Syllabus
Course Code: GEPHI604(i) Course Name: Outlines of Western Philosophy |
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MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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1 | Greek Philosophy: Sophists’ Epistemological Scepticism; Socratic Method of Knowledge; Plato’s Theory of Knowledge; Aristotle’s Theory of Causation | |
2 | Rationalism: Descartes: Nature of Substance; Spinoza: Substance, Attributes and Modes; Nature of Mind-Body Problem; Leibnitz: Doctrine of Monadology. | |
3 | Empiricism: John Locke: Refutation of Innate Ideas; Theory of Knowledge Berkeley: Subjective Idealism (Esse est Percipi); Theory of Knowledge; Hume: Theory of Knowledge. | |
4 | Kant: Critical Philosophy; Theory of Sense-Perception(Transcendental Aesthetic); theory of Understanding (Transcendental Analytic); Hegel: Absolute Idealism; Dialectical Method. |