Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) - Civil Services Examination 2007
Philosophy – Optional of Part B - Main Examination of Civil Services Exam
Paper-I History and Problems of Philosophy
Section-A
- 1. Plato : Theory of Ideas.
- 2. Aristotle : Form, Matter and causation.
- 3. Descartes : Cartesian Method and certain knowledge, God, Mind-Body Dualism.
- 4. Spinoza : Substance, Attributes and Modes, Pantheism; Bondage and Freedom.
- 5. Leibnitz : Monads; Theory of Perception God.
- 6. Locke : Theory of Knowledge, Rejection of Innate Ideas; substance and qualities.
- 7. Berkeley : Immaterialism, God, Criticism of representative Theory of Perception.
- 8. Hume : Theory of knowledge, Scepticism Self, Causality.
9. Kant : Distinctions between synthetic and analytic judgements and between aprion and aposteriori judgements, Space, Time Categories, Possibility of Synthetic Apriori Judgements, Ideas of Reason and Antinomics; Criticism of the Proofs for the Existence of God.
- 10. Hegel : Dialectical Method, Absolute Idealism.
11. Precursors of Linguistic Analysis : Moore (Defence of common sense, Reputaion of idealism), Russell (Theory of Descriptions).
12. Logical Atomism : Atomic Facts, Atomic sentences, Logical Constructions and Incomplete Symbols (Rusell), Distinction of saying and showing (Wittgenstein)
13. Logical Positivism : Verification theory and rejection of Metaphysics, Linguistic Theory of Necessary Propositions.
- 14. Phenomenology : Husserl.
- 15. Existentiaslism : Kierkegaard, Sartre.
- 16. Quine : Radical empiricism.
- 17. Strawson : theory of person.
Section-‘B’
- 1. Carvaka : Theory of Knowledge, Materialism.
2. Jainism : Theory of Reality, Saptabhangi Naya, Bondage and Liberation.
3. Buddhism : Pratityasamutpada, Ksanikavýds, Ńairătmyavăda, Schools of Buddhism, Sautrantika Theory of Pramana, Ideal of Bodhisattva.
- 4. Samkhya : Prakriti, Purusa, Theory of Causation, Liberation.
5. Naya-Văisesika : Theory of Pramăna, Self, Liberation, God and Proofs of God’s Existence, Categories, Theory of Causation, Atomistic theory of Creation.
- 6. Mimănsă : Theory of Knowledge.
7. Vedănta : Schools of Vedăntă Sankara, Rămănuja, Madhva (Brahman, Isvara, Ătman, Jiva, Jagat, Măyă, Avidyă Adhyăsă, Moksă).
Paper-II
Section-‘A’ Socio-Political Philosophy
- 1. Political Ideals : Equality, Justice, Liberty.
- 2. Sovereignty (Austin, Boidin, Laski, Kautilya).
- 3. Individual and State.
- 4. Democracy; Concept and forms.
- 5. Socialism and Marxism.
- 6. Humanism.
- 7. Secularism.
- 8. Theories of punishment.
- 9. Co-existence and violence; Sarvoday.
- 10. Gender-Equality.
- 11. Scientific Temper and Progress.
- 12. Philosophy of Ecology.
Section-‘B’ Philosophy of Religion
- 1. Notions of God : Personalistic, Imparsonalistic, Naturalistic.
- 2. Prooofs of the Existence of God and their criticisms.
- 3. Immortality of Soul.
- 4. Liberation.
- 5. Problem of Evil.
- 6. Religious Knowledge : Reason, Revelation and Mysticism.
- 7. Religion without God.
- 8. Religion and Morality.
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