syllabi and courses of reading in the subject of Philosophy (Subsidiary) for First Year and Second Year for the examinations Of Punjab University, Chandigarh

Outlines of tests, syllabi and courses of reading in the subject of Philosophy (Subsidiary)
for First Year and Second Year for the examinations of 2011-12.
1ST Year B.Sc. Hons. School in Mathematics
ELEMENTARY PHILOSOPHY
SEMESTER I
Max. Marks : 80
Int. Ass. : 20
Total Marks : 100
Time : 3 hours.
Aims and Objectives. The aim of this paper is to familiarize the students with the
subject, its main branches, problems and methods. The content of this paper provides the
students with a wider canvas about tackling day to day problems from larger perspective.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question shall be short answer type containing
15 short questions spread over the whole syllabus and each to be answered in about 25 to
30 words. The candidate is required to attempt any 8 short answers type questions i.e. 2
marks of each. It shall carry 16 marks and shall be compulsory question. Rest of the
paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two questions and the candidate shall be
given internal choice i.e. the candidate shall attempt one question from each unit-4 in all
of 16 marks each.

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UNIT I
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1. a. A General introduction to the Nature and Scope of Philosophy, Indian
and Western Perspective.
b. Relation of Philosophy to Science and Religion.
UNIT II
2. a. Nature of Man and Self.
b. Plato and Aristotle in Western Philosophy.
c. Chandogya Upanishad and Buddha in Indian Philosophy.
UNIT III
3. a. Doctrine of Karma and the problem of Freedom with special
reference to Bhagavad-Gita.
b. Ethics and Moral Life.
UNIT IV
4. a. What is Idealism
b. Different types of Idealism
c. Implications of idealism
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SEMESTER II
Max. Marks : 80
Int. Ass. : 20
Total Marks : 100
Time : 3 hours
Aims and Objectives. The aim of this paper is to familiarize the students with the
subject, its main branches, problems and methods. The content of this paper provides the
students with a wider canvas about tackling day to day problems from larger perspective.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question shall be short answer type containing
15 short questions spread over the whole syllabus and each to be answered in about 25 to
30 words. The candidate is required to attempt any 8 short answers type questions i.e. 2
marks of each. It shall carry 16 marks and shall be compulsory question. Rest of the
paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two questions and the candidate shall be
given internal choice i.e. the candidate shall attempt one question from each unit-4 in all
of 16 marks each.
UNIT I
1. a. Logic, Reason and Reality
b. Thought and Language
c. Universals and Particulars
UNIT II
2. a Religious Experience.
b. Idea of God.
c. Ontological Proof for the Existence of God.
UNIT III
3. a. Nature of Aesthetics.
b. Theories of Art.
c. Aesthetic Experience.
UNIT IV
4. a Philosophy of Culture.
b. Meaning and origin of Culture.
c. Tradition and Modernity.
Essential Readings
Chandogya Upanishads. E BOOK by Swami Krishnanda Bhagavad-Gita.
H Titus - Living Issues in Philosophy Published by American Book
Company. New York 1959.
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G.C. Pane Meaning and Process of Culture. Published by Shivlal
Aggarwal & Co. Agra: 1952.
Suggested Readings
B. Russell Problems of Philosophy. (Oxford University Press. Paperback.
London: 1959.
A.C. Ewings Fundamental Questions of Philosophy. Routledge & Kegan Paul.
London: 1951.
M.Hiryanna Outlines of Indian Philosophy Published by M/s Kayalaya
Publishers. Delhi 1993.
2nd Year B.Sc. Hons. School in Mathematics
SUBSIDIARY PHILOSOPHY
(Logic)
SEMESTER III
Max Marks : 80
Int. Ass. : 20
Total Marks : 100
Time : 3 Hours
Aims & Objectives: The paper aims at training the students in skills of critical
reasoning by introducing laws of thought, criteria for validity of arguments, deductive
and inductive reasoning.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES.
(i) The theory question paper will be 80 marks and 20 marks will be for internal
assessment.
(ii) There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question shall be short answer type
containing 15 short questions spread over the whole syllabus and each to be
answered in about 25 to 30 words. The candidate is required to attempt any 10
short answer type questions i.e. 2 marks of each. It shall carry 20 marks and shall
be Compulsory question. Rest of the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall
have two questions and the candidates shall be given internal choice i.e. the
candidates shall attempt one question from each Unit – 4 in all.
Unit – I
Logic, Language and Thought, Definition of Proposition and Classification, Square of
Opposition of Propositions and its Boolean Modification.
Inference and Argument, Validity of Argument, Types of Inference – Immediate and
Mediate (Syllogism).
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Unit – II
Immediate Inference – Conversion, Obversion, Contraposition, Inversion and inference
from Relation of opposition between propositions.
Syllogism – Its Rules or Axioms and Fallacies, Figures and Moods of Syllogism, general
theorems of Syllogism and special theorems of each figure, Types of Syllogism –
Enthymeme and Sorites, Test of Syllogism – Antilogism
Unit – III
Formalization of Language, Symbolization of propositions, Classification of Proposition
according to structure –Simple and Compound, Classification of proposition according to
Truth-Value – Tautology, Contradiction and contingency.
Truth Function, Prepositional Form, Argument and Argument Form, Rules of Inference
and Rules of Replacement.
Unit – IV
Induction as a form of Reasoning, Formal grounds of Induction – Law of Causation and
Law of Uniformity of Nature, Paradox of Induction, Inductive generalization – role of
fair samples.
Induction and Probability, Subjective and Objective Theories of Probability, Calculus of
Probability.
SEMESTER IV
Max Marks : 80
Int. Ass. : 20
Total Marks : 100
Time : 3 Hours
Aims & Objectives: The paper aims at training the students in skills of critical reasoning
by introducing laws of thought, criteria for validity of arguments, deductive and inductive
reasoning.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be 80 marks and 20 marks will be for internal
assessment.
(ii) There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question shall be short answer type
containing 15 short questions spread over the whole syllabus and each to be
answered in about 25 to 30 words. The candidate is required to attempt any 10
short answer type questions i.e. 2 marks of each. It shall carry 20 marks and shall
be Compulsory question. Rest of the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall
have two questions and the candidates shall be given internal choice i.e. the
candidates shall attempt one question from each Unit – 4 in all.
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Unit – I
Proofs of validity of Arguments and Proofs for Tautology Formal Proof, Conditional
Proof and Indirect Proof.
Proof of Invalidity of Argument – Shorter Truth – Table method.
Unit – II
Symbolization of General Propositions (singly general and multiply general
propositions), Rules of Quantification.
Proofs of Validity and Invalidity of Arguments involving General Propositions.
Unit – III
Logic of Relations, Symbolization of Propositions involving, Rational Predicates, Formal
Properties of Relation – Symmetry, Reflexivity, and Transitivity.
Boolean Normal Forms, Identification of Formulas as – Tautologies, Contradiction and
Contingency.
Unit – IV
Scientific Method – different from methods of Authority, Tenacity and Intuition,
Hypothesis, Formal Conditions of Hypothesis, Test of Hypothesis, Role of Crucial
Experiments. Explanation, Nature of Scientific Theories.
Mill’s Methods of Experimental Inquiry – Criticism of the methods of Agreement,
Difference, Joint method, Method of Concomitant variation and method of Residue.
Essential Readings
1. Irving M. Copi : Introduction to Logic.
2. Irving M. Copi : Symbolic Logic (Macmillan Collier, New
York) 5th Edition.
3. Cohen & Nagel : Introduction Logic & Scientific Method
(Allied Publishers).
Further Readings
1. B. Russell : Principles of Mathematics (Allen & Unwin
London).
2. Jean Necod : Foundation of Geometry and Induction
(Kegan Paul).
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