Philosophy- Mains
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1. Plato and Aristotle : Ideas; Substance; Form and Matter; Causation; Actuality and Potentiality.
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2. Rationalism (Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz): Cartesian Method and Certain Knowledge; Substance; God; Mind-Body Dualism; Determinism and Freedom.
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3. Empiricism (Locke, Berkeley, Hume): Theory of Knowledge; Substance and Qualities; Self and God; Scepticism.
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4. Kant: Possibility of Synthetic a priori Judgments; Space and Time; Categories; Ideas of Reason; Antinomies; Critique of Proofs for the Existence of God.
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5. Hegel : Dialectical Method; Absolute Idealism.
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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.
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7. Logical Positivism: Verification Theory of Meaning; Rejection of Metaphysics; Linguistic Theory of Necessary Propositions.
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8. Later Wittgenstein : Meaning and Use; Language-games; Critique of Private Language.
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9. Phenomenology (Husserl): Method; Theory of Essences; Avoidance of Psychologism.
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10. Existentialism (Kierkegaard, Sartre, Heidegger) : Existence and Essence; Choice, Responsibility and Authentic Existence; Being-in-the –world and Temporality.
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11. Quine and Strawson: Critique of Empiricism; Theory of Basic Particulars and Persons.
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12. Cârvâka : Theory of Knowledge; Rejection of Transcendent Entities.
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13. Jainism : Theory of Reality; Saptabhaoginaya; Bondage and Liberation.
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14. Schools of Buddhism: Pratityasamutpada; Ksanikavada, Nairatmyavada.
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15. Nyâya- Vaiúesika : Theory of Categories; Theory of Appearance; Theory of Pramâna; Self, Liberation; God; Proofs for the Existence of God; Theory of Causation; Atomistic Theory of Creation.
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16. Sâmkhya : Prakrti; Purusa; Causation; Liberation.
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17. Yoga : Citta; Cittavrtti; Klesas; Samadhi; Kaivalya.
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18. Mimamsa : Theory of Knowledge.
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19. Schools of Vedanta : Brahman; luvara; Atman; Jiva; Jagat; Maya; Avidya; Adhyasa; Moksa; Aprthaksiddhi; Pancavidhabheda.
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20. Aurobindo : Evolution, Involution; Integral Yoga.
