PROGRAM OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM SPECIFIC OUTCOMES At the end of the course, students will be initiated into the following:

will be able to:

[1304.1]. Recognize and recall the major aspects of Ancient and Modern Western Philosophy.

[1304.2]. Describe the key concerns, issues, problems of some major representative thinkers.

[1304.3]. Compare and analyse the Western philosophical insights with that of other traditions.

[1304.4]. Manifest the essential skill of reading carefully and critically paying attention to details.

C. PROGRAM OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM SPECIFIC OUTCOMES At the end of the course, students will be initiated into the following:

[PO1]. Critical thinking: Critically interpret data, write reports and apply the basics of evidence.

[PO2].Effective Communication: Communicate effectively by writing, connecting people, ideas,

books, media and technology.

[PO3]. Social Interaction: Elicit views of others, mediate disagreements and help reach conclusions in

group settings.

[PO4]. Effective Citizenship: Demonstrate empathetic social concern and equity centred national

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Department of Arts Course Hand-out

Ancient and Modern Western Philosophy| PH 1304 | 4 Credits | 3 1 0 4 Session: Jul 2019 – Dec 2019 | Faculty: Prof. Anthony S Raj| Class: BA (Hons.) III SEM

development, and the ability to act with an informed awareness of issues and participate in civic life

through volunteering.

[PO5]. Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities.

[PO6]. Environment and Sustainability: Understand the issues of environmental contexts and sustainable development.

[PO7]. Self-directed and Life-long Learning: Acquire the ability to engage in independent and life-long

learning in the broadest context socio technological changes.

[PSO.1]. Understand the foundational principles and theories of human behaviour as well as apply them to examine and evaluate the bio-psycho-social bases of human behaviour through the human life span.

[PSO.2]. Understand, analyse and evaluate individual differences based on various perspectives and theories of personality and intelligence. As well, apply and test individual differences in real life outcomes.

[PSO.3]. To understand the statistical concepts of how data are classified, organized, measured and analysed using different statistical methods and develop ability to draw inferences about variables under study.

[PSO.4]. Investigate different aspects of human behavior with an understanding of various research methods and demonstrate their application in psychosocial and professional settings. [PSO.5]. To identify the social and cultural influences on human behaviour and demonstrate

the skill to use psychological tools and tests to examine the variations in human behaviour in clinical, organizational, and educational settings.

[PSO.6]. Identify, classify and diagnose different psychological disorders and examine and apply the different treatment programs for various psychological disorders.

[PSO.7]. To develop an multi-disciplinary approach in understanding behaviour from the perspective of other social sciences like political science, economics, philosophy , literature etc.

D. Assessment Plan:

Criteria Description Maximum Marks

Internal Assessment (Summative)

Sessional Exam I (Closed Book)

20 Sessional Exam II (Closed

Book)

20 In class Quizzes and

Assignments , Activity feedbacks (Accumulated and

Averaged)

20

End Term Exam (Summative)

End Term Exam (Class Book) 40

Total 100

Attendance (Formative)

A minimum of 75% Attendance is required to be maintained by a student to be qualified for taking up the End Semester examination. The allowance of 25% includes all types of leaves including medical leaves.

Make up Assignments (Formative)

Students who misses a class will have to report to the teacher about the absence. A makeup assignment on the topic taught on the day of absence will be given which has to be submitted within a week from the date of absence. No extensions will be given on this. The attendance for that particular day of absence will be marked blank, so that the student is not accounted for absence. These assignments are limited to a maximum of 5 throughout the entire semester. Homework/ Home

Assignment/ Activity Assignment (Formative)

There are situations where a student may have to work in home, especially before a flipped classroom. Although these works are not graded with marks. However, a student is expected to participate and perform these assignments with full zeal since the activity/ flipped classroom participation by a student will be assessed and marks will be awarded.

E. SYLLABUS

THE PRESOCRATICS: What is the arché of the universe? Is reality one or many?; The Ionian, Eleatic, Atomist and Pythogorean response. THE GOLDEN AGE: The Sophists: The art of rhetoric; the spiritual shopkeepers; Socrates: The maieutic method, know thyself, virtues; Plato: theory of knowledge; knowledge (episteme) and opinion (doxa); theory of Forms; soul; Idea of the Good; Aristotle: critique of Plato's theory of Forms; theory of causation; form and matter; potentiality and actuality; soul; God. HELLENISTIC THOUGHT: Stoicism: Life in accordance with nature; man as both actor and spectator in life; Epicureanism: pleasurable life; everything in life as a temporary curse or blessing; Scepticism: going above apparent and surface meaning; postpone judgements. MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY: Augustine: “I believe, so that I may understand”; Anselm: the ontological argument; Thomas Aquinas: faith and reason; essence and existence; proofs for the existence of God. MODERN PHILOSOPHY: DESCARTES: method and the need for method in philosophy; method of doubt; cogito ergo sum, types of ideas; mind and matter; mind-body interactionism; God; nature and proofs for God’s existence. SPINOZA: substance, attributes and modes; the concept of ‘God or Nature’; pantheism; mind-body problem; three orders of knowing. LEIBNIZ: monadology; doctrine of pre-established harmony; truths of reason and truths of fact; innateness of all ideas; principles of non-contradiction and sufficient reason; God: nature and proofs for God’s existence. BERKELEY: rejection of abstract ideas; rejection of the distinction between primary and secondary qualities; immaterialism; esse est percipi; the problem of solipsism. LOCKE: ideas and their classification; refutation of innate ideas; knowledge and its grades; substance; qualities; primary and secondary. HUME: impressions and ideas; judgements concerning relations of ideas and judgements concerning matter of fact; causality; external world; self and personal identity; rejection of metaphysics; skepticism. KANT: conception of critical philosophy; classification of judgements: analytic, synthetic, a priori, a posteriori, possibility of synthetic a posteriori judgements; the forms of sensibility; categories of understanding; the metaphysical and transcendental deduction of categories; schematicism of the categories; phenomena and noumena; the refutation of idealism; transcendental ideas of pure reason: soul, God and the World as a whole; rejection of transcendent metaphysics. TEXT BOOK

Thilly, Frank. A History of Philosophy, H. Holt and Company, 2008.

REFERENCE BOOKS

Copleston, F. A History of Philosophy, Vol. 1. Image Books, New York, 1993.

Masih, A Critical History of Modern Philosophy, Motilal Banarsidas, Delhi, 1999. Mayer, A History of Modern Philosophy, American Book Co, New York, 1951. Rogers, R. A Student’s History of Philosophy, Macmillan, London, 1932. Russell, Bertrand. History of Western Philosophy, Routledge, Delhi, 2004. Stace, W. T. Critical History of Greek Philosophy, General Books LLC, 2010. Walsh, M.J. A History of Western Philosophy, Chapman, London, 1984. F. Lecture Plan:

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No Topics Session Outcome Mode Delivery of Corresponding CO Mode of Assessment 1 Introduction and Course Handout briefing Explain teacher’s expectations and understand student expectations. Lecture CO 1 ---

2-3 The Pre-Socratics Introducing the Pre-Socratic

thinking

Lecture;

discussion CO 2 Mid Term I / End Term Exam 4-9 The Golden Age Introducing the

golden age of philosophy

Lecture CO 2; CO 3;

CO 4 Mid Term I / End Term 10-

15 Hellenistic Thought

Acquaint with the

Hellenistic thinking Lecture; discussion CO 2 Mid Term I / End Term 16-

20 Medieval Philosophy

Explain medieval

thought Lecture; discussion; presentation CO 2 Mid Term I / End Term 21- 27 Modern Philosophy Descartes

Explain the scope and importance of modern philosophy, understand Descartes Lecture; discussion; presentation CO 2; CO 4 Home assignment / Mid Term I / End Term 28- 31 Spinoza Understanding

Spinoza Lecture CO 2 Mid Term 1 End term 32-

34

Leibniz Understanding

Leibniz Lecture; activity CO 2 Class Quiz / Mid Term 1I End Term 35-

40 Berkeley, Locke Explain philosophy the of Berkeley, Locke Lecture; discussion; presentation CO 2 Mid Term 1I End Term 41-

44 Hume Acquainting Hume’s thought with Lecture; discussion CO 2; CO 3 Mid Term II End Term 45-

49 Kant Understanding Kant Lecture, discussion CO 2; CO 4 Home assignment Mid Term II End Term 50 Conclusion and course summarization Indicate the direction of western thought

Lecture CO 1; CO 3 Mid Term II End Term

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