Lecture

Syllabus Covered

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Introduction to Philosophy

PAPER 1

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Plato's theory of ideas Aristotle's form and matter

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Cartesian method and cogito ergo sum/ Spinoza's substance

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Berkeley's esse est percipi Hume's skepticism- Kant's response

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Kant's synthetic judgment a priori, Space-time, Hegel's Dialectical Method

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Moore's refutation of idealism, Russell's logical atomism, Incomplete symbols

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Wittgenstein's picture theory-language game , Logical positivism: verification theory

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Husserl's Phenomenology and Sartre's existentialism

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Charvaka's rejection of inference and Jaina's syadvada

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Buddhism pratityasamutpada and ksanikavada, Samkhya's Prakriti and Purusa

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Nyaya-Vaishesika's Alaukika Pratyaksha- Anuman-Samanya

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Shankara's Concept of Brahman and World

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Ramanuja's criticism of Mayavada Aurobindo notion of evolution

PAPER 2

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Equality, Liberty and Justice

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Sovereignty & Anarchy

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Democracy and Marxism

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Gender equality

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Proofs for the Existence of God

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The Idea of Immortality

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The Problem of Evil

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Religion and Morality , cognitivism and non-cognitivism

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Analogical-symbolism