PHI-HC-6016
Philosophy of Mind
Unit I
Psychology and Philosophy of mind
Cartesian dualism
Problems of Cartesian dualism
Unit II
Parallelism
Occasionalism
Epiphenomenalism
Unit III
Behaviourism
Identity theory
Functionalism
Unit IV
Problem of Personal identity
Physical Criterion
Memory Criterion
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PHI-HC-6026
Meta Ethics
Unit I:
Normative Ethics
Ethical Concepts and Evaluation- Good and Right
Meta Ethics
Unit II:
G. E. Moore: Indefinability of ‘Good’
G. E. Moore: Naturalistic Fallacy
G. E. Moore: Autonomy of Morals
Unit III:
A. J. Ayer: Ethical Terms as Pseudo Concepts
C.L. Stevenson: Characteristics of Moral Discourse
C.L. Stevenson: Persuasive Definition
Unit IV:
R. M. Hare: Universal Prescriptivism
R. M. Hare: Nature of Moral Arguments
R. M. Hare: Weakness of the Wil.
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PHI-HE-6016
Western Philosophy (Textual Study)
Unit I:
Plato: Republic (books 2 and 4)
Unit II:
Hegel: The Preface to the Phenomenology of Spirit
Unit III:
Wittgenstein: Philosophical Investigation (part 1, section 65-91)
Unit IV:
Sartre: Existentialism and Humanism
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PHI-HE-6026
Philosophy of Language
Unit I
Language and World
Frege’s Sense and Reference
Russell’s Definite Description
Unit II
Ideational Theory of Meaning
Referential Theory of Meaning
Use Theory of Meaning
Unit III
Correspondence Theory of Truth
Coherence Theory of Truth
Pragmatic Theory of Truth
Unit IV
Performative and Constative Utterances
Locutionary, Illocutionary and Perlocutionary Acts
Theory of Illocutionary Forces
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PHI-HE-6036
Applied Ethics
Unit I:
Nature of Applied Ethics, its scope
Applied Ethics and Human Values
Unit II:
Use and exploitation of nature
Animal killing and animal rights
Unit III:
Computer crime
Ethics and Legal aspects of virtual worlds
Unit IV:
Rights and obligations of health care professionals, Patients and family,
Abortion, Euthanasia: Active and Passive
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