Department of Logic and Philosophy a Profile

DEPARTMENT OF LOGIC AND PHILOSOPHY A PROFILE

KHALLIKOTE AUTONOMOUS COLLEGE, BERHAMPUR 760001, ORISSA 2018-19

DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY KHALLIKOTE AUTONOMOUS COLLEGE BERHAMPUR

1. Brief History of the Department

Department of Philosophy is an integral part of Khallikote Autonomous College, a more than a century old premier institution of the state of Odisha. This prestigious institution started functioning from the year 1878. Philosophy as a subject at undergraduate level started from 1951. Postgraduate teaching in Philosophy began in 2016. The department will introduce a challenging course, M.phil from the academic session 2019-20. This new PG department is considered to be one of the leading departments of the state of Orissa with excellent academic achievements.

3. Vision and Mission

Strengths: 1. Involvement in research 2. Involvement in postgraduate teaching 3. Lead major college committees 4. University paper setters/examiners/moderators 5. Organization of annual national conference

Weaknesses: 1. No representation on Board of Studies 2. Small intake of students 3. Inability to offer more options 4. Unwillingness of students to venture beyond syllabi 5. As most of the students in the stream of Arts are rural based, they are not well versed in English. So the teachers are to take initiative to teach the basics despite the burden of the heavy syllabi. Opportunities: 1. Encouragement to avail of Faculty Improvement Programme Encouragement to undertake Major and minor projects 2. Field visits are supported. 3. Costs incurred in the presentation of papers are met. 4. Remedial and Intensive Coaching for slow learner,

Challenges: 1 Increase quality and quantity of students 2. Inculcate the reading and research habit in students 3. Reconcile theory and practice in pedagogy 4. Introduce short-term courses with an eye to employment

STAFF POSITION AS ON 31/01/2019

Table -1 presents the existing staff position of the department. TABLE-1

(Staff Position)

Sl.N NAME OF STAFF Designation Philosophical Period of . MEMBER qualification service

1. Dr. JATIN BISHOYI Sr. Lecturer M.A., MBA(UTKAL), 19 Years and HOD M.Phil,Ph.D(JNU)

2. Dr.ANITA DALAI Guest M.A.,.,Ph.D 8 Years Lecturer

3 Sri Satyaranjan Mishra Guest M. A. 3Years Lecturer

4 Sri Achyutananda Guest M.A. UGC(NET) 3Years Bhuyan Lecturer

5 Pratap ch Panigrahi Support Staff Matric 05 Year

STUDENT POSITION FOR ACADEMIC SESSION 2018-19 Table -2 presents student position of the department for academic session 2018-19. TABLE-2

(Student position)

Class Sanctioned strength Existing strength

+3First Year (Hons) 32 35

+3First Year (GE-1) 128 120

+3Second Year (Hons) 32 34

+3Second Year (GE-2) 128 128

+3Third Year (Hons) 32 42

P.G. First Year 32 31

P.G. Second Year 32 30

OUR ASSETS:

 Smart classroom with multimedia support

 24 hours Internet facility

 Reading Room for Hons and PG Students

 Two Desktops, One Printer, One Projector & One Over Head Projector, Two Xerox machines, One Interactive Board & two Green Board

 300 Philosophy course books  Smart separate HOD and Staff Room Teaching Faculty Sl. Name Designation Area of No Specialization 1. Dr. Jatin Bishoyi Asst Western Professor Philosophy, Analytic Philosophy, Political Philosophy and Ethics

2 Dr. Anita Dalai Guest Faculty Indian Philosophy & Ethics 3 Sri Achyutananda Bhuyan Guest Faculty Logic, Social Philosophy 4 Sri Satyaranjan Mishra Guest Faculty Moral Philosophy, Western Philosophy, Greek Philosophy

Infrastructures Department of Philosophy is having the following infrastructure facilities to cater the needs of students of Philosophy. 1. Lecture Hall : 04 2. Seminar Hall : : 01

Important Instruments Available in the Department:  Computerized Instruments Available in the department:  Inverter  Computer Printers.  Scanner  Xerox  Internet facilities

Department Workload (Per week) Sl. Class Number of Number of Total Number No Theory Classes Practical Classes of Classes 1. PG 58 04 2. +3 Honours 48 48 3. - 4. Major Elective 24 - 24 . Total - 72

Achievements of the Department: Dept Received ICPR Free Book Grant amounting Rs 300000/- Dept was selected for periodical lecture series by ICPR Students Achievements: UGC rank holder scholarship . Students achieved 90% result. Students are placed in various public and pvt sectors One of Students won 1st prize in AOPA,2015 Akash ku. Jena Won 1st prize in all Odisha philosophical essay competition in 2016 and 2017.

RESULTS (FROM 2010 – 2019) 6TH SEM AND FINAL +3 DEGREE ARTS (Philosophy HONS) EXAMINATION, 2010 Stream/ Appeared Passed subject

Arts Total SC ST RE BAC DIVISION % GU K

1ST-D 1ST 2ND- 2nd M F TOTA D L

Philosophy 28 5 3 8 3 8 15 13 28

6TH SEM AND FINAL +3 DEGREE ARTS (Philosophy HONS) EXAMINATION, 2011 Stream/ Appeared Passed subject

Arts Total SC ST RE BAC DIVISION % GU K 1ST-D 1ST 2ND- 2nd M F TOTA D L

Philosophy 23 5 2 8 9 3 12 11 23 86.67 %

6TH SEM AND FINAL +3 DEGREE ARTS (Philosophy HONS) EXAMINATION, 2015 Stream/ Appeared Passed subject

Arts Total SC ST RE BAC DIVISION % GU K 1ST-D 1ST 2ND- 2nd M F TOTA D L

Philosophy 27 8 7 27 7 10 3 2 10 17 27 89.83 %

6TH SEM AND FINAL +3 DEGREE ARTS (Philosophy HONS) EXAMINATION, 2016 Stream/ Appeared Passed subject

Arts Total SC ST RE BAC DIVISION PWH % GU K 1ST-D 1ST 2ND- 2nd M F TOTA D L

Philosophy 30 10 8 13 9 0 11 19 30 84.74 %

6TH SEM AND FINAL +3 DEGREE ARTS (Philosophy HONS) EXAMINATION, 2017 Stream/ Appeared Passed subject

Arts Total SC ST RE BAC DIVISION PWH % GU K 1ST-D 1ST 2ND- 2nd M F TOTA D L

Philosophy 30 09 8 5 4 00 018 12 30 53.86 %

6TH SEM AND FINAL +3 DEGREE ARTS (Philosophy HONS) EXAMINATION, 2018 Stream/ Appeared Passed subject

Arts Total SC ST RE BAC DIVISION % GU K 1ST-D 1ST 2ND- 2nd M F TOTA D L

Philosophy 29 18 04 5 7 2 10 15 14 29 82.76 %

6TH SEM AND FINAL +3 DEGREE ARTS (Philosophy HONS) EXAMINATION, 2016 Stream/ Appeared Passed subject

Arts Total SC ST RE BAC DIVISION % GU K 1ST-D 1ST 2ND- 2nd M F TOTA D L

Philosophy 29 18 04 5 7 2 10 15 14 29 82.76 %

6TH SEM AND FINAL +3 DEGREE ARTS (Philosophy HONS) EXAMINATION, 2017 Stream/ Appeared Passed subject

Arts Total SC ST RE BAC DIVISION % GU K 1ST-D 1ST 2ND- 2nd M F TOTA D L

Philosophy 29 18 04 5 7 2 10 15 14 29 82.76 %

6TH SEM AND FINAL +3 DEGREE ARTS (Philosophy HONS) EXAMINATION, 2018 Stream/ Appeared Passed subject

Arts Total SC ST RE BAC DIVISION % GU K 1ST-D 1ST 2ND- 2nd M F TOTA D L

Philosophy 29 18 04 5 7 2 10 15 14 29 82.76 %

6TH SEM AND FINAL +3 DEGREE ARTS (Philosophy HONS) EXAMINATION, 2019 Stream/ Appeared Passed subject

Arts Total SC ST RE BAC DIVISION % GU K 1ST-D 1ST 2ND- 2nd M F TOTA D L

Philosophy 29 18 04 5 7 2 10 15 14 29 82.76 %

RESULTS :( UG)

YEAR TOTAL TOTAL 1st Class Hons 1st Class 2st Class Hons 2st Class % of NO. OF NO. OF with with pass STUDENTS STUDENTS Distinction Distinction APPEARED PASSED

2016 100%

2017 100%

2018 100%

2019 100%

RESULTS :( PG)

YEAR TOTAL TOTAL 1st Class 2nd Class 3rd Class % of pass NO. OF NO. OF STUDENTS STUDENTS APPEARED PASSED

2016 100%

2017 100%

2018 100%

2019 100%

STUDENT SEMINAR

NAME TOPIC DATE Subhajit Kumar Purusartha: A Way of Life 28/07/2018 Puspalata Samal Ethical Teachings of Buddha 28/07/2018 V. Sneha Plato;sTtheory Of Knowledge 28/07/2018 Sugyani ku. Devi A Brief History of 28/07/2018 Verification Theory Sraban Ku. Mandal Theory of Interactionism 28/07/2018 Priyanka Maharana Problem of Substance 28/07/2018 Basant Kumar Nayak Concept of Dharma: A vedic 28/07/2018 Approach

ALUMNI OF THE DEPARTMENT

Dr. Pradeep Kumar Panigrahi, Minister of Higher Education, Odisha Dr. Om Narayana Rao, Asst.Professor in Philosophy , Govt Women’s college, Aska Prof. K. C Rout. Head ,Deptt of Philosophy, University of Pune Sri Gopinath Behera Stenogrpher grade-A , NALCO, New Delhi Dr. Pradeep Paramguru , Polasara Womens, College, Odisha Prof. Surya Maharana, Allahabad University

Research Achievements- The department has till date produced ten Ph. Ds under the guidance of Various Professor under Berhampur Univers Research Work. - Two scholars are working for Ph. D. Seminars/Conferences/Symposia- Periodically the department organizes seminars for National and International topics. Departmental Seminar Seminars have been conducted at UG level with the active participation of the students. Total numbers of seminars conducted during 2010-2011 was 05, during 2011-12- 06 and during 2012-13 – 05, 2013-14- 05 ,2014-15- 03 2015-16- 07, 2016-17-2, 2017-18-2, Series of seminar have been conducted in the department. Students of UG 5th semester presented their seminar papers already allotted to them. Seminar on the topics entitled “Purusartha and Human Life”, “Euthanasia in India” and “Relevance of Yoga in Modern Time”,” Ethical Issues Concerning Abortion “ Value Of Philosophy in One’s Life” were organized in the department..

UGC Sponsored and state level seminar The department has conducted state level seminar on the topic entitled “Role of Ethics in Conjugal Life” and the Resource person was Prof. Sarat Panigrahi, former Head of PG department of Philosophy, Utkal University. An Interdepartmental UGC sponsored seminar was organized on the topic entitled “Aristotelian Foundation in Social Sciences”. Prof. Susmit Prasad Pani, Professor of History was the Resource person on the occasion. Last but not the least, Prof Bramhanand Satapathy, Professor of Political Science, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar was invited to deliver lecture on the topic “Comparative study of Plato and Aristotle’s philosophy”. Prof Basant ku Dash , Associate professor , Utkal University delivered alecture on Relevance of Isha Upanishads in human life, MEDIA ETHICS: TRANSFORMATION OF VALUE, NISKAMAKARMA, FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE: A SUBLIME SUPERMAN, EUTHANASIA: AN ETHICAL RIGHT TO DIE.

Seminars outside the College- Our staff attended UGC sponsored seminar and national seminar conducted by Utkal University , R D University, Ravenshaw University, U N( Auto) College, and S V M (Auto) College Jagatsinghpur. Refresher/Orientation Courses: Our staff attended UGC Various refresher Course conducted by Utkal University.

KHALLIKOTE UNIVERSITY CBCS SYLLABUS B.A. (Honours) No. of papers: 14 Full Marks: 100 each. Credit Points: 6 each. No. of classes: 50 each [Mid Sem 20+End Sem 80] CORE COURSE: PHILOSOPHY

FIRST YEAR SEMESTER-I

Paper-I: General Philosophy Paper-II: Symbolic Logic SEMESTER-II

Paper-III: Systems of Indian Philosophy Paper-IV: Philosophy of Language

SECOND YEAR SEMESTER-III

Paper-V: Ethics Paper-VI: Modern European Philosophy Paper-VII: Study of a Western Classic: Rene Descartes’ Meditations on First Philosophy SEMESTER-IV

Paper-VIII: Study of the Bhagavadgita Paper-IX: Contemporary Indian Philosophy Paper-X: Study of Major Religions of the World THIRD YEAR SEMESTER-V

Paper-XI: Social and Political Philosophy Paper XII: Study of an Indian Classic: The Isa Upanisad DSE-1 Philosophy of Science DSE-11 Applied Ethics SEMESTER-VI

Paper-XIII: Gandhian Study Paper-XIV: Philosophy of Social Ethics and Social Work DSE-111 Philosophy of Religion DSE-1V Project Report/Dissertation and Presentation.

PHILOSOPHY. (ELECTIVE)

No. of papers: 12 Full Marks: 100 each Credit Points: 6 each No. of classes: 50 each [Mid Sem 20+End Sem 80]

CORE COURSE: PHILOSOPHY

FIRST YEAR SEMESTER-II

Paper-I : Systems of Indian Philosophy

SECOND YEAR

SEMESTER-IV

Paper- II: Indian Ethics

KHALLIKOTE UNIVERSITY CBCS SYLLABUS B.A. (Honours)

FIRST YEAR

SEMESTER-I

Paper-I: General Philosophy

Full Marks: 100 [Mid Sem 20+End Sem 80] Credit Points: 6 No. of classes: 50

UNIT-I: Definition, Nature and Function of Philosophy; Its Relation with Other Modes of Thinking ( Science and Ethics).

UNIT-II: Problem of Being: Monism and Pluralism; Idealism and Realism

UNIT-III: Problem of Knowledge: Rationalism, Empiricism and Criticism.

UNIT-IV: Problem of Value: Fact and Value; Good and Evil; Beautiful and Ugly

UNIT-V: Problems of Philosophy: The Problem of Substance: The Problem of Universals (Plato and Aristotle ), Causality and Freewill Basic Study Materials

1. G.T.W. Patrick, Introduction to Philosophy 2. G.W. Cunningham, Problems of Philosophy 3. Bertrand Russell, Problems of Philosophy 4. Richard Taylor, Metaphysics 5. D.W. Hamlyn, Metaphysics

Paper-II: Symbolic Logic

Full Marks: 100 [Mid Sem 20+End Sem 80] Credit Points: 6 No. of classes: 50

UNIT-I: Symbolic Logic: Meaning and Characteristics. Relation between symbolic logic and classical logic, Use of symbols and its advantages.

UNIT-II: Basic Truth Tables and Truth Functions: Contradictory Truth Function, ConjunctiveTruth Function, Implicative Truth Function, Disjunctive, Alternative and Equivalence Truth Functions. Stroke Function

UNIT-III: Direct and Indirect Truth Tabular method of Testing the Validity of Arguments.

UNIT-IV: CNF and Derivation by Substitution.

UNIT-V: Boolean Algebra, Venn Diagram, Application of Boolean Method to Test Classical Syllogism.

Basic Study Materials

1. A.H. Basson and D.J. O’Conner, An Introduction to Symbolic Logic 2. M.R. Cohen and E. Nagel, An Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method

SEMESTER-II

Paper-III: Systems of Indian Philosophy

Full Marks: 100 [Mid Sem 20+End Sem 80] Credit Points: 6 No. of classes: 50

UNIT-I: Carvaka Materialism; Jainism: Syadvada; and Anekantavada

UNIT-II: Buddhism: The Noble Truths; Doctrine of Dependent Origination; Doctrine of Momentariness

UNIT-III: Samkhya: Purusa; and Prakrti Yoga: Cittavrtti and Its Nirodha; Astangika Marga

UNIT-IV: Nyaya: Pramanas (Perception and Inference) Vaisesika: Padarthas

UNIT-V: Samkara and Ramanuja: Brahman, Atman, Jagat and Maya

Basic Study Materials

1. S.C. Chatterji and D.M. Datta, An Introduction to Indian Philosophy 2. C.D. Sharma, A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy 3. M. Hiriyanna, Outlines of Indian Philosophy 4. R.K. Puligandla, Fundamentals of Indian Philosophy 5. S. Radhakrishnan, Indian Philosophy, Volumes I and II

Paper-IV: Philosophy of Language

Full Marks: 100 [Mid Sem 20+End Sem 80] Credit Points: 6 No. of classes: 50

UNIT-I: Word Meaning; Relation of Words to Things, Meaning of the Word ‘Meaning’, Ambiguity and its Types; Vagueness

UNIT-II: Definition: Defining and Accompanying Characteristics; Scope of Definition; Stipulative and Reportive Definition , Ostensive definitions

UNIT-III: Referential, Verificational, and Use Theory of Meaning

UNIT-IV: Analytic and Synthetic; A priori and A posteriori; Synthetic-A priori; Logical Possibility and Impossibility.

UNIT-V: Truth: Correspondence, Coherence and Truth as What Works (Pragmatic), Knowledge: Sources (Rationalism, and Empiricism)

Basic Study Materials

1. John Hospers, An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis 2. W.P. Alston, Philosophy of Language

SECOND YEAR

SEMESTER-III Paper-V: Ethics

Unit-1

Definition, Nature and Scope of Ethics; Relation of Ethics to Politics and Sociology.

Unit-II

Moral and Non- moral Actions; Factual and Moral Judgments, Stages of Voluntary Action, Objects Moral Judgment (Motive and Intention)

Unit-III

Teleological Ethics: Hedonism; Psychological and Ethical; Utilitarianism: Quantitative Utilitarianism( Bentham) and Qualitative Utilitarianism(J. S Mill), Unit-IV

Rigorism- Categorical Imperative, Maxims Of Morality and Postulates of Morality

Perfectionism—Self- Realisation, Be a Person, Die to Live, My Station and its duties

Unit-V

Crime and punishment: Theories of punishment-Reformative Theory, Retributive Theory and Preventive Theory. Capital punishment and its justification.

Basic Study Materials:

1. William Lillie, Ethics 2. J.N. Sinha, Manual of Ethics 3. Peter Singer, Practical Ethics 4. Jacques P. Thiroux, Ethics: Theory and Practice

Paper-VI: Modern European Philosophy

Unit-1

Bacon: Theory of Idolas; Problems of Induction

Descartes : Cartesian Method; Innate Ideas, Substance

Unit-II

Spinoza: Substance, Attribute and Modes

Leibnitz: Monads; Pre-established Harmony

Unit-III

Locke: Refutation of Innate Ideas; Theory of Knowledge; Idea of Substance

Unit-IV

Berkeley: Subjective Idealism

Hume: Scepticism; Theory of Causation; Idea of Self

Unit-V

Kant: Review of the Claims of Empiricism and Rationalism; Space and Time; Categories of Understanding

Basic Study Materials

1. W.T. Stace, A Critical History of Greek Philosophy 2. Frank Thilly, History of Philosophy 3. Richard Falkenberg, History of Modern Philosophy 4. Frank Thilly, History of Philosophy 5. Y. Masih, Critical History of Western Philosophy 6. Ratnakar Pati, History of Modern European Philosophy

Paper-VII: Study of a Western Classic: Rene Descartes’ Meditations on First Philosophy

Unit-1

Meditation I: Sceptical Doubts, Meditation II: cogito ergo sum and sum res cogitans, The Wax Argument

Unit-II

Meditation III: Clear and Distinct Perceptions, Theory of Ideas, Existence of God

Unit-III

Meditation IV: God is no Deceiver, Will, Intellect and the Possibility of Error

Unit-IV

Meditation V: Essence of Material Things, Existence of God

Unit-V

Meditation VI: Mind-body Dualism, Primary and Secondary Qualities

Basic Study Materials

1. Rene Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy (Various editions) 2. Rae Langton, A Study Guide to Descartes’ Meditations, http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/linguistics-and- philosophy/24-01-classics-in-western-philosophy-spring-2006/study-materials/descartes_guide.pdf 3. Amelie Rorty, Essays on Descartes’ Meditations

SEMESTER-IV Paper-VIII: Study of The Bhagavadgita

Unit –I

The Bhagavadgita: Conception of Yoga; Conceptions of Life and Death

Unit –II

The Bhagavadgita: Karma and Karmaphala; Karma, Akarma(Niskam Karma) and Vikarma

Unit –III

The Bhagavadgita: Jnana and Vijnana; Ksara, Aksara and Uttama Purusa

Unit –IV

The Bhagavadgita: Bhakti Yoga . Synthesis of threeYogas (Karma, Jnana and Bhakti)

Unit –V

Svadharma, Svabhava and Lokasangraha

Basic Study Materials 1. (Tr. & Ed.) S. Radhakrishnan, The Bhagavadgita 2. (Tr. & Ed.) V. Panoli, Gita in Samkara’s Own Words, I & II 3. (Tr.) A.G.K. Warrior, Srimadbhagavadgita Bhasya of Sri Samkaracharya 4. P.N. Srinivasachari, The Ethical Philosophy of the Gita 5. K.M. Munshi and R.R. Diwakar, Bhagavadgita and Modern Life 6. S.C. Panigrahi, Concept of Yoga in the Gita

Paper-IX: Contemporary Indian Philosophy

Unit -1

Swami Vivekananda: Reality ; Universal Religion; Man and His Destiny , Practical Vedanta

Unit –II

R.N. Tagore: Reality; Nature of Religion; Nature of Man and Humanism

Unit –III

Sri Aurobindo: Saccidananda;Theory of Evolution (Creation); Integral Education

Unit –IV

M.K. Gandhi: God , Truth, Non-Violence, Satyagraha, Sarvodaya Unit –V

S. Radhakrishnan: Education; Religion and Religious Experience; Intellect and Intuition

Basic Study Materials:

1. B.K. Lal, Contemporary Indian Philosophy 2. T.M.P. Mahadevan, Contemporary Indian Philosophy 3. Peter Singer, Practical Ethics 4. Jacques P. Thiroux, Ethics: Theory and Practice

Paper-X: Study of Major Religions of the World Unit-1

Sanatana Dharma:

The Conception of Man (amrtasya putra); His Pursuits (dharma, artha, kama & moksa); Ways of Conduct (margas): jnana, karma & bhakti

Unit-II

Buddhism:

Three Practices: Sila, Samadhi & Prajna; Four Noble Truths; Five Precepts; Eight-fold Path

Unit-III

Jainism:

Three Gems; Five Vows; The Jaina Agamas

Unit-IV

Christianity:

God as Trinity; Grace; Justice; Peace; Service; Salvation

Unit-V

Islam:

Conception of Man; Pursuits of Man: Shahadah (declaration of faith), Salaah (prayer), Zakat (charity), Saum (fasting) & Hajj (pilgrimage): Brotherhood and Equality of Mankind Basic Study Materials 1. Y. Masih, A Comparative Study of Religions 2. Lloyd Ridgeon, Major World Religions 3. A K Mohanty , Comparative Religion

SEMESTER-V Paper-XI: Social and Political Philosophy

Unit-1

What is Social philosophy?

Social Science and Social Laws; Philosophy of Social Science

Unit-II

The Explanation of Human Action; Reasons and Causes

Socialism, Marxism and Humanism

Unit-III

Political ideals: Liberty, Equality and Justice.

Unit-IV

Democratic Ideals; Democratic Government; Human Rights

Unit-V

Power and Authority; Grounds of Political Obligation

Basic Study Materials

1. Scott Gordon, The History and Philosophy of Social Science, Chapters 1, 3, 4, 14,15 and 17 2. Alexander Rosenberg, Philosophy of Social Science, Chapters 1 and 2 3. D.D. Raphael, Problems of Political Philosophy

Paper-XII: Study of an Indian Classic: The Isa Upanisad with Samkara’s Commentary Unit-1

What are Upanisads ?, Place of Upanisads in Indian Philosophy and Culture, The Isa upanisad

Unit-II

Mantras 1 to 4

Unit-III Mantras 5 to 9

Unit-IV

Mantras 10 to 14

Unit-V

Mantras 15 to 18

Basic Study Materials 1. The Isa Upanisad with Samkara’s Commentary (Various editions) 2. S. Radhakrishnan, The Principal Upanisads 3. Satyabadi Mishra, Central Philosophy of the Upanisads

SEMESTER-VI Paper-XIII: Gandhian Study

Unit-1

Political Thought of Gandhi: Gandhi's Concept of Politics - goals and methods of action; Concept and claim of spiritualising politics

Unit-II

Economic Thought of Gandhi: Gandhi’s ideas and efforts in the field of economics; Gandhi’s critique of Industrialism - Evils and Consequences; Philosophy of Work: Employment – Yajna, Need Vs Greed (and Wants)

Unit-III

Social Thought of Gandhi and Social Work: Philosophy and Sociology of Sarvodaya; Concept of Gramswaraj, Varanshram system and its distinction from caste system; Eradication of social evils with special reference to Gandhi’s drive against alcoholism/drug addiction; Untouchability and the method of struggle against it.

Unit-IV

Education - meaning and aims of education; Gandhi’s experiment in education at Satyagraha Ashram, Ahmedabad; at Sevagram Ashram; Basic Education; Duties of students, parents and teachers in education and their Interrelationship; Sex education; Formal, non-formal and informal education

Unit-V

Gandhi’s Idea of Peace: Meaning of Peace and Violence; Peace and Disarmament; Non-violent way to world peace; Combating terrorism through non-violence; Gandhian Approach to Conflict Resolution - Shanti Sena Basic Study Materials

1. Mahatma Gandhi, Autobiography 2. Mahatma Gandhi, Hind Swaraj 3. Mahatma Gandhi, Towards Non-violent Socialism 4. Mahatma Gandhi, Towards New Education, http://www.mkgandhi.org/ebks/new_edu.pdf

Paper-XIV: Philosophy of Social Ethics and Social Work

Unit-1

Social ethics: Meaning and objective, Relation between social ethics and social work, Good life and Good living.

Unit-2

Ethical practices in social institutions:Ethics in conjugal life, Ethics in family life (Joint family and nuclear family), Value Education.

Unit-3

Ethical Practices in Tribal Community, Social work: Meaning, Nature, Principle and Methods of Social work.

Unit-4

Philosophy of Social work, Types of Social work: Case work, Group work and community organization.

Unit-5

Social work and Social development, Social work and Social justice, Social security and its moral implications.

Basic Study Materials

1. Sarah Bank, Ethics and Values in Social Work. 2. Frederic G. Reamer, Social Work Values and Ethics. 3. Roger G. Betsworth, Social Ethics.

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Discipine Specific Elective

Paper-1: Philosophy of Science

Unit-1 Science and Philosophy of Science , Types of Science, Scientific and Unscientific Generalisation

Unit-11 Grounds of Scientific Generalisation : The law of Causation ,The Law of Uniformity of Nature; Observation and Experiment

Unit- III Hypothesis: Conditions of Valid Hypothesis. Proofs of Hypothesis Hypothesis, Theory and Law

Unit-IV Scientific explanation: Nature, objective and limits of Scientific explanation; Scientific Method and its various steps.

Unit-V Scientific Temper and Social Progress ; Scientific Enquiry ; Success and limitations of Science

Basic Study Materials 1. Gower Barry , Scientific Method :An Historical and Philosophical Method. 2. M.R. Cohen and E. Nagel, An Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method. 3. Sundar Sarukkai, What is Science. 4. Alex Rosenberg, Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction.

DSE Paper- 2: Applied Ethics

Unit-1 Applied Ethics: Nature and scope ; Environmental Ethics: Use and Exploitation of Nature; Animal Killing and Animal Rights.

Unit-II Business Ethics: Rights and Obligations in Business; Justice, Truth Telling and Honesty in Business ; CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility): Objective and Moral implications. Unit-III Bio-medical Ethics: Rights and Obligations of Health Care Professionals, Patient and his family.

Unit-IV Abortion; Euthanasia , Eco-Feminism.

Unit-V Media Ethics (Print and Electronic) ; Ethical Issues in Social Media ; Ethical issues raised by HIV/AIDS.

DSE Paper-3 : Philosophy of Religion

Unit-1 Meaning, Nature and Scope of Philosophy of Religion. The Judaic concept of God: Monotheism, Infinite, Self-existence, Personal, Loving, Good, Holy.

Unit-2 Arguments for God’s existence: The ontological argument, The cosmological argument, The teleological argument, The moral argument.

Unit-3 Argument against God’s existence: The sociological theory of religion, The Freudian theory of religion, The challenge of modern science.

Unit-4 The problem of Evil: The Augustinian Theodicy, The Irenean Theodicy, The Process Theodicy.

Unit-5 Karma and Rebirth: The popular concept, The Vedantic concept, A Demytholised interpretation.

Basic Study Materials

1. John Hicks , Philosophy of Religion. 2. Y. Masih, A Comparative Study of Religions. 3. Y. Masih, Philosophy of Religion.

DSE-4 : Project Report and Presentation or Dissertation.

PHILOSOPHY (ELECTIVE)

No. of papers: 12 Full Marks: 100 each Credit Points: 6 each No. of classes: 50 each [Mid Sem 20+End Sem 80]

FIRST YEAR

SEMESTER-II

Paper-I : Systems of Indian Philosophy

SECOND YEAR

SEMESTER-IV

Paper- II: Indian Ethics ELECTIVE FIRST YEAR 2nd Semester

Paper-I: Systems of Indian Philosophy

Full Marks: 100 [Mid Sem 20+End Sem 80] Credit Points: 6 No. of classes: 50

UNIT-I: Carvaka Materialism; Jainism: Syadvada; and Anekantavada

UNIT-II: Buddhism: The Noble Truths; Doctrine of Dependent Origination; Doctrine of Momentariness

UNIT-III: Samkhya: Purusa; and Prakrti Yoga: Cittavrtti and Its Nirodha; Astangika Marga

UNIT-IV: Nyaya: Pramanas (Perception and Inference) Vaisesika: Padarthas

UNIT-V: Samkara and Ramanuja: Brahman, Atman, Jagat and Maya

Basic Study Materials

nd 2 Year 4th Semester Paper-II: Indian Ethics

Unit-1 Ethics: Meaning and Objective, Purusarthas (Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksa).

Unit-2 Moral Foundation of Hindu Social Organisation: The doctrine of karma, Varna dhama, Asrama dharma, Sva dharma

Unit-3 Ethics of Buddhism: Four Noble Truth, Eight Fold Path Ethics of Jainism: Triratna, Five Vows

Unit-4 Ethics of Bhagvadgita: Niskama karma, Loksamgraha and Swadharma

Unit-5 Gandhian Ethics: Non-violence, Satyagraha, Sarvodaya and End &Means

Basic Study Materials 1. I.C.Sharma, Indian Ethics. 2. B.K.Dash, A Manual Of Indian Ethics. 3. A.K.Mohanty, Dharma. 4. K.Om Narayan Rao and Hrudananda Behera, An Introduction to Ethics.

SEC -2 (Subject specific Skill) MEDIA ETHICS

UNIT-1 Freedom of expression.

UNIT-2 Media Code of Ethics.

UNIT-3 Truth, Fairness and Objectivity.

UNIT-4 Private Lives and Public Interests. UNIT-5 Infotainment, Advertisement and Ethics.

Basic Study Materials

1. A. David Gordon and John Michel Kittross, Controversies in Media Ethics. 2. Richard Keeble, Ethics for Journalists (Media Skills Series).

CHOICE-BASED SEMESTER SYSTEM FOR P.G.DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY (2017-19) KHALLIKOTE UNIVERSITY, BERHAMPUR

SEMESTER-1

Paper I Indian epistemology Paper-II: Indian Metaphysics Paper-III: Symbolic Logic Paper-IV: Applied Ethics Paper-V: Greek Philosophy

SEMESTER-2

Paper-VI: Western Metaphysics Paper-VII: Western Epistemology Paper-VIII: Contemporary Political Philosophy Paper-IX: Linguistic & Conceptual Analysis Paper-X: Indian Ethics

SEMESTER-3

Paper-XI: Philosophy of Science Paper-XII: Ethics and Meta-ethics Paper-XIII: Post-Kantian Philosophy Paper-XIV: Research Methodology Paper-XV: Application of Logic in ICT

SEMESTER-4

Paper-XVI: Modern Indian Thinkers Paper-XVII: Philosophy of Mind Paper-XVIII: Upanishads Paper-XIX: Comparative Religion Paper-XX: Dissertation/ Project.

FIRST SEMESTER PAPER-I: INDIAN EPISTEMOLOGY (CC101) FULL MARKS: 80+20 Unit-I Pramanas: Pratyaksa, Anumana and Anupalabdhi Unit-II Upamana, Arthapatti and Sabda Unit-III Pramanyavada: pramanya / apramanya( svatah and paratah) Critique of Pramanyavada: Carvak and Jayant Bhatt Unit-IV Khyativadas (Theories of Error)

Basic Study Materials: 1. D.M.Datta, The Six Ways of Knowing 2. S.C.Chatterji, The Nyaya Theory of Knowledge 3. C.D.Sharma, A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy 4. Jwala Prasad, History of Indian Epistemology 5. Swami Satprakashananda, Methods of Knowledge 6. B.Kar, Indian Theories of Error PAPER-II: INDIAN METAPHYSICS (CC102)

FULL MARKS: 80+20 Unit-I The Concept of Reality in the Upanisads, Jainism and Buddhism Unit-II The Concept of Reality in Samkhya, Vaisesika and Vedanta (Samkara and Ramanuja) Unit-III The Doctrines of Causality and Evolution: Satkaryavada, asatkaryavada and satkaranavada; parinamavada and vivartavada Unit-IV Theory of liberation: Buddha, Samkhya, Samkara and Ramanuja

Basic Study Materials: 1. S. Radhakrishnan, The Principal Upanisads 2. S. Radhakrishnan, Indian Philosophy, Vol. I & II 3. S.N.Dasgupta, History of Indian Philosophy, Vol. I & II 4. T.R.V.Murti, Central Philosophy of Buddhism 5. P.T.Raju, Spirit, Being and Self 6. Mahesh Chandra Bhartiya, Causation in Indian Philosophy 7. Sarbani Ganguli, A Critique of Causality

PAPER-III: SYMBOLIC LOGIC (CC103) FULL MARKS: 80+20 Unit-I: The Sentential Connective( chapter 1) Unit-II: Sentential Theory of Inference(chapter 2) Unit-III: Chapter 3 & 4 Unit-IV: Chapter 9 (Set Theory)

Book for Recommended: 1. I.M. Copi, Symbolic Logic, 5th(Ch.1,2,3,4,7) Pearson Prentice Hall, Delhi, 1979. Basic Study Materials:2. I.M. Copi and I. Cohen, An Introduction to Logic, Pearson, 2014. 3. Patrick Suppes, An Introduction to Symbolic Logic, Affiliated East-West Press, 1957. 4. Basson and O‘Connor, Introduction to Symbolic Logic, The Free Press of Glencoe, 1960. 5. P.F. Strawson, Introduction to Logical Theory, London, 1952.

PAPER-IV APPLIED ETHICS (CC104) FULL MARKS: 80+20 Unit- I About Ethics, Environment and man: Anthropocentric, Bio centric and Eco-centric views, Shallow and Deep ecology, Ethics of care. Unit- II Business Ethics: Profit and Ethics, Advertisement and Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility towards Stakeholders Unit- III Sanctity of Life: Abortion, Euthanasia Doctor- Patient relationship, Genetic Engineering Unit- IV Animal Killing, Animal Rights, Media Ethics & Eco-Feminism.

Suggested Readings: Singer, P., Practical Ethics (Cambridge Univ. Press) Blackwell Companions to Philosophy, A Companion to Ethics, Edited by Peter Singer Beauchamp, T.L., LeRoy Walters, Contemporary Issue in Bioethics, Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1989. Almond, Brenda (ed.), Introducing Applied Ethics, Blackwell, UK Supplementary Readings: Evans, J.D.G., Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Problems, CUP Rachels, James (ed.). Moral Problems (Third Ed) 1979, Harper & Row Beauchamp, T.L., Principle of Biomedical Ethics, Recent Edition Fox, R. & Marco, J.De, New Directions in Ethics, Routledge & Kegan Paul Cohen, M and Nagel, T., War and Moral Responsibility, Princeton Dennett, J.C., Nuclear Weapons and the Conflict of Conscience (OUP) Russell, B., Common sense and Nuclear Warfare, Penguin Hayward. T., Ecological Thought, Polity Press, UK Thironx, J.P., Ethics: Theory and Practice (Glencoe pub. Co. Inc. California Velasquez, Manuel, G., Business Ethics: Concept and Cases, 5th edition, Pearson

PAPER-V GREEK PHILOSOPHY (CC105) FULL MARKS: 80+20 Unit- I Ionians and Pythagoras Unit- II Eleatics and Atomist Unit- III Sophist and Socrates Unit- IV Plato and Aristotle

Suggested Readings: A History of Western Philosophy: Bertrand Russell A Critical History of Greek Philosophy: W.T. Stace Introduction to western philosophy: Anthony John Patrick Kenny

SECOND SEMESTER PAPER-VI WESTERN METAPHYSICS (CC201) FULL MARKS: 80+20 Unit-I The Conceptions of Reality: Monism, Dualism and Pluralism Unit-II Problem of Substance, Problem of Universals, and Problems of Space and Time Unit-III Critique of Metaphysics (Empiricist, Logical Positivist and Logical Atomist) Unit-IV Problems Concerning Body and Mind Relation

Basic Study Materials: 1. D.W.Hamlyn, Metaphysics 2. Richard Taylor, Metaphysics 3. G.W.Patrick, An Introduction to Philosophy 4. G.T.W. Cunningham, Problems of Philosophy 5. (Ed.) David Halis, Metaphysics: Contemporary Readings 6. C.Dennet and Hofstades, Mind’s I 7. David Chalmers, Self and Its Brain 8. Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind 9. John Hospers, An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis 10. (Ed.) John Hospers, Readings in Introductory Philosophical Analysis

PAPER-VII WESTERN EPISTEMOLOGY (CC202) FULL MARKS: 80+20 Unit-I Problems of knowledge: Plato’s theory of Knowledge, Belief and Opinion; A.J.AyerScepticism; Gettier’s: “Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?” Unit-II Conceptions of Truth: Correspondence, Coherence, Pragmatic and Semantic Unit-III Problems Concerning Perceptual Knowledge and Problems Concerning Memory Unit-IV Problem of Induction, Naturalized Epistemology, Internalism and Externalist

Basic Study Materials: 1. A.D.Woozley, Theory of Knowledge 2. Noah Lemos, An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge 3. R.M.Chisolm, Theory of Knowledge 4. D.M.Armstrong, Belief, Truth and Knowledge 5. A.J.Ayer, The Problem of Knowledge 6. A.C.Danto, Analytical Philosophy of Knowledge 7. Paul Newall, An Introduction to Epistemology 8. Jonathan Dancy, An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology 9. Edmund Gettier, “Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?” 10. Alfred Tarski, “The Semantic Conception of Truth and the Foundations of Semantics”11. Alfred Tarski, Logic, Semantics, Metamathematics 12. Alfred Tarski ,Collected Papers, four volumes, ed. by S. Givant and R. McKenzie. 13. Anthony Kenny, The Wittgenstein Reader

PAPER-VIII CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (CC203) FULL MARKS: 80+20 Unit-I Lenin and Antonio Gramsci Unit-II Mao Zedong and Frantz Fanon Unit-III Michel Foucault and Jurgen habermas Unit-IV John Rawls and Robert Nozick Suggested Readings: 1. Political Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction by David Miller. New York: Oxford University Press. 2003. 2. Political Philosophy: Classic and Contemporary Readings. Edited by Louis P. Pomona, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002. 3. The Blackwell Guide to Social and Political Philosophy. Edited by Robert L. Simon. Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2002. 4. A Companion to Feminist Philosophy. Edited by Alison M. Jaggar and Iris Marion Young. Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 1998.

PAPER-IX LINGUISTIC AND CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS (CC204)

FULL MARKS: 80+20 Unit-I G. Frege: “On Sense and Reference” and “The Thought: A Logical Inquiry”, Moore: Refutation of idealism, Philosophy and analysis. Unit-II B. Russell: “On Descriptions”, P.F.Strawson: “On Referring” Unit-III A.J.Ayer: The Verification Principle, W.V.O. Quine: “Two Dogmas of Empiricism” Unit-IV J.L.Austin: Speech act Theory, L. Wittgenstein: Meaning and Use

Basic Study Materials: 1. Alexander Miller, Philosophy of Language, Routledge, 1998. 2. A. P. Martinich (ed.) The Philosophy of Language, Oxford University Press, 1990. 3. Michael Beaney (ed.), The Frege Reader, Blackwell, 1997 4. A.J. Ayer, Language, Truth and Logic, Penguin, 1971. 5. J. L. Austin, How to Do Things with Words, Oxford University Press, 1983 6. J. L. Austin, Philosophical Papers, Oxford University Press, 1979. 7. L. Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations (tran.) G.E.M. Anscombe, Basil Blackwell, 1953. 8. G. Pitcher, The Philosophy of Wittgenstein, Prentice-Hall, 1985. 9. John Passmore: A Hundred Years of Philosophy, London, 1957. 10. A.J. Ayer (ed.), The Revolution in Philosophy, London, 1956. 11. R.C. Pradhan, Recent Developments in Analytic Philosophy, ICPR, 2001. 12. Richard Heck & Robert May, Frege’s Contribution to Philosophy of Language

PAPER-X INDIAN ETHICS (CC205) FULL MARKS: 80+20 Unit-I Purusarthas: The Hierarchy of values Unit-II Svadharma,, Varnasrama Dharma and sadharana Dharma Unit-III Ethics of Jainism and Buddhism Unit-IV Gandhian Ethics, and Ethics of Bhagvadgita

Basic Study Materials: 1. S.K.Maitra, Ethics of the Hindus 2. M. Hiriyanna, The India Conception of Values 3. Surama Dasgupta, Development of Moral Philosophy in India 4. I.C.Sharma, Ethical Philosophies of India 5. Rajendra Prasad, Varnadharma, Niskamakarma and Practical Morality 6. P. De Silva, “Buddhist Ethics.” In A Companion to Ethics, ed. Peter Singer 7. H. S- Prasad, The Centrality o f Ethics in Buddhism: Exploratory Essays 8. Srimad Bhagbad Gita

THIRD SEMESTER PAPER-XI PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE (CC301) FULL MARKS: 80+20 Unit- I The Nature of Science and Its Method, Scientific Explanation

Unit-II Principle of Verifiability, Principle of Confirmability and Paradox of Confirmation

Unit-III Karl Popper’s Critique of Positivism, Falsifiability and Scientific Progress

Unit-IV Thomas Kuhn: Scientific Revolution as Paradigm Shift, Scientific Progress

Books for reading: 1. Toulmin, S., The Philosophy of Science: An Introduction, Hutchinson 2. Hempel, C. G., Philosophy of Natural Science, Prentice-Hall 3. ------Aspect of Scientific Explanation, Free Press, New York, 1968. 4. Nagel, Ernst, The Structure of Science: Problems in Logic of Scientific Explanation, RKP, London, 1961. 5. Popper, Karl., The Logic of Scientific Discovery 6. Khun, Thomas., The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Chicago University Press Books for Reference: 1. Laudan, Larry, Progress and its problems: Towards a Theory of Scientific Growth, RKP, London, 1977. 2. Losee, John, A Historical Introduction to Philosophy of Science, Oxford University Press, 1972. 3. Anthony O’ Hear, An Introduction to Philosophy of Science, Oxford, 1993. 4. Cohen, M and Nagel, E., An introduction to logic and scientific method. New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934.

PAPER-XII ETHICS &META-ETHICS (CC302) FULL MARKS: 80+20 Unit-I Ethical theories: Consequentialism and Teleological theories Unit-II Ethical theories: Deontology and Virtue ethics Unit-III Metaethical theories: Cognitivism and Non-cognitivism, Ethical Realism and Intuitionalism Unit-IV Metaethical theories: Universalism, Relativism and Nihilism, Emotivism (Ayer, Stevension) Prescriptivism (Moore)

Basic Study Materials: 1. Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics 2. I. Kant, Critique o f Practical Reason 3. J.S Mill, Utilitarianism 4. Shelly Kegan, Normative Ethics 5. William K.Frankena, Ethics 6. Bernard Williams, Ethics and the Limits o f Philosophy 7. L.M. Hinman, Ethics: A Pluralistic approach to Moral Theory 8. Samuel Scheffler, Consequentialism and Its Critics

PAPER-XIII

POST-KANTIAN PHILOSOPHY (CC303) FULL MARKS: 80+20

Unit-I Hegel and Bradley Unit-II Pragmatism and Logical Positivism Unit-III Existentialism and Phenomenology Unit-IV Post-modernism: Derrida and Foucault

Basic Study Materials: 1. C.E.M.Joad, Introduction to Modern Philosophy 2. D.M.Datta, Chief Currents of Contemporary Philosophy 3. W.T.Stace, Philosophy of Hegel 4. Peter Singer, Hegel: A Very Short Introduction 5. F.H.Bradley, Appearance and Reality 6. Richard Wollheim, Bradley 7. William James, Pragmatism 8. (Ed.) A.J.Ayer, Logical Positivism 9. A.J.Ayer, Language, Truth and Logic 10. Jean-Paul Satre, Existentialism and Humanism 11. Edmund Husserl, Phenomenology and the Crisis of Philosophy, (Tr.) Quentin Lauer 12. Martin Buber, I and Thou

PAPER-XIV RESEARCH METHODOLOGY (CC304) FULL MARKS: 80+20

UN IT-I: Research Methodology (General): Meaning and Types, Methods, Techniques and Style Sheets

UN IT-II: Hypothesis: types of hypothesis, conditions of valid Hypothesis, Proofs for Hypothesis

UN IT-III: Research Design, Types of Research and Philosophical World-Views (Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Approaches)

UNIT-IV: Methods of Philosophy: Traditional (Socratic dialogue, Hegelian dialectic, Husserlian Epoche, Cartesian Method of Doubt, Marxian Dialectic, Kantian Transcendental method etc.) and Contemporary (Radical Interpretation, Naturalism, Commonsense philosophising, analytical method, experimental philosophy, thought experiments etc.)

Suggested Readings: Research Methodology (Western) 1. Blaikie, Norman. 1993. Approaches to Social Enquiry. Cambridge: Polity Press (Blackwell Publishers Ltd.) 2. Creswell, John. W. 2011. Research Design, Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Approaches, 3rdEdition. Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd. 3. Daly, Chris.2010. An Introduction to Philosophical Methods. Broadview Press Ltd. 4. Kothari, C. R. and Garg, Gaurav. 2014. Research Methodology, Methods and Techniques, 3rd Edition, New Delhi: New Age International Publishers. 5. Papazoglou, Alexis ed. 2012. The Pursuit of Philosophy: Some Cambridge Perspectives. Blackwell Publishing (Wiley). 6. Ramachandran, T. P. 1984. The Methodology of Research in Philosophy. Madras: University of Madras.

PAPER-XV APPLICATION OF LOGIC IN ICT (CC305)

FULL MARKS: 70+30 Unit-I: Computer Fundamentals: Basic anatomy of computer system: Input Devices: keyboards, Mouse, MICR, OCR, OMR, Touch Screen, Light Pen, Joy Stick, Digitizer, Scanner; Output Devices: VDU, Printers: Dot matrix, inkjet, laser, Plotter, Data storage devices hard disk, Compact disk, Optical disk, Pen drive and other devices.

Unit-II Number Systems Decimal, Binary, Octal, Hexadecimal, 1’s Compliment, 2’s Compliment, Binary addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division. Logic Gates: AND, OR, NOT, NAND, NOR, XOR, XNOR, Universal logic gate.

Unit-III Introduction to software: Types of software: Application software, System of software, Utility software. Language Processor (Complier, Interpreter, Assembler). Operating system: services and functions of operating system, Brief introduction of MS-DOS, UNIX, WINDOWS. Introduction to Network, Types of Network: LAN, WAN, MAN, WWW, INTERNET, INTRANET.

Unit-IV Introduction to Computer Application: Features of MS-Word, Word Processing: Creating and formatting documents; Saving, Word Art Mail merge and Printing documents. MS-Power Point; Features of Power Point, Creating Slides, Adding new Slides, Text colours, Fill-colors, Fill-Effects; Line effects; Line Styles, Object Effects. MS- EXCEL: Fundamentals of MS- Excel, Simple calculation using spreadsheet.

Practical- 30 marks MS-OFFICE: MS-WORD, MS-EXCEL, MS-POWER POINT

Basic Study Materials: Lalit Sharma: Computer Education Tarsem Singh: ICT Skill Development. Tarsem Singh: Basic Computer Education Kumar Khusvinder & Kumar Sunil: ICT Skill Development Gorden B.Davis(1982): Introductions to Computer

FOURTH SEMESTER PHILOSOPHY OF MIND (CC401) PAPER-XVI

UNIT-I FULL MARK: 80+20 Soul, Mind, Mental Phenomena, Consciousness

UNIT-II Third-Person Account, First Person Account, Intentionality, Dualism, Identity Theory

UNIT-III Person Theory, Parallelism, Epiphenomenalism, Functionalism

UNIT-IV Consciousness: Existence of Consciousness, Feature of Consciousness, Theory of Consciousness.

Prescribed Book: Shaffer, Jerome A., Philosophy of Mind, PHI, 1994 Heil, John, Philosophy of Mind: A Contemporary Introduction, New York, Routledge, Second edition, 2004

FOURTH SEMESTER PAPER-XVII MODERN INDIAN THINKERS (CC402) FULL MARKS: 80+20

Unit-I Iqbal - Self, God, Man and Superman. APJ Abdul Kalam- Ethics, Education and Metaphysics Unit II K.C Bhattacharyya - Concept of Philosophy, Subject as Freedom, The doctrine of Maya. Unit-III J.Krishnamurty- Freedom from the known, analysis of self. Unit-IV Ambedkar- Varna and the Caste system Basic Study Materials: 2. Madhusudan Reddy, Sri Aurobindo’s Philosophy of Evolution 6. S.K. Maitra, An Introduction to the Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo 7. J.L. Shaw, Practical Vedanta: Swami Vivekananda as A Philosopher 13. T.M. P. Mahadevan, and G.V. Saroja, Contemporary Indian Philosophy,

PAPER-XVIII PHILOSOPHY OF THE UPANISADS(CC403) FULL MARKS: 80+20

Unit-I The Kena Upanisad: Sections 1 and 2 Unit-II The Kena Upanisad: Sections 3 and 4 Unit-III The Katha Upanisad: Chapter I, Sections 1 and 2 Unit-IV The Katha Upanisad: Chapter I, Sections 3 and 4 Basic Study Materials: 1. Swami Gambhirananda, Eight Upanisads, Vol. I 2. R.D.Ranade, A Constructive Survey of Upanisadic Philosophy 3. S. Radhakrishnan, The Principal Upanisads

PAPER-XIX COMPARATIVE RELIGION(CC404) FULL MARKS: 80+20 Unit-I Nature, scope and method of study of comparative religion Unit-II Basic tenets of Eastern religions: Hinduism (sanatana dharma), Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism Unit-III Basic tenets of Western religions: Christian, Islam and Zoroastrianism Unit-IV Unity of religions, Inter-religious dialogue, Secularism, Proselytisation Basic Study Materials: 1. Y. Masih, A Comparative Study of Religions 2. John Westerdale Bowker, World Religions: The Great Faiths Explored and Explained 3. Huston Smith, The World’s Religions 4. Daniel L Pals, Eight Theories of Religion 5. Robert A. Segal, The Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion

PAPER-XX Dissertation or Project. (CC405) The project shall be evaluated by an external and internal examination.

Writing of Project or Dissertation = 70 mark Viva Voce = 30 mark

FULL MARKS: 100

PRE- PH.D COURSE WORK 2017/18 KHALLIKOTE UNIVERSITY, BERHAMPUR, GANJAM

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY PAPRE-I

Unit-I:

a. Research: Meaning, Components, Characteristics and Types and Process of research b. Methods of research: survey, Observation, Case Study, experimental, Historical and Comparative methods.

Unit-II:

a. Methods of Philosophy: Traditional (Socratic dialogue, Hegelian dialectic, Husserlian Epoche, Cartesian Method of Doubt, Marxian Dialectic, Kantian Transcendental method etc.) and Contemporary (Radical Interpretation, Naturalism, Commonsense philosophizing, analytical method, experimental philosophy, thought experiments etc.) Unit-III: a. Research Designing: Meaning, Components, Identifying and Planning Research and Report Writing. b. Hypothesis: Meaning, Types, Sources, Formulations and Functions of Hypothesis.

Unit-IV:

a. Survey Method: Meaning, Types, Steps and Limitation, Observations, questionnaire and Interviewing b. Sampling: Meaning, Types and Selection of Samples.

Unit-V:

a. Data Analysis: Content Analysis, Report writing. b. Basic Statistical concepts: Use and Limitation, Frequency and Percentages distribution. c. Basic Statistical Techniques: Measures of Central Tendency, Standard Deviation, Correlation, Coefficients and Chi-Square text.

BOOKS RECOMMENDED:

1. GOODE, W J AND PAUL LYATT: METHODS IN SOCIAL RESEARCH. 2. MERTON R K: SOCIAL THEORY AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE 3. BHATTACHARYA DILLIP KUMAR: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 4. C R KOTHARI: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 5. MUKHARJEE P N : METHODOLOGY ICCSSR IN SOCIAL RESEARCH: DILEMMAS AND PERSPECTIVES. 6. BOSE, PRADEEP KUMAR: RESEARCH METHEDOLOGY 7. SHIPMAN MARTIN: THE LIMITATION OF SOCIAL RESEARCH.

PAPRE-II EPISTEMOLOGY, METAPHYSICS AND AXIOLOGY (INDIAN & WESTERN)

Unit-I: Problem of Knowledge: Knowledge, Truth and Belief, Knowledge and Error.

Unit0-II: Source of Knowledge: Perception, Reasoning, Inference, Verbal Testimony, Comparison, Postulation and Anupalabdhi.

Unit-III: Problem of Metaphysics: Critique of Metaphysics, Monism, Dualism, and Pluralism in Western and Eastern Thought.

Unit-IV: Concept of Reality in Six systems of Indian Philosophy and From Descartes to Kant Unit-V: The Problem of Value: Objectivity and Subjectivity, Normative Ethics applied Ethics, Indian ethics and Meta-ethics.

BOOKS RECOMMENDED:

6. G.T.W. Patrick, Introduction to Philosophy 7. G.W. Cunningham, Problems of Philosophy 8. Bertrand Russell, Problems of Philosophy 9. Richard Taylor, Metaphysics 10. D.W. Hamlyn, Metaphysics 11. S.C. Chatterji and D.M. Datta, An Introduction to Indian Philosophy 12. C.D. Sharma, A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy 13. M. Hiriyanna, Outlines of Indian Philosophy 14. R.K. Puligandla, Fundamentals of Indian Philosophy 15. S. Radhakrishnan, Indian Philosophy, Volumes I and II

CURRICULUM VITAE OF HOD--- Dr.(Lt) JATIN BISHOYI Qualification

Degree Awarded Name of Division University/Institution

Ph.D JNU, New Delhi awarded

NET UGC NET with JRF

Pre-Ph.D/M. Phil JNU, New Delhi A+

MBA Utkal University 1st class

M A Utkal University 1st class with 2nd position

B A Berhampur University 1st class Distinction with 1st position

Awards and Distinction: 1.1st Position in B. A – Berhampur University 2. 2nd Position in M.A- Utkal University 3. NET from UGC 4. JRF from ICPR, NEW DELHI 5. !st Prize in Essay ,all Odisha Philo Congress 6 2nd prize Philo Quiz Competition 7. Worked as JPF, NCERT, New Delhi

Research and Teaching Experience: (i) Award of scholarship-Qualified NET in the year 1999 (ii) Teaching experience- 16 years Worked in various Govt. and lead colleges of Odisha including N. C (Auto) College , Jajpur, DAV Govt. College, Koraput and SBRG(Auto) Womens’ College, Berhampur Seminar/Conference Attended many state level, national level and international level seminar conducted by ICPR, ICSSR, UGC, JNU and other colleges and universities on various topics.

As symposist presented paper in All Odisha Philosophy Congress at S V M (auto) College on 25-01-2016 and V N (Auto) college on 24-01-2011. Project Completed research minor project on Religious and Ethical Practices of Tribal people of Koraput, 2013 Completed research project on Annotated Bibliography of Value education In India, NCERT, New delhi As organizing secy two seminar ( one ICPR and one ugc) had been organized Recent Publication Freedom and Responsibility in the Philosophy of A. J . Ayer , Journal Of AOPA,2012. Humanistic Temper in the Philosophy of Bhima Bhoi, Journal Of AOPA,2015. Kama as Purusaratha , Journal Of AOPA,2013. Capital Punishment: Violation Of Human Rights, Proceeding-Good Life, UN(auto) college,2014. Lokasamgrha; An optimistic Attitude of Human Life, Journal of Critical Thinking,

2015. Lokasangraha: An Affirmative Thought for Social Reconstruction. Journal of doi/10.5281/zenodo.571531

Capital Punishment: Denial of Human rights. Indian Research Bulletin, ISBN 2348-1315 (New Delhi), 2016.

Membership of Learned societies : 1. Member of Indian Philosophical Congress. 2. Life member of All Orissa Philosophical Congress. 3. Member of the Board of Studies of Different Universities of Orissa. 4. Member of the Board of Studies of N C Autonomous College, Jajpur 5. Member of the Board of Studies of S.B.R (Auto) women’s college, Berhampur. 6. Member conduction Board of Examiners in philosophy S.B.R (Auto) women’s college, Berhampur. 7. Member conduction Board of Examiners in philosophy B.D. (Auto) College, Jaypore 8. Member conduction Board of Examiners in philosophy Govt (Auto) College, Phulbani. 9. B.ed Nodal Officer. 10. NCC officer

Qualification Details of Guest Faculties

NAME : Dr Anita Dalai

Designation: Guest Lecturer

Date of joining: 08/08/2014

Department: P. G. Department of Philosophy Contact No: 8280019098

Email Id:[email protected]

Educational Qualification

S.No. Qualification Year of Passing Subject Name of the university (PG onwards)

1 Ph D 2016 “Vivekananda North Odisha and Tagore on University Humanism”

2 M.A. 2002 Philosophy of Utkal University Wettgenstien

3 +3 Hons 1999 Philosophy Utkal University

Seminar/Conference/Symposium/Workshop attended:

S.No.. Seminar/conference/ Name Sponsoring National/ Agency symposium/workshop International

1 National Seminar on HIMGIR, Spiritual ...... National the concept ‘Guru in Research & Training Indian Philosophy Centre and Religions’

2 UGC Sponsored PG Department of UGC National National Seminar in Philosophy, Philosophy on Humanistic Trends MPC Auto College in Indian Culture ,Baripada

3 UGC Sponsored PG Department of UGC National National Seminar in Philosophy, Philosophy on Ethic of the Bhagabat Gita MPC Auto College ,Baripada

4 Annual Conference Maharshi College AOPS State of All Orossa Philosophy of Natural Association Law, Bhubaeswar

5 ICPR Sponsored PG Department of ICPR State State Level Seminar Philosophy, on Media Ethics: Khallikote Transformation of University, Values Berhampur

6 ICPR Sponsored PG Department of ICPR State State Level Seminar Philosophy, on Euthanasia and KhallikoteUniversity, Morality Berhampur

One week Short PMEC, TEQIP III National term Course on 7 Intellectual Property Berhampur Rights

8 One week Short PMEC, TRQIP III National term Course on Research Berhampur Methodology

Research Paper Published

S. No. Research Paper Title

1 Religion and Humanism-Tagore’s prospective

Vivekananda on way to Good Life

3 Ethics in Jain Tradition

4 Tagores Contribution to Indian Cultural Tradition

5 The Religion of Man in Sri Aurivinda and Tagoes Philosophy

6 Violation Human Rights and Prisoners

7 Sri Aurobinda and Swami Vibekananda on Man

Whether Awarded Ph. D.: Yes

S.No. Title of the Name and Address of Year of Name of the thesis the Guide Awarded University

1 “Vivekananda Dr .D.M.Praharaj, 2016 North Odisha and Tagore on University Rasmivihar Apartment, Humanism” Flat No.110,

Bhubaneswar.

Major Achievement (Book)

S.No.. Achievement

1 Publication of Book Entitled

“Humanistic Philosophy of Tagore and Vivekananda”

RESUME

Name : Achyutananda Bhuyan

Designation :- Guest Faculty

Date of Joining :- (In the format of Year-Month-Date) 09-07-2018

Department :- Philosophy

Contact No :- 9583839892

Email Id :- [email protected]

Education Qualification

 Completed Master Degree of Arts in Philosophy from M.P.C. (auto) college, North Odisha university  Completed +3 Arts (Philosophy Hons.) from K.S.U.B College, Bhanjanagar, under Berhampur University,  Completed +2 Arts from Anchalika Sc college under CHSE with  Completed HSC from Govt. high school, ksetribarpur, under B.S.E, Odisha.

Hobbies & Interest

 Willing to Read books.  Interested to help others and also to know about new things in which I don’t have any knowledge. Personal Details

Date of Birth : 12 Nov, 1990

Language Known : Oriya, English, and Hindi

Strengths : Posses strong positive attitude,

DECLARATION

I do hereby declare that all the information furnished above is true and complete to the best of my knowledge.

Achyutananda Bhuyan

Educational Qualification

Sl No. Qualification Year Of Passing Subject(PG onwards) Name of University 1 MA 2014 Philosophy North Orissa Univeristy

Seminar/Conference/Symposium/Workshop Attended

Sl Seminar/ Name Sponsorning Agency National / Paper No. Conference/ International presented / Symposium/ Subject of the Workshop Seminar 1 ICPR sponsored PG Dept. of Philosophy ICPR, New Delhi State state level seminar Khallikote University on “Media Ethics”

2 ICPR sponsored PG Dept. of Philosophy ICPR, New Delhi State state level seminar Khallikote University on “Euthanasia”

Major Achievement Sl No. Achievement 1 Qualified UGC-NET for Assistant professor on November 2017

Name : Satyaranjan Mishra

Designation :- Guest Faculty

Date of Joining :- 2018-07-09

Department :- Philosophy

Contact No :- 9853953503

Email Id :- [email protected]

Educational Qualification

Sl No. Qualification Year Of Passing Subject(PG onwards) Name of University

1 MA 2015 Philosophy Utkal University

Seminar/Conference/Symposium/Workshop Attended

Sl Seminar/ Name Sponsorning Agency National / Paper No. Conference/ International presented / Symposium/ Subject of the Workshop Seminar 1 ICPR Sponsored P.G Dept. of Philosophy ICPR, New Delhi State State Level Khalikote University, Seminar on Media Berhampur Ethics ICPR Sponsored P.G Dept. of Philosophy ICPR, New Delhi State State Level Khalikote University, Seminar on Berhampur Euthanasia ICPR Sponsored P.G Dept. of Philosophy ICPR, New Delhi State State Level Khalikote University, Seminar on Berhampur Friedrich Nietzsche

Major Achievement Sl No. Achievement 1 Lecturer in Science College Autonomous Hinilicut, Ganjam

2 Guest Lecturer in SBRG (A) Womens College, Berhampur

3 Awarded best employee in Oxford Book Store Bhubaneswar for Merchandizing.