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SYLLABUS FOR BCS (WRITTEN) EXAMINATION
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PHILOSOPHY
(POST RELATED)
Subject Code: 211
Total Marks-200
Part-I
100 Marks
Introduction:
The nature, scope, methods and aims of Philosophy. Is Philosophy Useful in Life? Relation of Philosophy to
Religion, Science and Commonsense.
Logic and Epistemology:
Logic as a normative science. The nature of Deductive and Inductive arguments.
What is knowledge? Theories of sources of Knowledge: Rationalism, Empiricism, Criticism (Kant) and
Intuitionism. Realism and Idealism.
Theories of Reality:
Materialism and Idealism. Monism, Dualism and Pluralism.
Theories of Evolution:
Creation and Evolution. Types of Evolution: Mechanical, Teleological, Emergent, and Creative Evolutions.
Freedom of the Will:
Cause, Determinism and Freedom.
Philosophy of Mind:
Mind as a spiritual substance, the empirical concept of the self, Theories of mind-body relationship.
Immortality of the Soul:
Its meanings and implications, Classical proofs for immortality, Kant's ethical proof.
Value:
Fact and Value, Intrinsic and Extrinsic Values, Three cardinal values: Truth, Beauty and Goodness,
Subjectivity and objectivity of values.
Truth:
What is truth? Three main theories of truth: Correspondence, Coherence and Pragmatic theories.
Philosophy of Religion:
What is meant by God? Three concepts about God: Pantheism, Deism and Theism, Proofs for God's
Existence, God and the Problem of evil.
Major Trends in Contemporary Western Philosophy:
Existentialism, Logical Positivism, Pragmatism, Neo-Idealism, Neo-Realism, Intuitionism and Analytical
Philosophy.