Syllabus Philosophy
RECOMMENDED BOOKS: Seyyed Hossein Nasr & Oliver Leaman [1996] History of Islamic Philosophy, Vol. I & II, Routledge, London & New York. Majid Fakhari [2004] A History of Islamic Philosophy, 3rd Edition, Columbia University Press, New York. M. M. Sharif [1996] A History of Muslim Philosophy Vol. I & II, Royal Book Company, Karachi. Abdul…
RECOMMENDED BOOKS: Brooke Noel Moore & Kenneth Bruder [2002] Philosophy: The Power of Ideas, 5th Edition, McGraw Hill, London. Bertrand Russell [2003] History of Western Philosophy, Routledge, London & New York. Roger Scruton [2002] A Short History of Modern Philosophy, Routledge. Frederick Copleston [1993] History of Philosophy, Reprint edition, Image. Frank Thilly [1993] A History…
Total Marks 150 LOGIC AND ELEMENTS OF PHILOSOPHY Logic will cover all the topics usually discussed in deductive and inductive logic including the Categories and the predicable. The Reduction of Syllogisms, different kinds of Syllabics and Quantitative Determination, Questions may be set not only on points of doctrine but also on the logical analysis of…
Logic and Elements of Philosophy Total Marks 150 Logic will cover all the topics usually discussed in Deductive and Inductive Logic, including the Categories and the Predicable, the reduction of syllogisms, different kinds of syllogisms, Methods of Induction’s and Quantitative Determination. Questions may be set not only on points of doctrine but also on the…
Philosophy Total Marks – 200 Paper II Marks – 100 Philosophy – Western & Islamic 1. Idealism, Pragmatism, Vitalism, logical positivism, existentialism and dialectical materialism. The main arguments of these philosophical theories and their impact on life and morals 2. Muslim Rationalists and social thinkers – Al-Farabi, Ibn-i-Sina, Ibn-i-Rushd and Ibn-i-Khaldun, their main doctrines 3….
Philosophy Total Marks – 200 Paper I Marks – 100 Logic 1. Formal and informal arguments: Elements of deductive reasoning, validity and truth, proposition and syllogism 2. Definition with special reference to Aristotle, Ibn-e-Taimya’s criticism of Aristotle, relativity of definition, Ambiguity, vagueness and motive use of language as impediments in clear thinking. Fallacies – formal,…
Paper – I Total Marks: 100 Western Philosophy 1. Introduction: Nature and Value of Philosophy 2. Greek Philosophers: a) Plato: Metaphysics, Theory of Knowledge, Theory of State b) Aristotle: Metaphysics, Theory of Knowledge and Logic 3. Modern Philosophers: a) Descartes: Doubt as a key to certainty, Dualism b) Spinoza: Doctorine of substance, Ethics c) Locke:…
Paper – II Total Marks: 100 Muslim Philosophy Genesis and Development of Theological and Philosophical Thought in Islam Muslim Theology: a) Mutazilites: Five Principles, Naturalistic Ethics b) Asharites: Divine Attibutes, Createdness / Uncreatedness of the Quran, Human Freedom Sufisim: a) Origin of Sufisim and its Characteristics b) Metaphysics: Wahdat al Wajud and Wahdat al Shuhud…
S.No. Title Author 1. History of Western Philosophy Bertrand Russell 2. Philosophy: The Power of Ideas Brooke Noel Moore & Kenneth Bruder 3. Elements of Moral Philosophy James Rachels 4. Existentialism & Human Emotions. Philosophical Library Jean Paul Sartre 5. The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge Jean-Francois Lyotard 6. Descartes to Derrida: An…
Philosophy (100 Marks) I. Introduction: Definition, Nature and Scope of Philosophy II. Philosophical Methods: Socratic Method (Socrates); Inductive Method (Bacon, Mill); Deductive Method (Aristotle, Descartes); Dialectical Method (Hegel); Fallibilistic Method (Popper) III. Epistemology: Rationalism (Plato, Descartes, Spinoza); Empiricism (Locke, Berkeley, Hume); Transcendentalism (Kant); Intuitionism (Bergsonl) IV. Ontology: Idealism (Plato, Berkeley); Representative Realism (Locke); Materialism (Marx)…
