COURSE OUTLINE
M.A. in Philosophy
Part - I	Paper I    : Philosophical Classics             First Half : Indian (Prasastapada : Padarthadharmasamgraha)             Second Half : Western (Kant : Critique of Pure Reason) Paper II  : Ethics             First Half : Indian (Lougaksi Bhaskara : Arthasamgraha &                                                           Bhagavadgita [Ch. II & III])             Second Half : Western (Normative, Meta, Applied) Paper III : Epistemology             First Half : Indian (Gangesa: Tattvacintamani &                                                           Dharmakirti: Nyayabindu)             Second Half : Western (Topics: Scepticism, Belief, Knowledge,                                                           Gettier-Problem and Responses, Justification of                                                           Knowledge - Claims and Epistemic decision :                                                           Foundationalism, Coherentism, Causal Theory                                                           and Reliabilism in Epistemology) Paper IV : Optional Papers             Group A : Nyaya-Vaisesika                   First Half : Gotama : Nyayasutra withVatsyayanabhasya [Ch. I]                   Second Half : Visvanatha : Bhasapariccheda with                                                           Siddhantamuktavali, [Karika 51-65 & 125-137]
Part - II	Paper V    : Metaphysics             First Half : Indian                 Isvarakrsna: Samkhyakarika with Tattvakaumudi [Karika 1-3 & 9-22] &                 Gaudapada: Mandukyakarika [Ch. I & II]             Second Half : Western                 (Topics : Appearance & Reality, Being & Becoming: Essence & Existence,                     Substance, Space & Time, Self-Knowledge & Self-Identity) Paper VI  : Philosophy of Language and Analytic Philosophy             First Half : Indian (Visvanatha: Bhasapariccheda with                                           Siddhantamuktavali - Sabdakhanda)             Second Half : Western (G. Frege, B. Russell, L. Wittgenstein) Paper VII : Western Logic and Continental Philosophy             First Half : Western Logic (Symbolic Logic [5th Ed.] - I. M. Copi)             Second Half : Continental Philosophy (Husserl's                                                 Phenomenology & Sartre's Existentialism) Paper VIII : Optional Papers             Group A : Nyaya-Vaisesika                   First Half : Udayana : Nyayakusumanjali [1st Stavaka]                   Second Half : Gangesa : Vyaptipancaka with Mathuri                                                                              [1st Vyaptilaksana]