Course for Ph. D. Programme (1998 Session) of M. Mozammel Hoque (Roll No. 22)

Asst. Prof. of Philosophy, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

 

Course No. 4:

Theory of Knowledge

 

Problems and Issues to be studied:

 

1.      Skeptical Arguments and Responses to Skepticism.

2.      The Traditional Account of Knowledge - Gettier Counter-examples - Responses to Gettier - Knowing How & Knowing What - Knowledge by Acquaintance & Knowledge by Description.

3.      Epistemic Justification - Chisholm's Account of 'Certain', 'Obvious', 'Evident', 'Beyond Reasonable Doubt', 'Epistemically in the clear', 'Probable' and 'Counter-balanced' as terms of Epistemic appraisal - Chisolm's Account of the Formal Epistemic Principles.

4.      A Comparative Study of the Foundationalist Theory of Justification - Internalism and Externalism.

5.      Conditions of Truth & Criteria of Evidence - The Liar Paradox, It's Different Versions & Resolutions.

6.      Hume's Problem of Induction & Different Solutions - Goodman's New Riddle of Induction.

7.      Analytic vs. Synthetic, A priori vs. A  posteriori, Necessary vs. Contingent Propositions - Can Synthetic Truths be known A Priori?

8.      Is Epistemology Possible? Chisholm and the Problem of the Criterion - Naturalized Epistemology & the Concept of Knowledge.

 

  Recommended Books & Articles:

Ackerman, Robert                 Theories of Knowledge: A Critical Introduction

Anwar, A.J.,                           'Approaches to the Problem of Induction', Indian Philosophical Quarterly, 1994

Anwar, A.J.,                           'Chisholm's Solution of the Gettier Problem: An Inconsistency', Indian Philosophical Quarterly, 1996

Anwar, A.J.,                           'Limits of Empiricism', Bangladesh Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 1

Ayer, A.J.,                             The Problem of Knowledge, Chaps. 1-2

Bonjour, Laurence,                The Structure of Empirical Knowledge

Chisholm, Rodrick M.,          Theory of Knowledge (2nd & 3rd Eds.)

Dancy, Jonathon                   Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology

F. O'Neill S.J.,                        Readings in Epistemology

Gettier, E.L.,                          'Is Justified True Belief Knowledge', Analysis, vol. 23, 1963,

pp. 121-3

Goldman, A.I.,                        'Discrimination and Perceptual Knowledge', Journal of Philosophy, vol. 73, 1976, pp. 771-99

Hospers, John                       An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis

Pollick, John L.,                     Contemporary Theories of Knowledge

 

 

Course Director:

Professor Ahmed Jamal Anwar

Dept. of Philosophy, C.U.

 

 

 

 

Course for Ph. D. Programme (1998 Session) of M. Mozammel Hoque (Roll No. 22)

Asst. Prof. of Philosophy, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

 

Course No. 2:

Muslim Nationalism in the Indian Sub-continent

 

1.      The Concept of Muslim Nationalism and it's difference with Territorial or Regional Nationalism.

2.      Growth of Muslim Nationalism in Colonial India, it's conflict with Indian Nationalism and Hindu Nationalism.

3.      Development of Muslim Nationalism in the Indian sub-continent up to 1971.

 

Recommended Readings:

 

Ahmed, Muhammad Aziz,                "The Concept of Islamic Millat", University Studies (Social Sciences and Humanities), Karachi, vol. III, no. 1,1996.

Al-Ahsan, Abdullah,                          Ummah or a Nation? Identity Crisis in Contemporary Muslim Society, The Islamic Foundation, Liccester, 1992.

Bilgrami, Syed Zafar Raza,              "Nationalism and Indian Muslims: Problems and Perspectives" in Zafar Imam (ed.) Muslims in India, Orient Longman, New Delhi, 1975.

Iqbal, Muhammad,                            "Political Thought in Islam", The Sociological Review, (Manchester), vol. 1, 1908.

Khan, Muinuddin Ahmad,                 Muslim Communities of Southeast Asia, Islamic Cultural Centre, Chittagong, 1980.

Khan, Muinuddin Ahmad,                 "Discovery of the Muslim Ummah: A Reflective Assessment", paper presented at a seminar held at the Bait-us-Sharaf Islamic Research Institute, Chittagong, 1993.

Maududi, Sayyid Abul 'Ala,              Islam O Jatiyatabad (Islam and Nationalism), Tr. Abdur Rahim, Adhunik Prakashani, Dhaka, 1986.

Mukhopadhya, Prahat Kumar,         Bharate Jatiya Andolan (Indian National Movement), Barda. Calcutta, 1925.

Nehru, Jawaharlal,                            Glimpses of the World History, Linssay Drumond, London, 1949; Section entitled "India in the Nineteen-Twenties",

pp. 719-726

Shakir, Moin,                                     Khilafat to Partition: A Survey of Major Political Trends among Indian Muslims during 1919-1947, Ajanta, Delhi, 1970

Weekes, Richard V.,                        Pakistan: Birth and Growth of a Muslim Nation, D. Van Nostrand, Princeton, 1964

 

 

Course Director:

Professor Dr. Mohammad Shah

Dept. of History, C.U.

 

 

 

 

Course for Ph. D. Programme (1998 Session) of M. Mozammel Hoque (Roll No. 22)

Asst. Prof. of Philosophy, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

 

Course No. 3:

Contemporary Muslim Philosophy in the Indian Sub-continent

 

1.      Sayyid Ahmad Khan and the Aligarh Movement.

2.      Approaches to Islamic History: Shibli Nu'mani & Amir Ali.

3.      Speculative Neo-modernism: Muhammad Iqbal.

4.      Orthodox Fundamentalism: Moulana Moudidi

 

 

Recommended Books:

 

Abul 'Ala Moudidi                  Khilafat wa Mulukiat

Aziz Ahmed                           Islamic Modernism in India and Pakistan 1857-1964

K.K. Aziz                                Amir Ali: His Life and Works

Sayyid Amir Ali                      Spirit of Islam

Shibli Nu'mani                       Ilmul Kalam & Al-Kalam

Sir Mohammad Iqbal            The Reconstruction of the Religious Thoughts in Islam

Patrick Bannerman               Islam in Perspective

 

 

Course Director:

Professor A.N.M. Wahidur Rahman

Dept. of Philosophy, C.U.

 

 

 

 

 

Course for Ph. D. Programme (1998 Session) of M. Mozammel Hoque (Roll No. 22)

Asst. Prof. of Philosophy, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

 

Course No. 1:

Research Methodology

 

1.      Major Steps is Research: Selection of Research Areas, Identification of Problems, Formation of Hypothesis and Collection, Processing and Analysis of Data.

2.      Sampling: Types of Sampling, Advantages and Disadvantages of Sampling, Sampling and Non-Sampling Errors.

3.      Simple Laws of Probability, Elementary Theories in Probability, Simple Problems in Probability.

4.      Research Report: Mechanism of Report Writing, Structure & Types of Research Report.

 

 

Recommended Books:

 

Bedekar, V.H.                                                            How to write assignments research papers dissertations and thesis, New Delhi.

Freedman, Paul                                                        The Principles of Scientific Research

Kaplan, Abraham                                                      The Conduct of Inquiry, San Francisco, Chandler.

Kate L. Turabian                                                       Research Methodology

Keneth & Baily                                                           Methods in Social Sciences

Mcneill, Patrick                                                          Research Methods

Nachmias, David and Nachimias, Chava,             Research Methods in the Social Sciences, New York St. Martin's Press.

Simon, Jullian                                                            Basic Research Methods in Social Sciences, New York, Random House.

Popper, Karl                                                              The Logic of Scientific Research, New York.

 

 

Course Director:

Professor Dr. A.K.M. Shamsur Rahman

Dept. of Philosophy, C.U

 

 

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