Introduction to Indian Philosophy (II) (IDC)

Origin and Nature of Greek Philosophy, chief characteristics of Western Philosophy, The ultimate principles in Ionic and Pythagorean schools, Being in Eleatic School, Heraclites’ doctrine of Becoming, Empedocles’ doctrine of Elements.


SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Nature and Scope of i) Social Philosophy ii) Political Philosophy and Relation

between social and political Philosophy.

Basic concepts: Society, community, association, institution, family: nature, different

forms of family, role of family in the society.

Western Epistemology

Nature of knowledge, , Conditions of knowledge. Theory of Knowledge

The Gettier Problem, The Structure of knowledge (Foundationalism and Coherentism)

Kinds of knowledge: a priori and posteriori.

Sources of knowledge: Sense-experience, Reason, Intuition.  

 


ETHICS - (WESTERN)

Nature and scope of Ethics, Classification of Ethics: Normative Ethics, Meta Ethics and Applied Ethics, Moral and non-moral actions, Object of Moral Judgement-Motive and Intention, Ends and Means. ‘Value’ as Standard of Morality.

 

 Theories of Ethics: Teleological and Deontological. Postulates of Morality, Problem of Free Will and Determinism, Plato’s Republic and Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics

 


Ethics

Introduction to Western Philosophy (II)

Descartes: The Problem of Descartes Philosophy, Method of doubt, Cogito Ergo sum, concept of substance, Proofs for the Existence of God, Mind- Body Problem.


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