Philosophy CSS Syllabus PDF Download (100 MARKS)
The Philosophy CSS Syllabus is a 100 marks optional css subject covering major philosophical methods, epistemology, ontology, ethics, Muslim philosophy and contemporary schools of thought. go through the Philosophy CSS Past Papers to see how FPSC has tested topics such as rationalism, empiricism, ethics, ontology, Muslim thinkers, existentialism, pragmatism and postmodernism in previous years.
I. Introduction
- Definition
- Nature
- Scope of Philosophy
II. Philosophical Methods
- Socratic Method (Socrates)
- Inductive Method (Bacon, Mill)
- Deductive Method (Aristotle, Descartes)
- Dialectical Method (Hegel)
- Fallibilistic Method (Popper)
III. Epistemology
- Rationalism (Plato, Descartes, Spinoza)
- Empiricism (Locke, Berkeley, Hume)
- Transcendentalism (Kant)
- Intuitionism (Bergson)
IV. Ontology
- Idealism (Plato, Berkeley)
- Representative Realism (Locke)
- Historical and Dialectical Materialism (Marx)
V. Ethics
- What is morality?
- The challenge of cultural relativism
- Does morality depend on religion?
- Psychological and ethical egoism
- Virtue Ethics (Aristotle)
- Moral Absolutism (Kant)
- Utilitarianism (J.S. Mill)
- Social Contract Theory (Hobbes, Rawls)
VI. Muslim Thinkers
- Al-Farabi
- Ibn Sina
- Al-Ghazali
- Ibn Rushid
- Ibn Khaldun
- Shah Waliullah
- Muhammad Iqbal
VII. Contemporary Philosophical Movements
- Existentialism (Heidegger, Sartre)
- Pragmatism (Peirce, James, Dewey)
- Neo-pragmatism (Rorty)
- Postmodernism (Lyotard, Foucault, Derrida)
FPSC RECOMMENDED BOOKS List for PHILOSOPHY CSS SYLLABUS
| S. No. | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | A History of Western Philosophy | Bertrand Russell |
| 2. | Philosophy: The Power of Ideas | Brooke Noel Moore & Kenneth Bruder |
| 3. | Elements of Moral Philosophy | James Rachels |
| 4. | Existentialism & Human Emotions | Jean Paul Sartre |
| 5. | The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge | Jean-Francois Lyotard |
| 6. | Descartes to Derrida: An Introduction to European Philosophy | Peter Sedgwick |
| 7. | Continental Philosophy in the 20th Century | Richard Kearney |
| 8. | A Short History of Modern Philosophy | Roger Scruton |
| 9. | A History of Muslim Philosophy (Vol. I & II) | M. M. Sharif |
| 10. | A History of Islamic Philosophy | Majid Fakhry |
| 11. | The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam | Muhammad Iqbal |
| 12. | Iqbal | Mustansir Mir |
| 13. | Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (plato.stanford.edu) | Internet Resources |
| 14. | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (www.iep.utm.edu) | Internet Resources |
FPSC Official Philosophy CSS Syllabus
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