Philosophy Syllabus PPSC Exam
Updated on: Mar 5, 2013
Section A - (Metaphysical Problems in Philosophy)
Section B - (Epistemological Problems in Philosophy)
Section C - (Logic)
1. Truth and Validity.
2. Classification of sentences, Traditional and Modern.
3. Syllogism : Figures and Modes, Rules of Syllogism(General and Special), Validation by venn Diagrammes, Formal Fallacies.
4. Sentential Calculus : Symbolisation, Truth-Functions and their Interdefinability, Truth Tables, Formal Proof.
Section D - (Ethics)
1. Problem of Right and Good ( Teleology and Deontology)
2. Utilitarianism (Bentham and J.S. Mill).
3. Kantian Ethics.
4. Emotivism (A.J.Ayer and C.L.Stevenson).
5. Nishkamakarma , Sthitapragya (Bhagwad Gita).
6. Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path (Buddhism).
7. Sikh Value System.
8. Gandhian Ethics.
9. Importance of Environmental concerns : Threats of Pollution to Human life.
10. Fundamental Principles of Bio-Ethics.
| Substance and Attributes | Aristotle, Descartes, Locke, Berkeley, Nyaya-Viasheshika, Buddhism |
| God, Soul and World | Thomas Acquinas, St. Augustine, Spinoza, Descartes, Nyaya-Vaisheshika, Shankara, Ramanuja |
| Universals | Realism and Nominalism (Plato, Aristotle, Berkeley, Nyay Vaisheshika, Buddhism) |
Section B - (Epistemological Problems in Philosophy)
| Means of Knowledge | Carvaka, Nyaya-Vaisheshika,Buddhism, Advaita Vedanta |
| Truth and Error | Correspondence Theory, Coherence Theory, Pragmatic Theory, Khyativada (Anyathakhyati, Akhyati, Anivacaniyakhyati). |
| Matter and Mind | Descartes, Spinoza, Leibnitz, Berkeley, Carvaka |
Section C - (Logic)
1. Truth and Validity.
2. Classification of sentences, Traditional and Modern.
3. Syllogism : Figures and Modes, Rules of Syllogism(General and Special), Validation by venn Diagrammes, Formal Fallacies.
4. Sentential Calculus : Symbolisation, Truth-Functions and their Interdefinability, Truth Tables, Formal Proof.
Section D - (Ethics)
1. Problem of Right and Good ( Teleology and Deontology)
2. Utilitarianism (Bentham and J.S. Mill).
3. Kantian Ethics.
4. Emotivism (A.J.Ayer and C.L.Stevenson).
5. Nishkamakarma , Sthitapragya (Bhagwad Gita).
6. Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path (Buddhism).
7. Sikh Value System.
8. Gandhian Ethics.
9. Importance of Environmental concerns : Threats of Pollution to Human life.
10. Fundamental Principles of Bio-Ethics.