PHILOSOPHY CSS SYLLABUS (100 MARKS)
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 |
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