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UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG Faculty of Arts Department of Philosophy Syllabus for BA (Honours) Course in
Philosophy Session
2004¾2005 Year of Examination-2008 Examinations: First year, BA Honours: 2005 Second Year BA Honours: 2006 Third Year BA Honours: 2007 Fourth Year BA Honours: 2008 Distribution of courses
and marks: Total Courses: 28 1400 Allied courses: 04 400 Total courses=32 Total marks=1800 Class Test= 100 Viva-Voce= 100
2000 First
Year Honours: Session 2004-2005 Marks 101¾Introduction to Philosophy (I) 50 102¾History of Western Philosophy:
50 Ancient & Medieval (Thales to Acquinas) 103¾Traditional Logic 50 104¾Muslim Theological Schools and Sufism
50 Allied Course (1)¾ Psychology 100 Allied Course (2)¾Sociology 100 Class Test 25 Viva-Voce 25
Total=450 Second
Year Honours: Session 2005¾2006 Marks 201¾Readings on Plato and Aristotle
50 202¾Introduction to Philosophy (II)
50 203¾Normative Ethics 50 204¾Muslim Philosophers 50 Allied Course (3)¾Economics 100 Allied Course (4)¾Political
Science 100
Class Test 25 Viva-Voce 25 Total=450 Third
Year Honours : Session:
2006¾2007 Marks 301¾History of Western Philosophy 50 (Descartes to Hume) 302¾History of
Western Philosophy (II) 50 (Kant, Fichte, Schelling
& Hegel) 303¾Post-Hegelian Philosophy (I) 50 304¾Symbolic Logic 50 305¾Social Philosophy 50 306¾Meta-Ethics 50 307¾Bangladesh Philosophy 50 308¾ Political Philosophy 50 (Ancient and
Medieval) 309¾Epistemology or Philosophy of Education 50 310¾ Muslim Philosophy 50 Class Test 25 Viva-Voce 25
Total=550 Fourth Year B. A. (Honours)
Course
Session: 2007¾2008 ` Marks 401¾ Post-Hegelian Philosophy II 50 402¾Applied Ethics 50 403¾Political Philosophy 50 404¾Indian Philosophy 50 405¾ Recent & Contemporary 50 Muslim
Philosophy (II) 406¾Recent & Contemporary 50 Trends in
Bangladesh Philosophy 407¾Basic Mathematical Logic 50 or Informal Logic 408¾Philosophy of Language 50 409¾Philosophy of Religion 50 410¾Research Methodology 50 Class test 25 Viva-Voce 25
Total=550 Syllabus for Compulsory English for 1st Year B. A. (Honours) 2005 Marks
001 - Compulsory English (non-credit) 100 First Year B. A. (Honours) Course Year of Examination:2005 Course: Phil—101 Marks
50 Introduction to Philosophy (I) Nature, Scope and Utility of Philosophy; Relation of Philosophy
to Science, Life and Religion;
Methods of Philosophy; Theories of Knowledge; Idealism, Realism, Materialism,
Phenomenalism; Evolution and Creation. Course: Phil—102 Marks
50 History of Western
Philosophy: (Thales to Acquinas ) Students are expected to have a general
knowledge of the philosophers from Thales to Acquinas. Course: Phil 103 Marks
50 Traditional
Logic Text: Copi, I. M. Introduction to
Logic 1. Introduction: Historical Background,
Arguments, Deduction and Induction 2. The Uses of Languages 3. Definition, Kinds of Definition, Rules
of Definition 4. Categorical Propositions: Classes,
Quality, Quantity, Distribution, Traditional and Immediate Inferences. 5. Categorical Syllogism: Mood, Figure,
Venn Diagram Tests, Rules and Fallacies. 6. Mill’s Methods of Experimental Inquiry. Course: Phil¾104 Marks 50 Muslim
Theological Schools and Sufism 1. Nature, scope and sources of muslim philosophy, Distinction
between theology and muslim philosophy. A general
knowledge of the history of muslim
philosophy with special emphasis on the following: Al-Hasan
al-Basri, Qadrites, Jabarites, Mutazilites, Ashrites. 2. Sufism: students will be required to
acquire knowledge of the following topics: nature, scope and aim of sufism; origin, relation of sufism to the islamic shariah-- tenets and paths of sufism. Allied Course: 1 Marks 100 Psychology Nature and scope of Psychology: Methods of Psychology: Branches
of Psychology: Heredity and Environment, Biological basis of Behavior,
Motivation, Learning, & Memory. Sensation, Perception, Attention, Thinking, Intelligence,
Personality, Frustration, Conflict and Abnormality. Allied Course: 2 Marks 100 Sociology 1. Nature and Scope of Sociology, Methods
of Sociology, Sociology and other social sciences,Various
approaches in Sociology, origin and development of sociology, leading
sociological thinkers: Ibn Khaldun,
Auguste Comte, Karl Marx, Max Waber. 2. Primary concepts: Society, Community,
Social Structure, Association, Institution, Socialization, Groups, Rules,
Status, Norms and Values. 3. Major social institutions: Family,
Property, State and Religion, Major Theories. 4. Social stratification: Class, Status,
Power, Caste, Estate, Status and Role--Social Mobility-Major Theories 5. Social control: Agencies and Mechanism-
Theories of Social Control. 6. Social change: Evolution, Progress,
Change, Social Change and Cultural Change, Theories relating to social
change. Second Year BA
Honours Course Year of Examination
2006 Course: Phil 201 Marks 50 Readings
on Plato and Aristotle Texts Prescribed: Plato¾The Republic (Selected Chapters on
Epistemology and Metaphysics) Aristotle¾Metaphysics (Selected Chapters) Course: Phil--202 Marks 50 Introduction
to Philosophy (II) Causation, Theories of truth, Mind-body
problem, Freedom of will, Arguments for the existence of God, Problem of
evil, Theories of value, Immortality of the soul. Course: Phil--203 Marks 50 Normative
Ethics Nature, scope, and utility of studying ethics, Relation of
ethics with religion, Law and psychology; Normative and meta-ethics; Nature,
object and justification of moral judgment, Different theories of normative
ethics: Egoism, Altruism, Utilitarianism; Ethical relativism, Kant’s ethics, Ethical scepticism, Ethical realism, Perfectionism, Virtue
theory, Contractarianism. Course: Phil--204 Marks 50 Muslim
Philosophers Philosophers: Al-Kindi,
Al-Farabi, Ibn-Sina, Ibn Bajjah, Ibn
Tufail, Ibn Maskawaih, Ghazzali and Ibn Rushd. Allied Course: 3 Marks: 100 Economics Economics (micro &
macro) Text: P. A Samuelson¾Economics (15th edition) Chapters: 1-12, 15, 16, 17 and 20, 21--27, 31, 36. Allied
Course: 4 Marks: 100 Political
Science Introduction to political science; Nature, Scope and Method;
Relation of political science to other social sciences; Fundamental concepts:
Society, Community, State, Sovereignty, Law, Liberty, Equality, Nation,
Nationalism and Internationalism; Various Theories of the Origin of the
State, Stages of development of modern state, Functions of the state;
Individualism, Democracy, Socialism, Communism & Welfare State. Third Year BA Honours
Course Year of Examination 2007 Course: Phil: 301 Marks 50 History of Western Philosophy: I (Descartes to Hume.) Course: Phil¾302 Marks 50 History of Modern Western Philosophy
II (Kant, Fichte, Schelling
& Hegel). Course: Phil--303 Marks 50 Post-Hegelian
Philosophy (I) Neo-Hegelian Idealism, Neo-Realism, Neo-Critical Realism, Dialectical
Materialism, Nietzsehe, Schopenhaur
& Bergson Course: Phil--304 Marks 50 Symbolic Logic Text: Copi, I. M.
and Carl Cohen--Introduction to Logic (9th ed.) Chapters--8, 9, 10.
Symbolic Logic 123 1. Basic Concepts: Simple & Compound Statements--Different
Kinds of Compound Statements, Truth-table, Test of Tautology, Contradiction,
and Contingency. 2. (a) The Method of Deduction: Tests of
Validity, Rules of Inference and Rules of Replacement; (b) Proof of
Invalidity; (c) Test of Inconsistency. 3. Quantification Theory: Singular and
General Propositions, Propositional Functions, Rules of Quantification--Proving Validity
and Proving Invalidity. Course: Phil¾305 Marks
50
Social Philosophy Nature, Aim, Method, and Value of Social Philosophy. Its
relation to social science, ethics and psychology Social nature of man, Human relationships: natural, social,
legal and moral. Family bonds and its role in social life. Individual and society, common good and social welfare. Individual autonomy and human rights; content and classification
of human rights, rights and duties. Social values and social justice. Course: Phil¾306 Marks 50 Meta-ethics Origin & development of contemporary
Meta--ethical Theories--Naturalism--Non-naturalism – Emotivism,
Prescriptivism and Descriptivism Course: Phil--307 Marks 50 Bangladesh
Philosophy Development of
Philosophical Thoughts in Bangladesh: Ancient, Medieval and Modern-- Nature
and Characteristics of Bangladesh philosophy¾Vaisnavism, Sufism, Baulism
(Bengal Perspectives) Philosophical
foundation of the following socio-ethico-religious
movements: a) The Wahabi and
Faraji Movement b) The Brahmo Samaj movement c) The Young Bengal movement Trends in muslim social thoughts in the nineteenth and early
twentieth century Bengal with special reference to Nawab
Abdul Latif, Syed Ameer Ali, Delwar Hossain Ahmed. Course: Phil--308 Marks 50 Political Philosophy (Ancient and Medieval) Plato and Aristotle, Medieval political
thought; St Thomas Aquinas, St.Augustine and Al Farabi, Ibn-Khaldun Course: Phil¾309 Marks 50 Epistemology Text Prescribed: R. M. Chisolm: Theory of Knowledge (3rd edition) or
Philosophy of
Education 1. (a) Nature
and aim of the Philosophy of Education (b) Relation of philosophy of education to philosophy and
science. (c) Methods of education (d) Nature of knowledge and truth and their relation to
philosophy of education. 2. Ancient and Medieval philosophy of education: (a)
Plato, (b) Aristotle,
(c) Quintilian, (d) Plutark, (e)
Prophet Muhammad (sm), (f) Al-Ghazali, (g) Luther
(h) Montaigne 3. Modern philosophy of education (a) Beeon, (b) Gallilio, (c) Comenius (d) Descarte (e) John Locke,
(f) Rousseau (g) Pestaltossi
(h) Herbert (i) John
Dewey (j) Rabindranath (k) Iqbal 4. Some recent theories on the philosophy education: Course: Phil ¾310 Muslim Philosophy
Part A: (13th-16th century) Ibnul A’rabi, Jalal Uddin Rumi,
Mullah Sadra
Part B: Shaikh Ahmad Sarhind,
Ibn Taimiyh, Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahahab, Shah Walliullah. Fourth Year B. A. (Honors) Course Year of Examination 2008 Course: Phil—401 50-marks Post-Hegelian Philosophy II Analytic Philosophy, Logical Positivism,
Existentialism, Phenomenology, Pragmatism and Humanism. Course: Phil--402 Marks 50 Applied
Ethics An introductory discussion on the different branches of applied
ethics such as Bio-ethics, Medical ethics, Business and Professional ethics,
Environmental ethics and other related moral issues, like, animal rights,
war, terrorism and world hunger. Course: Phil--403 Marks 50 Political Philosophy Students are expected to know the development of political
thought from Machiavelli to Hegel. Following are the thinkers and systems on whom emphasis should be given: Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke
and Rousseau. Hegel, Mill, Karlmarx. Democracy,
Nationalism, Totalitarianism and Fascism. Course:
Phil¾404 Marks 50 Indian
Philosophy 1. Nature and general feature of Indian
philosophy; A brief study of the following systems of Indian philosophical
thought: Charvaka, Jaina,
Buddha, Nyaya, Samkhya and Vedanta. 2. A Survey of some Indian thinkers, S.
Vivekananda, Aurobindo and S. Radhakrishnan
Contemporary
and Recent Muslim Philosophy Part A: Haji Shariatullah, Saiyed Ahmad Shaheed, Rashid Ridha, Saiyed Muhammad bin Ali As-Sanousi,
Jamal Uddin Afghani, Saiyed
Ahmad Khan, Ashraf Ali Thanwi, Saiyed Solaiman Nadwi, Allama Shibli Nomani, Moulana Ilias (rahmatullah ‘alihi), Moulana Muhammad Hasan. Part B: Mufti Muhammad Abduhu,
Allama Iqbal, Saiyed Ameer Ali, Saiyed Abul A’la
Moududi, Fazlur Rahman, Moulana Abdur Rahim, Alija Izzat Beghovich,
Ayatullah Ruhullah
Khomeini, Ayatullah Murtaza
Motahari. Course: Phil--406 Marks 50 Contemporary and Recent Trends in
Bangladesh Philosophy
1. Western Philosophical trends in
Bangladesh philosophy a) Utilitarianism b) Positivism c) Humanism d) Marxism 2. Twentieth Century Bengali thoughts and
thinkers: a) Bengal Renaissance b) Rabindranath Tagore, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Kazi Abdul Wadud, Abul Hashem, G. C. Dev, Dewan Mohammad Azraf. 3. Contemporary philosophical trends in
Bangladesh: a) Philosophical trends 1900-1947 b) Philosophical trends
1947-1971 c) Philosophical trends since independence Course: Phil--407 Marks 50 Basic Mathematical Logic 1. Sets, Relations, and Functions; Properties
of Binery Relations, Ordering Relations, Testing
Arguments Involving Relations. 2.
Theorem:
Paradoxes in sef theory, Boolean Algebra & Switch circuit
design. Or Informal Logic The inadequacy of Inductive-Deductive
Dichotomy, Nature, Scope and Utility of Informal Logic,The
Uses of Language; Definition; Recognizing Premise, Conclusion Missing Premise
and Additional Irrational Premise in the Argument. Practical Reasoning: Legal
Reasoning, Ethical Reasoning (conduction), Scientific Reasoning, Abduction,
Non-Inductive Analogy, Informal Fallacies. Course: Phil¾408` Marks 50 Philosophy of Language Students are required to have a thorough
knowledge of the issues discussed in the text and a general knowledge of the
problems of the recommended books. Text: 1.
W. P. Alston¾ Philosophy of Language
2. Wittgenstein- Tractates Course: Phil¾409 Marks 50 Philosophy of Religion Text: 1.
John Hick: Philosophy of Religion
2. Thoules,
R.H. - Psychology of Religion Course Phil¾410 Marks 50
Research Methodology Definition, Nature, Scope and Techniques
of Research Methodology, Application and its Utility in Philosophy,
Classifications of Research Methodology: Transliteration: Speculative and
Descriptive; Logical Analysis, Reconciliation of Synthesis
and Evaluation; Scientific Method: its disuse and
limitation, Comparative philosophical methods, Methods of the study of books
and essays, Comparative discussion of the methods of philosophy, Sociology
and political Science; Methods of writing, term papers, Essay and
dissertation. Recommended: Cohen and Nagel -- An Introduction to Logic and Scientific
Method (Applied Logic and Scientific Method). Bertman, Martin A. -- Research Guide in Philosophy. Lester, James A. --- Writing
Research Paper: A Complete Guide. Turabian, KL ---
A Manual of Writers of
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Compulsory English for 1st Year B.
A. (Honours) 2004-2005 1. Reading Comprehension 10 2. Vocabulary building 05 3. Precis 05 4. Identification of the Parts of speech
and their use in sentences 05 5. Basic sentence Pattern; Expansion of
sentences 12 6. Compound and Complex sentences: (8+8)=16 7. Appropriate Preposition, Phrasal Verbs,
and Idioms (4+4+4)=12 8. Punctuation: 05 9. Common Mistakes 05 10.
Writing
letters: 05 11.
Writing
Paragraphs 08 12.
Writing
Essays: 12 Prescribed text:
Foundation English for Undergraduates by Q. M. Billah, G. S. Chowdhury
& M. Alam Session 2005¾2006 Session: 2006¾2007 Session: 2007¾2008 2005
Year of Examination:2005 Year of Examination:2006 Year of Examination:2007 Year of Examination:2008 Ist Year B.A.
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