Philosophy Preliminary Syllabus

Civil Service Exam Syllabus

Philosophy Preliminary Syllabus Problems of Philosophy Substance and Attributes : Aristotle, Descartes, Locke, Berkeley's criticism, Nyaya-Viasesika, Buddhist criticism of Pudgala. God, Soul and the World : Thomas Acquinas, St. Augustine, Spinoza, Descartes, Nyaya-Vaisesika, Sankara, Ramanuja. Universals : Realism and Nominalism (Plato, Aristotle, Berkeley's criticism of abstract ideas, Nyay-Vaisesika, Buddhism). Bases of Knowledge : Pramanavada Vedanta.

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Nyaya-Vaisesika,

Buddhism, Advaita

Truth and Error : Correspondence Theory, Coherence theory, Pragmatic Khyativada (Anyathakhyati, Akhyati, Anivacaniyakhyati).

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Matter and Mind : Descartes, Spinoza, Leibnitz, Berkerley.

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Civil Service Exam Syllabus

Logic Truth and Validity Classification of sentences : Traditional and Modern. Syllogism : Figures and Moods; Rules of Syllogism (General and special) validation by Venn Diagrames; Formal Fallacies. Sentential Calculus : Symbolisation; interdefinability; Truth Tables; Formal Proof.

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Civil Service Exam Syllabus Ethics Statement of fact and statement of value. Right and Good; Teleology and Deontology. Psychological Hedonism. Utilitarianism (Bentham; J.S. Mill). Kantian Ethics. Problem of the freedom of will. Moral Judgements : Descriptivism, Prescriptivism, Emotivism.

Niskamakarma : Sthitaprajna. Jaina Ethics Four Noble Truths and Eight fold path in Buddhism. Gandhian Ethics : Satya, Ahimsa, Ends and Means.

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