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1 Syllabus and Scheme of Examination for B.A. ( Honours) Fakir Mohan University, Balasore Under Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) (Applicable from the Academic Session onwards)

2 CBCS (B.A./B.Com. Honours) from Semester Core Course(14) 100X14=1400 Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course(AECC)(2) 50X2=100 Skill Enhancement Course(SEC)(2) 50X2=100 Elective: Discipline Specific DSC(4) (related to core subject) 100X4=400 Generic Elective (GE)(4) (Not related to core courses; 2 different subjects OF 2 papers of each) 100X4=400 I II III IV V VI C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 AECC-I Environmental Science (50 marks) AECC-II (English/MIL Communication) (50 marks) GE-2 (100 Marks) Language-II SEC-1 English language skill (50 marks) GE-3 (Paper-I) SEC-2 Course specific skill course (50 Marks) GE-4 (Paper-II) DSC-1 DSC-2 DSC-3 DSC-4 Project GE-1(100 Marks) Language-I For Commerce, all the 14 core papers should be general commerce course; DSC level 3 papers will be Banking/Finance/Accounting...etc. alternatives to be given againest each paper. 1 P a g e

3 FAKIR MOHAN UNIVERSITY CBCS SYLLABUS B.A. (Honours) No. of papers: 14 Full Marks: 100 each Credit Points: 4 each No. of classes: 50 each [Mid Sem 20+End Sem 80] CORE COURSE: PHILOSOPHY FIRST YEAR Paper-I: Paper-II: SEMESTER-I General Symbolic Logic and Logic of Scientific Enquiry SEMESTER-II Paper-III: Paper-IV: Systems of Indian of Language SECOND YEAR SEMESTER-III Paper-V: Paper-VI: Paper-VII: Contemporary Indian Modern European Study of a Western Classic: Rene Descartes Meditations on First SEMESTER-IV Paper-VIII: Paper-IX: Paper-X: THIRD YEAR Paper-XI: Paper XII: Study ofthebhagavadgita Traditional Ethics and Applied Ethics Study of Major Religions of the World SEMESTER-V Social and Political Study of an Indian Classic: The Isa Upanisad SEMESTER-VI Paper-XIII: Paper-XIV: Gandhian Study Dissertation 2 P a g e

4 FAKIR MOHAN UNIVERSITY CBCS SYLLABUS B.A. (Pass) No. of papers: 12 Full Marks: 100 each Credit Points: 4 each No. of classes: 50 each [Mid Sem 20+End Sem 80] CORE COURSE: PHILOSOPHY FIRST YEAR Paper-I: Paper-II: SEMESTER-I General Symbolic Logic and Logic of Scientific Enquiry SEMESTER-II Paper-III: Paper-IV: Systems of Indian of Language SECOND YEAR SEMESTER-III Paper-V: Paper-VI: Contemporary Indian Modern SEMESTER-IV Paper-VII: Paper- VIII: THIRD YEAR Paper-IX: Paper X: Study ofbhagavadgita Traditional Ethics and Applied Ethics SEMESTER-V Social and Political Study of an Indian Classic: The Isa Upanisad SEMESTER-VI Paper-XI: Paper-XII: Gandhian Study Study of Indian Religions 3 P a g e

5 Outline of the Syllabus for Arts U.G. Courses in PHILOSOPHY of F.M. University, Balasore Subject Semester-I Semester-II Semester-III Semester-IV Semester-V Core Course 14 Papers/10 0 marks each/ 6 credit each AECC 2 Papers/50 marks each 2 Credit each SEC 2 Papers/50 marks each/ 2 Credit each DSE 4 Papers/10 0 marks each/ 6 Credit each Generic Elective 4 Papers/10 0 marks each/ 6 credit each P-I (80+20) General P-II (80+20) Symbolic Logic & Logic of Scientific Enquiry P-I MIL Communicatio n P-I (80+20) General P-III (80+20) Systems of Indian P-IV (80+20) of Language P-II Environment al Science P-II (80+20) Symbolic Logic & Logic of Scientific Enquiry P-V (80+20) Contemporarty Indian P-VI (80+20) Modern European P-VII (80+20) Study of western classic-rene Descartes Mediatation on first P-I Communicative English P-III (80+20) Systems of Indian P-VIII (80+20) Study of Bhagavadgit a P-IX (80+20) Traditional Ethics and applied Ethics P-X (80+20) Study of Major Religions of the world P-II Information Technology P-IV (80+20) of Language P-XI (80+20) Social and Political P-XII (80+20) Study of an Indian Classic: The Isa Upanisad with Samkara's Commentary P-I (80+20) Ancient and Medieval P-II (80+20) of Mahima Dharma Semester- VI P-XIII (80+20) Gandhian Study) P-XIV (80+20) Dissertatio n P-III (80+20) Modern Logic P-IV (80+20) Project Work Marks 1400 marks 84 Credit s 100 marks 4 Credit 101 marks 4 Credit 400 marks 24 Credit 400 marks 24 Credit 4 P a g e

6 PASS 4 Papers/10 0 marks each P-I (80+20) General Modification: P-II (80+20) Symbolic Logic & Logic of Scientific enquiry P-III (80+20) Systems of Indian Total Marks & Total Credits P-IV (80+20) of Language P-V (80+20) Contemporar y Indian P-VI (80+20) Modern European 2400 marks 140 Credit s 600 Marks 36 Credit s The name of P-VI Core Courses (H) is same but contents of unit-i, II & III are changed as follows; Unit-I- Francis Bacon- Inductive method, Idolas Descartes: Method, Substance, Innate ideas. Unit-II- Spinoza- Substance, Attributes & modes. Leibnitz- Monads, Pre-established Harmony Unit-III- Locke: Refutation of Inmateideas: Theory of knowledge: Idea of Substance. Unit-IV- Berkeley- Subjective Idealism Hume- Scepticism, Causation, Self Unit-V- Kant: Review of the claims of Empiricism and Rationalism; space and Time; Categories of understanding. Basic study Materials: 1. Richard Falkenberg, History of Modern 2. RatnakrPati, Hist. of modern European 3. Y.Maith, Critical History of western Phillosophy 4. F.Thilly, History of. Paper-I DSE Ancient and medieval Unit-I: Socrates and the Socratic Schools The Socratic problem- The Socratic method- Unit-II: Plato The Socratic Ethics- The Socratic schools Plato and his Problem- Dialectic and theory of knowledge- Heirarchy of the sciences- Doctrine of ideas- of nature- Cosmology- - Doctrine of Immortality- Ethics- Politics Plato s Historical Position The Platonic school. 5 P a g e

7 Unit-III: Aristotle Aristotle s Problem- and sciences- Logic- Metaphysics- The four causes- Theology- Physics- Biology- Psychology- Ethics- Politics- Aristotle s Genius and influence- Past- Aristotelian. Unit-IV: St. Augustine Theory of Knowledge- Theology- The Problem of evil- Psychology- Ethics- freedom of the will Phil. of History. Unit-V: St. Thomas Aquinas and theology- Theory of knowledge- Metaphysics- Theology- Psychology- Ethics- Politics- Followers of St. Thomas. : 1. Frank Thilly- A History of 2. W.T. Stace Critical History of Greek 3. Swami Krishnananda- Studies in-comparative Paper-II of Mahima Dharma Unit-I: Metaphysics- The Concept of Alekha Unit-II: World Unit-III: Concepts of self and liberation Unit-IV: Ethics Unit-V: The spiritual Humanism of BhimaBhoi : 1. Prof. SatrughanNath- MahimaDharmadhara 2. Prof. S.C. Panigrahi- BhimaBhoi&MahimaDarshana 3. SiddarthaSatpathy- BhimaBhoi (Prayers & Reflections) 4. Biswanath Baba- of MahimaDharma Vol-I 5. Dr.B.Kar- Major trends in orissan 6. ShriNilamaniSenapati- SatyaMahima Dharma Paper-III Modern Logic Unit-I: The study of Logic Unit-II: Propositions and their relations- Compound propositions and arguments Unit-III: The traditional Syllogism Unit-IV: Classification & Description Unit-V: Logical Principles and the Proof of Propositions 6 P a g e

8 : 1. L. Susanstebbing- A modern Elementary Logic 2. Prof. G.Mishra- Basic Principles of Deductive Logic 3. K.T. Basantani- Introduction to Logic CBCS: BA (Hons.), B.Com (Hons.), B.Sc.(Hons.) Core Course= 14 papers of 6 credit each: 100 marks each (5 units in each course) Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC) = 2 papers of 2 credit each (English Communication/ MIL/ Environmental Science) Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC)=2 Papers of 2 credit each: 50 marks each Discipline Specific Elective (DSE)= 3 papers of 6 credit each: 100 marks each ( 5 units in each course) and Project Report of 6 Credit: 100 marks (Project 75+ viva 25) Generic Electives (GE) = 4 papers of 6 credit each: 100 mark each (5 units in each course) Sem I: 2Core Courses, 1 AECC, 1 GE= 4 Papers = 350 marks Sem II: 2 Core Courses, 1 AECC, 1 GE= 4 Papers = 350 marks Sem III: 3 Core Courses, 1 SEC, 1 GE= 5 Papers = 450 marks Sem IV: 3 Core Courses, 1 SEC, 1 GE= 5 Papers = 450 marks Sem V: 2 Core Courses, 2 DSE= 4 Papers = 400 marks Sem VI: 2Core Courses, 1 DSE, Project Report= 4 Papers = 400 marks Total = 26 Papers= 2400 marks (140 Credits) For papers with Practical Component: Theory- 75 (Mid Sem 15 + End Sem 60); Practical 25 (End Sem). There will be no mid sem exam for practical paper as that will be impossible to handle. For papers with no practical: 100 marks paper = 20 (Mid Sem) + 80 (End Sem); 50 marks paper = 10 (Mid Sem) + 40 (End Sem); Subjects with Practicals: Each of the 14 core courses, 4 Discipline specific elective courses and 4 Generic Elective papers will have minimum 50 theory classes (Lectures) of 1 hour duration and minimum 20 practical classes (normally practical classes at Hons.level are of 2 hours duration each). 7 P a g e

9 Subjects withoutpracticals: Each of the 14 core courses, 4 Discipline specific elective courses and 4 Generic Elective papers (100 marks each) will have minimum 50 theory classes (Lectures) of 1 hour duration and minimum 10 tutorial classes. Ability enhancement (Compulsory) and 2 ability enhancement(skill based) papers will have minimum 20 classes (Lectures) each of 1 hour duration. CBCS: BA (Pass.), B.Com (Pass.) Core Courses = 12 papers, AECC = 2 papers, SEC = 4 papers, DSE= 4 papers, GE= 2 papers: 24 papers (2100 marks 120 credits) To complete this programme, a student has to take 4 core courses each in 2 disciplines of choice and two core papers each in English and MIL respectively. CBCS:B.Sc. (Pass) Core Courses = 12 papers, AECC= 2 Papers, SEC= 4 papers, DSE = 6 papers: 24 papers (2100 marks 120 credits) To complete this programme, a student has to take 4 core papers each in 3 disciplines of choice. The allowed deviation from syllabi being 20% at the maximum. The University may further add to the list of elective papers as per the facilities available. 8 P a g e

10 FAKIR MOHAN UNIVERSITY CBCS SYLLABUS B.A. (Honours) FIRST YEAR SEMESTER-I Paper-I: PHIL.-CC-I- General Full Marks: 100 [Mid Sem 20+End Sem 80] Credit Points: 4 No. of classes: 50 UNIT-I: UNIT-II: UNIT-III: Definition, Nature and Function of ; Its Relation with Other Modes of Thinking Problems of Being: Monism, Dualism and Pluralism; Idealism and Realism Problems of Knowledge: Rationalism, Empiricism and Criticism UNIT-V: Problems of : Substance: Universals; Causality; Freewill 1. G.T.W. Patrick, Introduction to 2. G.W. Cunningham, Problems of 3. Bertrand Russell, Problems of 4. Richard Taylor, Metaphysics 5. D.W. Hamlyn, Metaphysics Paper-II: CC-II- Symbolic Logic and Logic of Scientific Enquiry Full Marks: 100 [Mid Sem 20+End Sem 80] Credit Points: 4 No. of classes: 50 UNIT-I: Chapters I, UNIT-II: Chapter II UNIT-III: Chapter-III (Section 1 to 6 UNIT-IV: Chapter-III (Section 7 to 9 1. A.H. Basson and D.J. O Conner, An Introduction to Symbolic Logic 2. M.R. Cohen and E. Nagel, An Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method 9 P a g e

11 3. John Hospers, An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis 4. Alex Rosenberg, of Science: A Contemporary Introduction SEM.-I, PHIL.-GE-I IS SAME AS SEM.-I PHIL.-CC-II SEM.-I, PHIL.-CG-I IS SAME AS SEM.-I PHIL.-CC-I SEMESTER-II Paper-III: Systems of Indian Full Marks: 100 [Mid Sem 20+End Sem 80] Credit Points: 4 No. of classes: 50 UNIT-I: UNIT-II: UNIT-III: UNIT-IV: UNIT-V: Carvaka Materialism; Jainism:Syadvada; Anekantavada Buddhism: The Noble Truths; Doctrine of Dependent Origination; Doctrine of Momentariness Samkhya: Purusa; Prakrti; Causality Yoga: Cittavrtti and Its Nirodha; AstangikaMarga Nyaya: Pramanas Vaisesika: Padarthas Samkara and Ramanuja: Brahman, Atman, Jagat and Maya 1. S.C. Chatterji and D.M. Datta, An Introduction to Indian 2. C.D. Sharma, A Critical Survey of Indian 3. M. Hiriyanna, Outlines of Indian 4. R.K. Puligandla, Fundamentals of Indian 5. S. Radhakrishnan, Indian, Volumes I and II Paper-IV: of Language Full Marks: 100 [Mid Sem 20+End Sem 80] Credit Points: 4 No. of classes: 50 UNIT-I: UNIT-II: UNIT-III: Word Meaning; Ambiguity; Vagueness Definition: Defining and Accompanying Characteristics; Scope of Definition; Causal, Stipulative, Reportive, Real, Persuasive, Ostensive definitions Referential, Ideational, Behavioural and Use View of Meaning 10 P a g e

12 UNIT-IV: UNIT-V: Analytic and Synthetic; Apriori and Aposteriori; Synthetic-A priori; Logical Possibility Concept: Nature and Source; Truth: Correspondence, Coherence and What Works; Knowledge: Sources 1. John Hospers, An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis 2. W.P. Alston, of Language SECOND YEAR SEMESTER-III Paper-V:Contemporary Indian Unit -1 Swami Vivekananda: Practical Vedanta; Universal Religion; Man and His Destiny Unit II R.N. Tagore: God as Reality; Nature of Religion; Man and His Destiny Unit III Sri Aurobindo: Saccidananda;Creation; Man and His Transformation Unit IV M.K. Gandhi: God as Truth, Non-Violence, Satyagraha, Sarvodaya Unit V S. Radhakrishnan: Man and His Destiny;Religion and Religious Experience; Intellect and Intuition : 1. B.K. Lal,Contemporary Indian 2. T.M.P. Mahadevan, Contemporary Indian Unit-I Francis Bacon- Inductive Method, Idolas Paper-VI: Modern European 11 P a g e

13 Descartes- Method,Substance, Inmate ideas Unit-II Spinoza: Substance, Attribute and Modes Leibnitz- Monads, Pre-establishment Harmony Unit-III Locke: Refutation of Innate Ideas; Theory of Knowledge; Idea of Substance Unit-IV Berkeley: Subjective Idealism Hume: Scepticism; Theory of Causation; Idea of Self Unit-V Kant: Review of the Claims of Empiricism and Rationalism; Space and Time; Categories of Understanding 1. Richard Falkenberg, History of Modern 2. Frank Thilly, History of 3. Y. Masih, Critical History of Western 4. RatnakarPati, History of Modern European Paper-VII: Study of a Western Classic: Rene Descartes Meditations on First Unit-1 Meditation I: Sceptical Doubts,MeditationII: cogito ergo sum and sum res cogitans, The Wax Argument Unit-II Meditation III: Clear and Distinct Perceptions, Theory of Ideas, Existence of God Unit-III Meditation IV: God is no Deceiver, Will, Intellect and the Possibility of Error Unit-IV Meditation V: Essence of Material Things, Existence of God Unit-V Meditation VI: Mind-body Dualism, Primary and Secondary Qualities 1. Rene Descartes, Meditations on First (Various editions) 2. Rae Langton, A Study Guide to Descartes Meditations, /study-materials/descartes_guide.pdf 12 P a g e

14 3. AmelieRorty, Essays on Descartes Meditations Unit I SEMESTER-IV Paper-VIII:Study of TheBhagavadgita The Bhagavadgita: Conception of Yoga; Conceptions of Life and Death Unit II The Bhagavadgita: Karma and Karmaphala; Karma, Akarma and Vikarma Unit III The Bhagavadgita: Jnana and Vijnana; Ksara, Aksara and UttamaPurusa Unit IV Chapter XVIII Verses 1 to36 with Samkara s Commentary Unit V Chapter XVIII Verses 37 to78 with Samkara s Commentary 1. (Tr. & Ed.) S. Radhakrishnan, The Bhagavadgita 2. (Tr. & Ed.) V. Panoli, Gita in Samkara s Own Words, I & II 3. (Tr.) A.G.K. Warrior, SrimadbhagavadgitaBhasya of SriSamkaracharya 4. P.N. Srinivasachari, The Ethical of the Gita 5. K.M. Munshi and R.R. Diwakar, Bhagavadgita and Modern Life 6. S.C. Panigrahi, Concept of Yoga in the Gita Unit-1 Paper-IX:Traditional Ethics and Applied Ethics Definition, Nature and Scope of Ethics; Moral and Non- moral Actions; Factual and Moral Judgments Unit-II Teleological Ethics: Hedonism; Utilitarianism Unit-III Business Ethics: Rights and Obligations in Business; Justice, Truth Telling and Honesty in Business Unit-IV 13 P a g e

15 Bio-Medical Ethics: Rights and Obligations of Health Care Professionals, Patient and His Family; Abortion; Euthanasia Unit-V Environmental Ethics: Use and Exploitation of Nature;Animal Killing and Animal Rights : 1. William Lillie, Ethics 2. J.N.Sinha, Manual of Ethics 3. Peter Singer, Practical Ethics 4. Jacques P. Thiroux, Ethics: Theory and Practice Unit-1 Sanatana Dharma: Paper-X:Study of Major Religions of the World The Conception of Man (amrtasyaputra); His Pursuits (dharma, artha, kama&moksa); Ways of Conduct (margas): jnana, karma&bhakti Unit-II Buddhism: Three Practices: Sila, Samadhi&Prajna; Four Noble Truths; Five Precepts; Eight-fold Path Unit-III Jainism: Three Gems; Five Vows; TheJainaAgamas Unit-IV Christianity: God as Trinity; Grace; Justice; Peace; Service; Salvation Unit-V Islam: Conception of Man; Pursuits of Man: Shahadah (declaration of faith), Salaah (prayer), Zakat (charity), Saum (fasting) &Hajj (pilgrimage): Brotherhood and Equality of Mankind 14 P a g e

16 1. Y. Masih, A Comparative Study of Religions 2. Lloyd Ridgeon, Major World Religions SEMESTER-V Paper-XI:Social and Political Unit-1 Sociality, Social Science and Social Laws; of Social Science Unit-II The Explanation of Human Action; Reasons and Causes Unit-III What is Political philosophy? Liberty, Authority and Justice Unit-IV Democratic Ideals; Democratic Government; Human Rights Unit-V Power and Authority; Grounds of Political Obligation 1. Scott Gordon, The History and of Social Science, Chapters 1, 3, 4, 14,15 and Alexander Rosenberg, of Social Science, Chapters 1 and 2 3. D.D. Raphael, Problems of Political Paper-XII:Study of an Indian Classic: The Isa Upanisad with Samkara s Commentary Unit-1 What are Upanisads, Place of Upanisadsin Indian and Culture, The Isa upanisad 15 P a g e

17 Unit-II Mantras 1 to 4 Unit-III Mantras 5 to 9 Unit-IV Mantras 10 to 14 Unit-V Mantras 15 to The Isa Upanisad with Samkara s Commentary (Various editions) 2. S. Radhakrishnan, The Principal Upanisads 3. Satyabadi Mishra, Central of the Upanisads Unit-1 SEMESTER-VI Paper-XIII:Gandhian Study Political Thought of Gandhi: Gandhi's Concept of Politics - goals and methods of action; Concept and claim of spiritualising politics Unit-II Economic Thought of Gandhi: Gandhi s ideas and efforts in the field of economics; Gandhi s critique of Industrialism - Evils and Consequences; of Work: Employment Yajna, Need Vs Greed (and Wants) Unit-III Social Thought of Gandhi and Social Work: and Sociology of Sarvodaya; Concept of Gramswaraj, Varanshram system and its distinction from caste system;eradication of social evils with special reference to Gandhi s drive against alcoholism/drug addiction;untouchability and the method of struggle against it Unit-IV Education - meaning and aims of education;gandhi s experiment in education at Satyagraha Ashram, Ahmedabad; at SevagramAshram; Basic Education; Duties of students, parents and 16 P a g e

18 teachers in education and their Interrelationship; Sex education; Formal, non-formal and informal education Unit-V Gandhi s Idea of Peace: Meaning of Peace and Violence; Peace and Disarmament; Nonviolent way to world peace; Combating terrorism through non-violence;gandhian Approach to Conflict Resolution - Shanti Sena 1. Mahatma Gandhi, Autobiography 2. Mahatma Gandhi, Hind Swaraj 3. Mahatma Gandhi, Towards Non-violent Socialism 4. Mahatma Gandhi, Towards New Education, Paper-XIV:Dissertation 17 P a g e

19 FAKIR MOHAN UNIVERSITY CBCS SYLLABUS B.A. (Pass) FIRST YEAR SEMESTER-I Paper-I:PHIL.-CG-I- General Full Marks: 100 [Mid Sem 20+End Sem 80] Credit Points: 4 No. of classes: 50 UNIT-I: Definition, Nature and Function of ; Its Relation with Other Modes of Thinking UNIT-II: Problems of Being: Monism, Dualism and Pluralism; Idealism and Realism UNIT-III: Problems of Knowledge: Rationalism, Empiricism and Criticism UNIT-V: Problems of : Substance: Universals; Causality; Freewill 1. G.T.W. Patrick, Introduction to 2. G.W. Cunningham, Problems of 3. Bertrand Russell, Problems of 4. Richard Taylor, Metaphysics 5. D.W. Hamlyn, Metaphysics Paper-II: Symbolic Logic and Logic of Scientific Enquiry Full Marks: 100 [Mid Sem 20+End Sem 80] Credit Points: 4 No. of classes: 50 UNIT-I: Chapters I, II and III (Sections 1 and 3) UNIT-II: Chapter III (Section 4 to 7 and 9 UNIT-III: Chapter V and Appendix TEXT: An Introduction to Symbolic Logic by A.H. Basson and D.J. O Conner UNIT-IV: Scientific Method; Its Rules and Principles UNIT-V: Explanation; Laws of Causation; Laws of Nature 1. A.H.Basson and D.J.O Conner, An Introduction to Symbolic Logic 2. M.R. Cohen and E. Nagel, An Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method 3. John Hospers, An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis 4. Alex Rosenberg, of Science: A Contemporary Introduction SEMESTER-II Paper-III: Systems of Indian Full Marks: 100 [Mid Sem 20+End Sem 80] Credit Points: 4 No. of classes: 50 UNIT-I: UNIT-II: UNIT-III: Carvaka Materialism; Jainism:Syadvada; Anekantavada Buddhism: The Noble Truths; Doctrine of Dependent Origination; Doctrine of Momentariness Samkhya: Purusa; Prakrti; Causality Yoga: Cittavrtti and Its Nirodha; AstangikaMarga 18 P a g e

20 UNIT-IV: UNIT-V: Nyaya: Pramanas Vaisesika: Padarthas Samkara and Ramanuja: Brahman, Atman, Jagat and Maya 1. S.C. Chatterji and D.M. Datta, An Introduction to Indian 2. C.D. Sharma, A Critical Survey of Indian 3. M. Hiriyanna, Outlines of Indian 4. R.K. Puligandla, Fundamentals of Indian Paper-IV: of Language Full Marks: 100 [Mid Sem 20+End Sem 80] Credit Points: 4 No. of classes: 50 UNIT-I: UNIT-II: UNIT-III: UNIT-IV: UNIT-V: Word Meaning; Ambiguity; Vagueness Definition: Defining and Accompanying Characteristics; Scope of Definition; Causal, Stipulative, Reportive, Real, Persuasive, Ostensive definitions Referential, Ideational, Behavioural and Use View of Meaning Analytic and Synthetic; Apriori and Aposteriori; Synthetic-A priori; Logical Possibility Concept: Nature and Source; Truth: Correspondence, Coherence and What Works; Knowledge: Sources 1. John Hospers, An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis 2. W.P. Alston, of Language 19 P a g e

Definition, Nature and Function of Philosophy; Its Relation with Other Modes of Thinking

Definition, Nature and Function of Philosophy; Its Relation with Other Modes of Thinking FAKIR MOHAN UNIVERSITY CBCS SYLLABUS CORE COURSE ; SEMESTER I B.A. PHILOSOPHY (Honours) PHIL. CC-I : General Philosophy Time- 3hrs. F. M.: 100 [Mid Sem 20+End Sem 80] Credit Points: - 6 No. of classes: