Course outcomes

The Programme/Course Outcomes:

• To give an insight into the multi-faceted and all-encompassing character of Indian philosophical thought. It attempts to give the students a comprehensive and critical account of the various aspects of Indian Philosophy.

• To acquaint the students with a historical and critical understanding of the philosophical conceptions, questions, and theories discussed by modern Western philosophers which have gone a long way to shape the ideological contours of the world we live in.

• To provide the students with a broad overview of the ethical conceptions of Indian as well as Western philosophical traditions. The students are expected to comprehend through this course the broad contrasts between meta-ethical and normative ethical perspectives.

• To instruct the students in the broad doctrines of Kashmir Shaivism, its philosophy, ethics, and meditation. Various aspects of Kashmir Shaivism from its genesis to its structure to its influence shall be dealt with.

• We cultivate within the students the skills of valid and correct reasoning. It aims at encouraging them to apply critical reasoning in the personal sphere of reading, writing, and listening as well as the broader areas of human activity and interaction.

• To insight into the multi-faceted character of modern Indian socio-political thought. The students are expected to appreciate the thematic unity as well as diversity at work in pre-Independent Indian thought and its continuation and subsequent development.

• To introduce our students to the essence of Applied Ethics through an analysis of its various applications in real-life situations. The students are expected to appreciate and understand how moral philosophy is being employed for the resolution of ethical dilemmas in areas as diverse as ecology, medicine, law, and so on.

• To familiarize students to appreciate the all-pervasive and indispensable role language plays in organizing human action as well as thought through the discussion of the major concepts pioneered by analytic philosophers.

• To acquaint students with different schools of Buddhist thought to appreciate the unity in diversity in the rich philosophical tradition that arose in the wake of the Buddha’s teachings.