Savitribai Phule Pune University Courses

M.A. (Philosophy)

Course Detail

Semester -  I

• Compulsory Courses:
  • PH - 101 - Problems in Western Metaphysics
  • PH - 102 - Problems in Indian Epistemology
• Optional Courses (Any two out of the following):
  • PH - 103 - Traditional and Propositional Logic
  • PH - 104 - History and Philosophy of Natural Sciences
  • PH - 105 - Analytic Philosophy (Early Phase)
  • PH - 106 - Plato
  • PH - 107 - Descartes
  • PH - 108 - Philosophy of Religion
  • PH - 109 - Early Buddhism
  • PH - 110 - Sāmkhya
  • PH - 111 - Schools of Vedānta (I)
  • PH - 112 - Saints of Maharashtra
  • PH - 113 - The Early school of Nyāya (PrācÄ«na Nyāya)

Semester  - II

• Compulsory Courses:
  • PH - 201 - Problems in Western Epistemology
  • PH - 202 - Problems in Indian Metaphysics
• Optional Courses (Any two out of the following):
  • PH - 203 - Predicate Logic, Relational Logic and Axiomatics
  • PH - 204 - Philosophy of Social Science
  • PH - 205 - Hume
  • PH - 206 - Early Wittgenstein
  • PH - 207 - Analytic Philosophy (Later Phase)
  • PH - 208 - Nyāya Epistemology and Logic
  • PH - 209 - Mahāyāna Buddhism
  • PH - 210 - Yoga
  • PH - 211 - Schools of Vedānta (II)
  • PH - 212 - Gandhian Philosophy
  • PH - 213 - Philosophical Problems in Health Care

Semester  - III

• Compulsory Courses:
  • PH - 301 - Ethics and Meta-ethics
  • PH - 302 - Indian Philosophies of Life
• Optional Courses (Any two out of the following):
  • PH - 303 - Philosophical Psychology
  • PH - 304 - Environmental Ethics
  • PH - 305 - Modal and Temporal Logic
  • PH - 306 - Phenomenology
  • PH - 307 - Kant
  • PH - 308 - Later Wittgenstein
  • PH - 309 - Aesthetics (Western and Indian)
  • PH - 310 - Philosophy of Natural Science (Advanced)
  • PH - 311 - Feminist Philosophy
  • PH - 412 - Buddhist Logic and Epistemology
  • PH - 313 - Jaina Theory of Reality and Values
  • PH - 314 - Ambedkar
  • PH - 315 - Open Course

Semester  - IV

• Compulsory Courses:
  • PH - 401 - Philosophy of Language (Western)
  • PH - 402 - Social and Political Philosophy
• Optional Courses (Any two out of the following):
  • PH - 403 - Consciousness Studies
  • PH - 404 - Many Valued Logic
  • PH - 405 - Existentialism
  • PH - 406 - Contemporary Continental Philosophy
  • PH - 407 - Philosophy of Education
  • PH - 408 - Bio-ethics
  • PH - 409 - Philosophy of History
  • PH - 410 - Indian Scepticism and Materialism
  • PH - 411 - Modern Indian Thinkers
  • PH - 412 - Indian Perspectives on Women
  • PH - 413 - Nāgārjuna
  • PH - 414 - Jaina Logic and Epistemology
  • PH - 415 - Open Course
  • PH - 416 - Dissertation