P* 'tu DEPARTMENT OFPHILOSOPHY lations & Gourses ne) Philosophy Semester I & II Examination 2011-12 Semester III & IV Examination20L2-L3 S,emester V & VI Examination 2013-14 Syllabi applicable for the students seeking admission to the B.A, (Programme) Phitosoplty Courses in theacademic year 2011-12
B.A. (Programme) PHILOSOPHY SYLLABUS DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY UNIVERSITY OF DELHI NEW DELHI-11()OO7 To implemeni the Semester System for thd B.A. (Programme) at the Under- 'graduate level, the Department of Philosophy, has formulated and approved the following Syllabus. 1
B.A. (PROGRAMME) PHTLOSOPHY (zoll-lz, 2OL2-L3 2013-14) SCHEME OF EXAMINATION Semester - I Paper Code I Logic - I 3hrs 100 l4arks I LUgtLdt ^Edsu l lg Section A and B Semester - II Paper Code I Logic - U 3hrs 100 Marks z.! ll lr ^^!--r n^--^-r-- I Logtcat Reasontng - Propositlonal & Predicate Logic Semester - III Paper Code 3.1 Etntcs - I Section A&Section B 3hrs 100 lvlarks Paper Code 4,L Ethics - II Section A Section B Semester - IV 3hrs 100 Marks Semester - V Paper Code I Philosophlcal Debates - I 3hrs 100 t\4ark J.I Semester - VI Paper Code Philosophical Debates - II 3hrs 100 Mark o.r
B.A. (PROGRAMME) PHTLOSOPHY (2OLL-L4 2OI,2-L3 r 20 I 3-14) SCHEME OF EXAMINATION SEMESTER - I Paper code 1.1 I LOGICAL REASONING Panpr - T 3hrs 100 MarK I Traditional Logic (Sec. A) informal Fallacies(Sec. B) Defi nltion and examdles. I distributions of terms Traditional square of :xlstential Import), Immedlate Inferences: ition Syllogism), flgures and moods, special rules bllacies, Readings 1) I.M.Copi & Carl cohen/ Introduction to loglq Prentice Hall India, New Delhi 1997. (Hindi Translation avallable) 2) A,H. Basson & D,J.OConner, Introduc1on b Symbollc logic Unive6ltl tutorial Press, London 1965 (chapter 3) SEMESTER - II PaDer code 2.1 I LOGICAL REASONING 3hrs 100 Marks Jlc )gation, Conjuction, Disjunction (Alternation),, BFconditional(lvlaterial Equivalence), Sheffe/s I Stroke function. Interdefinability of truth functions. lsymbolization Svmbolization Truth and validity, decision procedures: Truth table method, Redutio ad I absurdum Formal Proof of validiry using only first nine rules of inference: Predicate Logic: Universal and existential quantiflers/ symbolization of sentences.
Readings 1) LM, Copi & Carl Cohen,.tntroduction to logic, Prcntice hall of India,New Delhi 1997. (Hindl Translation available) 2) z)a.h. Basson & D.J.O'Connett Introduction to Symbolic logic Univercitl tutorial Press. London 1965 (Chapter 3) SEMESTER * III Paper code 3.1 ETHICS: THEORY AND PRACTXCE Paper - I: Section A & Section B Section A: 7. Ethics: A definition of the fleld and its demarcation customs, conventions and laws. 3hrs 100 lvlarks from the field of 2, Wtue Ethics: Aristotlet Well being deflnition of Virtue, Concept of the Golflen mean with special reference to Courage and Temperance, Moral and Intellectual virtue. 3, Deontalogical Efrics.' Immanuel Kant, concept of Duty, Goodwill, LoLegur rlor!fl PEr olrve 4, Consequentia/ist Ethics: Mill's utilitarianism Section B: 1, Euthanasia 2. Female foeticide (i) John Nuttal, MoiaI Questions: An Introductian to Ethics, Macmlllan, London,1993. (ii) J.L. Amckie, Ethicsi Inventing Right dnd Wrong, Hatmonds Woftnl Iviiddlesex,1977 2. AristoUe/ Nichomachean Ethlcs Book 11094A-i096A 3. 4. Book 2 1103A-11098 Book 3 1110A-11198 Immanuel Kant, Groundwork of Metaphysic of Morals Lawerence Pasternack (ed,) Routledge. Preface and Chapter 1 J.S. Mill, lutiliarianism' in t/lary Warnock, (ed.) Mill: Utilitarianisn and Other Writings,Callins, Glassglow,1962.
Readinqs for Section B 1. EuthanasiarFor and Againsf in Jenny Teichmnman, Social Ethics, Blackwell, u.s.a, 1996 (i)manmeet Kaur,'Female foetjcidela Sociological Perspective', The Journal of Family welfare,march 1993,39. (ii) Mary Ann Warren,'Sex Selection: Individual Choice or Cultural coercion' ' In Bio Ethics:An Anthology, Blackwell.1ggg. SEMESTER - IV PaDeT I ETHICS:THEORY AND PRACTICE - II code 4'1 ] Paper - II 3hrs 100 Marks (Sec A) I z. 2. Nishkama karma 3. Buddhist and Jaina ethics 4. candhi's Concept of Ahimsa I lfy:jl4!-!:rg--!..:4---:z:.::-.lj Readinas for Sec A I J 1. (l) 'Punishment and Death Penalty' in T.L. beanchamp and T.P. Pinkard(ed.) Ethics and Public Policy:An Introduction to Ethlbt Prentlce Hall 1983, (ii)jonathan Glover, causing Death and saving lives/ Penguin Books/ England 7977 Ch.t8 2. Taking Life:Animals' Peter Singet Practical Ethics c.u.p. 1993 Qpa.linrrc fnr Qar- R 1, 'Rajendra Prasad, The theory of Purusharthas: Revaluation and Reconstruction in Karma causatation and Retributive Moraliy LC,P,R.,1989 12. Bhagvad Gita, Chap 2 and Chap 3 3. (i)s.radhakrish nan, Indian philosophy, Vol 1 ceorge Allen and Unwin 1983 ' (ii) L,C. Sharma, Ethical Philosophies of India, Harper and Row, U.S.A. 1965 13. nudranshu I\4ukherjee,(ed.),The Penguin Gandhi Reader, Penguin, New Delhi,1993. 'On Ahimsa' (Oct 1916)'The Doctrine of Sword (Aug 1920)', 'Non- Violence'(March 1922)