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Garima Chauhan | IAS Philosophy Notes Free Download I have done MA Degree with Philosophy discipline. Now I have applied for IAS Exam and doing its preparation. I need important notes of Philosophy subject for this Exam, so tell me from where I can free download important notes of this Exam? If you have its previous year question papers, so also provide it. As you are looking for UPSC IAS Mains Optional Philosophy paper syllabus, so on your demand I am providing same here : Paper-I History and Problems of Philosophy 1. Plato and Aristotle: Ideas; Substance; Form and Matter; Causation; Actuality and Potentiality. 2. Rationalism (Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz): Cartesian Method and Certain Knowledge; Substance; God; Mind-Body Dualism; Determinism and Freedom. 3. Empiricism (Locke, Berkeley, Hume): Theory of Knowledge; Substance and Qualities; Self and God; Scepticism. 4. Kant: Possibility of Synthetic a priori Judgments; Space and Time; Categories; Ideas of Reason; Antinomies; Critique of Proofs for the Existence of God 5. Hegel: Dialectical Method; Absolute Idealism 6. Moore, Russell and Early Wittgenstein: Defence of Commonsense; Refutation of Idealism; Logical Atomism; Logical Constructions; Incomplete Symbols; Picture Theory of Meaning; Saying and Showing. 7. Logical Positivism: Verification Theory of Meaning; Rejection of Metaphysics; Linguistic Theory of Necessary Propositions. 8. Later Wittgenstein: Meaning and Use; Language-games; Critique of Private Language. 9. Phenomenology (Husserl): Method; Theory of Essences; Avoidance of Psychologism. 10. Existentialism (Kierkegaard, Sartre, Heidegger): Existence and Essence; Choice, Responsibility and Authentic Existence; Being-in-the –world and Temporality. 11. Quine and Strawson: Critique of Empiricism; Theory of Basic Particulars and Persons. 12. Ca-rva-ka : Theory of Knowledge; Rejection of Transcendent Entities. 13. Jainism: Theory of Reality; Saptabhan(ginaya; Bondage and Liberation. 14. Schools of Buddhism: Prati-tyasamutpa-da; Ksanikavada, Naira-tmyava-da 15. Nya-ya- Vais'esika: Theory of Categories; Theory of Appearance; Theory of Prama-na; Self, Liberation; God; Proofs for the Existence of God; Theory of Causation; Atomistic Theory of Creation. 16. Sa-mkhya: Prakrti; Purusa; Causation; Liberation 17. Yoga: Citta; Cittavrtti; Klesas; Samadhi; Kaivalya. 18. Mima-msa-: Theory of Knowledge 19. Schools of Veda-nta: Brahman; I-s'vara; A-tman; Jiva; Jagat; Ma-ya-; Avidya-; Adhya-sa; Moksa; Aprthaksiddhi; Pancavidhabheda 20. Aurobindo: Evolution, Involution; Integral Yoga. Paper-II Socio-Political Philosophy 1. Social and Political Ideals: Equality, Justice, Liberty. 2. Sovereignty: Austin, Bodin, Laski, Kautilya. 3. Individual and State: Rights; Duties and Accountability 4. Forms of Government: Monarchy; Theocracy and Democracy. 5. Political Ideologies: Anarchism; Marxism and Socialism 6. Humanism; Secularism; Multiculturalism. 7. Crime and Punishment: Corruption, Mass Violence, Genocide, Capital Punishment. 8. Development and Social Progress. 9. Gender Discrimination: Female Foeticide, Land and Property Rights; Empowernment. 10. Caste Discrimination: Gandhi and Ambedkar Philosophy of Religion: 1. Notions of God: Attributes; Relation to Man and the World. (Indian and Western). 2. Proofs for the Existence of God and their Critique (Indian and Western). 3. Problem of Evil. 4. Soul: Immortality; Rebirth and Liberation. 5. Reason, Revelation and Faith. 6. Religious Experience: Nature and Object (Indian and Western). 7. Religion without God. 8. Religion and Morality. 9. Religious Pluralism and the Problem of Absolute Truth. 10. Nature of Religious Language: Analogical and Symbolic; Cognitivist and Non- cognitive. |