Philosophy optional syllabus

Philosophy optional syllabus 2022: The UPSC optional subject contains 48 subjects list and one of them is Philosophy optional.

In comparison to other optional syllabus of the upsc exam philosophy syllabus is considered as the shortest syllabus and that’s why it is a highly preferred optional subject for upsc examinations.

Philosophy optional syllabus 

In this article we have covered the philosophy syllabus for upsc that is divided into two parts i.e paper I and paper II.

PHILOSOPHY Syllabus
Philosophy optional syllabus PAPER-I

History and Problems of Philosophy

1. Plato and Aristotle

2. Rationalism (Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz); Cartesian Method and Certain Knowledge; Substance; God; Mind-Body Dualism; Determinism and Freedom.
3. Empiricism (Locke, Berkeley, Hume)
4. Kant
5. Hegel
6. Moore, Russell and Early Wittgenstein 
7. Logical Positivism
8. Later Wittgenstein 
9. Phenomenology (Husserl)
10. Existentialism (Kierkegaard, Sarte, Heidegger)
11. Quine and Strawson.
12. Carvaka
13. Jainism
14. Schools of Buddhism 
15. Nyaya—Vaisesika
16. Samkhya; Prakrit; Purusa; Causation; Liberation.
17. Yoga; Citta; Cittavrtti; Klesas; Samadhi; Kaivalya.
18. Mimamsa
19. Schools of Vedanta
20. Aurobindo

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Philosophy optional syllabus PAPER-II

Socio-Political Philosophy

1. Social and Political ideals
2. Sovereignty 
3. Individual and State
4. Forms of Government
5. Political Ideologies
6. Humanism; Secularism; Multiculturalism.
7. Crime and Punishment
8. Development and Social Progress.
9. Gender Discrimination
10. Caste Discrimination

Philosophy of Religion

1. Notions of God
2. Proofs for the Existence of God and their Critique (Indian and Western).
3. Problem of Evil.
4. Soul 
5. Reason, Revelation and Faith.
6. Religious Experience 
7. Religion without God.
8. Religion and Morality.
9. Religious Pluralism and the Problem of Absolute Truth.
10. Nature of Religious Language 

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