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M. A Final Department of Philosophy
Chittagong
University Session –
2002-2003 & 2003-2004 Year of
Examination 2003 & 2004 There will be ten courses of 50 marks each. In addition to these
there will be 100 marks for regular students as follows: 1. Class
Test / Tutorial 50 2. Terminal 25 3. Viva Voce 25 For irregular
Candidates: Philosophical Essay 75 marks Viva-Voce 25 ,, Students are required to choose any four Courses from group A
and any two
courses from each remaining groups. Group A
(Any four) 501
Epistemology and Metaphysics 502
Pragmatism & Humanism. 503
Philosophy of Moore & Russell 504
Phenomenology and Existentialism 505
Logical Positivism & Analytic Philosophy 506
Philosophical Logic Group B. (Any two) 507
Recent Trends in Islamic Thought 508
Philosophy of Al-Ghazali & Ibn Rushd 509
Sufism – upto 15th
century or Sufism – from 16th
to 20th century 510
Contemporary Indian Philosophy 511
Bangladesh Philosophy Group C. (Any two) 512
Environmental Ethics and Business Ethics 513
Moral Philosophy of Moore & Hare 514
Applied Philosophy 515
Philosophy of Law 516
Philosophical Aspects of Artificial Intelligence Group D. (Any two) 517
Religion and Politics 518
Contemporary Political Philosophy 519
Theories of Justice 520
Social Psychology 521
Applied Psychology 522
Philosophy of Science Group – A (Any four) 501
Epistemology and
Metaphysics
Prescribed
Texts: 1. P. F. Strawson : Individuals: Introduction & Part
I & III. 2. John L. Pollock
: Contemporary Theories of
Knowledge 502 Pragmatism
& Humanism.
The
purpose of the course is to make the students acquainted with some salient
features of pragmatism and humanism. Discussion will be based on the texts
prescribed. Texts Prescribed
1.
James, W. :
Pragmatism, New York, 1907. 2.
Schiller, F.C.S . : Studies in Humanism, London, Macmillan & Co., 1907. 503 Philosophy of Moore & Russell
Texts: Moore, G. E. – Some Main Problems of Philosophy Russell, B. – Problems of Philosophy. 504
Phenomenology and Existentialism
Historical background of phenomenology, Husserl’s
concept of phenomenology. Existentialism and its relation to phenomenology. Six Existentialist Philosophers: Kierkegard, Jaspers, Marcel, Heidegger, Nietzsche,
Sartre.
505 Logical Positivism and Analytic Philosophy
Logical Positivism: Its nature origin. and
development. Method: Logical analysis of language, function of philosophy,
meaning and verifiability with special reference to Schlick
Ayer and Carnap. Meaninglessness of metaphysics. The nature, origin and development of Analytic philosophy. 506 Philosophical Logic Text: 1.
W. Quine : Philosophy of Logic 2.
A.C. Grayling :Philosophical
Logic, 3rd Edition Group - B (Any two) 507 Recent Trends in Islamic Thought
Students are expected to be aware
of the most recent trends in Islamic thought and of the movements that are
currently prevailing in the world, such as Revivalism, New-Revivalism,
Fundamentalism, neo-Fundamentalism, classical Modernism, neo-Modernism,
Post-Modernism Secularism, Westernism, These trends
a are to be discussed in relations to their agenda of discourse such as
religious education vs. western education, economics, politics, women rights,
human rights, Jihad, Ijtihad, Law of inheritance, Zakat system, etc. Books Recommended: 1.
Ahmad, Akbar S., Post-Modernism
and Islam, London: Routledge, 1992. 2.
Gelluer, Ernest, Post-modernism, Reason and Religion,
London, Routladge, 1992. 3.
Rahman, Fazlur, Islam and Modernity, Transformation of an
Intellectual Tradition, Chicago and London: University
of Chicago Press, 1982. 4.
Welch, Alfred and
Pierre Caches. (ed.) : Islamic Post-Jufluence and the
Present Challenge. New York: State University of New York, 1979. 5.
Hadden, J.K. and Shepe A. Anson
(eds.) Prophetic Religions
and Politics, New York: Paragon House, 1986. 6.
Sayed, Edward W. Orientalism: New
York and London, 1978. 7.
Levtzion, N. (ed.): Eighteenth Century Renewal and Reform
in Islam, Syracus: 1987. 8.
Esposito, John L.
(ed.): Voices of Resurgent Islam,
N. Y, Oxford University Press, 1983. 508 Philosophy of Al-Ghazali
and Ibn Rushd
Text- Tahafut al-Falasifa and Tahaful al-Tahafut-(Selected
chapters) Students
will be required to study the prescribed texts in detail and to have a
thorough knowledge of the problems discussed in the texts. Texts Prescribed
Al-Ghazali: Tahafut-al-Falasifa, English
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London, 1954. 509 Sufism -
upto 15th century or Sufism – from 16th to 20th
century Students will be required to study the following topics: Historical development of Sufism from the Early Islam. Doctrines and Practices of the great Sufis. The false Sufis of different ages. Or Sufism
(from 16th to 20th century) Development of Sufism from 16th to 20th
century Fundamental doctrines and practices of the great Sufis of the
period. Sufism and the modern world. 510 Contemporary
Indian Philosophy
A study of the
contemporary developments in Indian Philosophy since the second half of the
19th century philosophy and their effects upon present day
philosophical thinking. Special attention will be paid to the work of Swami
Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore,
Sri Aurobindo and Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya. 511 Bangladesh Philosophy An analysis and evaluation of the main
concepts regarding the philosophy of life, materialistic philosophy, Religion
and civilization, life and divine world, synthetic philosophy, theory of
aesthetics, and rabbaniath philosophy --- of Barkatullah, G.C. Dev, Abul Hashem, & Ramendrasunder Tribedi. Texts: 1.
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topics) 2.
Aspirations of the Common Man – G. C. Dev. 3.
The Creed of Islam –Abul Hashem 4.
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and scope of environmental ethics. Different theories of environmental
ethics. Respect for nature. Duties towards higher and lower animal, Deep
ecology. Value in nature. Land ethics. Environmental pollution moral issues.
Environmental policy making. Globalization and its impact on environmentry. Nature and scope of business ethics; Utility of
studying business ethics. Arguments for and against business ethics.
Stakeholder theory. Ethics of consumer production and marketing; Employees
obligations to the farm and farm’s duties to the employees. Employees rights,
Advertising ethics, Ethics of job discrimination. 513 Moral Philosophy of Moore and Hare Texts: 1.
Moore, G.E., Principia
Ethica, Cambridge, 1903. 2.
Hare, R.M. The
Language of Morals, Oxford, 1952. 514 Applied
Philosophy
I.
Applied Philosophy: Nature and Scope–Theory and practice–
Perspective/Holistic approach. II.
Relationships: Human bonds – Natural, legal and
Social-Duties and obligations towards each other – Material and family bonds
– Gender questions – Moral and cultural value. III.
Family and Parenthood: Philosophical foundations –
Parental rights – Concept of generation – authenticity of parenthood – Caring
children. IV.
Freedom and Self Respect: Freedom and rights – Autonomy
and obstacles to freedom – Individualism and community – Authority and
self-respect -
Leadership – Prestige and self-respect. V.
Human Rights: Meaning of Rights – Classification and morality
of rights – Content of human rights – Human rights and cultural diversity. VI.
Terrorism, Crime and Morality: Terrorism and conflict –
Punishment – Moralistic terrorism – Revolutionary terrorism. VII.
Philosophy and Law:
Status of legal theories – Legal positivism and reductionism –
Austin’s Vs. Hart’s account of law – Philosophical analysis of legal
doctrines. VIII.
Business Philosophy: Paradigms of business philosophy –
Epistemic status of market economy – Consumers and public rights –Corporate
philosophy. Books Recommended 1.
Almond, B. & Hill, D. (eds.): Applied Philosophy, London and New York, Routledge,
1991. 2.
Almond, B. (ed.) : Introducing Applied Ethics, Oxford
U.K. and Cambridge USA, Blackwell
Publications,
1995. 3.
Ceadel, M.: Thinking About Peace and War, Oxford,
Oxford University Press, 1987. 4.
Dillon, R. : Dignity, Character and Self-Respect,
London, 1995. 5.
Foot, P.: Virtues
and Vices, Bukeley, California, University of
California Press, 1978. 6.
Foucault, M. : Politics, Philosophy, Culture, 1977-84,
London, and New York, Routledge,
1988. 7.
Goldberg, D.T. (ed.) : Multicultmalism : A Critical Reader, Oxford,
Blackwell Publications,
1994. 8.
Lannore, A.P. (ed.) : Contemporary
Moral Controversies in Business, New York, Oxford
University
Press, 1989. 9.
Jenks, C. : Culture, London, Routledge, 1994. 10. Laugford, G.: Human Action,
London, Macmillan 1972. 11. Popper, K.: The Open Society and Its Enemies,
London, Hatchinson, 1982. 12. Steiner, H.: An Essay on Rights, London and Boston,
Routhledge, 1998. 13. Titus, Harold,
W.: Ethics for Today, American Book
Company, New York, 1954. 14. Turner, B., Orientalism, Postmodernism and Globalism,
London and New York, Routledge,
1994. 15.
Wittgenstein, L. : Culture and Value, trans, Petes
Winch, Chicago, Chicago University Press,
1980. 515 Philosophy of Law
Problems of the definition of
law: Lexical definition and deviant cases; pragmatic definitions; structural
problems; coersion and morality. Problems of legal
reasoning: Legislation and precedent; descriptive and prescriptive theories.
Methods of discovery and standards of appraisal: Criteria of evaluation;
substantive law; procedural law; justice and morality. 516 Philosophical Aspects of Artificial
Intelligence Students are required to have
summarized ideas in the following topics: 1
Introduction 1.1
What is AI 1.2
Foundations of AI 1.3
History of AI 1.4
AI Application Areas 2
Intelligent Agents 2.1
Agents & Environments 2.2
Good Behavior 2.3
The Nature of Environments 2.4
The Structure of Agents 3
New Approaches to define AI 3.1
Intelligence and the Physical System Hypothesis 3.2
Neural Computing 3.3
Agents, Emergence and Intelligence. 4
The Science of Intelligent Systems 4.1
Psychological Constraints 4.2
Epistemological Issues 4.3
Situated Actors and the Existential Mind 5
Weak & Strong AI 5.1
Can Machines Act Intelligently? 5.2
Can Machines really Think? 6
AI: Current Issues and Future Directions 7
Ethics & Risks of Developing AI 8
Men and Machines 8.1
Cybernetics 8.2
The Identity of the Person: Cyber Men 8.3
The Ultimate Difference: Emotion and Faith Group - D (Any two) 517 Religion and Politics Students are supposed to know the basic
features of both Religion and Politics and how they are related in different
political systems of the world especially Asia, Africa and Europe. Books Recommended 1.
Smith, Donald
Eugene, South Asian Politics and
Religion, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1969. 2.
Moyser, George, Religion
and Politics in the Modern World, London: Routledge,
1991. 3.
Smith, D.E., Religion and Political Development,
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1970. 4.
Haught, J.F., Science and
Religion: From Conflict to Conversation, New York and Mahwah, J.J:
Panelist Press, 1995. 5.
Halliday,
Fred, Islam and the Myth of Conformation: Religion and
Politics in the Middle East, London, New
York: 1996. 518 Contemporary Political Philosophy 1. A brief
discussion of the political idea of the following thinkers: Marx. Lenin 2. An Analysis
of recent political ideas: Nationalism, democracy, socialism,
totalitarianism, liberalism, Fascism,
Individualism. 519 Theories of Justice Students are required to study the
different Theories of justice from Plato to the present time with special emphasise on John Rawl’s Theory
of Justice. Text: John
Rawls: A Theory of Justice 520 Social Psychology 1.
Introduction--Subject-matter, Scope and its relation to
other Social Sciences 2.
Methods of Social Psychology: Observation Method, Survey
Method, Field Study & Experimental Method 3.
Socialization: Nature, Process and Agents of
Socialization and their Roles. Culture and Personality 4.
Attitude: Nature, Formation, Change, Measurement of
Attitude, Individual and Group Norms 5.
Individual and Group: Types of Group—Primary, Secondary
and Multiple Group Membership--G roup Dynamics,
Pressure, Leadership: Nature, Types and Function. 6.
Nature of Crowd Behaviour: Rumour, Propaganda & Public Opinion-- Its Formation
and Measurement. 521 Applied Psychology 1.
Psychology applied in Education: Relation of Psychology
with Education-- Teacher-student Relationship-- Influence of Social
Environmental Learning 2.
Psychology applied in Working Situation:Employment Psychology-- Training of Personnel--
Human Relation in Working Situation. 3.
Psychology applied in Mental Health: Psychology and
Psychiatry-- Diagnosis of Mental Illness-- Treatment of Mental Illness – Counselliry & Psychotherapy. 522 Philosophy of
Science The purpose of this course is
to make the students acquainted with the nature and the main issues of
philosophy of science. The content of the course will include the following
topics: Historical development of philosophy of science. A historical survey
of the works of J.S. Mill, Wheel, Brodie and Duhem, Mach and the development of the Vienna Circle. A
unified view of the nature of philosophy of science, Verificationism,
Testability and Falsificationism. Is science
inductive or deductive? Science, method and decision; science and justification
with reference to karl Popper. Kuhn’s views
regarding the structure of scientific revolutions; Feyerabend’s
epistemological anarchism; Lakatos and the
methodology of scientific research programme.
Uniformity of nature and the cause-effect relationship in science. Books Recommended 1.
Ayer, A.J.: Language, Truth and Logic, New York,
1952. 2.
Brodie, B.: The Calculus of Chemical Operations,
London, 1976. 3.
Cohen R.S. and Wartofsky, M.W.
(ed.): Logical and Epistemological
Studies in Contemporary Physics,
Boston, 1974. 4.
Dampier, W.C.: A
History of Science, Cambridge University Press, 1987. 5.
Feyerabend, P.: Against Method, London, 1975. 6.
Feigl, H. and Brodbeck, M. (ed.): Readings
in the Philosophy of Science, New York, 1953. 7.
Hesse M.: The Revolutions and Reconstructions in the
Philosophy of Science, Sussex, 1980. 8.
Hull, L.W.H.: History
and Philosophy of Science, Longmans, 1959. 9.
Khan, G.A. : Epistemological Negativism and Scientific
Knowledge, Dhaka: Jatiya Grantha
Prakashan, 2002. 10. Lijm. T.S.: The
Structure of Scientific Revolution, Chicago University Press, 1970. 11. Lakatos, I.: Proofs and
Refutations, Cambridge, 1976. 12. Mach, E.: The Analysis of Sensations, tr. C.M.
Williams, New York, 1969. 13. ________ : Popular Scientific
Lectures, tr. T.J. McCormack, Chicago, 1898. 14. Mill, J.S.: A System of Logic, London, 1872. 15. Popper, K. : Conjectures and
Refutations, New York, 1963. 16.
_______ : The Logic of
Scientific Discovery, London, 1959. 17.
Whewell, W.: The
Philosophy of Inductive Sciences, London, 1840. 18. Mvwje Avnmvb Lvb,
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2002| Compulsory - 100 523 Class Test / Tutorial 50
524 Terminal 25 525 Viva Voce 25 or for Irregular
Students 526 Eassy Paper 75 525 Viva Voce 25 |