History
of Western Philosophy:
Suggested
Topics:
Ø Descartes :
(a) Method of Doubt, (b) Cogito
Ergo Sum, (c) Criterion of Truth, (d) Existence of God, e) Mind and Body
Ø Spinoza :
(a) The Doctrine of Substance, Attributes and Modes, (b) Relation
between Mind and Body : Parallelism, (c) Degrees of Knowledge
Ø Leibniz :
(a)
Doctrine of Monads and Pre-established Harmony (b) Truths of Reason and Truths
of Fact, (c) Theory of Knowledge
Ø Locke :
(a) Refutation of Innate Ideas and Principles, (b) Theory
of Ideas, (c) Theory of Substance, (d) Distinction between Primary and
Secondary Qualities, (e) Theory of Knowledge
Ø Berkeley :
(b) Rejection of the Lockean notion of Substance, (b)
Refutation of Abstract Ideas (c) Esse Est Percipii
Ø Hume :
(c) Origin of Knowledge : Impressions and Ideas, (b) Laws
of Association, (c) Distinction between Relations of Ideas and Matters of Fact,
(d) Notion of Causality (F) Hume’s Scepticism.
Recommended
Texts :
·
Y.
Masih : A Critical History of Western Philosophy, Motilal
Banarsidass Publishers Private limited., Delhi, 1996.
References
:
·
F. Copleston : A
History of Philosophy [Vols. I, IV, V, & VII], Continuum Publishers,
London(1946-1974)
·
B. Russell : History of Western Philosophy, George
Allen & Unwin Ltd., London,1946
·
R. Falckenberg : History
of Modern Philosophy, Progressive Publishers, Calcutta, 1962
·
W.T. Stace : A Critical
History of Greek Philosophy, MacMillan and St. Martine’s Press Inc,1967
·
W.K. Wright: A History
of Modern Philosophy, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1958
·
Anders
Wedberg : A History of Philosophy,
Vol.-I & II, Clarendon Press,Oxford,1982
·
Tom Sorell & G. A. J. Rogers (ed.): Analytic Philosophy and History of Philosophy, Clarendon
Press,Oxford,2005
