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Syllabus for M.A. Final M.A. Final Subject : Philosophy Sessions, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021 (Examinations of 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) Session : 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021 Group A (Four courses need to be taken) Students willing to get admission into the M.A. final year 500001: Philosophy of Language program in Philosophy are required to have B.A. (Hons.) or 500002: Philosophies of Russell and Moore M.A. Preliminary degree in Philosophy. M.A. program has a 500003: Metaphysics duration of one academic year. There are twenty one courses of 500004: Theory of Knowledge which four courses will be offered from group A, two courses 500005: Philosophical Logic will be offered from group B and one course each from group 500006: Pragmatism and Humanism C and group D. The Philosophy Department of the concerned 500007: Phenomenology and Existentialism College will select the courses considering the strength and 500008: Marxist Philosophy availability of teachers. Group B (Two courses need to be taken) Marks distribution 500009: Meta-ethics MA Final year Credit Total marks Total 500010: Business Ethics Credit 500011: Practical Ethics 800+50 32+2 850 34 500012: Administrative Ethics Marks distribution for each eight-credit course 500013: Feminist Philosophy Course final examination of 4 hour duration 500014: Philosophy of Technology to be held at the end of the academic year 70 marks 500015: Philosophy of the Bangalee ( Contemporary)

Two in-course tests of 10 marks each 10+10=20 marks Group C (One course need to be taken) Class attendance and Tutorial 10 marks Total 100 marks 500016: Sufism 500017: Philosophies of al-Ghazali and Ibn Rushd Total Course 8  100 = 800 marks 500018: Contemporary Muslim Philosophy

Viva-voce 50 marks Group D (One course need to be taken) Total 850 marks 500019: Vedanta Philosophy 500020: Buddhist Philosophy 500021: Contemporary Indian Philosophy

Detailed Course Outline Ayer, A.J., Language, Truth and Logic, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1952. Group A Ayer, A.J. (ed.). Logical Positivism, Glencoe, Ill.: The Free Course 500001: Philosophy of Language Press, 1959. Chappell, V.C., (ed.), Ordinary Language, New Jersey: Course Description Englewood Cliffs, 1964. This is an advanced level course which deals with the nature of Carnap, R. The Logical Syntax of Language, London: language and its role in philosophy, science and ordinary Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1935. discourses. In this course students will study the theories of Davidson, Donald and G. Harmon (eds.), The Logic of meaning (semantics and pragmatics), the relationship between Grammar, Encino, CA: Dickenson Publishing Company, the structure of language and the structure of the world. The 1975. focus will be on the salient features of artificial language ______, Semantics of Natural Language, Dordrecht, Holland: philosophy (with emphasis on Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein’s D. Reidel Publishing, 1972. Tractatus, and Carnap) as well as of ordinary language Fodor, J.A. and J.J. Katz (eds.), The Structure of Language, philosophy (with emphasis on Wittgenstein’s Philosophical New York: Prentice Hall, 1964. Investigations and Austin’s speech-act theory). Frege, G. Selections from the Philosophical Writings of Gottlob The course has two parts with two required texts. First part Frege, trans. by, Max Black, 3rd ed., Oxford: Blackwell, deals mainly with the theories of the nature, criterion and 1980. dimensions of meaning. And the required text is William P. Haque, Nayeema. Russell’s Theory of Meaning: Semantic and Alston’s Philosophy of Language. Second part will deal with Pragmatic Approaches, Germany: Lambert Academic Ludwig Wittgenstein’s philosophy of language exclusively Publishing, 2011. focusing on his Philosophical Investigations. Grice, H. P. Studies in the Way of the Words, Cambridge, MA: Texts: Harvard University Press, 1989. 1. Alston, William P. Philosophy of Language, Hospers, John. An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1964. Bombay: Allied Publishers, 1975. Kripke, Saul. Naming and Necessity, Cambridge, Mass.: 2. Wittgenstein, Ludwig. Philosophical Investigations, tr. Harvard University Press, 1980. by G. E. M. Anscombe, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1958. Lee, Barry. (ed.), Philosophy of Language: The Key Thinkers, Books Recommended London: Continuum, 2011. Austin, J.L. How to Do Things with Words, Oxford: Oxford Linskey, Leonard. Semantics and the Philosophy of Language, University Press, 1962. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1952.

Lycan, William G. The Philosophy of Language: A Uªv±vUzm-†jvwM‡Kv-wd‡jv‡mvwdKzm : †h․w³K-`vk©wbK wbeÜ, XvKv: MÖš’ KzwUi, Contemporary Introduction, 2nd ed., New York: 2015| Routledge, 2008. evmvi AvdRvjyj (m¤úvw`Z): UªvK‡UUvm I wfU‡Mb÷vB‡bi fvlvwPšÍv, XvKv, w`e¨ Martinich, A. P. (ed.), The Philosophy of Language, New cÖKvk, 2003| York: Oxford University Press, 1985. _____, The Blue and Brown Books, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, McGuinness, Brian. Wittgenstein: A Life, London: Penguin, 1969. 1990. ingvb, Gg. gwZDi, fvlv `k©b : kãv_© I evK¨v_©, XvKv: Aemi, 2015| Miller, Alexander. Philosophy of Language, 2nd ed., Oxford: gywnZ, †gvt Avãyj, fvlv `k©b, XvKv: Aemi, 2012| Routledge, 2007. Morris, Michael. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Course 500002: Philosophies of Russell and Moore Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Course Description Nye, Andrea. (ed.), Philosophy of Language: The Big Questions, Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 1998. This is an advanced level text-based course focusing on the Odell, S. Jack. On the Philosophy of Language, Belmont, CA: philosophies of Bertrand Russell and G.E. Moore. Two texts, Thomson Wadsworth, 2006. with selected chapters, will be studied. The first one is the Parkinson, G.H.R. (Ed.) The Theory of Meaning, London: Outline of Philosophy (1927) by Bertrand Russell; the second Oxford University Press, 1968. one is Some Main Problems of Philosophy (1953) by G.E. Pitcher, George. The Philosophy of Wittgenstein, Englewood Moore. Russell’s later views on epistemology, philosophy of Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1964. mind and ontology will mainly be dealt with. Moore’s common-sense philosophy, his theories on the nature of sense- Russell, Bertrand. Logic and Knowledge, (ed.) R. Marsh, data and propositions, his criticisms of Berkeley’s London: Allen & Unwin, 1956. epistemological position and Hume’s scepticism, different Searle, John R. Speech Act: An Essay in the Philosophy of ways of knowing along with his realist interpretation of the Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969. nature of material things will mainly be focused on in this Soames, Scott. Philosophy of Language, Princeton; Princeton course. University Press, 2010. Texts: Stainton, Robert J. Philosophical Perspectives on Language, Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview. 1. Russell, B., An Outline of Philosophy, London: Allen and Unwin, 1961. evsjv Abyev`, Ave`yj gZxb, `k©‡bi iƒc‡iLv, Wittgenstein, Ludwig. Tractatus Logico-philosophicus, tr. by | D. F. Pears & B. F. McGuinness, London: Routledge & XvKv : evsjv GKv‡Wgx, 1981 Kegan Paul, 1961. evsjv Abyev` : W. G. †K. Gg. mvjvnDwÏb,

2. Moore G.E., Some Main Problems of Philosophy, White, A.R, G.E. Moore: A Critical Exposition, Oxford: London: Allen and Unwin, 1953. evsjv Abyev`, †gv: Ave`yi Blackwell, 1958. ikx`, , XvKv : evsjv | `k©‡bi KwZcq cÖavb mgm¨v GKv‡Wgx, 1996 Wood, A., Bertrand Russell: The Passionate Sceptic, London: Books Recommended Unwin, 1963. Bmjvg, Avwgbyj, mgKvjxb cvðvZ¨ `k©b, 4_© ms¯‹iY, XvKv: gvIjv eªv`vm©, Ayer, A.J., Russell and Moore: The Analytical Heritage, New 2001| York: Macmillan, 1971. ____, cvðvZ¨ `k©‡bi BwZnvm: i‡kvy †_‡K mgKvj, XvKv: gvIjv e&ªv`vm©, Aiken, L.W., Bertrand Russell's Philosophy of Morals, New 2009| York: The Humanities Press, 1963. nvwg`, †gv: Ave`yj, we‡k¬lYx `k©b: wR.B.gy¨i, XvKv : Abb¨v, 2000| Haque, N., Russell’s Theory of Meaning: Semantic and Pragmatic Approaches, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011. Course 500003: Metaphysics Miah, Sajahan, Russell’s Theory of Perception, London: Course Description Continuum International Publishing, 2006. Metaphysics is the study of the most basic and general features Moore, G.E., Lectures on Philosophy, London: Allen & of reality. This course is designed as an advanced introduction Unwin, 1966. to some major topics in metaphysics. Some of the topics that _____, Philosophical Papers, London: Allen & Unwin, 1959. will be discussed in this course include: Nature of metaphysics, metaphysical systems and metaphysical arguments, Relation of Russell, B., An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth, London: Allen metaphysics to science, history and ethics, Is metaphysics & Unwin, 1966. worth pursuing? What sorts of things really exist? What is ______, My Philosophical Development, London: Allen & time? Do we have free will? Do universals exist? What is Unwin, 1959. causation? What is personal identity? ______, Logic and Knowledge, R.C. Marsh (ed.), London: Texts: Allen, 1956. 1. Garrett, Brian. What is this thing called Metaphysics? Schilpp, P.A. (ed.), The Philosophy of Bertrand Russell, London: Routledge, 2006. (Selected chapters: chs. 2, 3, Chicago: Northwestern University, 1944. 4, 5, 7, 8) evsjv Abyev` : Gg. gwZDi ingvb, Awawe`¨v Kx?, XvKv: ______, The Philosophy of G.E. Moore, Cambridge: Aemi cÖKvkbv ms¯’v, 2020| Cambridge University Press, 1942. 2. Pears, D. F. (Editor). The Nature of Metaphysics, Urmson, J.O., Philosophical Analysis: Its Development London: Macmillan & Company, 1957. (Selected Between Two World Wars, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1966. chapters: chs. 1 to 6) evsjv Abyev` : Gg. gwZDi ingvb, Awawe`¨vi ¯^iƒc, XvKv: Aemi cÖKvkbv ms¯’v, 2020|

Books Recommended Taylor, A.E., Elements of Metaphysics, London: Methuen, Carroll, John W. and Ned Markosian. An Introduction to 1927 Metaphysics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Tiles, Mary and Jim Tiles, An Introduction to Historical 2010. Epistemology, Oxford: Blackwell, 1993 Conee, Earl and Theodore Sider. Riddles of Existence: A Zimmerman, Dean W. (Ed.) Oxford Studies in Metaphysics, Guided Tour of Metaphysics, New York: Oxford vol. 1, New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. University Press, 2005. Course No. 500004 Gale, Richard M. (Ed.) The Blackwell Guide to Metaphysics, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers Ltd., 2002. Theory of Knowledge Inwagen, Peter Van. Metaphysics, 3rd ed., Boulder, CO: Course Description Westview Press, 2009. This course will focus on a series of related philosophical issues in the theory of knowledge (epistemology). Topics will Inwagen, Peter Van and Dean w. Zimmerman (Eds.) include knowledge, justification, the reliability of perception, Metaphysics: The Big Questions, Malden, MA: Blackwell and the challenge of scepticism. Specifically, we will address Publishers, 1998. the following questions: Kim, Jaegwon, Ernest Sosa, and Gary S. Rosenkrantz (Eds.) A Companion to Metaphysics, 2nd ed., Malden, MA: a. What is knowledge? It starts with the traditional Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2009. analysis and introduce the Gettier problem. Koons, Robert C. and Timothy H. Pickavance. Metaphysics: b. Where does knowledge come from? This is a traditional The Fundamentals, Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell, 2015. question and the most important question in modern philosophy. It is concerned with the question how the Kutach, Douglas. Causation, Cambridge: Polity, 2014. modern philosophers dealt with the concept of Mumford, Stephen and Rani Lill Anjum. Causation: A Very ―perception‖ and ―a priori knowledge‖, and shed light Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford University Press, in the question. 2013. c. Can we really know? This is a sceptical question, and Loux, Michael J. Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction, rd following this question the students will learn some 3 ed., New York: Routledge, 2006. skeptical tradition as well as modern skepticism. Pink, Thomas. Free Will: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: d. What is epistemic justification? The students will go Oxford University Press, 2004. through the contemporary discussions with respect to Sider, Theodore, John Hawthorne, and Dean W. Zimmerman the issue of justification and the foundationalism/ (Eds.) Contemporary Debates in Metaphysics, Malden, coherentism and internalism/ externalism debates. MA: Blackwell Publishers, 2008.

Rescher, Nicholas. Epistemology: an introduction to the theory Required Texts: of knowledge, Albany: State University of New York 1. Chisholm, Roderick M. Theory of Knowledge, 3rd ed., Press, 2003 Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1989. Steup, Matthias. An introduction to contemporary (Selected chapters: chs. 1, 7, 8, 9, 10) evsjv Abyev` : epistemology, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., Ávbwe`¨v, XvKv evsjv GKv‡Wgx, 1989| 1998 Tiles, Mary and Jim Tiles, An Introduction to Historical 2. Pritchard, Duncan. What is this thing called Epistemology, Oxford: Blackwell, 1993 nd Knowledge? 2 ed., London: Routledge, 2010. Unger, Peter, Ignorance, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1975 (Selected chapters: chs. 2, 3, 4, 7, 9) evsjv Abyev` : Gg. gwZDi ingvb, Áv‡bi ¯^iƒc wRÁvmv, XvKv: Aemi cÖKvkbv ms¯’v, Zagzebski, Linda. On epistemology, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2009 2020|

Book recommended Course 500005: Philosophical Logic Audi, R., Epistemology: A Contemporary Introduction to the Course Content Theory of Knowledge, 2nd ed., New York: Routledge, 2009 Ayer, A.J., The Problem of Knowledge, London: Penguin, 1956 This course consists of selected essays on philosophical logic which are given below: Dancy, J. and Sosa, E. (ed.), A Companion to Epistemology, Oxford: Blackwell, 1997 G.W.F. Hegel – ―Logic as Metaphysics‖ Dancy, J., Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology, J. Dewey – ―The Application of Intelligence‖ Oxford: Blackwell, 1995 B. Russell – ―The Principle of Induction‖ Goldman, A., Epistemology and Cognition, Mass: Harvard _____, ―Aristotle’s Logic‖ University Press, 1986 _____, ―Logic as the Essence of Philosophy‖ Hamlyn, D.W., The Theory of Knowledge, London: Macmillan, A. Schaff – ―Marxist Dialectics and the principle of 1970 Contradiction‖ Heumer, Michael (ed.). Epistemology: contemporary readings, London: Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. A. Pap – ―The Laws of Logic are Conventions‖ Lemos, Noah. An introduction to the theory of knowledge, D. Hume – ―The Problem of Induction‖ Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007 J.S. Mill – ―The Science of Evidence‖ Odegard, D., Knowledge and Scepticism, New Jersey: Rowman G. Frege – ―The Thought: A Logical Inquiry‖ and Littlefield, 1982 M. Dummett – ―Truth‖

J.R. Searle – ―Proper Names‖ Books Recommended Texts: Austin, J.L., How To Do Things With Words, Oxford: 1. William James, Pragmatism, New York: Longmans, Clarendon Press, 1961. 1907. Copi, I. M., & Gould, J.A., (ed.), Readings on Logic, 2nd ed., 2. F.C.S. Schiller, Studies in Humanism, London: New York: Macmillan, 1972. Macmillan, 1907. Flew, A., Logic and Language, New York: Doubleday, 1965. Books Recommended Quine, W.V.O., Philosophy of Logic, New York: Prentice-Hall, Buchler, J., The Philosophy of Peirce, London: Routledge, 1970. 1956. Stebbing, L.S., A Modern Introduction to Logic, 2nd (ed.), Dewey, J., Reconstruction in Philosophy, New York: The New London: Methuen, 1933. American Library, 1955. Strawson, P.F. (ed.), Philosophical Logic, London: Oxford _____, Philosophy and Civilization, New York: Minton, 1931. University Press, 1967. Gallie, W.B., Peirce and Pragmatism, New York: Penguin, ______, Introduction to Logical Theory, London: Methuen, 1952. 1963. James, W., Meaning of Truth, London: Longmans, 1909. ______, Logico-Linguistic Papers, London: Methuen, 1974. Ruben, Abel, The Pragmatic Humanism of F.C.S Schiller, New Suppes, P., Introduction to Logic, New York: Van Nostrand York, 1955. Reinhold, 1957. Scheffler, I., Four Pragmatists: A Critical Introduction to Wolfram, Sybil., Philosophical Logic: An Introduction, Peirce, James, Mead, and Dewey, London: Routledge & London: Routledge, 1994. Kegan Paul, 1974. gZxb, Ave`yj, `vk©wbK hyw³we`¨v, Ab~w`Z iPbv- msKjb, XvKv: evsjv GKv‡Wgx, Schiller, F.C.S., Humanism: Philosophical Essays, London: 1994| Macmillan, 1903.

Wiener, P.P. & Young, F.H. (eds.), Studies in the Philosophy of Course 500006: Pragmatism and Humanism Charles Sanders Peirce, Cambridge: Mass, 1952. Bmjvg, Avwgbyj, mgKvjxb cvðvZ¨ `k©b Course Description , 4_© ms¯‹iY, XvKv: gvIjv eªv`vm©, 2001| The purpose of the course is to make the students acquainted , y , XvKv: gvIjv e&ªv`vm©, with some salient features of Pragmatism and Humanism. ____ cvðvZ¨ `k©‡bi BwZnvm: i‡kv †_‡K mgKvj 2009| Discussion will be based on the texts prescribed.

Bmjvg, bRiyj, Av‡gwiKvb cÖ‡qvMev`, cvm©, †Rgm I wWDB, XvKv: mvwnwZ¨Kv, ______, Ideas, Tr. by W.R. Bayee, Gibson, New York: Collier 2006| Books, 1931. evOjv Abyev`, W. cwi‡Zvl `vk, `v AvBwWqvm, XvKv: evOjv GKv‡Wwg, 2013| Course 500007: Phenomenology and Existentialism Jaspers, K., Philosophy, 2 vols., Chicago: University of Course Description Chicago Press, 1969. This course will have two parts, one concentrating on Jay, Martin., The Dialectical Imagination: A History of the phenomenology and the other on existentialism. The first part Frankfurt School and the Institute of Social Research, itself will have two approaches dealing with phenomenology 1923-1950, California: University of California Press, proper and existential phenomenology. This approach is 1996. intended for giving the students a comprehensive idea of the Kierkegaard, S., The Concept of Dread, Princeton: Princeton nature, origin and development of phenomenology. The study University Press 1944. will particularly focus on how some existentialists (Heidegger, ______, Either/Or, London: Oxford University Press, 1946. Sartre, Marleau Ponty) have developed their thoughts out of Husserl's phenomenological method. In the second part the King, M., Heidegger's Philosophy, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, study will be devoted to existentialism with reference to some 1964. major thinkers, namely, Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Jaspers and May, Todd. (Ed.), Twentieth Century Continental Philosophy, Sartre. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1997. Texts: Sartre, J.P., Being and Nothingness, New York: Washington Square Press, 1971. 1. Husserl, E., Ideas, Tr. by W.R. Bayee, Gibson, New York: Collier Books, 1931. ______, Existentialism and Humanism, London: Methuen, 1970. 2. Sartre, J.P., Being and Nothingness, New York: Washington Square Press, 1971. ______, Nausea, London: Penguin, 1965. Spiegelberg, H., The Phenomenological Movement, The Books Recommended Hague, 1960. Heidegger, M., Existence and Being, London: Vision Press, Warnock, M., The Philosophy of Sartre, London: Hutchinson 1949. University Library, 1971. Horkheimer, Max & Theodor W. Adorno, Dialectic of White, S.K., Political Theory and Postmodernism, Cambridge: Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments, Ed. by Gunzelin Cambridge University Press, 1991. Schmid Noerr, trans. by Edmund Jephcott, Redwood City, Bmjvg, Avwgbyj, mgKvjxb cvðvZ¨ `k©b, 4_© ms¯‹iY, XvKv: gvIjv eªv`vm©, CA: Stanford University Press, 2007. 2001| Husserl, E., The Idea of Phenomenology, The Hague, 1964.

PvKgv, bxiyKzgvi, Aw¯ÍZ¡ev` I e¨w³¯^vaxbZv : `k©‡b I mvwn‡Z¨, XvKv: Aemi Economic philosophy: Theory of surplus value, surplus value cÖKvkbv ms¯’v, 3q ewa©Z ms¯‹iY, 2020| and exploitation, principle of distribution. kb, XvKv, 2019| `vk, W. cwi‡Zvl, ûmv‡j©i cÖwZfvm weÁvb, m„wó cvewj‡K Philosophical anthropology: Marxist concept of human nature, problem of alienation, concept of morality, Marxist humanism. Course 500008: Marxist Philosophy Recent trends: Western Marxism, Analytical Marxism, Course Content Normative Marxism. Group A Books Recommended Marxist view of the origin and nature of philosophy: Marxism Afanasyev, Marxist Philosophy, Moscow: Progress Publishers, and traditional philosophy, fundamental problem of 1980. philosophy, idealism versus materialism, Marxism as Althusser, L., For Marx, New York: Vintage Books, 1970. philosophy of practice, Marxism and science. Bottomore, T.B. (ed.), Karl Marx : Early Writings, London: Emergence of Marxism: Three sources and three aspects of Watts, 1963. Marxism, critique of classical German philosophy. Engels, F., Anti-Dühring, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, Dialectical materialism: Main features and basic laws of 1976. dialectical materialism. Elster, Jon. (ed.), Karl Marx: A Reader, Cambridge: Marxist epistemology: Critique of traditional epistemology, Cambridge University Press, 1986. subjectivity and objectivity in knowledge, the role of practice ____, An Introduction to Karl Marx, Cambridge: Cambridge in knowledge, conceptual and perceptual knowledge, University Press, 1986. knowledge and truth. Hook, S., Towards the Understanding of Karl Marx, London: Dialectical logic: Marxism and traditional logic, Hegel’s Victor Gollancf, 1933. dialectical logic, Marx’s materialistic dialectical logic, ____, World Communism, Toronto: Van Nostrand, 1962. dialectical logic versus formal logic. Lichtheim G., Marxism: An Historical and Critical Study, New York: Columbia University Press, 1982. Group B Marcuse, H., Soviet Marxism: A Critical Analysis, London: Marxist materialism: Materialistic conception of history, base Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1968. and superstructure, economic determinism. Marx, K., The Poverty of Philosophy, Moscow: Progress Class-concept: Class philosophy, law of class struggle, Publishers, 1947. philosophy of social revolution.

____, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844, Group B Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1981. Marx, K. & Engels, F., The Communist Manifesto, Penguin, Course 500009: Meta-ethics Hammondsworth, 1967. Text: Hudson, W. D., Modern Moral Philosophy, London: ____, The German Ideology, Moscow: Progress Publishers, Macmillan, 1970. 1971. Selected topics ____, Selected Works, 3 vols., Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1968. Moral discourse and moral philosophy: An example of moral Marx, K., F. Engels, and V.I. Lenin, On Dialectical discourse. Is there a connection between moral philosophy and Materialism, Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1976. first order moral discourse? Popper, K., The Open Society and its Enemies, London: Moore and the rejection of ethical naturalism Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1962. The emotivist theory: A.J. Ayer and C. L. Stevenson. Rashid, Haroon, Normative Marxism: Making Sense of Jon Prescriptivism: R.M. Hare Elster’s Marx, Dhaka: Jatiya Sahittya Prokash, 2007, Lap Descriptivism: The Is-ought Question controversy Lambert Academic Publishing, Berlin, Germany, 2017. Hume and Searle Tucker, Philosophy and Myth in Karl Marx, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1964. Books Recommended Bmjvg, Avwgbyj, mgKvjxb cvðvZ¨ `k©b , 4_© ms¯‹iY, XvKv: gvIjv eªv`vm©, Ayer, A.J., Language, Truth and Logic, London: Victor 2001| Gollauer, 17th Impression, 1967. Lvb, AvLZvi †mvenvb, gvK©mev` I b¨vqciZvi aviYv, XvKv : evOjv GZv‡Wwg, ______, The Central Questions of Philosophy, New Delhi: 2008| Macmillan, 1979. ikx`, nviyb, gvK©mxq `k©b, 2q ms¯‹iY, XvKv: RvZxq mvwnZ¨ cÖKvk, 2014| Begum, H., Moore's Ethics, Theory and Practice, 2nd (ed.), ingvb, W. Gg. gwZDi (m¤úvw`Z), gvK©mxq `k©b: gvbyl I mgvR, 1g LÐ, XvKv: Dhaka, 1982. evsjv Abyev`, Kvjx cÖmbœ `vm, gy¨I‡ii bxwZZË¡, XvKv: Aemi, 1g cÖKvk, 2014| evsjv GKv‡Wgx, 1999| ____, gvK©mxq `k©b: gvbyl I mgvR, 2q LÐ, XvKv: Aemi, 1g cÖKvk, 2014| Foot, P. (ed.), Theories of Ethics, London: Oxford University , gvK©mxq `k©b: gvbyl I mgvR, 3q LÐ, XvKv: Aemi, 1g cÖKvk, 2014| Press, 1970. ____ nd , gvK©mxq `k©b: gvbyl I mgvR, 4_© LÐ, XvKv: Aemi, 1g cÖKvk, 2020| Frankena, W.K., Ethics, 2 ed., New Jersey: Englewood Cliffs, ____ 1973. ____, gvK©mxq `k©b: gvbyl I mgvR, 5g LÐ, XvKv: Aemi, 1g cÖKvk, 2020|

Hall, E.W., Our Knowledge of Fact and Value, Chapel Hill: Warnock, G.J., Contemporary Moral Philosophy, London: The University of North Carolina Press, 1961. Macmillan: Oxford University Press, 1966. Hancock, R.N., Twentieth Century Ethics, New York: Warnock, M., Ethics Since 1900, London: Oxford University Columbia University Press, 1974. Press, 1960. Hare, R.M., Freedom and Reason, London: Oxford University Iqvnve, †kL Ave`yj, wesk kZvãxi bxwZ`k©b, XvKv: evsjv GKv‡Wgx, 1986| Press, 1963. Lvbg, ivwk`v AvLZvi, bxwZwe`¨v : ZË¡ I we‡klY, RvZxq mvwnZ¨ cÖKvk, XvKv: ______, The Language of Morals, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2011| 1952. nvwg`, Ave`yj, mgKvjxb bxwZwe`¨vi iƒc‡iLv, XvKv: PqwbKv, 1989| ______, Essays on the Moral Concepts, London: Macmillan Press, 1972. Course 500010: Business Ethics Hill, T.E., Contemporary Ethical Theories, New York: The Course Content Macmillan, 1950. An overview of ethics related to business; Personal morality, _____, Ethics in Theory and Practice, New York: Thomas Y. professional morality and common morality; Business ethics as Crowell, 1956. an interdisciplinary area of study; Different positions regarding Hudson, W.D., The Is-Ought Question, London: Macmillan the relation between business and ethics; Moral versus non- 1969. moral standard; Rights of employees; Rights of employers; Hume, D., A Treatise of Human Nature, 2nd ed., Oxford: Rights of consumers; Free markets, rights and justice; Trade Clarendon Press, 1978. secrets and conflict of interest; Whistle blowing; Marketing, advertising and product safety; Professions and Miller, Alexander, An Introduction to Contemporary professionalism; Job discrimination and affirmative action; Metaethics, Oxford: Blackwell, 2003. Leadership and strategy; Corporate social responsibility; Moore, G. E., Principia Ethica, Cambridge: Cambridge bxwZwe`¨vi Corporate citizenship; Corporate governance; Corporate University Press, 1968. evsjv Abyev`, nvmbv †eMg, responsibility and the environment; Impediments to g~jbxwZ | , XvKv: evsjv GKv‡Wgx, 1985 responsibility; Globalization; Ethics and international business. Searle, J.R., Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Books Recommended Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969. Barry, Vincent. Moral Issues in Business, 3rd ed., Belmont, Stevenson, C.L., Ethics and Language, New Haven and CA: Wadsworth, 1986. London: Yale University Press, 1964. Boatright, John R. Ethics and the Conduct of Business, 4th ed., _____, Facts and Values: Studies in Ethical Analysis, New New York: Pearson, 2005. Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1964.

Crane, Andrew. Business Ethics, 3rd ed., Oxford: Oxford Books Recommended University Press, 2010. Almond, B. (ed.), Introducing Applied Ethics, Oxford and rd DesJardins, Joseph. An Introduction to Business Ethics, 3 ed., Cambridge: Blackwell, 1995. Columbus, OH: McGraw-Hill, 2008. Begum, Hasna, Ethics in Social Practice, Dhaka: Academic Ferrell, O.C., et al Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making Press, 2001. and Cases, 7th ed., Mason, OH: South-Western College Pub., 2006. Donaldson, T., Issues in Moral Philosophy, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968. Hartman, L.P. and J. R. DesJardins. Business Ethics: Decision- Making for Personal Integrity and Social Responsibility, Elliot, R. (ed.), Environmental Ethics, Oxford: Oxford Columbus, OH: McGraw –Hill Higher Education, 2007 University Press, 1995. nd Shaw, William H. Business Ethics 6th ed., Belmont, CA: Feinberg, J. (ed.), The Problem of Abortion, 2 ed., Belmont: Wadsworth, 2007. Wadsworth, 1964. Velasquez, Manuel G. Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases, Lafolletle, H., Ethics in Practice, Cambridge: Blackwell, 1997. New Delhi: Prentice-Hall, 2006. Luper, S., C. Brown, and S. Luper-Foy (eds.), The Moral Life, Weiss, Joseph W. Business Ethics: A Stakeholder and Issues USA: Harcourt Brace Javenovich College Publisher, 1992. th Management Approach, 6 ed., Mason, OH: South- Mappes, T.A. & J.S. Zembaty, Social Ethics, Morality and Western College Pub, 2008. Social Policy, 3rd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill,1987. Singer, P. (ed.), Applied Ethics, Oxford: Oxford University Course 500011: Practical Ethics Press, 1988. Course Description _____, A Companion to Ethics, Oxford: Blackwell, 1994. This course seeks to provide the students with a comprehensive rd knowledge of the most pressing practical ethical questions Sterba, J.P. (ed.), Morality in Practice, 3 ed., Belmont: which comprise abortion, euthanasia, animal rights, genetic Wadsworth, 1991. testing, climate change, cloning, civil disobedience, terrorism Taylor, P.W., Principles of Ethics, California: Wadsworth, and the like. It is a text-based course focusing on the practical 1975. and living moral issues. The required text is Peter Singer’s Thiroux, J.P. and Keith W. Krasemann, Ethics: Theory and Practical Ethics. Practice, 2nd ed., California: Glencse Publishing 1980. rd Text: Peter Singer, Practical Ethics, 3 ed., Cambridge: Winklar, E.R., and J.R. Coombs (ed.), Applied Ethics: A evsjv Abyev`: cÖ`xc Cambridge University Press, 2011. Reader, Cambridge, USA: Blackwell, 1993. Kzgvi ivq, e¨envwiK bxwZwe`¨v, (3q ms¯‹iY) XvKv: Aemi, Bmjvg, Avwgbyj, RMr Rxeb `k©b, XvKv: gvIjv eªv`vm©, 2011| 2012|

Lvb, Mvwje Avnmvb, Av`k© iv‡óªi cwi‡cÖw¶Z I m¤¢vebvi evsjv‡`k, XvKv: Books Recommended RvZxq mvwnZ¨ cÖKvk, 2012| Bowman, J.S. and D.C. Menzel, Teaching Ethics and Values in Lvbg, ivwk`v AvLZvi, ¬lY, XvKv: RvZxq mvwnZ¨ cÖKvk, bxwZwe`¨v: ZË¡ I we‡k Public Administration Programs, Albany: State University 2011| of New York, 1998. , XvKv: RvZxq mvwnZ¨ cÖKvk, 2009| _____, cwi‡ek bxwZwe`¨v Brown, J. and M. Collins, (eds.), Military Ethics and Lv‡jK, G.Gm.Gg. Ave`yj, cÖv‡qvwMK bxwZwe`¨v, XvKv: Abb¨v, 2003| Professionalism, Washington, DC: National Defence `vm, KvjxcÖmbœ, cwi‡ek `k©b : gvbe‡Kw›`ªKZvev` I cwi‡cvlK Dbœqb, XvKv: University Press, 1981. evsjv GKv‡Wwg, 2014| Chapman, A.A., (ed.), Ethics in Public Service, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1993. Course 500012: Administrative Ethics Cooper, T.L. (ed.), Handbook of Administrative Ethics, New Course Content York: Marcel Dekker Inc., 2001. Nature and necessity of ethics in human life. Two basic types Fredrickson, H.G., (ed.), Ethics and Public Administration, of ethics, viz., teleological ethics and deontological ethics. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1993. Administrative ethics—nature and necessity. French, P.A., Ethics in Government, NJ, Englewood Cliffs: Organizational structure, social values and individual ethics. Prentice-Hall, 1983. Ethics management and public organizations: what, why and Mertins, H., (ed.), Professional Standards and Ethics: A how? Workbook for Public Administration, Washington DC: Administrative ethics and professionalism. American Society for Public Administration, 1979. Public ethics, administration and policy. Course 500013: Feminist Philosophy Governmental ethics and organizational culture. Course Content Military ethics. Gendered nature of philosophy: feminism, its origin and Administrative ethics in China. meaning, status of women in Pythagorean and Plato’s philosophy. Administrative ethics in African society: the case of Zimbabwe. Legal and political rights of women: Mary Wollstonecraft’s A comparative study of administrative ethics in Canada, defence of women, women and equality, Mill’s philosophical France, UK and USA. view towards feminism, criticisms of Mill’s view, Peter Singer’s thoughts. A review lecture on the whole course content. Categories of feminism: liberal, radical and socialist feminism.

Ecofeminism: environmentalism and philosophy, Plumwood Bowden, P., Caring, Gender-Sensitive Ethics, London: and Warren’s views of ecofeminism. Routledge, 1997. Feminist ethics: Gilligan’s view, women’s experiences and Cuomo, C.J., Feminism and Ecological Communities, London: responsibilities, ethics of care, different ethical consciousness Routledge, 1998. of women – various practices of caring relations, Garry, A. and M. Pearsall (eds.), Women, Knowledge and Wittgensteinian approach of understanding different Reality, London: Routledge, 1996. perspectives of ethics of care. Jardins, R., Environmental Ethics: An Introduction to Feminist epistemology: ideal of rationality, Cartesian method, Environmental Philosophy, California: Wadsworth, 1997. essentialism and post-modernism, knowledge and emotion in Khanum, R.A., Contemporary Gender Issues, Dhaka: A. H. feminist epistemology, subject and object, relativism Development, 2012. considered. Lafollette, H. (ed.), Ethics in Practice, Oxford: Blackwell Gender and language, use of gender words, endorsement of Publishers, 1997. society, meaning of gender, epistemological reflections. Mill, J.S., The Subjection of Women, London: Longmans, Feminist position to philosophy of science: modern science as 1970. patriarchy’s scheme, scientific/ philosophical reasoning, Moitra, S. (ed.), Women, Heritage and Violence, Calcutta: Kuhn’s paradigm, feminist principle of nature. Papyrus, 1996. Violence against women: rights of women, concept of violence Nettleship, R.L., Lectures on the Republic of Plato, London: vs. knowledge, CEDAW consulted, violence and oppression in Macmillan, 1963. third world and Bangladesh. Phillips, A. (ed.), Feminism and Equality, Oxford: Blackwell, Books Recommended 1987. Alcoff, L. and E. Potter, (eds.), Feminist Epistemologies, Poole, R., Morality and Modernity, London: Routledge, 1996. London: Routledge, 1993. Singer, P. (ed.), A Companion to Ethics, Oxford: Blackwell, Almond, B. (ed.), Introducing Applied Ethics, Oxford: 1994. Blackwell, 1995. Lvbg, ivwk`v AvLZvi, bvixev` I `vk©wbK †cÖ¶vcU, XvKv: RvZxq mvwnZ¨ cÖKvk, 2011| Audi, R., Epistemology: A Contemporary Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge, New York: Routledge, 2003. _____, cwi‡ek bxwZwe`¨v, XvKv: RvZxq mvwnZ¨ cÖKvk, 2009| Begum, H., Ethics in Social Practice, Dhaka: Academic Press, †eMg, nvmbv, •bwZKZv, bvix I mgvR, XvKv: gvIjv eªv`vm©, 2003| 2001. _____, bvix I Ab¨vb¨ cÖm½, XvKv: nv°vbx, 2002| •gÎ, †kdvjx, •bwZKZv I bvixev`, KjKvZv: wbD GR, 2003|

Course 500014: Philosophy of Technology The Technological System, Translated by Joachim Course Description Neugroschel (1980), New York: Continuum, 1977. Fellows, Roger. (ed.), Philosophy and Technology, Cambridge: The goal of this course is to engage participants with the nature Cambridge University Press, 1996. of philosophy of technology and technological impacts on human life, society and environment. The course will examine Feenberg, Andrew. Questioning Technology, London: philosophical issues involving technology, and will address the Routledge, 1999. following topics: Ferre, Frederick Philosophy of Technology, Englewood Cliffs, Course Content New Jersey: Prentice- Hall, 1988. Technology: Its nature and history Fuller, Steve. The Philosophy of Science and Technology Philosophy and technology Studies, New York: Routledge, 2006. History of the philosophy of technology Hackett, Edward J. et al., (eds.), The Handbook of Science and Relation between science and technology Technology Studies, Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Artifacts and natural things Press, 2008. Epistemology and technology Heidegger, Martin. The Question Concerning Technology and Technological determinism Other Essays Translated by William Lovitt, New York and Environment and technology London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1977. Technology and future of human being Technology and ethics Johnson, Deborah G. and Jameson M. Wetmore, (eds.), Technology and aesthetics Technology and Society: Building Our Sociotechnical Future, Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2009 Books Recommended Kroes, Peter and Peter-Paul Verbeek. (eds.), The Moral Status Budinger Thomas F. and Miriam D. Budinger, Ethics of Emerging of Technical Artefacts, Dordrecht: Springer, 2014 . Technologies: Scientific Facts and Moral Challenges, Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley, 2006. Marx, Karl. A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, trans. by N.I. Stone. Chicago: Charles H. Kerr Dakers, John R. (ed.), Defining Technological Literacy: & Company, 1859. Towards an Epistemological Framework, Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. McNeill, Yan (ed.), An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology, London, New York: Routledge, 1990. Dusek, Val. Philosophy of Technology: An Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2006. Meijers Anthonie (ed.), Philosophy of Technology and Engineering Sciences, Amsterdam: North Holland, 2009. Ellul, Jacques. The Technological Society, Translated by John Wilkinson (1964), New York: Knopf, 1954.

Mitcham, Carl. Thinking Through Technology: The Path Course 500015: Philosophy of the Bangalee (Contemporary) between Engineering and Philosophy, Chicago: The Course Content University of Chicago Press, 1994. Modern and contemporary philosophical trends in Bangalee Olsen, Jan Kyrre Berg et al., (eds.), A Companion to the philosophical thoughts. Bengal renaissance, Rammohun Roy, Philosophy of Technology, Malden, MA: Wiley- Akshoy Kumar Dutta, Derozio and Young Bengal; Blackwell, 2009. Devendranath Tagore, Keshubchandra Sen, Isvarchandra Pacey, Arnold. The Culture of Technology, Cambridge, Vidyasagar, Bankimchandra Chattopaddhaya, Swami Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1983. Vivekananda, Sri Aurovindo, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Pitt, Joseph C. Doing Philosophy of Technology: Essays in a Rabindranath Tagore, Ramendra Sundar Trivedi and Pragmatist Spirit, Dordrecht: Springer, 2011. Manobendranath Roy. de Poel, Ibo van and David Goldberg. (eds.), Philosophy and Recent trends in Bangla philosophy – Buddhir Mukti Andolan Engineering: An Emerging Agenda, Dordrecht: Springer, – Kazi Abdul Odud, Syed Abul Hussain, Kazi Mutaher 2010. Hossain, Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Muhammad Shahidullah, Muhammad Barkatullah, Abul Sismondo, Sergio. An Introduction to Science and Technology Hashim, Govinda Chandra Dev, Araj Ali Matubbar, Dewan Studies, 2nd ed., Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. Muhammad Azraf and Mahanambrata Brahmachari. de Vries Marc J. Teaching About Technology: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Technology for Non-philosophers, Books Recommended Dordrecht: Springer, 2005. Avwgbyj Bmjvg, evOvwji `k©b : cÖvPxbKvj †_‡K mgKvj, XvKv: gvIjv eªv`vm©, 2002| Wendling, Amy E. Karl Marx on Technology and Alienation, Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. _____, evsjv‡`‡k `k©b I Ab¨vb¨ cÖeÜ, XvKv : XvKv wek¦we`¨vjq cÖKvkbv ms¯’v, 2005| Zittel, Claus et al., (eds.), The Philosophies of Technologies: Francis Bacon and His Contemporaries, Leiden, Boston: Avwgbyj Bmjvg fyBqv, iex›`ªbv_ : `k©bfvebv, XvKv: g~a©b¨, 2011| Brill Academic Publishers, 2008. Gg. gwZDi ingvb, evOvwji `k©b : gvbyl I mgvR, Dwbk kZK, XvKv: evsjv b~iy¾vgvb, †gv., cÖhyw³i `k©b, XvKv : RvZxq mvwnZ¨ cÖKvk, 2014| GKv‡Wgx, 2001| evOvwji `k©b : eªvþ fveaviv _____, cÖhyw³i bxwZwe`¨v, XvKv : RvZxq mvwnZ¨ cÖKvk, 2018| _____, , 3 LÐ, XvKv: GwkqvwUK †mvmvBwU Ae evsjv‡`k, 2012| _____, cÖhyw³i ms¯‥…wZ, XvKv : RvZxq mvwnZ¨ cÖKvk, 2019| KvRx Ave`yj I`y`, KvRx Ave`yj I`y` iPbvejx, XvKv: evsjv GKv‡Wgx, 1990|

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18 ivq, W. cÖ`xc (m¤úvw`Z), iv‡g›`ª my›ì wÎ‡e`x †kªô cÖeÜ, XvKv : wek¦mvwnZ¨ Huda, Mohammad Nurul (ed.), Nazrul: An Evaluation, Dhaka: †K›`ª, 2013| Nazrul Institute, 1997. ivq, W. cÖ`xc (m¤úvw`Z), †Mvwe›`P›`ª †`‡ei †kªô cÖeÜ, XvKv : wek¦ mvwnZ¨ Huq, Hassan Azizul (ed.), Works of Govinda Chandra Dev, †K›`ª, 2013| vol. I, 2nd ed., Dhaka: Dev Centre for Philosophical †nv‡mb, AvBqye (m¤cvw`Z), AviR Avjx gvZzeŸi iPbv mgMÖ, 1g, 2q, 3q LÐ, Studies, University of Dhaka, 2013 XvKv : cvVK mgv‡ek, 1994| ______(ed.), Works of Govinda Chandra Dev, vol. II, 2nd ed., dRjyj nK, Aveyj Kv‡mg, eyw×i gyw³ Av‡›`vjb I DËiKvj, XvKv : RvM„wZ Dhaka: Dev Centre for Philosophical Studies, University cÖKvkbx, 2008| of Dhaka, 2013. wmivRyj nK, †Lv›`Kvi, gymwjg mvwnZ¨ mgvR : mgvRwPšÍv I mvwnZ¨Kg©, XvKv Matubbar, Aroj Ali, The Quest For Truth: Secular Philosophy, wek¦we`¨vjq †_‡K wcGBP.wW. wWwMÖcÖvß Awfm›`‡f©i MÖš’iƒc, XvKv: 2q tr. by M. Shamsuddoha & T.A. Majumder, Dhaka: Pathak ms¯‹viY, 2006| Shamabesh, 1998. nviæb, kixd (m¤cvw`Z), evsjv‡`‡k `k©b : HwZn¨ I cÖK…wZ AbymÜvb, 3q LÐ, Rahman, Mizanur, Nazrul Islam, Dacca: Iqbal-Nazrul Islam XvKv : evsjv GKv‡Wwg, 1994| Society, 1960. †Nvl, AwRZKzgvi (m¤cvw`Z), ivg‡gvnb iPbvejx, KwjKvZv : e½xq mvwnZ¨ Sen, Asok, Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar and His Elusive cl©r, 1973| Milestones, Calcutta: Riddhi-Indial, 1977. e‡›`vcva¨vq, wnib¥q, iex›`ª `k©b, KwjKvZv : iex›`ªfviZx wek¦we`¨vjq, 1963| Group C nK, nvmvb AvwRRyj (m¤cvw`Z), †Mvwe›` P›`ª †è iPbvejx, 3q LÐ, XvKv: evsjv GKv‡Wwg, 1997| cÖ_g cybgy©`ªY I cwigvR©b, XvKv: †Mvwe›` †è `k©b Course 500016: Sufism

M‡elYv †K›`ª, XvKv wek¦we`¨vjq, 2018| Course Content ivq, ivg`yjvj, , biwms`x, myifx evOvwji `k©b : cÖvPxbKvj †_‡K mgKvj Students will be required to acquire in-depth knowledge of the

cvewj‡Kkb, 2006| following topics: Nature, scope and aims of Sufism; origin of Kvw`i, Ave`yj (m¤úvw`Z), †iv‡Kqv iPbvejx, XvKv: evsjv GKv‡Wwg, 1999| Sufism; relation of Sufism to the Islamic Shariah; historical development of Sufism from the beginning to the present day Das, Chandra Mohan, The Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore, with special reference to different sufi orders. Doctrines and New Delhi: Deep & Deep Publications, 1996. the practices of the great Sufis: medieval, modern and Dasgupta, S.N., Hindu Mysticism, Chicago: Open Court contemporary. Sufism and morality; Sufism and global peace. Publishing, 1927. Books Recommended Dev, G.C., The Philosophy of Vivekananda and The Future Man, Dacca: Ramkrishna Mission, 1963. Afifi, A.E., The Mystical Philosophy of Muhyid Din Ibnul Arabi, Lahore: 1979.

Hakim, K.A., The Metaphysics of Rumi, Lahore: Institute of dviK,y mvB‡q` kvn †gvnv¤§`, ¸j `v¯Ív‡q Av‡idxb, evsjv Abyev`, Avey gvmD` Islamic Culture, 1977. b~ijy Kwig, XvKv: LvbKv‡q Aveyj Djvqx, 2002| Iqbal, M., The Development of Metaphysics in Persia, Lahore: ingvb, †PŠayix kvgmyi, mywd`k©b, XvKv: w`e¨ cÖKvk, 2002| 1908. Mustafa, K., Al-Ghazali’s Theory of Knowledge, Dhaka: Course 500017: Philosophies of Al-Ghazali and Ibn Rushd Ramon Publishers, 2003. Course Description Nicholson, R.A., The Mystics of Islam, Beirut: Khayats, 1966. Students will be required to study the prescribed texts of al- _____, Studies in Islamic Mysticism, London: 1967. Ghazali and Ibn Rushd which have been considered to be Quasem, M.A., The Recitation and Interpretation of The classical works in Muslim Philosophy for the last several Qur’an: Al-Ghazali’s Theory, Malaysia: The University of centuries. Malaya Press, 1979. Texts: _____, Al-Ghazali on Islamic Guidance, Malaysia: Dr. M.A. Quasem, 1979. 1. Al-Ghazali, Tahafut-al-Falasifa, English tr. S.A. Kamali, Lahore: Pakistan Philosophical Congress, _____, The Jewels of the Qur’an: Al-Ghazalis Theory, 1974. evsjv Abyev`, gyn¤§` Av`gyÏxb, ZvnvdvZzj dvjvwmdv, XvKv: Malaysia: The University of Malaya Press, 1977. Bmjvgx dvD‡Ûkb, 1980| _____, The Ethics of Al-Ghazali: A Composite Ethics in Islam, rd 3 ed., Dhaka: Research Publications, 2011. 2. Ibn Rushd, Tahafut-al-Tahafut, English tr. Simon Van _____, Al-Ghazali on the Necessity of Action with Knowledge, den Bergh, London, 1954. Dhaka: Research Publications, 2012. Books Recommended Spencer, S., Mysticism in World Religion, Harmonds Work: Penguin Books, 1963. Fakhry, M., A History of Islamic Philosophy, New York: Colombia University Press, 1970. Trimingham, J.S., The Sufi Orders in Islam, London: Oxford University Press, 1971. Mustafa, K., Al-Ghazali’s Theory of Knowledge, Dhaka: Waliullah, Sh., Sufism and The Islamic Tradition, London: Ramon Publishers, 2003. Octagon Press, 1980. Sharif, M.M., (ed.), A History of Muslim Philosophy, 2 vols., Avb&IqviDj¬vn, gydZx gvIjvbv gynv¤§` (msKwjZ), Avj- †KviAvb I nv`x‡mi Wiesbaden, Germany: Otto Harrasswitz, 1963. Av‡jv‡K AvDwjqv‡q †Kivg, XvKv: XvKv Avn&Qvwbqv wgkb, 2005| Watt, W.M., Muslim Intellectual: A Study of Al-Ghazali, Avn&QvbDj¬v, Lvbevnv`yi Qzdx, 7g ms¯‹iY, XvKv: XvKv Avn&Qvwbqv wgkb, 1996| Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1963 Bmjvg, Avwgbyj, gymwjg ag©ZË¡ I `k©b Bmjvg, Avwgbyj, gymwjg ag©ZË¡ I `k©b, XvKv : evsjv GKv‡Wgx, 1985| , 2q ms¯‹iY, XvKv: evsjv GKv‡Wgx, 1985|

20 nvwjg, †gv. Ave`yj, gymwjg `k©b: †PZbv I cÖevn, 2q ms¯‹iY, XvKv: w`e¨ Hakim, K.A., Islamic Ideology, Lahore: Institute of Islamic cÖKvk, 2002| Culture, 1980. evsjv Abyev`, mvB‡q` Ave`yj nvB, Bmjvgx fveaviv, evix, †gv. Ave`yj, gymwjg `k©b, XvKv : nvmvb eyK nvDm, 2006| XvKv: Avj wnKgvn, 2004| Iqbal M., Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam, New Course 500018: Contemporary Muslim Philosophy Delhi: Kitab Bhavan, 1984. Course Content ______, Letters to Jinnah: Allama Iqbal’s Views on the Political Future of Muslim India, Lahore: Sh. Muhammad The students are expected to be familiar with the main trends Ashraf, 1956. of Muslim thought in the Muslim countries as well as in other , The Secrets of the Self, Trans. by R.A. Nicholson, parts of the world since the later part of nineteenth century. Lahore: Sh. Muhammad Ashraf, 1955. Special emphasis will be given on the study of the following thinkers: Jamaluddin Afghani, Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan, Moazzam, A. (ed.), Islam and Contemporary Muslim World, Allama Iqbal, Allama Azad Subhani, Rashid Rigas, Amin New Delhi: Light & Life Publishers, 1981. Ahmad Islahi, Ali Shariati, Sayyid Qutub, Allamah Muhibullah Mott, J.R., The Muslim World of To-day, London: Hodder & Bihari, Sulayman Nadwi, Sayyid Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi, Ustaz Stoughton, 1925. Asha'ri of Kualalumpur, Seyyed Husain Nasr. Mustafa, K., Al-Ghazali’s Theory of Knowledge, Dhaka: Ramon Publishers, 2003. Books Recommended Nadvi, S.S., Muhammad: The Ideal Prophet, Trans. by Ahmad, Dar, B.A., A Study in Iqbal's Philosophy, Lahore: Sh. Ghulam, Mohiuddin, Lucknow: Academy of Islamic Research and 1944. Publication, 1981. Esposito, J.L. (ed.), Islam and Development; Religion and Nadwi, Syed Abul Hasan Ali Hasani, Islam and the World Sociopolitical Change, New York: Syracuse University, (with a foreword by Qutub, Saiyid), Trans. by Kidwai, 1980. Mohammad Asif, Lucknow: Academy of Islamic , The Oxford History of Islam, Oxford: Oxford Research, 1973. University Press, 1999. , Pathway to Medina, Lucknow: Academy of Islamic _____ (ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, Oxford: Oxford Research, 1982. University Press, 2003. _____, Faith versus Materialism, Lucknow: Academy of Fakhry, Majid, A History of Islamic Philosophy, New York: Islamic Research, 1973. Columbia University Press, 1970. Quasem, M.A., Salvation of the Soul and the Islamic Acts of rd Hai, S.A., Iqbal: The Philosopher, Dacca: Islamic Foundation, Devotion, 3 ed., Dhaka: Research Publications, 2011. 1980. Sharif, M. M., (ed.), A History of Muslim Philosophy, 2 vols., India: Low Price Publications, 1989.

_____, About Iqbal and His Thought, Lahore: Institute of Sankara's refutation of Yogacara idealism and a comparative Islamic Culture, 1964. study of Sankara, G.E. Moore and Bertrand Russell on the Turner, Bryan S., Islam: Critical Concepts in Sociology, refutation of idealism. London: Routledge, 2003. Theory of knowledge, truth and error. Dialectics of Sankara Vahid, Syed Abdul, Thoughts and Reflections of Iqbal, Lahore: and a comparative study of the dialectics of Nagarjuna, Sh. Muhammad Ashraf, 1964. Sankara, Kant and Bradley. Wali Allah, Shah, The Conclusive Argument from God: Shah Vedantic theory of liberation and a comparative study of Wali Allah of Delhi’s Hujjat al-Baligha, Trans. by Marcia Moksa, Nirvana, Fana and Salvation. K Hermansen, New Delhi: Kitab Bhavan, 2005. Avj¬vgv AvRv` myenvbx, wec¬ex bex, Abyev`K gywReyi ingvb, XvKv: Avn‡g` Vedanta in the light of different religions of the world. The cvewjwks nvDm, •PÎ 1382| place of Vendanta for the modern man. BmjvwgK dvD‡Ûkb evsjv‡`k, Bmjvgx wek¦‡Kvl, cuwPk LÐ, XvKv: BmjvwgK Books Recommended dvD‡Ûkb evsjv‡`k, 1986-1996| Beidler W., The Vision of Self in Early Vedanta, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidaas, 1975. Group D Chari, S.M., Srinivasa, Advaita and Visistatadvaita : A Study on Vadanta Deshika’s Satadusani, 2nd ed., Delhi: Motilal Course 500019: Vedanta Philosophy Banarsidas, 1976. Course Content Das, R., An Introduction to Sankara, Calcutta: Sanskrita Students are required to acquire a deep knowledge of Vedanta Sahitya Bhandar, 1968. Philosophy with special reference to the following topics: Datta, D.M., The Six Ways of Knowing: A Critical Study of the Origin, development and different schools of Vedanta. Advaita Theory of Knowledge, Calcutta, 1972. Doctrine of Maya and the origin and nature of Vedantic Dev. G.C., Idealism and Progress, Calcutta, 1952. evsjv Abyev`, Mayavada; Madyamika Sunyavada, Jaina Syadvada and †nvm‡b Aviv Avjg, fveev` I cÖMwZ, XvKv: evsjv GKv‡Wgx, 1993| Einstein's theory of relativity. Islam, K.N., A Critique of Sankara's Philosophy of Theory of causation. Theory of self. Vedantic view of the Appearance, Allahabad: Vohra Publishers, 1988. world; a comparative study of Gaudapada, Sankara, Ramanuja, Radhakrishnan, S., Indian Philosophy, 2 Vols., New York: Nimbarka, Madhva and Vallabha. Vedantic view of the Macmillan, 1962. Absolute and a comparative study of Sankara's Brahmavada Sharma, B.N.K., Philosophy of Sri Madhvacarya, Delhi: and the idealism of Hegel, Green and Bradley. Motilal Banarsidas, 1962.

22 ingvb, Gg. gwZDi, fviZxq `k©b I ms¯‥…wZ, 2q ms¯‹iY, XvKv: RvZxq mvwnZ¨ Chakma, N.K., Buddhism in Bangladesh and Other Papers, cÖKvk, 2012| Dhaka: Abosar Prakashani, 2007. kv¯¿x, Avï‡Zvl fÆvPvh,© †e`všÍ `k©b : A‣ØZev`, `yB LÐ, KwjKvZv, 1942| Chatterjee, A.K., The Yogacara Idealism, Delhi: Motilal Banarasidas, 1988. Course 500020: Buddhist Philosophy Dev, G.C., Buddha: The Humanist, Dacca: Paramount Course Content Publishers, 1969. The course aims at giving the students deep knowledge of Ghose, R.N., Dialectics of Nagarjuna, Allahabad: Vohar Buddhist philosophy with special reference to the following Publisher, 1987. topics: Islam, A.N., Self, Suffering and Salvation, With Special Schools of Buddhism; Buddhism and other schools of Indian Reference to Buddhism and Islam, Allahabad: Vohra philosophy. Publishers, 1987. Quasem, M.A., Salvation of the Soul and Islamic Devotions, Buddha's philosophy of suffering and the philosophy of London: Kegan Paul International, 1983. suffering in the East and in the West; Buddha's doctrine of not- self from the Western perspective; A comparative study of the Radhakrishnan, S., Indian Philosophy, 2 Vols. Delhi: Oxford doctrine of Nirvana, on the one hand, and Moksa, Fana, Najat University Press, 1997. and Salvation, on the other. Stcherbakshy, T., The Conception of Buddhist Nirvana, New Buddhist doctrine of causation with reference to Hume and Delhi: Motilal Banarsidas, 1977. others Varma, V.P., Early Buddhism and its Origin, India: Munshiram Mohoharled Publication, 1973. Buddhist logic, epistemology and theory of truth PvKgv, bxiyKzgvi, ey×, Zvui ag© I `k©b, XvKv : Aemi cÖKvkbx, 2007| The Sarvastivadin, the Vaibhasika and the Sautrantika realism; eo–qv, w`jxc Kzgvi, I mygb KvwšÍ eo–qv, KxwZ©gvb †e․× mvwnwZ¨K I `vk©wbK, Yogacara dualism and its refutation by Sankara: a comparison XvKv: cvwj GÛ eyw×÷ ÷vwWR wefvM, XvKv wek¦we`¨vjq, 2008| with Russell and Moore's critique of idealism; Madhyamika dialectic with reference to Advaita and Western dialectics; ingvb, Gg. gwZDi ingvb (m¤úv.), †e․×`k©b : ZË¡ I hyw³, 1g LÐ, XvKv: Madhyamika Sunyavada and the Western concept of relativity RvZxq mvwnZ¨ cÖKvk, 2013| ingvb, Gg. gwZDi ingvb (m¤úv.), , 2q LÐ, XvKv: Buddhism and the perspective of logical positivism, †e․×`k©b : ZË¡ I hyw³ RvZxq mvwnZ¨ cÖKvk, 2013| Existentialism and Pragmatism.

Buddhism and the Western critics. Course 500021: Contemporary Indian Philosophy Books Recommended Course Description

This course is intended to give students a general knowledge of _____, Sadhana, Calcutta: Macmillan, 1919. the contemporary philosophical development in India. The Vivekananda, S., Complete Works, 8th ed. Calcutta: Haraf topics will include: the nature of reality, the concept of the self, Prakashoni, 1955. theory of knowledge, the concept of liberation, philosophy of Wolpert, Stanley A., Tilak and Gokhale: Revolution and religion, social philosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of Reform in the Making of Modern India, Berkeley: education, moral philosophy and philosophy of life. University of California Press, 1962. Course Content ingvb, Gg. gwZDi, evOvwji `k©b : eªvþ fveaviv, 3 LÐ, XvKv: GwkqvwUK | Special emphasis will be given on the following thinkers: †mvmvBwU Ae evsjv‡`k, 2012 Balgangadhar Tilak, Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi, m`vZ¥vb›`, ¯^vgx I ¯^vgx cÖÁvbvb›` (m¤úvw`Z), ¯^vgx we‡eKvb›` ¯§viK MÖš’, Aurobindo Ghose, K.C. Bhattacaryya and Sarvepalli KwjKvZv: kªxivgK…ò †e`všÍ gV, 1964| Radhakrishnan, Rabindranath Tagore, Sitanath Datta Tattvabhusan, Shivanth Shastri, Bipinchandra Pal. Books Recommended Arapura, J.G., Radhakrishnan and Integral Experience, Bombay: Asia Publish House, 1966. Aurobindo, Sri, The Life Divine, New York: Pandichari, 1949. Das, Chandra Mohan, The Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore, New Delhi: Deep & Deep Publications, 1996. Datta, Dhirendra Mohan, The Chief Currents of Contemporary Philosophy, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, 1970. Mahadevan, T.M.P. and G.V. Saroj, Contemporary Indian Philosophy, New Delhi: Sterling Publication, 1985. Muirhead, J.H. and S. Radhakrishnan, (eds.), Contemporary Indian Philosophy, London: Allen and Unwin, 1958. Radhakrishnan, S., Eastern Religions and Western Thought, Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. Schilpp, P.A., The Philosophy of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, New York, 1952. Tagore, R., Personality, London: Macmillan, 1918. _____, Lectures and Address, London: Macmillan, 1962.