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Syllabus: BA (1 Sem.) : Department of Philosophy, A.M.U

This document contains syllabi for three courses in the Department of Philosophy at AMU for BA (1st Semester) students: 1. Ethics I/Ethics in Lieu of Theology has 3 units covering the nature of ethics, ethics and religion/politics, and ethical theories like hedonism and formalism. 2. Greek Philosophy has 3 units on early Greek philosophers like Thales and Plato, their theories of atoms, ideas, and causation. 3. Epistemology has 2 units on sources of knowledge for Plato, Descartes, Locke, Berkeley and Hume, and their theories on innate ideas, primary/secondary qualities, and skepticism. Suggested

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Syllabus: BA (1 Sem.) : Department of Philosophy, A.M.U

This document contains syllabi for three courses in the Department of Philosophy at AMU for BA (1st Semester) students: 1. Ethics I/Ethics in Lieu of Theology has 3 units covering the nature of ethics, ethics and religion/politics, and ethical theories like hedonism and formalism. 2. Greek Philosophy has 3 units on early Greek philosophers like Thales and Plato, their theories of atoms, ideas, and causation. 3. Epistemology has 2 units on sources of knowledge for Plato, Descartes, Locke, Berkeley and Hume, and their theories on innate ideas, primary/secondary qualities, and skepticism. Suggested

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Syllabus: BA (1st Sem.

DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, A.M.U.


BA, B.Sc., B.Com –(1st Semester) -CBCS

COURSE TITLE: ETHICS – I/ ETHICS IN LIEU OF THEOLOGY-ETB


COURSE CODE: ETB - 199

Credits: 2
Sessional: 30
End-Semester: 70
Total: 100

UNIT – I

1. Nature of Ethics
2. Ethics and Politics
3. Ethics and Religion

UNIT – II

1. Free-will
2. Cardinal Virtues
3. Rights and Duties

UNIT – III

1. Ethical Hedonism
2. Formalism
3. Postulates of Morality

SUGGESTED READINGS :

1. Jadunath Sinha : A Manual of Ethics


2. William Frankena : Ethics
Syllabus: BA (1st Sem.)

DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, A.M.U.


BA (Hons.) 1st Sem. (MAIN & SUBSIDIARY) - CBCS

COURSE TITLE: GREEK PHILOSOPHY


COURSE CODE: PYB 151
Credits : 4
Sessional : 30
End-Semester : 70
Total: 100
UNIT-I

1. Thales , Anaximander and Anaximenes


2. Pythagoras : Theory of Numbers
3. Parmenides : Theory of Being
4. Heraclitus : Concept of Becoming

UNIT-II

1. Democritus : Theory of Atoms


2. Sophists : Relativity of Values
3. Socrates : Philosophical Method
4. Socrates : Knowledge is Virtue

UNIT-III

1. Plato : Theory of Ideas


2. Plato : Ideal State
3. Aristotle : Theory of Causation
4. Aristotle : Form and Matter

SUGGESTED READINGS:

1. John Burnet : Early Greek Philosophy


2. Theodor Gomperz : The Greek Thinkers
3. W. T. Stace : A Critical History of Greek Philosophy
4. Frank Thilly : A History of Philosophy
Syllabus: BA (1st Sem.)

DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, A.M.U.


BA (Hons.) 1st Sem. (MAIN & SUBSIDIARY) - CBCS

COURSE TITLE: EPISTEMOLOGY


COURSE CODE: (PYB 152)

Credits : 2
Sessional : 30
End-Semester : 70
Total: 100

UNIT-I

1. Sources of knowledge : Reason and Sense Experience


2. Plato : Theory of Knowledge
3. Descartes : Method of Doubt, Innate Ideas

UNIT-II

1. Locke : Refutation of Innate Ideas, Primary and Secondary Qualities


2. Berkeley : Esse est percipi
3. Hume : Skepticism

SUGGESTED READINGS:

1. Frank Thilly : A History of Western Philosophy


2. Ratnakar Pari : History of Modern European Philosophy
3. Y. Masih : A Critical History of Western Philosophy

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