Syllabus for Classes XI & XII

Philosophy
Class XI

One Paper 3 Hours 100 Marks

Logic (Deductive)             50 Marks

Units   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. 6
  Induction and Scientific Method 50 Marks

 

  
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
  Books Recommended

 

  
1. Textbook of Deductive Logic- BY Bhola Nath Roy.
2. Textbook of Inductive Logic- By Bhola Nath Roy.  
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

 

  
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
  Indian Philosophy

 

  
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.

 
  Books Recommended

 

  
1. Sinha, J.N. : Introduction to Philosophy (Central Book Agency, Calcutta).  
2.

Sinha, J.N. : A Manual of Ethics (Chapter IIIand Sinha, J.N. : Introduction toPhilosophy (Section on Freedom of the will in Chapter XIII).

  
3. Chatterjec, S. C. and Dutta, D. M. : An Introduction to Indian Philosophy (Calcutta University).  
4. Bhagavad Gita- Translated by S. Radhakrishnan (Blackieand Son, Bombay : Chapter XV only)  
5.

Swami Ranganathananda: Moscow University Lecture on Swami Vivekananda :His Humanism (Advaita Ashrama, Calcutta).