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Course Code: PHI4500104MJ / PHI4500104MN

সত্তা তত্ত্ব (ভাৰতীয়) (Major/Minor)
Theory of Reality (Indian)

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Course Code: PHI4500204MJ

বিশ্লেষণাত্মক দৰ্শন
Analytic Philosophy

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Course Code: PHI4500304MJ / PHI4500304MN

প্ৰতীকাত্মক তৰ্কবিজ্ঞান (Major/Minor)
Symbolic Logic

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সত্তা তত্ত্ব (ভাৰতীয়)

Theory of Reality (Indian)

Course Code: PHI4500104MJ / PHI4500104MN

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Unit: 1 মায়া আৰু জগত: অদ্বৈত বেদান্ত

Unit: 2 ব্ৰহ্ম আৰু ঈশ্বৰ: অদ্বৈত বেদান্ত, বিশিষ্টাদ্বৈত বেদান্ত, ন্যায়-বৈশেষিক

Unit: 3 পদাৰ্থ: ন্যায়

Unit: 4 বিৱৰ্তন আৰু ভ্ৰম বা অধ্যাসৰ তত্ত্বসমূহ - পৰিণামবাদ, বিৱৰ্তবাদ

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বিশ্লেষণাত্মক দৰ্শন

Analytic Philosophy

Course Code: PHI4500204MJ

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Unit: 1 বিশ্লেষণাত্মক দৰ্শনৰ পৰিচয়, প্ৰাচীন/পৰম্পৰাগত দৰ্শন আৰু বিশ্লেষণাত্মক দৰ্শনৰ মাজৰ প্ৰভেদ (Introduction to Analytic Philosophy, Distinction between Classical Philosophy and Analytic Philosophy)

Unit: 2 জি. ই. মূৰ: সাধাৰণ জ্ঞানৰ সপক্ষে এক যুক্তি - মূল পাঠ্যভিত্তিক অধ্যয়ন (G. E. Moore: A defence of Common Sense - Textual Study)

Unit: 3 ৰাছেল: অন ডিনোটিং / বাচক শব্দৰ প্ৰসংগত - মূল পাঠ্যভিত্তিক অধ্যয়ন (Russell: On Denoting - Textual Study)

Unit: 4 আদি বা প্ৰাৰম্ভিক ভিটগেনষ্টাইন: অৰ্থৰ চিত্ৰৰূপ তত্ত্ব - মূল পাঠ্যভিত্তিক অধ্যয়ন (Early Wittgenstein: Picture Theory of Meaning - Textual Study)

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প্ৰতীকাত্মক তৰ্কবিজ্ঞান

Symbolic Logic

Course Code: PHI4500304MJ / PHI4500304MN

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Unit: 1 প্ৰতীকাত্মক তৰ্কবিজ্ঞানৰ পৰিচয় (Introduction to Symbolic Logic)

Unit: 2 তৰ্কীয় সংযোজক আৰু প্ৰতীকীকৰণ (Logical Connectives and Symbolization)

Unit: 3 সত্যতা ফলন আৰু সত্যতা তালিকা পদ্ধতি (Truth Function and Truth Table Method)

Unit: 4 নিগমন পদ্ধতি / অৱৰোহ পদ্ধতি (Method of Deduction)

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ধৰ্মদৰ্শন

Philosophy of Religion

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Unit: 1 ধৰ্মদৰ্শন: সংজ্ঞা, প্ৰকৃতি আৰু পৰিসৰ (Philosophy of Religion: Definition, Nature and Scope)

Unit: 2 বিশ্বতাত্ত্বিক যুক্তি (Cosmological Argument)

Unit: 3 যুক্তি, বিশ্বাস, ঐশ্বৰিক প্ৰকাশ/প্ৰত্যাদেশ (Reason, Faith, Revelation)

Unit: 4 অতিৱর্তী ঈশ্বৰবাদ, সর্বেশ্বৰবাদ, সর্বধৰেশ্বৰবাদ, ঈশ্বৰ বিৰোদী মতবাদ,জীবাত্মাৰ ইচ্ছাৰ স্বাধীনতা( Pantheism, Panentheism)

Course Content

Unit I

25 Marks

Māyā and Jagat: Advaita Vedānta
Acit: Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Guṇa and Prakṛti: Sāṅkhya

Unit II

25 Marks

Brahman and Isvara: Advaita Vedānta, Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta, Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika
Jīva: Advaita Vedānta, Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Puruṣa: Sāṅkhya

Unit III

25 Marks

Padārtha: Nyāya
Padārtha: Vaiśeṣika
Tattva: Jaina

Unit IV

25 Marks

Theories of evolution and illusion (Pariṇāmavāda and Vivartavāda)
Theory of atomic agglomeration (Ārambhavāda)
Theory of dependent-origination (Pratītyasamutpāda)

Recommended Readings

Cowell, E. B., & Gough, A. E. (Trans.). (1882). The Sarva-Darśana-Saṃgraha or review of different systems of Hindu philosophy by Mādhva Ācārya. Trench Trubner.
Dasgupta, S. (1922). A history of Indian philosophy (Vol. 1). Cambridge University Press.
Frauwallner, E. (1973). History of Indian philosophy (Vol. 1). (V. M. Bedekar, Trans.). Motilal Banarsidass.
Larson, G. J. (1969). Classical Sāṃkhya: An interpretation of its history and meaning. Motilal Banarsidass.
Phillips, S. H. (1995). Classical Indian metaphysics: Refutations of realism and emergence of new logic. Open Court Publishing.
Radhakrishnan, S. (1923). Indian philosophy (Vol. 1). George Allen & Unwin.
Radhakrishnan, S. (1927). Indian philosophy (Vol. 2). George Allen & Unwin.
Shah, N. (1998). Jainism: The world of conquerors (Vol. 2). Motilal Banarsidass.
Sharma, C. D. (1962). A critical survey of Indian philosophy. Barnes & Noble.
Sinha, J. (1938). Indian realism. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.
Sinha, J. (1952). Indian philosophy (Vol. 2). Motilal Banarsidass.
Sinha, J. (1956). Indian philosophy (Vol. 1). Motilal Banarsidass.
Smart, N. (1964). Doctrine and argument in Indian philosophy. George Allen & Unwin.
Swami Nikhilananda, trans. 1931. Vedānta-Sāra by Sadānanda Yogīndra. Advaita Ashrama.

Course Content

Unit I: Introduction

25 Marks

Introduction to Analytic Philosophy
Distinction between Classical Philosophy and Analytic Philosophy
Brief introduction to the prominent philosophers of Analytic Philosophy (Frege, Strawson, Ryle, Austin & Quine)

Unit II: Moore

25 Marks

Moore: A Defence of Common Sense (Defence against Scepticism, Certainty of Common Sense Beliefs, Ordinary Language)

Unit III: Russell

25 Marks

Bertrand Russell: On Denoting (Denoting phrases, Theory of Definite Descriptions)
Philosophy of Logical Atomism (Lecture I -V)

Unit IV: Wittgenstein

25 Marks

Wittgenstein: Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Picture Theory of Meaning)
Philosophical Investigations (Form of Life, Family Resemblance, Meaning and Use)

Recommended Readings

Ammerman, R. R. (Ed.). (1990). Classics of analytic philosophy. Hackett Publishing Company.
Austin, J. L. (1975). How to do things with words (2nd ed., J. O. Urmson & M. Sbisà, Eds.). Harvard University Press.
Frege, G. (1952). On sense and reference. In P. Geach & M. Black (Eds. & Trans.), Translations from the philosophical writings of Gottlob Frege (pp. 56–78). Basil Blackwell.
Martinich, A. P., & Sosa, D. (Eds.). (2001). A companion to analytic philosophy. Blackwell Publishers.
Moore, G. E. (2010). Philosophical papers (Vol. 17). Routledge.
Pitcher, G. (1964). The philosophy of Wittgenstein. Prentice Hall.
Pradhan, R. C. (2001). Recent developments in analytic philosophy. Indian Council of Philosophical Research.
Quine, W. V. O. (1980). Two dogmas of empiricism. In From a logical point of view: Nine logico-philosophical essays (2nd rev. ed., pp. 20–46). Harvard University Press.
Ryle, G. (2002). The concept of mind. The University of Chicago Press.
Russell, B. (1905). On denoting. Mind, 14(56), 479–493.
Russell, B. (2010). The philosophy of logical atomism (D. F. Pears, Ed.). Routledge.
Searle, J. R. (1969). Speech acts: An essay in the philosophy of language. Cambridge University Press.
Strawson, P. F. (2002). Individuals: An essay in descriptive metaphysics. Routledge.
Stroll, A. (2018). Twentieth-century analytic philosophy. Motilal Banarsidass.
Wittgenstein, L. (2001). Tractatus logico-philosophicus. Routledge.
Wittgenstein, L. (2009). Philosophical investigations (P. M. S. Hacker & J. Schulte, Eds.; G. E. M. Anscombe, P. M. S. Hacker, & J. Schulte, Trans., Rev. 4th ed.). Wiley-Blackwell.

Course Content

Unit I: Introduction to Symbolic Logic

25 Marks

Symbolic Logic – its development
Nature and Scope of Symbolic Logic
Symbols and their uses

Unit II: Logical Connectives and Symbolization

25 Marks

Simple and Compound Statements
Logical Connectives and Variables
Symbolization of everyday language

Unit III: Truth Function and Truth Table Method

25 Marks

Truth Functions, Interdefinability of Logical Connectives
Construction of Truth Tables
Determining Tautology, Contradiction and Contingent Statements; and validity of arguments (Direct and Indirect) by using Truth Tables, Decision Procedure

Unit IV: Method of Deduction

25 Marks

Formal Proof of Validity
Rules of Inference and Rules of Replacement
Construction of Formal Proof of validity for arguments

Recommended Readings

Basson, A. H., & O’Connor, D. J. (1960). Introduction to symbolic logic. The Free Press of Glencoe.
Chakraborti, C. (2007). Logic: Informal, symbolic and inductive. Prentice Hall of India.
Copi, I. M. (2015). Symbolic logic (5th ed.). Pearson Education India.
Copi, I. M., Cohen, C., & McMahon, K. (2013). Introduction to logic (14th ed.). Routledge.
Hurley, P. J. (2015). A concise introduction to logic (12th ed.). Cengage Learning.
Smith, N. J. J. (2012). Logic: The laws of truth. Princeton University Press.