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CHOICE-BASED SEMESTER SYSTEMFOR P.G.DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY

UTKAL UNIVERSITY, VANIVIHARFIRST SEMESTER

PAPER-I:INDIAN EPISTEMOLOGY

FULL MARKS: 100

Unit-I

Pramanas: Pratyaksa, Anumana and Anupalabdhi

Unit-II

Upamana, Arthapatti and Sabda

Unit-III

Pramanyavada: pramanya / apramanya( svatah and paratah)Critique of Pramanyavada: Carvak and Jayarasi Bhatt

Unit-IV

Khyativadas (Theories of Error)

Basic Study Materials:

1. D.M.Datta, The Six Ways of Knowing2. S.C.Chatterji, The Nyaya Theory of Knowledge3. C.D.Sharma, A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy4. Jwala Prasad, History of Indian Epistemology5. Swami Satprakashananda, Methods of Knowledge6. B.Kar, Indian Theories of Error

PAPER-II:INDIAN METAPHYSICS

FULL MARKS: 100

Unit-I

The Concept of Reality in the Upanisads, Jainism and Buddhism

Unit-II

The Concept of Reality in Samkhya, Vaisesika and Vedanta (Samkara and Ramanuja)

Unit-III

The Doctrines of Causality and Evolution: satkaryavada, asatkaryavada and satkaranavada;parinamavada and vivartavada

Unit-IV

The Concept of a Person: Body, Mind and Self; Action, Freedom and Responsibility


1. S. Radhakrishnan, The Principal Upanisads2. S. Radhakrishnan, Indian Philosophy, Vol. I & II3. S.N.Dasgupta, History of Indian Philosophy, Vol. I & II4. T.R.V.Murti, Central Philosophy of Buddhism5. P.T.Raju, Spirit, Being and Self6. Mahesh Chandra Bhartiya, Causation in Indian Philosophy7. Sarbani Ganguli, A Critique of Causality

PAPER-III

INDIAN ETHICSFULL MARKS: 100

Unit-I

Purusarthas: The Hierarchy of values

Unit-II

Svadharma, Paradharma, Varnasrama Dharma and Niskama Karma

Unit-III

Ethics of Jainism and Buddhism

Unit-IV

Gandhian Ethics


1. S.K.Maitra, Ethics of the Hindus2. M. Hiriyanna, The India Conception of Values3. Surama Dasgupta, Development of Moral Philosophy in India4. I.C.Sharma, Ethical Philosophies of India5. Rajendra Prasad, Varnadharma, Niskamakarma and Practical Morality6. P. De Silva, “Buddhist Ethics.” In A Companion to Ethics, ed. Peter Singer7. H. S- Prasad, The Centrality o f Ethics in Buddhism: Exploratory Essays8. Srimad Bhagbad Gita

PAPER-IV

POST-KANTIAN AND CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHYFULL MARKS: 100

Unit-I

Hegel and Bradley

Unit-II

Pragmatism and Logical Positivism

Unit-III

Existentialism and Phenomenology

Unit-IV

Post-modernism: Derrida and Foucault


1. C.E.M.Joad, Introduction to Modern Philosophy2. D.M.Datta, Chief Currents of Contemporary Philosophy3. W.T.Stace, Philosophy of Hegel4. Peter Singer, Hegel: A Very Short Introduction5. F.H.Bradley, Appearance and Reality6. Richard Wollheim, Bradley7. William James, Pragmatism8. (Ed.) A.J.Ayer, Logical Positivism9. A.J.Ayer, Language, Truth and Logic10. Jean-Paul Satre, Existentialism and Humanism11. Edmund Husserl, Phenomenology and the Crisis of Philosophy, (Tr.) Quentin Lauer12. Martin Buber, I and Thou

13. Robert Solomon, From Rationalism to Existentialism14. Dermot Moran, An Introduction to Phenomenology15. M.K.Bhadra, A Critical Survey of Phenomenology and Existentialism16. Quentin Lauer, Phenomenology: Its Genesis and Project17. J.N.Mohanty, The Concept of Intentionality18. Roy Boyney, Foucault and Derrida19. Francois Cusset, French Theory:How Foucault, Derrida and Deleuze & Co

Transformed the Intellectual Life of the United States

PAPER-V

SYMBOLIC LOGIC

FULL MARKS: 100

Unit-I:

Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 (Introduction to Logic and Language)

Unit-II:

Chapter 3 (The Method of Deduction)

Unit-III:

Chapter 4 (Quantification Theory)

Unit-IV:

Chapter 7 (Set Theory)

Book for Recommended:

1. I.M. Copi, Symbolic Logic, 5th (Ch.1,2,3,4,7) Pearson Prentice Hall, Delhi, 1979.


2. I.M. Copi and I. Cohen, An Introduction to Logic, Pearson, 2014.3. Patrick Suppes, An Introduction to Symbolic Logic, Affiliated East-West Press, 1957.4. Basson and O‘Connor, Introduction to Symbolic Logic, The Free Press of Glencoe, 1960.5. P.F. Strawson, Introduction to Logical Theory, London, 1952.

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UTKAL UNIVERSITY, VANIVIHAR

SECOND SEMESTER

PAPER-VI

WESTERN EPISTEMOLOGYFULL MARKS: 100

Unit-I

Problems of knowledge: Plato’s theory of Knowledge, Belief and Opinion; A.J.Ayer-Scepticism;Gettier’s: “Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?”

Unit-II

Conceptions of Truth: Correspondence, Coherence and Semantic

Unit-III

Problems Concerning Perceptual Knowledge and Problems Concerning Memory

Unit-IV

Wittgenstein: The inner and the outer


1. A.D.Woozley, Theory of Knowledge2. Noah Lemos, An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge3. R.M.Chisolm, Theory of Knowledge4. D.M.Armstrong, Belief, Truth and Knowledge5. A.J.Ayer, The Problem of Knowledge6. A.C.Danto, Analytical Philosophy of Knowledge7. Paul Newall, An Introduction to Epistemology8. Jonathan Dancy, An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology9. Edmund Gettier, “Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?”10. Alfred Tarski, “The Semantic Conception of Truth and the Foundations of Semantics”

11. Alfred Tarski, Logic, Semantics, Metamathematics12. Alfred Tarski ,Collected Papers, four volumes, ed. by S. Givant and R. McKenzie.13. Anthony Kenny, The Wittgenstein Reader

PAPER-VII

WESTERN METAPHYSICS

FULL MARKS: 100

Unit-I

The Conceptions of Reality: Monism, Dualism and Pluralism

Unit-II

Problem of Substance and Problem of Universals

Unit-III

Problems of Space and Time

Unit-IV

Problems Concerning Body and Mind Relation


1. D.W.Hamlyn, Metaphysics2. Richard Taylor, Metaphysics3. G.W.Patrick, An Introduction to Philosophy4. G.T.W. Cunningham, Problems of Philosophy5. (Ed.) David Halis, Metaphysics: Contemporary Readings6. C.Dennet and Hofstades, Mind’s I7. David Chalmers, Self and Its Brain8. Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind9. John Hospers, An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis10. (Ed.) John Hospers, Readings in Introductory Philosophical Analysis

PAPER-VIII

WESTERN ETHICS

FULL MARKS: 100

Unit-I

Ethical theories: Consequentialism and Teleological theories

Unit-II

Ethical theories: Deontology and Virtue ethics

Unit-III

Metaethical theories: Cognitivism and Non-cognitivism

Unit-IV

Metaethical theories: Universalism, Relativism and Nihilism


1. Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics2. I. Kant, Critique o f Practical Reason3. J.S Mill, Utilitarianism4. Shelly Kegan, Normative Ethics5. William K.Frankena, Ethics6. Bernard Williams, Ethics and the Limits o f Philosophy7. L.M. Hinman, Ethics: A Pluralistic approach to Moral Theory8. Samuel Scheffler, Consequentialism and Its Critics9. R.M.Hare, Language of Morals10. J.J.Mittler, Relativity Theory of Ethics11. A.J.Ayer, “A Critique of Ethics”, in Language, Truth and Logic12. Frank Jackson, From Metaphysics to Ethics13. Philippa Foot, Virtues and Vices14. “Modern Moral Philosophy,” by G.E.M. Anscombe15. Rosaline Hursthouse, Virtue Ethics16. Alsdair MacIntyre, After Virtue

PAPER-IX

LINGUISTIC AND CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS

FULL MARKS: 100

Unit-I

G. Frege: “On Sense and Reference” and “The Thought: A Logical Inquiry”

Unit-II

B. Russell: “On Descriptions”, P.F.Strawson: “On Referring”

Unit-III

A.J.Ayer: The Verification Principle, W.V.O. Quine: “Two Dogmas of Empiricism”

Unit-IV

J.L.Austin: Speech act Theory, L. Wittgenstein: Meaning and Use


1. Alexander Miller, Philosophy of Language, Routledge, 1998.2. A. P. Martinich (ed.) The Philosophy of Language, Oxford University Press, 1990.3. Michael Beaney (ed.), The Frege Reader, Blackwell, 19974. A.J. Ayer, Language, Truth and Logic, Penguin, 1971.5. J. L. Austin, How to Do Things with Words, Oxford University Press, 19836. J. L. Austin, Philosophical Papers, Oxford University Press, 1979.7. L. Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations (tran.) G.E.M. Anscombe, Basil Blackwell,

1953.8. G. Pitcher, The Philosophy of Wittgenstein, Prentice-Hall, 1985.9. John Passmore: A Hundred Years of Philosophy, London, 1957.10. A.J. Ayer (ed.), The Revolution in Philosophy, London, 1956.11. R.C. Pradhan, Recent Developments in Analytic Philosophy, ICPR, 2001.12. Richard Heck & Robert May, Frege’s Contribution to Philosophy of Language13. Robert R. Ammerman (ed.), Classics of Analytic Philosophy, Tata McGraw-Hill, 1965.14. P.K.Mohapatra and S.C.Panigrahi(ed.), Perspective in Analytic Philosophy, Cuttak,1992.

PAPER-X

COMPARATIVE RELIGION

FULL MARKS: 100

Unit-I

Nature, scope and method of study of comparative religion

Unit-II

Basic tenets of Eastern religions: Hinduism (sanatana dharma), Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism

Unit-III

Basic tenets of Western religions: Christian, Islam and Zoroastrianism

Unit-IV

Unity of religions, Inter-religious dialogue, Secularism, Proselytisation


1. Y. Masih, A Comparative Study of Religions2. John Westerdale Bowker, World Religions: The Great Faiths Explored and Explained3. Huston Smith, The World’s Religions4. Daniel L Pals, Eight Theories of Religion5. Robert A. Segal, The Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion

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UTKAL UNIVERSITY, VANIVIHAR

THIRD SEMESTER

PAPER-XI

APPLIED ETHICS

FULL MARKS: 100

Unit-I

Why act morally?Environmental Ethics

Unit-II

Business Ethics

Unit-III

Biomedical Ethics

Unit-IV

Media ethics


1. Peter Singer, Practical Ethics2. J.Jagadeb, Biomedical Ethics3. Patrick Lee Plaisanca, Media Ethics: Key Principles for Responsible Practice

PAPER-XII

PHILOSOPHY OF VEDANTAFULL MARKS: 100

Unit-I

Shankara Vedanta: Maya and Brahman, Isvar and Brahman, Jiva and Brahman, Atman andBrahman

Unit-II

Ramanuja Vedanta: Visistadvaita, Isvar, Cit (individual soul) and Mukti

Unit-III

Madhva Vendanta: Dvaitavada conception of Vedanta

Unit-IV

Nimbarka Vedanta: The conception of Dvaitavada/BhedavedaVallabha Vedanta: The conception of Shuddhadvaita


1. C.D. Sharma, A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy2. S. Radhakrishnan, Indian Philosophy, Vol. 1 and 23. M. Hiriyana. Outline of Indian Philosophy.

PAPER-XIII

CONTEMPORARY INDIAN PHILOSOPHY

FULL MARKS: 100Unit-I

Philosophy of Vivekananda: God, Religion, man, society & concept of Yoga

Unit-II

Philosophy of R.N.Tagore: Man, Nature & God

Unit-III

Philosophy of M.K.Gandhi: Truth, Non-violence, Trusteeship & Satyagraha

Unit-IV

Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo: Involution, Evolution, Concept of Man, Karma &Rebirth & Integral Yoga


1. S.K. Maitra, An Introduction to Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo2. Madhusudan Reddy, Sri Aurobindo’s Philosophy of Evolution3. Sri Aurobindo, Life Divine, Pondicherry, 1955.4. Sri Aurobindo, Integral Yoga5. Ramnath Sharma, The Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo6. S.K. Maitra, An Introduction to the Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo7. J.L. Shaw, Practical Vedanta: Swami Vivekananda as A Philosopher8. R.N. Tagore, Religion of Man9. S. Radhakrishnan, Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore10. Benoy Gopal Roy, The Philosophy of Rabindranath

11. Non-violence in Peace and War- M.K. Gandhi, Vol.112. M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth.13. T.M. P. Mahadevan, and G.V. Saroja, Contemporary Indian Philosophy,Bangalore,

1981.

PAPER-XIV

POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

FULL MARKS: 100

Unit-I

Ancient political thought: Plato, Aristotle and Machiavelli

Unit-II

Indian political thought: Political philosophy in the Mahabharata, Political philosophy in theArthasastra of Kautilya

Unit-III

Modern political thought: Theories of social contract (Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau), Socio-economic revolution (Hegel, Marx and Lenin)

Unit-IV

Philosophical Analysis of Political Concepts: “Authority”, “Two Concepts of Liberty” by IsiahBerlin from (Ed.) Anthony Quinton, Political Philosophy, Theory of Justice by John Rawls


1. G. Sabine, History of Political Theory2. C.L.Wayper, Political Thought3. E. Barker, Plato and His Predecessors4. Sukhbir sigh, History of Political Thought5. O.P.Gabba, An Introduction to Political Theory6. Hobbes, Leviathan7. Rousseau, The Social Contract8. F. Engels, The theory o f Family, Private Property and the State9. K. Marx, Capital10. J. Rawls, Political Liberalism11. Arthashastra, (Vol. II, Bk VI, VII,ch. 1), trans. R. P. Kangle,12. Plato, The Republic13. Aristotle, Politics14. Kautiliya: Arthasastra- L.N. Rangarajan

15. Mahabharata (Santiparva)16. Anthony Quinton (ed.), Political Philosophy17. John Rawls, A Theory of Justice

PAPER-XVPHILOSOPHY OF WITTGENSTEIN

Unit-I

Philosophy and Illusion, Nature of Philosophy, Picture theory of meaning, Different kinds ofpropositions

Unit-II

Solipsism, Mysticism, Ethics

Unit-III

Rejection of essentialism, Use theory of meaning, Language-games, Family resemblance, Formsof life

Unit-IV

Understanding, Thinking, Meaning, Private language and Private experience


1. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus2. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations3. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Notebooks 1914-164. Ludwig Wittgenstein, The Blue and The Brown Books5. Anthony Kenny, Wittgesntein6. George Pitcher, Philosophy of Wittgenstein7. Max Black, A Companion to Wittgenstein’s Tractatus8. Suresh Chandra, Wittgenstein New Perspective9. P.M.S. Hacker, Insight and Illusion

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FOURTH SEMESTER

PAPER-XVI

MAJOR TRENDS IN ODISHAN PHILOSOPHY

FULL MARKS: 100

Unit-I

Concept of reality and moral perspective of Mahima philosophy

Unit-II

Pandit Nilakantha Das on Odishan culture

Unit-III

Socio-Religious Traditions in Odisha

Unit-IV

Vaisnavism in Odisha


1. Pt. Nilakantha Das, Bhagavadgita, Pithika (Introduction)2. M.N.Das (ed.), History and Culture of Orissa (Chapters, 30, 31 and 37)3. Bhima Bhoi, Stutichintamani4. S.C. Panigrahi, Bhima Bhoi and Mahima Darsana

PAPER-XVII

CRITICAL THINKING

FULL MARKS: 100

Unit-I

Word meaning, Sentence meaning, Definition, Vagueness and Ambiguity

Unit-II

Analytic truth, Logical possibility, A priori and a posteriori

Unit-III

Argument: Different types, Impediments to good reasons

Unit-IV

Basic concepts of argument analysis: Well-formed arguments, Deductive soundness andstrength, Inductive soundness and strength


1. John Hospers: An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis2. Richard Feldman: Reason and Argument3. M.R. Cohen and E. Nagel, An Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method

PAPER-XVIII

PHILOSOPHY OF COGNITION

FULL MARKS: 100

Unit-I

Mind-Body problem, Behaviorism, Mind-Brain Identity theory

Unit-II

Gestalt approach to Perception and Cognition

Unit-III

Computationalism, Representationalism

Unit-IV

Functionalism, Artificial intelligence


1. D. J. Chalmers (ed), Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Reading, OxfordUniversity Press, 2002.

2. J. Heil (ed), Philosophy o f Mind: A Guide and Anthology, Oxford University Press, 2004.1. Ned Block, Consciousness, Function and Representation, Vol.1, Cambridge, 2007.2. D.C. Dennett, Content and Consciousness, London, 1969.3. J.J. Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Boston. 1979.4. H. Putnam, Mind, Language and Reality, Cambridge University Press, 1975.5. Tim Crane, The Mechanical Mind: A Philosophical Introduction to Minds, Machines and

Mental representation, Routledge, 1995.6. Jaegwon Kim, Philosophy of Mind7. Descartes, “Minds and Bodies as Distinct Substances” (From Meditations II &VI)8. G. Ryle, “Descartes’ Myth”9. H. Putnam, “Brains and Behaviour” OR “Psychological Predicates”

10. N. Chomsky, “A Review of B.F. Skiner’s Verbal Behaviour’'11. J. J. C. Smart, “Sensations and Brain Processes”12. S. A. Kripke, “Identity and Necessity”13. H. Putnam, “The Nature o f Mental States”14. N. Block, “What is Functionalism” OR “Troubles with Functionalism”15. A. M. Turing, “Computing Machinery and Intelligence”16. J. R. Searle, “Minds, Brains, and Programs”17. J. Shaffer, Philosophy of Mind

PAPER-XIX

PHILOSOPHY OF THE UPANISADS: TEXTUAL STUDY OF THE KENA UPANISADAND THE KATHA UPANISAD WITH THE COMMENTARY OF SHANKARACARYA

FULL MARKS: 100

Unit-I

The Kena Upanisad: Sections 1 and 2

Unit-II

The Kena Upanisad: Sections 3 and 4

Unit-III

The Katha Upanisad: Chapter I, Sections 1 and 2

Unit-IV

The Katha Upanisad: Chapter I, Sections 3 and 4


1. Swami Gambhirananda, Eight Upanisads, Vol. I2. R.D.Ranade, A Constructive Survey of Upanisadic Philosophy3. S. Radhakrishnan, The Principal Upanisads

PAPER-XX

PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

FULL MARKS: 100

Unit-I

What is social science?Philosophical Foundations of Social Sciences

Unit-II

Explanations of human action: Behaviourism, Intentionality and Rational Choice

Unit-III

Feminism: Socialist Feminism, Marxist Feminism, Existentialist Feminism

Unit-IV

Equality and its application: The meaning and basis of equality, Genetic Diversity, Racism,Castism.


1. Peter Winch, The Idea of a Social Science and Its Relation to Science2. Ian Craib and Tred Venton (ed.), Philosophy of Social Science3. Alexander Rosenberg, Philosophy of Social Science4. Malcolm Williams, Science and Social Science: An Introduction5. Elster, J. “The Nature and Scope of Rational Choice Explanations”6. Hausman, D. Preferences, Choice, and Welfare, Cambridge: Cambridge University7. Elster, J. (1985): “The Nature and Scope of Rational Choice Explanations”8. Hausman, D. (2012): Preferences, Choice, and Welfare (chapter 2)9. Nancy Mandell (ed.), Feminist Issues: Race, Class and Sexuality10. Simone de Beauvoir, Second Sex11. M. Fricker & J. Hornsby (eds.) The Cambridge Companion to Feminism in Philosophy12. S. Moitra, Feminist Thought13. Alcoff & E. Potter (eds.), Feminist Epistemologies14. Peter Singer: Practical Ethics (Chapter-2)15. B.R. Ambedkar: “Annihilation of Caste”, The Essential Writings of B.R. Ambedkar (ed.

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