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Syllabus for Classes XI & XII
Philosophy
Class XI
| One Paper |
3 Hours |
100 Marks |
Logic (Deductive) 50 Marks
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Marks |
| 1. |
Definition of Logic : Formal and Material Logic |
6 |
| 2. |
Terms : Denotation and Connotation of Terms ;Division of Terms. |
8 |
| 3. |
Propositions : Analysis of a logical proposition,
kinds of Propositions according to Relation,
Quality, Quantity, Modality ; The four-fold classification of proposition |
10 |
| 4. |
Reduction of sentences into their logical forms of propositions ;Distribution of Terms ;Opposition of Proposition ; Different form
of Opposition ; The Square of Opposition . |
10 |
| 5. |
Inference : Immediate-Conversion and Obversion ;
Mediate-Categorical syllogism and its rules ; Figures ,
Moods of Syllogism. |
10 |
| 6. |
The Laws of Thought and their characteristics.
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6 |
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Induction and Scientific Method |
50 Marks |
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| 7. |
Nature of Induction ; Scientific Induction and its characteristics
Kinds of Induction. |
8 |
| 8. |
Formal grounds of Induction ; The law of the Uniformity of Nature ;The
law of Causation. |
12 |
| 9. |
Material grounds of Induction ; Observation and
Experiment. |
8 |
| 10. |
Mills Experimental Methods : The Method of Agreement
and the Method of Difference. |
10 |
| 11. |
Hypothesis : Its importance in Induction ; Formal conditions of a
legitimate Hypothesis ; Proof of Hypothesis. |
12 |
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Books Recommended |
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| 1. |
Textbook of Deductive Logic- BY Bhola Nath Roy. |
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| 2. |
Textbook of Inductive Logic- By Bhola Nath Roy. |
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| Note |
: Questions to be set more on pratical operations in
reasoning like conversion of sentences into logical propositions , syllogistic
operations. concrete instances of Inductive inferences, their testing and the
naming of the fallacies etc. |
Philosophy
Class XII
| One Paper |
3 Hours |
100 Marks |
| Units |
Western Philosophy |
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| 1. |
Nature and Scope of Philosophy ; Philosophy and Logic;
Philosophy and Science. |
10 |
| 2. |
Knowledge : Rationalism and Empiricism. |
10 |
| 3. |
Substance and Causality. |
10 |
| 4. |
Realism : Scientific Realism ; Idealism :Subjective and
Objective (the basic concepts) |
10 |
| 5. |
Human Conduct : Freedom of Will, Ends and Means |
10 |
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Indian Philosophy |
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| 6. |
Main feature of Indian Philosophy ; Shruti as Pramana
(the revealed word as source of knowledge regarding things supra-rational)
Classification of Indian Schools of Philosophy into Orthodox and Heterodox
Schools. |
8 |
| 7. |
Budhism : Four Noble-Truths ; The Eight-fold Noble Path ;
The Theory of Dependent Origination (Pratityasamutpada). |
12 |
| 8. |
Vedanta : Two logical forms . Samkara’s concept of Brahman and Maya ;
Rarnanuja's concept of God, Jiva and the world. |
12 |
| 9. |
Vedanta in the Tradition (Smriti Prasthana)- A glimpse : Bhagavad - Gita,
Ch. XV- Purushottama Yoga (Radhakrishnan’ s English translation
as the text) : The Cosmic Tree; the Lord as the Life of the Universe;
the Three Purushas. |
8 |
| 10. |
Vedanta in Practice : An approach Swami Ranganathananda’s Moscow
University Lecture on “Swami Vivekananda : His Humanism” : Sections 4 to 7, 1 0,
12 to 16. |
10 |
| Note |
: Regarding Unit No. 9 ante, the materials in small print in the
Chapter on Vedanta in Dutta and Chatterjee's book recommended
below to be ignored. Regarding Unit No. 10 ante , simplified comments
in the light of Radhakrishnan's commentary may be prepared. |
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Books Recommended |
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| 1. |
Sinha, J.N. : Introduction to Philosophy
(Central Book Agency, Calcutta). |
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| 2. |
Sinha, J.N. : A Manual of Ethics (Chapter IIIand Sinha, J.N. : Introduction toPhilosophy
(Section on Freedom of the will in Chapter XIII). |
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| 3. |
Chatterjec, S. C. and Dutta, D. M. : An Introduction to Indian
Philosophy (Calcutta University). |
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| 4. |
Bhagavad Gita- Translated by S. Radhakrishnan (Blackieand Son,
Bombay : Chapter XV only) |
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| 5. |
Swami Ranganathananda: Moscow University Lecture on Swami Vivekananda :His Humanism (Advaita Ashrama, Calcutta).
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