim,Epistemology: An Anthology, Blackwell, 2000.
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DISCIPLINE COURSE I

PHIL/DC-1:.6 SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Marks.100

INDIAN

1. Gandhi :Hind Swaraj2. Tagore:Nationalism3. J.P. Narayan:A Plea for Reconstruction of Indian Polity, Kashi 19594. B. R. Ambedkar :Who were the Shudras? Chapters 1-3.

WESTERN

1. Liberty2. Equality

3. Democracy4. Rights

5. Justice

READINGS

1. M. K. Gandhi, Hind Swaraj, Navajivan Publishing House, Ahmadabad, India, NavajivanTrust, 1938.

2. "Ahimsa" in RaghavanN.Iyer (2005), The Moral and Political Thought of Mahatma Gandhi.New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp.177-217.

3. Rabindranath Tagore (1917) Nationalism. New York: The Macmillan Company, (availablefree in pdf format).4. J.P. Narayan,A Plea for Reconstruction of Indian Polity, Kashi 1959.5. Rathore, Akash and Verma, Ajay (editors), Ambedkar's Buddha and His Dhamma: Critical

Edition, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 2011.

6. AshishNandy, From Outside the Imperium: Gandhis Cultural Critique of the West,7. Berlin, I, Two Concepts of Liberty, in Four Essays on Liberty,Oxford University Press,

1969

8. AnkurBarua, The Solidarities of Caste: The Metaphysical Basis of the Organic Community,The Journal of Hindu Studies, 2009, 97122

9. T. Nagel, EqualityMortal Questions,Cambridge University Press, 1979, pp. 106-127.

10.R. Dworkin, What is Equality? in

Sovereign VirtueHarvard University Press 2000.11.Joseph Schumpeter, Two Concepts of Democracy, in Political Philosophy by Anthony

Quinton, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1967; pp. 153-188.12.T. Honderich A difficulty with Democracy Philosophy and Public Affairs, 1974, pp 221-26.13.Feinberg, J., The Nature and Value of Rights, in Rights, Justice, and the Bounds of

Liberty,Princeton University Press, 1980.14.Rawls, John. Justice as Fairness- A Restatement,Chapter-I, edited by Erin Kelly, Harvard

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DISCIPLINE COURSE I

PHIL/DC-1:7. PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

Marks.100

1. Nature of Philosophy of Religion and its distinction from Theology.

2. Conceptions of God/Absolute- Monotheism, Deism and Pantheism.

Ramanuja- God as Infinite, Personal and Good.Sankara- Brahman.

3. Arguments for the Existence of God- Ontological, Cosmological and

Teleological arguments.4. Problem of Evil- God and Evil.

5. Religious Experience

6. Religious Pluralism and Tolerance; Interfaith Dialogue: Vivekananda ChicagoAddress (Lecture).

Further Readings:

1. Plato:Euthyphro, Trans.C. J. Emlyn-Jones,Briston Classical Press, 1991.

2. John Hick, Philosophy of Religion, PHI Publication, New Delhi, 1988.

3. Philosophy of Religion Reader, ed. Chad Meister, Routledge, New York, 2008.

4. Readings in Philosophy of Religion, ed. Baruch A Brody, Part 1, 1.17(pp.168-186),

PHI Publication, New Jersey, 1974.

5. John Locke,Letter on ReligiousTolerance.

6. Swami Vivekananda,Chicago AddressesAdvaitaAshrama, Kolkatta, 2013, editor.

7. David Tracy,Dialogue with the Other: The inter-religious Dialogue, Peeters PressLouvian-1990.

8. A Companion to Philosophy of Religion, ed. Philip L Quinn and Charles Taliaferro,

Blackwell, Publishers, USA, 1999.

9. Tolerance in Indian Culture, ed. R. Balasubramanian, ICPR, New Delhi, 1992.

10. MohommadIqbal,Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam,chapters 1 and 2.

11. John Hick, Philosphy of Religion, Prentice Hall of India, Delhi, 1992.

The Hindi translation of Philosophy of Religion, John Hick is available.Dharmdarshananuvadaka Rajesh Kr. Singh, PHI, New Delhi, 1994.

12.DharmdarshankeMoolSiddhnt, V.P. Verma, Hindi,MadhyamKaryanvaya

Nideshalaya New Delhi, 1991 D.U.
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PHIL/DC-1: 8- FEMINISM

Marks 100

1. Patriarchyand Feminist Movement

Introduction and Chapter 11 entitled The creation of Patriarchy in The Creation of Patriarchy,

Gerda Lerner, OUP, 1986, pp 3-14 & 212-229.

The Risk of Essence, by Diana Fuss in Feminisms,Oxford Readers, (Ed.) Sandra Kemp and

Judith Squires, OUP, 1997, pp250-258.

Feminism: A Movement to end Sexist Oppression, Bell Hooks,Feminisms,Oxford Readers pp

22-27.

2. Epistemology

"Is there a Feminist Method?", Sandra Harding (Feminisms,Oxford Reader) pp160-170.

"The Feminist Critique of Philosophy", Moira Gatens, Feminism and Philosophy: Perspective

on Differenceand Equality,Moira Gatens, Polity Press, UK, 1991, pp 85-99.

3. Body and Gender

"Life as we have known It: Feminism and Biology of Gender", Lynda Birke, pp 243-264,

Science andSensibility, Gender and Scientific Enquiry, 1780-1945, ed. by Mariana Benjamin,

Basil Blackwell, 1991, UK.

"The Self Is Not Gendered: Sulabhas Debate with King Janaka", RuthVanita,NWSA Journal,

2003, Vol 15, pp76-93.

4. Women and Society

"Whatever happened to the VedicDasi? Orientalism, Nationalism and a Script for the Past,

Uma Chakravarti"Recasting Women, Essays in Indian Colonial History, ed by

KumkumSangari and SudeshVaid, pp27-79, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, 1990.

"Women Religion and Social Change in Early Islam", by Jane I Smith in Women Religion andSocial Change, 1985, pp19-35.

"The Gender and the Environmental Debate Lessons from India" by BinaAggarwal, Feminist

Studies18, No 1, (spring) 1992, pp 119-158.

Further Readings:

Squires, Judith and Kemp, Sandra.Feminisms, Oxford Reader, OUP, USA, 1998.


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DISCIPLINE COURSE I

PHIL/DC-1: 9. LOGIC II

Marks 100

MODERN TRUTH FUNCTIONAL LOGIC

1. LOGIC OF COMPOUND PROPOSITIONS(Sentential):

i. Logical Connectives: And (), Or (V) and Not ()

ii. Material Conditional () and Biconditional ()iii. Truth Tables for Logical Connectivesiv. Truth functions: Symbols and Translationv. Statements and statement-forms: Logical statusvi. Truth table Methodvii. Shorter Truth Tables (Reductio ad absurdum)

1.1 PROVING VALIDITY (PROOF PROCEDURES)

i. Formal Proofsii. Conjunctional Normal form &Disjunctional Normal Formiii. Indirect Proofiv. Conditional Proof

2. LOGIC OF SINGULAR/ UNIVERSAL PROPOSITIONS (Predicate):

i. Symbolization of Propositions

ii. Quantification Rules (19 rules)

iii. Proving Validity

iv. Proving Invalidity

3. PHILOSOPHICAL LOGIC

i. Logical Appraisal

ii. Logical Form

iii. Truth Function constants and ordinary words

Essential Readings:

1. Copi. I.M.Introduction to Logic, 14thEdition, Pearson, India, 2012.Hindi translation also available with Pearson details.

2. Copi. I.M,Symbolic Logic, Pearson, India, 2008.

3. Strawson. P.F,Introduction to Logical Theory, B.I.Publications, India, 1976.

Further Readings:

1. Hurley. Patrick,Introduction to Logic, Wadsworth, Delhi, 2007.


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PHIL/DC-1: 10. PHILOSOPHICAL CLASSICS

Marks.100

1. Aristotle:Metaphysics: On substance, actuality and potentiality (books Zeta. Eta and Theta)

2. Immanuel Kant: Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysic

3. Martin Heidegger: What is Metaphysics?

Further Readings:

David Bostock, Aristotles Metaphysics Books Zeta and Eta, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1996

Stephen Makin, Aristotle: Metaphysics theta, Oxford University Press 2006

Immanuel Kant, Gary Hatfield- Prolegomena to any future metaphysics, Cambridge 2005

Heidegger, Martin, What is Metaphysics?, http://wagner.wpengine.netdna-

cdn.com/psychology/files/2013/01/Heidegger-What-Is-Metaphysics-Translation-GROTH.pdf
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PHIL/DC-1: 11. ETHICS II

Marks.100

1. The Socratic QuestionReading: Socrates Question in B. Williams,Ethics and the limits of

Philosophy, Routledge: London, 1985, pp 1-21.

2. Virtue ethicsReadings: Aristotle Nichomachean Ethics books 1-4 (Selections) John

McDowell Virtue and Reason in Roger Crisp and M. Slote eds. Virtue Ethics, Oxford

University Press 1997, pp 141-162; Iris Murdoch, The Sovereignty of Good over other

concepts in Crisp and Slote (1997) pp. 99-177.

3. Deontological Theories: Reading: Immanuel Kant: Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals

chapters 1-2; Christine M. Korsgaard Self-Constitution: Action, Identity and Integrity (TheLocke Lectures 2002).

4. Consequentialist theories:J. S. Mill Utilitarianism (chapter 2) J. J. C. Smart, In Defence of

Utilitarianism; Bernard Williams both essays in J.J. C. Smart and Bernard Williams (ed.)

Utilitarianism For and Against,Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (1973).

5. Contractarianism: John Rawls: The original position and the two principles in A Theory

of JusticeHarvard University Press 1971, Thomas Scanlon, Contractualism and

Utilitarianism inBeyond Utilitarianismeds. Amartya Sen and Bernard Williams, Cambridge

University Press, 1982, 103-28.

Further Readings:

1. Phillipa Foot, (ed) Theories of Ethics, Oxford University Press, 1976.

2. Williams, B.,Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy, Harvard 1985.

3. Alasdair MacIntyre,After Virtue, Bloomsbury, USA, 2013.

4. Sandel, Michael,Liberalism and the Limits of Justice, Cambridge University Press, New

York, 1982.

5. Brian Barry,A Liberal Theory of Justice, Claredon Press, Oxford, 1973.


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PHIL/DC-1: 12. Indian Philosophy II

Marks.100

Essential Reading

Pratyakaparicchedaof DigngasPramnasamuccayawith Svavrtti, with Sanskrit Text,

Translation, and Annotations by Masaaki Hattori,Dignga on Perception, Harvard

University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968.

Further Readings

1. Dravid, R.R., The Problem of Universals in Indian Philosophy, MotilalBanarsidass, Delhi,1972.

2. Dreyfus, Georges, Recognizing Reality:Dharmakirtis Philosophy and Its TibetanInterpretations, Indian Reprint, Satguru Publications, Delhi, 1997.

3. Hayes, Richard,Dignga on the Interpretation of Signs, Kluwer Academic Press, Dordrecht,

1988.

4. Prasad, H.S., Understanding Buddhist Epistemology, in his The Centrality of Ethics inBuddhism: Exploratory Essays, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 2007, pp. 397429.


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PHIL/DC-1: 13. CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY (Texts)

Marks.100

1. HegelAlexandreKojeve.Introduction to the Reading of Hegel: Lectures on The

Phenomenology of the Spirit. Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press, 1980, pp.3-30.

2. Soren Kierkegaard,The Task of Becoming Subjective in Concluding Unscientific PostscriptTranslatedby David F. Swensen and Walter Lowrie, Princeton, Princeton University Press,

2002, pp115-167..

3. NietzscheFriedrich Nietzsche, On the Natural History of Morals, inFrederich Nietzsche,Beyond Good and Evil. New York: Penguin Books, 2002, pp. 90-109.

4. Merleau-PontyMaurice Merleau-Ponty, What is Phenomenology?, In T. Toadvine & L. Lawlor

(eds). The Merleau-Ponty Reader, Evanston (Illinois), North western University

Press, 2007, pp. 55-68.

5. SartreJean-Paul Sartre. Look in Kim Atkins (ed.), Self and Subjectivity. Oxford:

Blackwell Publishing, 2005, pp. 87-100.

6. HeideggerMartin Heidegger. 1977. The Question Concerning Technology. inBeing and

Nothingness, Part-3, Chap.1 Sec IV. Hazel E. Barnes: NewYork.1966. pp. 340-51.

Further Readings:

1. Atkins, Kim (ed.), Self and Subjectivity. Malden: Blackwell Publishers, 2005.

2. Critchley, Simon, Continental Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford

University Press, 2001.

3. Glendinning, Simon, The Idea of Continental Philosophy, Edinburgh: Edinburgh

University Press, 2006.


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PHIL/DC-1: 14. PHILOSOPHY OF LAW

Marks.100

1. Traditional Natural Law Theory: Law for the Common Good; Legal Positivism: Law as

Command; Law as the Union of Primary and Secondary Rules. The Separation of Law and

Morality; the morality of Law, The obligation to obey the law; sources of legal authority.

2. Constitutional law: A Brief Introduction to the Indian Constitution and its History; The

"Basic Structure" Doctrine. Separation of Church and State: Affirmative Action.

3. Rights: The Hohfeldian Framework; Positive and Negative Rights; Fundamental Rights

4. Criminal law: Theories of Punishment; the Death Penalty; Criminal Responsibility:

Justifications and Excuses,Mensrea, etc.

5. Contract law: The obligation to fulfil a contract; Contracts and Promises; Blackmail

6. Tort Law: Causation in the Law.

Further Readings:

1. Joel Feinberg, Jules Coleman, Christopher Kutz, Philosophy of Law, 9th

edition Pearson,

USA, 2013.

2. The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Law and Legal TheoryEdited by Martin P.

Golding and William A. Edmundson, Blackwell, London, 2004.

3. Andrei Marmor, Philosophy of Law, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2010.


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PHIL/DC-1: 15. PHILOSOPHY OF MIND (Western)

Marks. 100

Part I. Mind and Body

1. Introduction, the mind/body problem, and Descartes dualismText: Descartes, Meditations II and VI (Chalmers article #1)

2. BehaviourismText: Ryle, Descartes Myth, (Chalmers #5)

3. Identity TheoriesText: Smart, Sensations and Brain Processes, (Chalmers #9)

4. FunctionalismText: Putnam, The Nature of Mental States, (Chalmers #11).

5. Problems with Functionalism: The Knowledge ArgumentText: Epiphenomenal Qualia, (Chalmers #28)

Part II. The Mental: Consciousness and Content

6. ConsciousnessText: Nagel, What is it Like to be a Bat? (Chalmers #25).

ESSENTIAL READINGS:

1. David J. Chalmers,Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings, Oxford

University Press, Oxford, 2002.

FURTHER READINGS

1. Crane, T., The Mechanical Mind: A Philosophical Introduction to Minds, Machines andMental Representation,(2nd edition), Routledge,New York, 2003.

2. Kim, J., Philosophy of Mind,(3rd edition), Westview Press, 2010.

3. Heil, J., Philosophy of Mind: A Contemporary Introduction (3rd edition), Routledge, London,2012.

4. Churchland, P., Matter and Consciousness: A Contemporary Introduction to the

Philosophy ofMind, MITPress, USA, 1988.


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9. Ladyman, James, Understanding Philosophy of Science, Routledge, London, 2002.

10.Dilworth, C., Scientific Progress, D. Reidel, London, 1981.

11.Swinburne, R, (ed.). The Justification of Induction, Oxford University Press, Oxford,1974.

12.Nola, R. and Sankey, H. (eds.), After Popper, Kuhn and FeyerabendKluwerAcademicPublishers, London, 2000.


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PHIL/DC-1: 17. Research Methodology and Project

Marks.100

This paper aims to impart the students with those research skills and methods that are

essential for undergraduate research. The syllabus comprises of four main components namely

handling primary sources (written texts, visual texts, archives, oral); bibliographical processes

and materials; framing the research question; and developing, managing and writing the central

issues in the research paper. In addition the paper also aims at training the students with

interpreting and conceptualisation of findings which emerge at the end of the study on the

specific topic chosen for research. Since literature survey is an essential part of any research

study, this paper would have a component on understanding of the use and citation of electronic

resources as well.

Apart from the above writing a proposal for undergraduate research or an Honours

dissertation is one of the most important parts of the undergraduate research process as it

provides clear signposts to the students' research for the rest of the session. This paper would

focus on some of the key components of a proposal making such as the Aim, the Rationale, the

Methodology and the Literature review. Students would be taught step-by-step process that must

be followed to prepare a good research proposal.

Bibliography:

1. Allison, B, The Student's Guide to Preparing Dissertations and Theses (London: Kogan Page,

1997).

2. Preece, R A, Starting Research: An Introduction to Academic Research and

Dissertation Writing (London: Pinter Publishers, 1994).

3. Watson, G, Writing a Theses: A Guide to Long Essays and dissertations (London:

Longman, 1987).


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DISCIPLINE COURSE I

PHIL/DC-1: 18. PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE (Western)

Marks.100

1. The Relation of Language with the World

1. GottlobFrege, On Sense and Reference,

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/On_Sense_and_ReferenceTranslation by Max Black)2. Bertrand Russell, On Denoting, Mind, 1905, 479-493.

3. P F Strawson, On Referring, Mind, New Series, Vol. 59, No. 235. (Jul., 1950), pp. 320-

344.

4. Russell, Response to Strawsons Logical Theory

2. Meaning and Dogmas

1. W V O Quine, Two Dogmas of Empiricism, Philosophical Review, January 1951.

2. Donald Davidson, On The Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme, Proceedings and Addresses

of the American Philosophical Association, Vol. 47, (1973 - 1974), pp. 5-20.

3. Philosophy and Language

1. Austin, How to do things with words

Further Readings:

Austin, How to do things with wordsClarendon Press. Oxford.1962

Bertrand Russell. The Philosophy of Logical Atomism, in R C Marsh,Logic and

Knowledge.Routedge, New York, 1918.

Donald Davidson.Subjective, Objective, Intersubjective, Oxford University Press, USA.2001.

Donnellan,Keith. "Reference and Definite Descriptions", Philosophical Review, 1966, 281-

304

Dummett, MichaelFreges Philosophy of Language,Duckworth, London, 1993.

Katz. J.Jerrold, The Philosophical Relevance of Linguistic theory in The Philosophy of

Language, (ed.) Searle, Oxford University Press,1971.Lycan, William.Philosophy of Language: A Contemporary Introduction, Routedge, New

York, 2008.
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PHIL/DC-1: 19. PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE (Indian)

Marks. 100

Essential Reading:

abdakhndaofNyyasiddhntamuktavliof Vivantha

Translation by John Vattanky, S.J.,Nyya Philosophy of Language (Text, Translation, and

Interpretation), Sri Satguru Publications, Delhi, 1995.

Further Readings:

1. Jha, V.N., abdakhndaof theNyyasiddhntamuktavli, Sambhasa, Vol. 13, 1992.2. Kunjuni Raja, K.,Indian Theories of Meaning, Adyar Library, Madras, 1963.

3. Matilal, B.K.,Logic, Language, and Reality, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1986.

4. Shastri, D.N., Critique of Indian Realism, Agra University, Agra, 1964.


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PHIL/DC-1: 20. PROJECT (Marks.100)

ba hons philosophy syllabus fyup

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