PSC SYLLABUS FOR THE POST OF HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER IN PHILOSOPHY
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DETAILED SYLLABUS FOR THE POST OF HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER IN PHILOSOPHY - HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
(Cat. No.: 487/2019)
(Total- 100 Marks)
(Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes)
Medium of Questions: English
ഈ പരീക്ഷയുടെ വിശദമായ സിലബസ് താഴെ നൽകുന്നു (ഇതിന്റെ പി.ഡി.എഫ് ലിങ്ക് ചുവടെ നൽകിയിട്ടുണ്ട്). പരീക്ഷയുടെ ചോദ്യോത്തരങ്ങൾ ലഭിക്കാനുള്ള ലിങ്കും സിലബസിനോടൊപ്പം ചേർത്തിട്ടുണ്ട്. പരീക്ഷയുടെ വിവരങ്ങളും മുൻ ചോദ്യപേപ്പറുകളും ലഭിക്കാൻ ഇവിടെ ക്ലിക്കുക
PART I
Module -1 Marks: 7
Classical Indian Philosophy
Unit I Philosophy of Vedas
Evolution of Vedic Religion- Naturalistic polytheism – monotheism – henotheism – monism – concept of Rta.
Unit 2 Philosophy of Upanishads
Vedanta Darsana with reference to Mandukya Upanishad – Avasthatrayas – Jagrat – Svapna – Sushupti – turiya.
Brahman – Atman identity – Tat-tvam-asi-cosmic and a cosmic views of Brahman – Panchakosa theory of Taittiriya Upanishad. Para vidya – Apara vidya – Moksha.
Unit 3 Philosophy of Bhagawad Gita
Nishkama karma – Samatvam – Sthithaprajna- Lokasamgraha
Unit 4 Systems of Philosophy
Astika and Nastika Darsanas
Nastika Darsanas
a) Charvaka – Metaphysics, Epistemology – Ethics.
b) Jainism – Anekantavada – Syadvada- categories – Triratnas –
Kevalajnana – bondage and liberation.
c) Buddhism- Four Noble truths and eightfold path – kshanika vada – nairatmya vada – pratitya samutpada – nirvana.
Realistic and Idealistic Schools – Madhyamika – Sunya Vada –
Yogachara Vijnanavada (only a brief understanding of thinkers).
Unit 5 Astika Darsanas
Nyaya – Vaisesika School
Nyaya epistemology – pramana – prama – aprama – pramata –
prameya – Pratyaksha- Laukika – Alaukika – Savikalpa – NirvikalpaAnumana – Vyapti- Nyaya Syllogism – Upamana- Sabda – Vaisesika
categories – Atomism – Asatkarya vada – theory of error -
Paratahpramnya vada
Samkhya – Yoga school
Prakriti- Purusa – Satkarya vada – theory of evolution – Ashtanga
Yoga – Chittabhumis– theory of error.
Purva Mimamsa
Pramanas accepted by Bhatta and Prabhakara – Svatahapramanya
vada – theories of error – categories accepted by Bhatta and
Prabhakara -concept of dharma- abhihitanvaya vada and
anvitabhidhana vada.
Uttara Mimamsa
Advaita Vedanta – Brahman – Atman –world relationship – Sattatraya
– Maya – Avidya – Adhyasa – Jivanmukti- Videhamukti – theory of
error.
Visistadvaita – Brahman – chit and achit – dharmabhuta jnana,
aprtaksidhi – theory of error-bondage and liberation.
Dvaita – God, Soul and Matter, Panchabhedas- concept of Visesha –
theory of liberation.
Module - 2 Marks:7
Western Philosophy
Unit 1Ancient Philosophy
Pre-Socratic period –The Ionian philosophers – the problem of substance
Thales- Anaximander – Anaximenes- The problem of change –
Heraclitus and Parmenides – The Qualitative and Quantitative thinkers.
Socratic Period – Socrates – the Socratic method –Socratic irony –virtue is knowledge.
Plato-Idealism- Allegory of the Cave- theory of knowledge – Aristotle
– form and matter – potentiality and actuality - causation
Unit 2Medieval Philosophy
St. Thomas Aquinas – Faith and Reason – Proofs for the existence of God.
St. Augustine- Problem of evil
Unit 3 Modern Philosophy
Francis Bacon – Inductive Method – Theory of Idols
Rene Descartes – Cogito ergo sum – substance – mind- body dualism
Spinoza- substance – attributes- modes- pantheism.
Leibnitz – theory of monads – pre-established harmony.
John Locke – Rejection of innate ideas – theory of knowledge.
George Berkely – subjective idealism – rejection of abstract ideas.
David Hume – Impressions and Ideas – Hume’s fork – Denial of soul
substance and cause-effect relation – skepticism.
Unit 4 Philosophy of Kant and Hegel
Immanuel Kant – The Critical Philosophy – Apriori –Aposteriori distinction
– synthetic- analytic distinction – Copernican revolution of Kant – space and
time – categories – synthetic unity of apperception – phenomena and
noumena – paralogism of reason –antinomies. Absolute Idealism of Hegel –
Geist – Art, Religion and Philosophy – Thought and Being – Dialectical
Method.
Unit 5 Philosophy of Marxism
Dialectical Materialism – Historical materialism – Dialectics of social change – economic determinism – classless society.
Module - 3 Marks:7
Ethics
Unit 1 Introduction
Definition of Ethics- Classification of Ethics: Descriptive ethics, Normative
Ethics, Applied Ethics and Metaethics.
Unit 2 Theories of Ethics – Utilitarianism – Betham and J S Mill – Deontology –
Kant and W D Ross, Self-realization theory – Bradley, Pragmatic theory – John
Dewey –– virtue theory. Plato Aristotle – arête, eudaimonia and Alasdair
MacIntyre- Casuistry
Unit 3 Rights, Duties and Justice – Fundamental Rights – Nature of Duties –
Theories of Punishment Deterrent- Reformation and Retribution – Justice –
Distributive justice of John Rawls.
Unit 4 Ethical Skepticism – origins – Ayer and Russell.
Unit 5 Metaethical Theories
Ethical cognitivism and non-cognitivism – Ethical non-naturalism. G E
Moore –Naturalistic fallacy- Emotivism – C L Stevenson- Prescriptivism – R M
Hare.
Module - 4 Marks:7
Logic and Symbolic Logic
Unit 1 Introduction
Reflective thinking – Deduction and Induction – Terms – Propositions and
Arguments – Truth and Validity – Laws of thought.
Unit 2 Categorical propositions – quantity, quality – distribution of terms – Euler’s Circle.
Unit 3 Inference
Immediate inference – Square of opposition- Education – conversion –
obversion – contraposition. Mediate inference-syllogism – categorical syllogism:
Rules and fallacies – Figure and Moods- Hypothetical syllogism, Disjunctive
syllogism – Dilemma.
Unit 4 Inductive Reasoning – Problem of induction – postulates of induction –
Hypothesis – formation and verification of hypothesis – theory and law. Analogy – primary and secondary analogue – conditions of a good analogy- fallacies of
Relevance and Ambiguity.
Unit 5 Symbolic Logic
Advantages of symbolic logic – logical operators – statement and statement
form – tautology, contradiction and contingent – argument and argument
forms – construction of basic truth tables for conjunction, disjunction,
implication, negation and material equivalence – truth table as a decision
procedure.
Rules of Inference – formal proof of validity – rules of replacement
Quantification – Universal and Existential quantifier – preliminary
quantification rules.
Module 5 Marks:7
Modern Indian Thought
Unit 1 The Indian renaissance movement.
Unit 2 Swami Vivekananda – Practical Vedanta- Concept of Man
Sri Aurobindo – Evolution and Involution – Integral Yoga.
Tagore – Jeevandevata, Nature of man-humanism
Gandhi – truth and non-violence- Sarvodaya – trusteeship – Swadeshi –
Satyagraha – Swaraj – Ramarajya.
Unit 3 Dr S Radhakrishnan – intellect and intuition – religious experience
KC Bhattacharya – subject as freedom
J. Krishnamurthy – freedom from the known
Mohammed Iqbal – concept of ego, man and his destiny.
Module 4 M N Roy – Radical humanism Critique of Marxism
Dr B R Ambedkar – Critique of casteism, neo – Buddhism.
Module 5 Philosophy of Sri Narayana Guru: Concept of Caste with reference to
Jati Mimamsa, Philosophy and Religion
Chattampi Swamikal – Philosophy of Vedanta.
Module - 6 Marks:7
Applied Ethics
Unit 1 Introduction – Ethical Principles: Autonomy, Beneficence, Nonmaleficence and justice.
Unit 2 Professional Ethics. Legal Ethics. Business Ethics – Medical Ethics. Doctor,
Patient Relationship- Euthanasia – Abortion- Moral status of Embryos – Artificial
Reproductive Technologies – In-vitro Fertilization- surrogacy –cloning –Ethical
arguments- Ethical issues relating to genetic testing and screening.
Unit 3 Gender Ethics – Feminism as ethics of gender- ethics of care- gender
sensitization.
Unit 4 Environmental Ethics – anthropocentrism and deep ecology – Warwick Fox,
Arne Naess- Ecosophy – Land ethics – sustainable development.
Unit 5 Ethics of Media and Technology. Cyberethics – Hacker ethics – ethical
issues relating to print and digital media – ethics of intellectual property rights.
Module - 7 Marks:7
Analytical Philosophy
Unit 1 Introduction – the linguistic turn – philosophy as analytic critique – Frege –
sense and Reference
Russell – Theory of Descriptions, Logical Atomism.
Unit 2 Logical Positivism: A J Iyer – rejection of metaphysics – the verification
principle- strong and weak sense of verifiability.
Unit 3 Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein – Tractatus Logico Philosophicus –
structure and contents - language – reality relationship the picture theory of
meaning- - Later Wittgenstein- the language games – family resemblance- use
theory of meaning- function of Philosophy.
Unit 4 – Speech Act Theory – J L Austin, John R Searle
Gilbert Ryle- Concept of mind, a category mistake.
Unit 5 – Noam Chomsky – theory of innatism, universal grammar
Quine – rejection of the two dogmas of empiricism
Davidson – theory of meaning
Dummett – intuitionist semantics.
Module - 8 Marks:7
Continental Philosophy
Unit 1 Phenomenology – Husserl – epoche- phenomenological reduction – eidetic
reduction – transcendental reduction – noesis and noema
Unit 2 Existentialism – Basic tenets of existentialism
Kierkegaard – Meaning of existence – truth as subjective – three stages of
existence
Karl Jaspers- transcendence.
Marcel – problem and mystery
Jean Paul Sartre - ensoi and pour soi – freedom
Nietzsche – will to power
Heidegger – meaning of Dasein, temporality
Unit 3 -Structuralism and Post Structuralism
Ferdinand de Saussure – Linguistic sign – signifier and signified – Arbitrariness of Sign – Langue and Parole
Post Structuralism – Derrida – Critique of logo centrism – deconstruction –
difference
Levinas – alterity
Lacan- mirror stage
Foucault- knowledge and power
Judith Butler – Gender performativity
Unit 4 Postmodernism and Hermeneutics – Lyotard- critique of meta-narrative
tradition- Baudrillard- simulacra and simulation theory Philosophical hermeneutics of Gadamer – tradition, prejudice and historical consciousness
Unit 5 Critical theory – First and second-generation critical theory- The frankfurt
school
Adorno- Negative Dialectics
Habermas- Theory of Communicative Action.
Module - 9 Marks:7
Philosophy of Science
Unit 1 Introduction. the nature of Philosophy of science, modern science as
philosophy – scientific realism vs. scientific anti-realism.
Unit 2 Explanations in Science: Hempel’s Deductive Nomological Model –
Explanation and Causality – Quine – Duhem thesis.
Unit 3 Methods in Science
The Baconian model – the paradox of induction – Good man verificationism- hypothetical- deductivism
Karl Popper – falsificationism – verisimilitude
Lakatos's Revision of the Popperian Demarcation Between science and nonscience.
Unit 4 Progress in Science – Thomas Kuhn – Paradigms – Normal science –
Paradigm shifts – scientific Revolution – Incommensurability thesis – Non –
cumulative nature of progress.
Unit 5 Liberation of scientific methods – Paul Feyerabend -Against Method -
Epistemological Anarchy.
Module - 10 Marks:7
Philosophy of Mind
Unit 1 Introduction – Descartes’ defence of dualism – substance dualism – varieties of dualism – property dualism – emergent property dualism – panpsychism – epipheno mentalism – emergentism – mind-body problem – Ryle’s critique of Descartes.
Unit 2 Behaviourism – Methodological Behaviourism – Philosophical
Behaviourism: the mind-brain identity theory – relation between mind and brain
– type – type identity – type-token identity.
Unit 3 Challenges to identity theory – functionalism – Arguments against
functionalism: Inverted spectrum argument – Computational theory of mind – AI,
Turing test, computer functionalism – Chinese room argument.
Unit 4 Cognitive Science – neural correlates of mind – eliminative materialism.
Unit 5 The Problem of Consciousness – Thomas Nagel – Phenomenal and access consciousness – Ned block knowledge argument – Zombie argument – Chalmers – the explanatory gap – higher-order theories of consciousness – Features of consciousness: subjectivity, qualia, intentionality.
PART II
• Teaching: Nature, objectives, characteristics and basic requirements;
• Learner's characteristics;
• Factors affecting teaching;
• Methods of teaching;
• Teaching aids;
• Evaluation systems.
• Research: Meaning, Characteristics and types;
• Steps of research;
• Methods of research;
• Research Ethics;
• Paper, article, workshop, seminar, conference and symposium;
• Thesis writing: its characteristics and format.
PART III
Salient features of the Constitution - Preamble- Its significance and its place in the interpretation of the Constitution.
Fundamental Rights - Directive Principles of State Policy - Relation between Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles - Fundamental Duties.
Executive - Legislature - Judiciary - Both at Union and State Level. - Other Constitutional Authorities.
Centre-State Relations - Legislative - Administrative and Financial.
Services under the Union and the States.
Emergency Provisions.
Amendment Provisions of the Constitution.
(b) Social Welfare Legislations and Programmes – 5 Marks
Social Service Legislations like the Right to Information Act, Prevention of atrocities against Women & Children, Food Security Act, Environmental Acts etc. and Social Welfare Programmes like Employment Guarantee Programme, Organ and Blood Donation etc.
PART IV
TOWARDS A NEW SOCIETY
Introduction to English education - various missionary organisations and their function in founding educational institutions, and factories.printing press etc.
EFFORTS TO REFORM THE SOCIETY
(A) Socio-Religious reform Movements
SNDP Yogam, Nair Service Society, Yogakshema Sabha, Sadhu Jana Paripalana Sangham, Vaala Samudaya Parishkarani Sabha, Samathwa Samajam, Islam Dharma Paripalana Sangham, Prathyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha, Sahodara Prasthanam etc.
(B) Struggles and Social Revolts
Upper cloth revolts.Channar agitation, Vaikom Sathyagraha, Guruvayoor Sathyagraha, Paliyam Sathyagraha. Kuttamkulam Sathyagraha, Temple Entry Proclamation, Temple Entry Act. Malayalee Memorial, Ezhava Memorial etc.
Malabar riots, Civil Disobedience Movement, Abstention movement etc.
ROLE OF PRESS IN RENAISSANCE
Malayalee, Swadeshabhimani, Vivekodayam, Mithavadi, Swaraj, Malayala Manorama, Bhashaposhini, Mathnubhoomi, Kerala Kaumudi, Samadarsi, Kesari, AI-Ameen, Prabhatham, Yukthivadi, etc
AWAKENING THROUGH LITERATURE
Novel, Drama, Poetry, Purogamana Sahithya Prasthanam, Nataka Prashtanam, Library movement etc
Parvathi Nenmenimangalam, Arya Pallam, A V Kuttimalu Amma, Lalitha Prabhu.Akkamma Cheriyan, Anna Chandi, Lalithambika Antharjanam and others
Thycaud Ayya Vaikundar, Sree Narayana Guru, Ayyan Kali.Chattampi Swamikal, Brahmananda Sivayogi, Vagbhadananda, Poikayil Yohannan (Kumara Guru) Dr Palpu, Palakkunnath Abraham Malpan, Mampuram Thangal, Sahodaran Ayyappan, Pandit K P Karuppan, Pampadi John Joseph,
Mannathu Padmanabhan, V T Bhattathirippad, Vakkom Abdul Khadar Maulavi, Makthi Thangal, Blessed Elias Kuriakose Chaavra, Barrister G P Pillai, TK Madhavan, Moorkoth Kumaran, C. Krishnan, K P Kesava Menon, Dr Ayyathan Gopalan, C V Kunjuraman, Kuroor Neelakantan Namboothiripad, Velukkutty Arayan, K P Vellon, PK Chathan Master, K Kelappan, P. Krishna Pillai, A K Gopalan, T R Krishnaswami Iyer, C Kesavan. Swami Ananda Theerthan, MC
Joseph, Kuttippuzha Krishnapillai and others
LITERARY FIGURES
Kodungallur Kunhikkuttan Thampuran, KeralaVarma Valiyakoyi Thampuran, Kandathil Varghese Mappila. Kumaran Asan, Vallathol Narayana Menon, Ulloor S Parameswara Iyer, G Sankara Kurup, Changampuzha Krishna Pillai, Chandu Menon, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. Kesav Dev, Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, Ponkunnam Varky, S K Pottakkad and others
(b) General Knowledge and Current Affairs (5 Marks)
General Knowledge and Current Affairs
NOTE: - It may be noted that apart from the topics detailed above, questions
from other topics prescribed for the educational qualification of the post may
also appear in the question paper. There is no undertaking that all the topics
above may be covered in the question paper
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