BA-V SEMESTER

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DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, AMU, ALIGARH

LOGIC (CBCS) 2020-2021 (PYB 551)

BA-V SEMESTER

CREDITS: 04

Total Marks: 100 Sessional/Assignment: 30 End Semester: 70 Course Objectives:

To cultivate the habit of critically and logically examine the arguments of others and make good reasoning of their own.

Course Outcomes:

After the completion of this course, the students will be able to:

1. Understand what is logic, its kinds and the function of language used to form arguments.

2. Understand Categorical proposition, their quality and quantity.

3.

Understand definitions of words and phrases used in logic.

UNIT- I

1. Deduction and Induction; Premises and Conclusions

2. Basic Functions of Language; Discourse serving multiple functions; Types of Definition 3. Fallacies and their Classification

UNIT- II

1. Categorical Propositions and Classes: Quality, Quantity and Distribution 2. Traditional Square of Opposition

3. Formal Nature of Syllogistic Arguments; Other Immediate Inferences UNIT- III

1. Definitions and Symbols for Conjunction, Negation and Disjunction 2. Conditional Statements; Material Implication and its Paradoxes 3. Argument Forms and Arguments; Statement Forms and Statements

EXISTENTIALISM (CBCS) 2020-2021 (PYB-553)

BA-V SEMESTER

CREDITS: 04

Total Marks: 100 Sessional/Assignment: 30 End Semester: 70 Course Outcomes:

This course aims to introduce students with existentialism its main features and critique of rationalism.

After completion of this course, the students shall be able to understand:

1. Main features of Existentialism;

2. How existentialism is a revolt against idealism and rationalism;

3. The major themes of existentialism as envisaged by the existentialists.

UNIT- I

1. Main Features of Existentialism 2. Revolt against Idealism

3. Existentialist Critique of Rationalism UNIT- II

1. Kierkegaard : Three Stages of Existence 2. Marcel : Problem and Mystery 3. Jaspers : Notion of Existence UNIT- III

1. Sartre: Existence precedes Essence 2. Sartre: Freedom and Responsibility

3. Heidegger : Being-in-the-World and Being-in-the-Midst-of-the-world

Kāzmī, Latīf H.S.

: : :

Irrational Man

Existentialist’s Quest of Authenticity

Philosophy of Iqbāl (Iqbāl and Existentialism)

: Philosophy of Iqbāl (Iqbāl and Existentialism)

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DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, AMU, ALIGARH

SUFISM IN INDIA (CBCS) 2020-2021 (PYB-554)

BA-V SEMESTER

CREDITS: 04

To learn about Sufism as the Spiritual dimension of Islam and its contribution to enrich the composite culture of India.

1. The spirit of Islam and the development of Sufi tradition in India with reference to some great Sufis.

2. Some important Sufi doctrines like Wujūd-Shuhūd and their reconciliation;

3. The common elements between Bhaktism and Sufism, the contribution of Sufism to composite Indian Culture and the role of the great Indian Sufis.

UNIT-I

1. Development of Sufism in India: Shaikh Ali Hujwerī: Concept of Knowledge;

Ethical Basis of Sufism

2. Shaikh Nizam al-Din Aūlīya: Conception of God; Love of God 3. Shaikh Sharf al-Din Yahya Manyarī: Din and Shar’iah

UNIT-II

1. Ibn Arabī: Doctrine of Wahdat al-Wujūd 2. Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindī: Wahdat al-Shuhūd

3. Shah Walī Allah: Reconciliation between al-Wujūd and al-Shuhūd

UNIT-III

1. Bhakti Movement and Sufism 2. Contribution of Kabir and Jaisi

3. Sufism and Composite Indian Culture

Sharif, M.M. (ed.) : A History of Muslim Philosophy

2.

Rizvi, Athar Abbas : A History of Sufism in India

3.

Nabi, M. Noor : The Development of Muslim Religious Thought in India

4.

Faruqi, Burhanuddin : The Mujaddid’s Conception of Tawhīd

5.

Chand, Tara : Influence of Islam on Indian Culture

6.

Kāzmī, Latīf H. Shah, : Studies in Islamic Philosophy, (Part One)

7.

Nadvi, Muzaffaruddin : Muslim Thought and its Source

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DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, AMU, ALIGARH

INDIAN ETHICS (CBCS) 2020-2021 (PYB-556)

BA-V SEMESTER

CREDITS: 04

To analyze the various ethical theories existing in the Bhagvad Gita and the Orthodox and the Heterodox schools of Indian Philosophy.

After the completion of this course, the students shall be able to understand:

1. The main features of Indian Ethics;

2. The ethical principles given by the various Indian schools;

2. The different paths leading to ‘Moksha’.

UNIT I

1. Indian Ethics: Its main features 2. Concept of Purushartha

3. Charvaka : Hedonism UNIT II

1. Bhagvad Gita: Nishkama Karma, Sthitaprajna

2. Jainism: Concept of Punya and Paap; Maha-Vrata and Anu-Vrata 3. Buddhism: Eight –fold Path

UNIT III

1. Yogic Eight-fold path of Patanjali 2. Samkhya- Yoga: Concept of Salvation 3. Shankara: Concept of Liberation SUGGESTED READINGS:

1. I. C. Sharma : Ethical Philosophy of India

2. C.D. Sharma : Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy 3. S. Dasgupta : Development of Moral Philosophy in India 4. G.A. Chandravarkar : A Manual of Hindu Ethics

5. Dutta &Chatterji : Introduction to Indian Philosophy

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DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, AMU, ALIGARH

MUSLIM ETHICS (CBCS) 2020-21 (PYB-555)

BA-V SEMESTER

CREDITS: 04 Total Marks: 100 Sessional/Assignment: 30 End Semester: 70 Course Objectives:

To learn about the main sources and features of Islamic Ethics and to know the views of some great Islamic thinkers on Islamic Ethical System.

1. The Qur’ānic Concept Ethics and its implications in various departments of life;

2. About the views of Islamic thinkers on Islamic Ethical Thought;

3. About Ethical Ideals and human responsibility.

UNIT-I

1. Qur’ānic Concept of Man: Vicegerency and its Ethical Implications 2. Duties towards Man; Duties towards God

3. Development of Islāmic Ethical Thought

UNIT-II

1. Ibn Miskawaih: Cardinal Virtues, Ideal State

2. NasiruddinTusī: Perfection of Human Soul and its Power; Concept of Highest Happiness (Sa’adah)

3. Jalaluddin Dawanī: Analysis of Virtues and Vices

UNIT-III

1. Al-Ghazālī: Classification of Virtues and Vices 2. Rumi: ‘Love as an Ethical Ideal’

3. Mohammad Iqbāl: Philosophy of Ego and its Ethical Significance

DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, AMU, ALIGARH

ANALYTICAL PHILOSOPHY (CBCS) 2020-21 (PYB-552)

BA-V SEMESTER

CREDITS: 04

To learn regarding the development of language based analysis in Western philosophical tradition and the down fall of metaphysical discourse. It introduces linguistic analysis as a new philosophical activity initiated by G. E. Moore, Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein.

After completion of this course the students shall be able to understand:

1. The basic notion of Linguistic Analysis and the importance of language;

2. The issues and challenges of metaphysics;

3. The relationship between language and reality.

UNIT- I

1. Origin and Significance of Analytic Philosophy 2. G. E. Moore :Defence of Common Sense

3. Russell : Logical atomism UNIT- II

1. Early Wittgenstein: Picture Theory 2. Later Wittgenstein: Language Game

3. Logical Positivism: Verifiability Theory of Meaning; Elimination of Metaphysics UNIT- III

1. Ryle: Category Mistake 2. Austin : Speech-Act Theory

3. Quine : Two Dogmas of Empiricism SUGGESTED READINGS:

1. Dutta, D.M. : The Chief Currents of Contemporary Philosophy 2. Robert Ammerman : Classics of Analytic Philosophy

3. Ayer A. J. : Philosophy in the Twentieth Century 4. Martinich, Aloysius & F. David

Sosa

: Analytic Philosophy: An Anthology

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DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, AMU, ALIGARH

EXISTENTIALIST PHILOSOPHY (OPEN ELECTIVE) (CBCS) 2020-2021 (PYB-591)

BA-V SEMESTER -(OE)

CREDITS: 02

The aim of the course is to introduce existentialist Philosophy to the students of other disciplines.

1. The historical background of existentialism and the conditions in which the existentialism as a movement evolves;

2. The major themes of existentialism propounded by different existentialists.

UNIT- I

1. Historical Origin of Existentialism 2. Recurring Themes in Existentialism 3. Revolt against Rationalism

4. Revolt against Idealism UNIT- II

1. Kierkegaard : Three Stages of Existence 2. Sartre: Existence precedes Essence 3. Nietzsche: Will to Power

4. Camus: The Idea of Absurd

INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY-I (Open Elective) (CBCS) 2020-2021 (PYB-592)

BA-V SEMESTER-(OE)

CREDITS: 02 Total Marks: 100 Sessional/Assignment: 30 End Semester: 70 Course Objectives:

To learn about the basic nature and significance of philosophy in general and the main features of Greek philosophy in particular.

After completion of this course, the students shall be able to:

1. Understand the nature, scope and relation of philosophy to other disciplines and concept of

Greek Philosophers;

2. Understand the Critical aspects and powerful thoughts of various philosophers.