Syllabus (PHILOSOPHY)
Course Type: MAJ-5
Semester: 4
Course Code: PHIMAJ5
Course Title: Indian Metaphysics and Western Epistemology
(L-P-Tu): 5-0-1
Credit: 6
Practical/Theory: Theory
Course Objective: The main focus of this paper is to present the several issues regarding Indian Metaphysics and some crucial concepts of western epistemology. The debate between Nyāya and Sāṃkhya schools of philosophy in connection with causality, the debate between N
Learning Outcome: To develop a rational attitude towards abstract metaphysical ideas and how we cognize reality from the perspectives of Indian and Western thought.
- Module-1: Causality (The Debate between Nyāya and Sāṃkhya) (15 classes)
- Module-2: Universals (The Debate between Nyāya - Vaiśeṣika and Bauddha) (15 classes)
- Module-3: Self (The Debate between Vaiśeṣika and Bauddha) (15 classes)
- Module-4: What is Knowing (Belief, Truth, and Evidence), The Source of Knowledge (Reason and Experience), Propositional and Non-Propositional Knowledge; Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description (15 classes)
- Module-5: Condition of knowledge (Necessary and Sufficient condition of propositional knowledge) (15 classes)
- Module-6: Theories of Truth (Correspondence, Coherence and Pragmatic) (15 classes)
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Reading References:
- C. D. Sharma: A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy
- D. M. Dutta: Six Ways of Knowing
- S. K. Moitra: Fundamental Questions of Indian Metaphysics and Logic
- Satkari Mukherjee: The Buddhist Philosophy of Universal Flux
- Cit Ghanananda Puri (Ed): Vedanta Darsana
- John Hospers: An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis
- A. D. Woozley: Theory of Knowledge
- B. Russell: The Problems of Philosophy
- Jonathan Dancy: An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology.
Bengali Books:
- Biswanath Sen: Jnanatattva O Adhividyar Kayekti Samasya
- Samarikanta Samanta: Darshanik Bishleshaner Ruparekha
- Phanibhushan Tarkabagis: Nyayadarshan.
- Kalikrishna Bandyopadhyay: Nyayatattva Parikrama.
Basic Features
Undergraduate degree programmes of either 3 or 4-year duration, with multiple entry and exit points and re-entry options, with appropriate certifications such as:
- UG certificate after completing 1 year (2 semesters with 40 Credits + 1 Summer course of 4 credits) of study,
- UG diploma after 2 years (4 semesters with 80 Credits + 1 Summer course of 4 credits) of study,
- Bachelor’s degree after a 3-year (6 semesters with 120 credits) programme of study,
- 4-year bachelor’s degree (Honours) after eight semesters (with 170 Credits) programme of study.
- 4-year bachelor’s degree (Honours with Research) if the student completes a rigorous research project (of 12 Credits) in their major area(s) of study in the 8th semester.
Note: The eligibility condition of doing the UG degree (Honours with Research) is- minimum75% marks to be obtained in the first six semesters.
- The students can make an exit after securing UG Certificate/ UG Diploma and are allowed to re-enter the degree programme within three years and complete the degree programme within the stipulated maximum period of seven years.
