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UPPSC 2010 Syllabus for Philosophy (Subject Code 12)

Section - A

Problem of Philosophy Syllabus:

1. Substance: Descartes, Spinoza Leibnitz, Locke, Criticisms by Berkely and Hume; Nyaya-Vaisesika, Jainism, Criticism by Buddhism.
2. God, Soul and the world: Aristotle, St Acquinas, Descartes, Spinoza, Nyaya-Vaisesika Samkara and Ramanuja.
3. Universal: Realism and Nominalism (Plato.Aristotle-Barkeley. Nyaya-Vaisekika, Buddhism).
4. Prama, Pramans and Pramanyavada: Charvaka, Nyaya -Vaisesika, Buddhism and purva Mimansa.
5. Truth and Error: Correspondence theory, Coherence theory, Pragmatic theory; Khyativada Anyathakhyati, Akhyati, Satkhyati and Anivacanjyakhyati.
6. Matter and Mind: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibnitz Berkeley.

Section - B

Ethics:

1. Fact and Value.
2. Right and Good: Telelogy and Deontology.
3. Psychological Hedonism.
4. Utilitarianism: Bentham, Mill, Sidgwick.
5. Kant's Ethics.
6. Problem of Freedom of will.
7. Meaning of Moral Judgements: Descriptivism, Emotivism, Prescriptivsm.
8. Ethics of the Gita; Niskamakarma, Svadharma, Sthitaprajna.
9. Jaina Ethics.
10. Buddhist Ethics: Eightfold path, ideas of Arhat and Bodhisattva.
11. Gandhian Ethics: Truth; Non-violence, End and Means.

Section - C

Logic:

1. Truth and Validity.
2. Classification of propositions Traditional and Modern.
3. Syllogism: Figures and Moods, Rules of Syllogism (General and Special)
4. Fallacies: Formal and informal.
5. Prepositional Calculus: Symbolisation, Truth-Functions and their interdefinabiiity, Truth-Table, Formal Proof.

UPPSC Preliminary Exam 2010 Syllabus for Philosophy