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<\/a>Philosophy\u00a0 optional Syllabus-\u00a0(Download pdf<\/a>)<\/span><\/h3>\r\n

PAPER-I<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

History and Problems of Philosophy <\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

1. Plato and Aristotle : Ideas; Substance; Form and Matter; Causation; Actuality and Potentiality.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

2. Rationalism (Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz); Cartesian Method and Certain Knowledge; Substance; God; Mind-Body Dualism; Determinism and Freedom.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

3. Empiricism (Locke, Berkeley, Hume) : Theory of Knowledge; Substance and Qualities; Self and God; Scepticism.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

4. Kant: Possibility of Synthetic a priori Judgments; Space and Time; Categories; Ideas of Reason; Antinomies; Critique of Proofs for the Existence of God.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

5. Hegel : Dialectical Method; Absolute Idealism.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

6. Moore, Russell and Early Wittgenstein : Defence of Commonsense; Refutation of Idealism; Logical Atomism; Logical Constructions; Incomplete Symbols; Picture Theory of Meaning; Sying and Showing.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

7. Logical Positivism : Verification Theory of Meaning; Rejection of Metaphysics; Linguistic Theory of Necessary Propositions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

8. Later Wittgenstein : Meaning and Use; Language-games; Critique of Private Language.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

9. Phenomenology (Husserl): Method; Theory of Essences; Avoidance of Psychologism.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

10. Existentialism (Kierkegaard, Sarte, Heidegger): Existence and Essence; Choice, Responsibility and Authentic Existence; Being-in-the-world and Temporality.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

11. Quine and Strawson : Critique of Empiricism; Theory of Basic Particulars and Persons.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

12. Carvaka : Theory of Knowlegde; Rejection of Transcendent Entities.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

13. Jainism : Theory of Reality; Saptabhanginaya; Bondage and Liberation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

14. Schools of Buddhism : Prat Ityasamutpada; Ksanikavada, Nairatmyavada.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

15. Nyaya\u2014Vaiesesika : Theory of Categories; Theory of Appearance; Theory of Pramana; Self, Liberation; God; Proofs for the Existence of God; Theory of Causation; Atomistic Theory of Creation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

16. Samkhya; Prakrit; Purusa; Causation; Liberation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

17. Yoga; Citta; Cittavrtti; Klesas; Samadhi; Kaivalya.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

18. Mimamsa: Theory of Knowlegde.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

19. Schools of Vedanta : Brahman; Isvara; Atman; Jiva; Jagat; Maya; Avida; Adhyasa; Moksa; Aprthaksiddhi; Pancavidhabheda.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

20. Aurobindo: Evolution, Involution; Integral Yoga.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

PAPER-II<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Socio-Political Philosophy <\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

1. Social and Political ldeals : Equality, Justice, Liberty.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

2. Sovereignty : Austin, Bodin, Laski, Kautilya.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

3. Individual and State : Rights; Duties and Accountability.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

4. Forms of Government : Monarchy; Theocracy and Democracy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

5. Political Ideologies: Anarchism; Marxism and Socialism.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

6. Humanism; Secularism; Multi-culturalism.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

7. Crime and Punishment : Corruption, Mass Violence, Genocide, Capital Punishment.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

8. Development and Social Progress.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

9. Gender Discrimination : Female Foeticide, Land and Property Rights; Empowerment.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

10. Caste Discrimination : Gandhi and Ambedkar.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Philosophy of Religion <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

1. Notions of God : Attributes; Relation to Man and the World. (Indian and Western).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

2. Proofs for the Existence of God and their Critique (Indian and Western).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

3. Problem of Evil.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

4. Soul : Immortality; Rebirth and Liberation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u00a05. Reason, Revelation and Faith.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

6. Religious Experience: Nature and Object (Indian and Western).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

7. Religion without God.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

8. Religion and Morality.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

9. Religious Pluralism and the Problem of Absolute Truth.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

10. Nature of Religious Language: Analogical and Symbolic; Cognitivist and Non-cognitive.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Philosophy\u00a0 optional Syllabus-\u00a0(Download pdf) PAPER-I History and Problems of Philosophy 1. Plato and Aristotle : Ideas; Substance; Form and Matter; Causation; Actuality and Potentiality. 2. Rationalism (Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz); Cartesian Method and Certain Knowledge; Substance; God; Mind-Body Dualism; Determinism and Freedom. 3. Empiricism (Locke, Berkeley, Hume) : Theory of Knowledge; Substance and Qualities; Self and… Continue reading Philosophy Optional UPSC Syllabus<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"parent":50153,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50185","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50185\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}