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M.A.Part -I & Part-II, 2009 Prospectus No.091813

PHILOSOPHY

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PROSPECTUS

OFM.A. Examination Part-I & Part-II of 2009

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PHILOSOPHY

2008

Price Rs. 8/-

PUBLISHED BY

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SYLLABUS PRESCRIBED FOR

M.A. PART-I (PHILOSOPHY) EXAMINATION

(4 periods per paper equal to 6 lectures)

There shall be four papers for each of Part-I and Part-II Examinations.

Each paper will carry 100 marks and three hours duration. There shall be the

following papers of part-I Examination.

M.A.Part-I

Paper-I : Contemporary Moral Philosophy

Paper-II : Philosophy of Mind

Paper-III : Basic concepts in Political Philosophy

Paper-IV : Epistemology (Indian)

OR

Paper-IV : History of Western Philosophy

M.A. Part-II Philosophy

Compulsory

Paper- I : Analytic Philosophy

Paper-II : Phenomenology and Existentialism

Optionals

Paper-III A) Advanced Symbolic Logic

B) Philosophical ProblemsC) Aesthetics

Paper-IV A) Intensive study of texts.

OR

B) Intensive study of Philosopher

M.A. Part-I Philosophy

Paper- I Total Marks 100

Contemporary Moral Philosophy

Unit-I a) Background and Nature of Contemporary Moral Philosophy

b) Meta-ethics : Definition, nature, problems

c) Distinction between normative and meta-ethics

d) Classification of meta ethical theories.

Unit-II a) Ethical Naturalism: Defination and nature, nature of moral

lanaguage according to Naturalism. b) Ethical Non-naturalism : Definition and nature,

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c) G.E. Moore on the notion of good

d) Naturalistic fallacy

Unit-III a) Emotivism- Definition, nature, types, function of moral

language

b) A.J.Ayer- Background of behind ethical thought, nature and

function of ethical judgement, subjectivism.

c) C.L. Stevenson- Nature of ethical disagreement, emotive

meaning of ethical terms, persuasive definition.

d) Critical estimate of emotivism.

Unit-IV a) Prescriptivism - Definition, nature

b) R.M.Hare- Nature of moral language, criticism against

naturalism

c) Meaning and criteria of good

d) Evaluation and Description

Unit-V a) Neo-naturalism- Definition, distinction between naturalism

and newnaturalism

b) P.T. Geach- Nature and function of moral language

c) Philippa foot- Nature and function of moral lanaguage

criticism of prescriptivism

Recommended Books

1. Modern moral philosophy - W. D. Hudson

2. Principia Ethica - G. E. Moore

3. Language, Truth and Logic - A. J. Ayer

4. Ethics and Language - C. L. Stevenson

5. Language of Morals - R. M. Hare

6. Theories of Ethics - Philippa Foot

7. An Introduction to - John Hospers

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PHILOSOPHY OF MIND

Unit-I A) Philosophy of mind, Defination, Nature

B) Distinction between Psychology and Philosophy of mind

C) Scope, problems and theories.Unit-II A) Ryles general analysis of concept of mind

B) Official doctrine, Dogma of the ghost in the machine,

category mistake

C) Traditional concept of knowledge, Ryles notion of Knowing

How and Knowing that

Unit-III A) Mind, body problem, Relation between mind and body.

B) Traditional theories about mind, body relationship,Descartes theory.

C) Interactionsm, Parallelism,

Unit-IV A) Problem of personal Identity

B) Our knowledge of other mind

C) Wittgensteins view on private language.

Unit-V A) Theory of Psycho-analysis

B) Freuds analysis of mind

C) Freuds analysis of Dream

Recommended Books:-

1) Philosophy of mind - Jerome Shaffer

2) Concept of mind - Gilbert Ryle

3) Psycho-Analysis - Sigmund Freuid

4) Psychological theory - Melvin Mary

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Paper-III

Basic concept in Political Philosophy

Unit-I Concept of Justice

a) Meaning of Justice.

b) Various aspects of Justice

c) J. Rowels concept of Justice

d) Noziks concept of justice

Unit-II Concept of Freedom

a) Meaning of Freedom

b) Determinism and Indeterminism

c) Mills concept of Libertyd) Dr. Ambedkar concept of Liberty

Unit-III Concept of Equality

a) Meaning of Equality

b) Various aspects of Equality

c) The problem of Equality in the Indian context

d) Mahatma Phules and Dr. Ambedkars concept of

Equality.

Unit-IV Concept of Right

a) Meaning of Right

b) Various aspects of Right

c) The theory of Natural Right

d) The Justification of Fundamental Human Rights

Unit-V Concept of Secularism

a) Meaning of Secularism

b) Various aspects of Secularism

c) The problem of secularism in the Indian context

d) Nehru on Secularism.

Recommonded Books

1. Problems of Political Philosophy - D.D.Raphael

2. An Introduction to Political Philosophy - Alan Ryan

3. Political Philosophy - Anthony Quinton

4. The theory of Justice - J. Rawls

5. Political Theory - Brecht

6. A History of Political Theory - Sabine G.H.

7. Republic - Plato

8. On Liberty - J.S.Mill

9. Equality - F.H.Tawney

10. Philosophy of Right - Hegel

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Unit-V Invalid Perceptual cognitions (Khyativada)

i) Akhyato

ii) Anyathakhyati

iii) Viparita Khyatiiv) Atmak hyati

M.A.Part-I

1) Ethics 2) Psychology 3) Western 4) Political phi of mind

v) Asat khyati

vi) Anivarchaniya khyati

vii)Sat khyati

viii) Abhinav Anyathakyati

ix) Sadasat Khyati

Books Recommanded for Reference:

1. Debabrata Sen : The concept of knowledge

2. K.N. Jayatiltke : Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge

3. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan : Indian Philosophy Vol.

4. M. Hiriyanna: Outlines of Indian philosophy5. Datta and chatterjee: Introduction to Indian Philosophy

6. Ramnath Sharma : Bhartiya Darshan ke Multatva

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Prospectus No. 091813

M.A. (Philosophy)

INDEX

Sr. Subject Page Nos.

No.

1. Special Note for Information 1 to 2

of the students

2. Ordinance No. 36 3 to 13

3. Ordinance No. 138 14 to 15

M.A. Part-I

4. Paper-I

Contemporary Moral Philosophy 16

5. Paper-II

Philosophy of Mind 18

6. Paper-III

Basic concepts in Political Philosophy 19

7. Paper-IV

Epistemology (Indian) 20

8. Paper-IVHistory of Western Philosophy 21

M.A. Part-II

9. Compulsory Paper-I

Analytic philosophy 23

10. Paper-ii

Phenomenology and existentialism 23

11. Paper-III

(A) Advanced Symbolic Logic 24

12. Paper-III

(B) Philosophical Problems 25

13. Paper-III

C) Aesthetics 26

14. Paper-IV

A) Intensive study of text (any one) 26

B) Intensive study of Philosopher 27

C) Philosophy of Shri Sant Gulabrao Maharaj. 27


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Ordinance No.36

Appendix-A

Statement of Papers of Part-I and Part-II of the M.A. Examination

PART-I PART-II

Subject Papers Maximum Minimum Paper Maximum Minimum Aggregate Minimum

and Marks Pass Marks and Marks Pass Marks in Pass Marks

Practicals Practicals Marks Part I& in Part-I &

Part-II Part-II

1)English,2)Marathi, Four papers Four papers

3) Hindi,4) Sanskrit of 100 400 144 of 100 400 144 800 288

5)Urdu,6)Gujarathi, marks marks

7) Pali and Prakrit, each each

8)Persian,9)Arabic,

10) Linguistics 11)History,

12)Economics, 13)Political

Science,14)Philosophy,

15) Ancient Indian History,Culture and Archeology

16)Public Administration

17)Telugu.

Other Subjects:

18)Geography

A)Papers I,II & III 300 A)Papers I,II &III 300

100 marks each 500 180 of 100 marks each 500 180 1000 360

B) Practicals I & II B)Practical-I 100 200

of 100 marks each 200 Practical-II 100

i)Reseach Paper Field WorkReport and Viva on Record

OR

(ii)Dissertation and Viva on Disseration

19) Home Economics (A) Two Compulsory Papers

Four Papers (i) Paper -I..............100

Paper-I (ii)Papers-II

Theory 75 Theory 75

Sessional 25...100 Practical 25 ... 100

Paper-II (B)Two Optional Papers III&IV 100

Theory 75 Any Two of optional papers,

Sessional 25...100 each of 75 marks for Theory and

Paper-III 400 144 25 marks for Practical 400 144 800 288

Theory 75

Sessional 25......100 OR..........

Paper -IV ...........100 Any one of the Optional papers

with dissertation of 75 marks.100and Viva-voce of 25 marks.)

20) Indian Music

A)Papers I & II....200 400 144 A)Papers I & II(100marks each)200

(100 marks each) B)Two Practicals-B)Two Practicals- I.Practical Text......100

(i) Practical Test.....100 II.Majlis Performance.....100

(ii) Majlis Performance.100400 144 800 288

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Subject PART-I PART-II

Papers Maximum Minimum Paper Maximum Minimum Aggregate Minimum

and Marks Pass Marks and Marks Pass Marks in Pass Marks

Practicals Practicals Marks Part-I in Part-1

& Part II & Part II

21.Psychology A) Papers I to IV (75 Marks each)300

A)Papers I to IV(75 marks each )300 B)Practical.....100

B)Practical.......100 400 144 400 144 800 288

22. Sociology Four Papers A)Four papers

of 100 400 144 of 100 400 144 800 288

marks each marks each

B)Obligatory for Paper IVMonographs Research Essay.

23. Statistics (A)(i)Compulsory Papers I & II......400

(A)Paper I to IV (each....400 (ii)Optional Papers III & IV(each of 100 marks )

of 100 marks) 500 180 500 180 1000 360

(B)Practical I&II... 100 (B)(i)Practicals I&II (50 marks each).........100

(each 50 marks) (ii)Dissertation in lieu of Practical II

24. Mathematics (A)Four Compulsory Paper -400

I to V Papers of 100 marks each 500 180 500 180 1000 360

(B)One optional paper....100

Notes :

1) Every examinee to be successful at the examination shall be required to obtain not less than 25% of the maximum marks prescribed for each Theory Paper.

This requirement of obtaining not less than 25% in each paper shall be in addition to the other conditions prescribed.

2) In order to be successful in Part-I or Part-II of the examination

(i) examinees shall obtain not less than thirty-six percent of the aggregate marks in that part of the examination and(ii) examiees are required to pass separtely in the theory and the practical part of the examination in subjects where practical examination forms part of a

subject and the minimum percentage required for passing the practical part and theory part seperately shall be 36% of the maximum marks assigned thereto.


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