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Optional subject – Philosophy
Question Paper-1
History and problems of philosophy
- Plato and Aristotle: suffixes; Matter; Size and shape; Causal expression; Reality and possibility.
- Argumentism (Dekart, Spinoza, Leibniz): Dekart’s method and unquestioned knowledge; Substance; Divine; Mind-body dualism; Determinism and freedom.
- Indriyanubhav (Locke, Berkeley, Hume); theory of knowledge; Matter and quality; Soul and the divine; Skepticism.
- Kant: Possibility of Synthetic Prediction Decision; Dik and kaal; Kautis / options / substances; Argumentative suffix; Prohibition; Metaphysics of the evidence of the existence of God.
- Hegel: dialectical system; Paramatman
- Moore, Russell and predecessor Wittgenstein; Garnishment / support of common sense; Refutation of suffixism; Logical atomism; Logical design; Imperfect symbol; Picture theory of meaning; Exposition and performance.
- Logical positivism; Validation theory of meaning; Rejection of metaphysics; Linguistic principle of compulsory redemption.
- The later Wittgenstein: meaning and experiment; Language games; Personal / personal language theory.
- Histology (Herschel); system; Abstract theory; Avoidance of psychopathology.
- Existentialism (Kirkegaard, Sartre, Heidegger); Existence and essence; Selection, responsibility and authentic existence; Vishwanisat and Calcutta.
- Quine and Strausson: The Metaphysics of Industrious Experiences; Principle of origin, specific and person.
- Charvaka: Principle of knowledge; Rejection of psychic elements.
- Jainadarshan sect; Principle of power; Saptabhangi justice; Bondage and Liberation.
- Buddhist philosophy; Counterproduction; Transcendentalism, Naturalism.
- Justification: The Theory of Matter; Theory of appearance; Salutation theory; Soul, liberation; Divine; Salutes to the existence of the divine; Theory of Transaction, Atomicistic Theory of Creation.
- Sankhya nature; Male; Business sense; Freedom.
- Yoga: mind; Mood; Tribulation; Samadhi; Cavalry
- Epistemology; theory of knowledge.
- Vedanta sect: Brahman; God; Atman; Organism; The world; Love; Avidya; Study; Salvation; Unparalleled accomplishment; Fivefold.
- Arvind: Development, Development; Complete sum.
Question Paper-2
- Social and political ideals; Equality, justice, freedom.
- Sovereignty: Austin, Bodo, Laski, Kautilya.
- Person and State: Rights; Duties and Responsibilities.
- Types of Governance: Monarchy; Theocracy and democracy.
- Political ideologies; Anarchism; Marxism and Socialism.
- Humanism; secularism; Multiculturalism.
- Crime and punishment: corruption, widespread violence, genocide, capital punishment.
- Development and social progress.
- Gender Discrimination: Feticide, Land and Property Rights; Empowerment.
- Caste distinction: Gandhi and Ambedkar.
- Belief of God: quality; Relation to man and the world (Indian and Western).
- Evidence and existence of God (Indian and Western).
- Inauspicious problem.
- Soul: immortality; Rebirth and liberation.
- Reasoning, Shruti and Faith.
- Religious Experience: Nature and Object (Indian and Western).
- Godless religion.
- Religion and morality.
- The problem of religious purity and absolute truth.
- Nature of Religious Language: Analogous and Symbolic; Cognizant and cognizant.