Crash Course In Philosophy

Lecture

Syllabus Covered

1

Introduction to Philosophy

PAPER 1

2

Plato's theory of ideas Aristotle's form and matter

3

Cartesian method and cogito ergo sum/ Spinoza's substance

4

Berkeley's esse est percipi Hume's skepticism- Kant's response

5

Kant's synthetic judgment a priori, Space-time, Hegel's Dialectical Method

6

Moore's refutation of idealism, Russell's logical atomism, Incomplete symbols

7

Wittgenstein's picture theory-language game , Logical positivism: verification theory

8

Husserl's Phenomenology and Sartre's existentialism

9

Charvaka's rejection of inference and Jaina's syadvada

10

Buddhism pratityasamutpada and ksanikavada, Samkhya's Prakriti and Purusa

11

Nyaya-Vaishesika's Alaukika Pratyaksha- Anuman-Samanya

12

Shankara's Concept of Brahman and World

13

Ramanuja's criticism of Mayavada Aurobindo notion of evolution

PAPER 2

14

Equality, Liberty and Justice

15

Sovereignty & Anarchy

16

Democracy and Marxism

17

Gender equality

18

Proofs for the Existence of God

19

The Idea of Immortality

20

The Problem of Evil

21

Religion and Morality , cognitivism and non-cognitivism

22

Analogical-symbolism


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