REVISED (SECOND)(UG SYLLABUS in PHILOSOPHY (WBSU) under NEP 2020

1 credit= 1 MAJOR ( 5 credits/course) MINOR( 5 MDC( 3 SEC( 3 AEC+VAC

hrdirect Lecture + Tutorials = 80marks credits/course) credits/course) credits/course) Internip+Research
contact (60 hrs) + (15 hrs) Lecture + Tutorials Lecture + Tutorials Lecture +
class/ EXAM DURATION - 03 Hours Tutorials
week/sem

SEM I Epistemology and

Metaphysics and Ethics - Indian and
History of Western Philosophy I Ethics : Indian Western Media Ethics
Perspective

SEM II
Epistemology and Business Ethics
History of Indian Philosophy I Metaphysics and
Ethics : Western
Perspective

EXIT AFTER ONE YEAR WITH CERTIFICATE DEGREE

SEM III
Feminist
Western Logic I Fundamentals of Logic Philosophy – A
Pointer

SEM IV
Western Logic II
Western Ethics
Social and Political Philosophy-
Western
Psychology

EXIT AFTER TWO YEARS WITH DIPLOMA DEGREE

SEM V

SEM VI

SEM VII

SEMVIII
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PHIADS01T

History of Western Philosophy - I

1. Plato and Aristotle: 10 Lectures

Plato’s Theory of knowledge (Episteme) and Opinion (Doxa) and its refutation by Aristotle.

Plato’s theory of Idea, Aristotle’s refutation,

Aristotle: Form and Matter

2. Medieval Philosophy: 10 Lectures

Reason, Faith (In brief), God---Augustine, Aquinas

3. Descartes, Spinoza, Leibnitz 40 Lectures

Descartes---Method of Doubt, Cogito, Different Types of Ideas, Criterion of Truth, Theory of knowledge,
Theory of Substance.

Spinoza---Substance, Attributes and Modes, Existence of God, Pantheism, Theory of knowledge

Leibnitz--- Innate Idea, Monad, Truths of Reason, Truths of Fact, Pre-established Harmony.

TEXT:

F. Copleston, A History of Philosophy, vols. I to IV

Suggested Readings:

P. Edwards, Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

B. Russell, History of Western Philosophy.

R. Falckenberg, History of Modern Philosophy.

F. Thilly, A History of Philosophy.

W. K. Wright, History of Modern Philosophy.

Bernard Williams, Descartes.

S. Hampshire, Spinoza.

G. Pitcher, Berkeley.

N. Reacher, Leibniz: An Introduction to his Philosophy.

*Samarendra Bhattacharya, PaschatyaDarsanerItihas

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 SusantaChakraborty, PaschatyaDarsanerItihas

Aminul Islam, Prachin o MadhyajugerItihas [SikhaPrakasani,Dhaka]

HasanAzizulHaque, Socrates [Anustup,Kolkata]

PHIHMA01T

Epistemology and Metaphysics and Ethics: Indian Perspective

1. Basic concepts in Indian Philosophy:

Ṛta, ṛṇa, Yajña, pañca-kośa, Ᾱtman, Brahman, jīva, śreyas, preya, mokṣa 7
Caravaka Ethics: Sukhavadā
Systems of Indian Philosophy:
2. Cārvāka Epistemology: 7
Perception as the only source of knowledge,
Rejection of Inference and Testimony as sources of knowledge
ii. Cārvāka Metaphysics:
Causality- Svabhāvavāda, Yadṛcchāvāda, Akasmikatāvāda, Jagat, Bhūtacaitanyavāda.
3. Nyāya Epistemology:
Classifications of Pramana: Pratyaksa, Anumana, Upamana andSabda(in brief).
Pratyaksa: Laksana:
Classifications: Determinate (Savikalpaka) and Indeterminate (Nirvikalpaka), Laukika, a-
laukika; Classification of a-laukika(in brief)
Sannikarsa: Laukika anda-laukika.
Anumana: Laksana, Vyapti, Paramarsa, Svarthanumiti andPararthanumiti. 14

4.VaiśeṣikaMetaphysics:
Seven categories: Outlines of Dravya, Guṇa, Karma, and Detailed
Explanations of Sāmānya, Viśeṣa, Samavāya, and Abhāva. 18
5.Advaita Metaphysics:
Nature of Brahman, Māyā, Jagat, Relation between Brahman and Jīva14

Suggested Readings:

PhalguniMukhopadhyaya, BharatiyaDarsana (Pramana O Prameya)

Karuna Bhattacharya, Nyaya – VaisesikaDarsana

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C.D. Sharma, A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy
D.M. Dutta and Chatterjee ,An Introduction to Indian Philosophy
SabitaSamanta, A Critical Survey of Manas in Indian Philosophy.

PHIHMD01T

Ethics-Indian and Western

1. Introduction, Difference between Indian Ethics and Western Ethics

Purusarthas: General view and their Inter-Relations
Karma: Sakama, Niskama, Nitya-naimittik ,Kamya15
2. CarvakaEthics: Sukhavada and importance of kama and artha in our life 5
3. Buddhist Ethics:The Four Noble Truths and the Eight-fold Path,Pancasila 5
4. Jaina Ethics: Anuvrata, Mahavrata 5
5. Moral and Non-moral actions: Concept and object of Moral Judgment. 3
6. Standards of Morality:
(A) Teleological Ethics- Hedonism-Psychological & Ethical; Ethical-Egoism and Utilitarianism ( Bentham
and Mill) 12
(B) Deontological Ethics- Kant (Good will, Categorical Imperative, Duty for Duty’s Sake) 10
7. Theories of Punishment 5

Suggested Readings:

S.K. Moitra, The Ethics of the Hindus.

Dr. Dikshit Gupta, Nitividya O Monovidya.
Dr. SanjibGhosh ,Monovijnana O Nitavijnana .
Dipak Kr. Bagchi, BharatiyaNitividya
AmitaChatterjee[Edited]: BharatiyaDharmaniti

PHISSEC01M

Media Ethics

What is Media Ethics, Roles and Impact of Media, Media and Democracy, Functions and Responsibilities
of Media. (30 Lectures)

Suggested Readings

DurgadasBasu, Media Laws and Ethics, Wardha Publication, Mumbai, 2001[Reprinted edition.]
MukulGuha and Snehasis Sur [ed.]: The Fourth Estate through Past, Present and Future, Press Club
Kolkata.
NDTV, More News is Good News, Harper Collins.

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PHIADS02T

History of Indian Philosophy-I

1. Nāstika Schools:
i. Cārvāka
Epistemology—Perception as the only source of Knowledge, Refutation of Inference
Metaphysics---Causality---yadṛicchāvāda/svabhāvavāda/ākasmikatāvāda,
jagatandbhūtacaitanyavāda. 10
ii.Bauddha---Four noble truths, pratītyasamutpādavāda, kṣṇabhaṅgavāda, nairātmyavāda, Basic
tenets of four Bauddha schools (In brief). 10
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iii. Jaina--- Concepts of jīva, ajīva, dravya, guṇa, paryaya ,anekāntavada, syādavāda 10

2. Ᾱstika School 30
i. Nyāya system:
Four Pramāṇas:
Pratyakṣapramāṇa: lakṣaṇa, classification into nirvikalpaka and savikalpaka (including
pratyabhijñā) and laukika and alaukika.
Anumānapramaṇa:
Laksaṇa, pakṣa, sādhya, hetu, vyāpti, vyāptigrahopāya, svārtha and parārthānumana.
Outlines of upamānapramana and śabdapramāṇa.
ii. VaiśeṣikaSystem:
The Basic outlines ofdravya, guṇa, karma and detailed analysis of sāmānya,viśeṣa, samavāya and
abhāva.
Paramāṇuvāda.

TEXTS:

Hiriyana, Outlines of Indian Philosophy

Dipak Kumar Bagchi, BharatiyaDarsan.

Suggested Readings

C.D. Sharma, A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy.

D.M. Dutta, Six Ways of Knowing

D.M.Dutta and Chatterjee, An Introduction to Indian Philosophy

DebabrataSen, BharatiyaDarsan

DebiprasadChattopadhyaya, LokayataDarsan

Dinesh Chandra Bhattacharya Shastri, Sadadarsana:Yoga

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J.N. Mohanty, Classical Indian Philosophy

KanakPrabhaBandyopadhyaya, SankhyaPatanjaliDarsana

Karuna Bhattacharya,Nyaya VaisesikaDarsan.

PanchananShastri, CarvakaDarsan.

Prodyot Kumar Mondal,BharatiyaDarsan.

Roma Choudhury, Vedanta Darsan.

S.C. Chatterjee, Nyaya Theory of Knowledge.

S.N. Dasgupta, History of Indian Philosophy.

S.Radhakrishnan, Indian Philosophy( Vol I and II )

SadanandaBhaduri, Nyaya-Vaisesika Metaphysics.

Samarendra Bhattacharya, BharatiyaDarsan.

Sukhamoy Bhattacharya, PurvamimamsaDarsan.

SukomalChoudhury, GoutamBuddherDharma Darsan

T. R.V. Murti, Central Philosophy of Buddhism

Aditya Kumar Mohanty, Concepts and issues in Indian Philosophy (Utkal Studies in Philosophy)

S.K.Moitra, Fundamental questions of Indian Metaphysics and Logic

Anil Kumar Roychouri, Doctrine of Maya

BijanBihariKarpurokayastha, Baratiyadarsanenirisbarbad

JogirajBasu, VederParichoy

DebiprasadChattyopadhyay, BharatiyaDarsan

DakshinaranjanShastri, CarvakDarsan

Kalikrishna Bhattacharya, NyayatattvaParikrama

PHIHMA02T/ PHIGMA02T

Epistemology and Metaphysics and Ethics : Western Perspective

1. Theories of the origin of knowledge: Rationalism, Empiricism and Kant's Critical Theory. 12
2. Realism and Idealism as theories of Reality:
i. General Introduction

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 ii. Realism: Naive Realism, Locke's Representationalism. 8
3. Idealism: Subjective Idealism: Berkeley’s refutation of the distinction between Primary and
Secondary qualities, Subjective Idealism. 6
4. Substance: Empiricist and Rationalist view of Substance. 12
5. Causality: Entailment theory, Regularity Theory. 12

6. Moral and Non-moral actions: Concept and object of Moral Judgment. 4

Standards of Morality:Teleological Ethics (Mill and Bentham) and Deontological Ethics- Kant 6

Suggested Readings:
Mitra ,Chatterjee o Sarkar, Manodarsan:Sarirbad O Tar Bikalpo.
PhalguniMukhopadhyaya, Bhartiya O Paschatya (Jnanavidya – Adhividya) .
SamarendraBhattacharya,SnatakDarsana – [ 3rd Part]
Samarendra Bhattacharya, PaschatyaDarsana
John Hospers, In Introduction to Philosophical Analysis

PHISSEC02M

Business Ethics

What is Business Ethics; Environmental Ethics related to business, Advertising Ethics related to business.

Suggested Readings

DebasishGuha, Practical and Professional Ethics, Vol.5, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2007
Manuel G.Velasquez, Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases, Sixth Edison

SEMESTER-III

PHIADS03T

Western Logic-I

1. Basic concepts---Propositions, Propositional form, Argument and Argument form, Truth functional
connectives, Truth and Validity. 5

2. An overview of Traditional Laws of Logic, Boolean interpretation of Categorical Propositions and

consequences, Syllogism, Venn Diagram. 10

3. Propositional Logic: 45
i. The Method of Truth Table and Truth Tree as decision procedures:
a. Statement forms and Statements---Tautologous, Contradictory and Contingent by Truth Table and
Truth Tree method;
b. Consistency by Truth Tree method;
c. Validity determination by Truth Table method and Truth Value Assignment method.
ii. Invalidity by Shorter Truth Table method.

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I. M. Copi, Introduction to Logic

R. Jeffery, Formal Logic: Its Scope and Limits

Mill, A System of Logic

Suggested Readings:

Ramaprasad Das and SubirRanjan Bhattacharya, SamsadYuktivijnanaAbhidhan

Samir Chakroborty, YuktiVijnanerBhumika

SuklaChakroborty, TarkaVijnana

PHIHMA03T

Fundamentals of Logic

1. Basic concepts: Proposition, Categorical Proposition, Quality, Quantity of categorical Propositions, argument,
truth, validity. 5

2. Distribution of terms, Traditional Square of Oppositions, Conversion, Obversion and Contraposition.

Categorical Proposition: Existential Import of Propositions, Boolean Interpretation of Categorical Propositions.
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3. Categorical syllogism: Figure, Mood, Rules for Validity, Testing the validity of arguments by Venn diagram.
20

4. Symbolic Logic: The value of special Symbols for Conjunction, Negation, Disjunction, Implication,
Equivalence, Tautology, Contradiction and Contingency. 10

5. Truth Table: Truth-table Method for Testing Arguments. 5

6. Inductive Logic: Mill's methods of Experimental Inquiry. 10

Recommended Text:
I.M.Copi, Introduction to Logic

Suggested Readings:
Samir Kumar Chakraborti, Tarkasastra - Bharatiya O Paschatya.
Samarendra Bhattacharya, Snatak Darsana-1
PhalguniMukhapadhyaya, Bharatiyanyaya O PaschatyaYuktivijnana.

PHISSEC03M

Feminist Philosophy – A Pointer

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 Feminist Movement- Tracing the Trajectory 7
Sex and Gender 8
Three Types of Misogyny 8
Feminist Thought: Liberal, Radical and Others 7

Suggested Readings

ShefaliMoitra, Feminist Thought

ShefaliMoitra, Naitikata O Naribad

BasabiChakraborti (edt.), PrasangaManabibidya

SEMESTER IV

PHIADS04T

Western Logic-II

1. Quantification:
Need for Quantification Theory, Singular Propositions, Quantifiers, Translating Traditional
Subject—Predicate Proposition into Logical Notation of Propositional Function and Quantifier,
Predicate and Predicate functions, Individual Constant and Individual Variable. Quantification Rules
and Proving Validity, Proving Invalidity for Arguments Involving Quantifiers. 40
2. Induction: Mill’s Method [In brief] and Copi’s Criticism 5
3. Criteria of Scientific Hypothesis 5
4. Probability: Alternative Conceptions of Probability, the Probability Calculus, Joint Occurrences and
Alternative Occurrences. 10
Text

I. M. Copi, Introduction to Logic.

I. M. Copi, Logic.

Jeffery, Formal Logic

Mill, A System of Logic

References

Ramaprasad Das and SubirRanjan Bhattacharya, SamsadYuktivijnanaAbhidhan

Samir Chakroborty, YuktiVijnanerBhumika

SuklaChakroborty, TarkaVijnana

PHIADS05T

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Western Ethics

1. Ethics and morality: Meaning and Distinction; Moral actions, Non-moral actions and Immoral
actions; Object of moral judgment. 5
2. Basic Concepts: Normative Ethics, Meta-ethics and Applied-ethics. 5
3. Deontologism-- with special reference to Kant.(Good-will, Relation between good-will and duty,
Categorical Imperative, Duty for Duty’s sake, Kingdom of Ends). 20
4. Teleologism ---Hedonism, Utilitarianism and its different types(with special reference to Mill and
Bentham) ---Act, Rule (basic concepts only). 20
5. Theories of Punishment. 10

Suggested Readings:

W. Frankena - Ethics

W. Lillie - An Introduction to Ethics

Samarendra Bhattacharya- Nitividya

SomnathChakraborty- Nitividya

Shekh Abdul Wahab- BinshaSatabdirNitidarsan

Fred Feldman, Introductory Ethics

Sekh Abdul Wahab, KanterNitidarsan, Dhaka University Publication

ArabindaBasu, FrankenarNitiDarsan

Dikshit Gupta – Nitishastra

MrinalkantiBhadra, Nitibidya

PHIADS06T

Social and Political Philosophy-Western

1. Basic concepts: Social Philosophy and Political Philosophy

Society, Community, Association, Institution, Caste and Class and Social groups. 20

2. Social Change:
The Marxist view and the Gandhian view. 5

3. Family:
i. The Marxist interpretation of Family.
ii. Sex gender divide, Patriarchy and the Feminist interpretation of Family 10

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Government: Democracy and its different forms (Direct, Indirect, Parliamentary and
Presidential) 10

5. Socialism and its varieties:

Utopian, Democratic, Scientific 10

6. Separation of Power:
Three wings of the Government---Legislature, Executive and Judiciary(with special
reference to Montesquieu) 5

Recomended Books:

MacIver and Page, Society: An Introductory Analysis.

PritibhusanChattopadhyaya, SamajDarsanaDipika

Frederick Engels, Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State.

Frederick Engels, Parivar, ByaktigataMalikana O RashtrerUtpatti (Bengali Translation)

ShefaliMoitra, Naitikata O Naribad

August Babel, Women in the Past, Present and FutureHumayun Azad, Dvitiyo Lingo

BasabiChakraborti (edt.), PrasangaManabibidya

August Babel, Nari: Atit, BartamanBhabishyat (Bengali Translation ByKanakMukhopadhyaya)

SatyabrataChakroborty, BharaterRashtraBhaban.

AditiDasgupta, Family: Maladies and Melodies.

Anup Chand Kapur, Select Constitution.

GA Almond, GB Powell, K,Strom, R J Dalton [ed.],: Comparative Politics today: A World View.

S.N.Ray, Modern Comparative Politics: Approaches, Methods and Issues.

DipitaMajumdar, TulanamulakRajniti O Sasonbyabostha.

NimaiPramanik, NirbachitoShasonbyabostha o RajnitirRooprekha

Further Readings:

Susan Moller Okin, Justice, Gender and the Family.

Amal Kr Mukhopadyaya, (translated by Arun Kr. Roy Choudhury )PascatyaRastracintarDhara- Plato theke
Marx.

V I Lenin, The State.

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ParimalBhusanKar, SamajTatva

Sudarshan Ray Chaudhury, Rashtra.

Frederick Engels, Principles of Communism.

Frederick Engels, Communism-erMulNiti.

GurudasBandhyopadhyay, SarvodayaAndolonerItihaas.

PHIADS07T

Psychology

1. Psychology: Nature and Scope, Psychology as science, Methods of Psychology:

Introspection, Extrospection and Experimental 12
2. Sensation and Perception Gestalt theory of Perception. 10
3. Theories of Learning: Gestalt theory, Pavlov Theory and Thorndike theory 10
4. Memory and Forgetfulness 10
5. Intelligence 3
6. Freud’s Theory: Conscious and Unconscious, Id, Ego and Super Ego and Dream-
theory 12
7. Personality, Heredity and Environment 3

Suggested Texts
J. Margolis – Philosophy of Psychology [Indian edition]

Morgan, King and others, Introduction to Psychology.

Paresnath Bhattacharya, Monovidya.

PritibhusanChattopadhyaya, Monovidya.

NiharRanjanSarkar, Monovijnan o Jiban (JnankoshPrakasani,Dhaka).

Ira Sengupta, Manovidya.

MadhabendraMitra&PushpaMisra, Manasamikhsanerrooprekha

MadhabendranathMitra,AmitaChatterjee,ProyashSarkar, Manodarsan[JU Publication]

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