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PREAMBLE In order to maintain uniformity across the country the UGC has insisted on introducing fourteen compulsory courses for BA Major, six compulsory courses for BA Minor and twelve compulsory (core) courses for MA in Philosophy. This pattern has been followed in the design of the courses offered by the Department of Philosophy, Jadavpur University. |
Philosophy is an explorative rather than a merely accumulative discipline. The courses have been designed in order to acquaint students with original texts in both the Indian and Western traditions not only for the purpose of knowing what the great philosophers said but also to acquaint them with styles of thinking, reasoning and philosophising. In keeping with the orientation of the Department, equal emphasis has been laid on both Indian and Western Philosophy.
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COURSE DETAILS
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Outlines of Indian Philosophy: 2 modules |
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History of Western Philosophy: 2 modules |
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Western Logic: 2 modules |
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Indian Logic: 2 modules |
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Ethics: 2 modules (1 Indian + 1 Western) |
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Epistemology: 2 modules (1 Indian + 1 Western) |
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Metaphysics: 2 modules (1 Indian + 1 Western) |
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Psychology: 1 module |
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Social and Political Philosophy: 1 module |
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2 special texts from a choice of texts in both classical and contemporary Indian as well as Western Philosophy |
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| • | Logic: 2 modules (1 Indian + 1 Western) | |
| • | Epistemology: 2 modules (1 Indian + 1 Western) | |
| • | Ethics: 2 modules (1 Indian + 1 Western) | |
| • | Metaphysics: 2 modules (1 Indian + 1 Western) | |
| • | Philosophy of Language: 2 modules (1 Indian + 1 Western) | |
| • | Modern Indian Thought: 1 module | |
| • | Phenomenology, Existentialism, Deconstruction & Hermeneutics: 1 module | |
| • | Optional Papers: | |
| A. | Nyaya Philosophy: 2 units | |
| B. | Navya Nyaya Philosophy: 2 units | |
| C. | Vaisesika Philosophy: 2 units | |
| D. | Philosophy of Mind: 2 units | |
| E. | Philosophy of Cognitive Science: 2 units | |
| F. | Buddhism: 4 units | |
| G. | Feminist Philosophy: 4 units | |
| H. | Logic: 4 units | |
| I. | Social and Political Philosophy: 4 units | |
| J. | Philosophy of language: 3 units | |
| K. | Advaita Vedanta: 3 units | |
(Students have to choose any 4 units taking at least two units from the same course)
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| Duration: | 2 Academic Years |
| 1st year: | Coursework (100 marks, pass marks 50) |
| Paper I (Compulsory Paper) | |
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Indian Metaphysics |
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Western Metaphysics |
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Indian Theories of Inference |
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Philosophical Logic |
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Indian Epistemology |
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Western Epistemology |
| Paper II (Elective courses) : any two from an available list | |
| 2nd year: dissertation | |