Topic for Dissertation M.A.

Philosophy Semester - IV(CBCS) 2017-18

1. The epistemological issues embedded in the skeptical challenge to knowledge as

found in Indian tradition.

Select Bibliography:

Original Sources:

 Vigrahavyavartani of Nagarjuna
 Tattopaplvasinha of Jayarashi Bhatta
 Khandanakhandakhadya of Shriharsha

Other sources:

 ―Lokayata/ Carvaka: A Philosophical Study‖ by Dr. Gokhale Pradip, OUP, 2015

 ‗Philosophy, Culture and Religion: Essays by B.K. Matilal‘, Jonardon Ganeri (Ed.)
Oxford University Press, Delhi, 2002.
2. The debate between the Realists and the Constructivists in the Context of Indian
Epistemology

Select Bibliography:

 Gillon Brebdan S. (Ed.), ‗Logic in Earliest Classical India‘, Motilal Banarasidas, New
Delhi, 2010.
 Bhattacharya H.M. `Jaina Logic and Epistemology‘, K.P. Bagchi &Co., Calcutta,
1994.
 Popper Karl, `Conjectures and Refutations‘, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1963
 Shastri D.N. ―Critique of Indian Realism‖, Bharatiya Vidya Prakashan, 1972.
 Ayer A.J. `Problem of Knowledge‘, MacMillan, London, 1965.
3. Anekantavada as a paradigm for solving the philosophical issues: A Critical Study
Select Bibliography:

 ‗Aptamimamsa: A Critique of an Authority‘, Editor, Dr. Nagin Shah Pub. Sanskrit-

Sanskriti Granthamala, Ahmadabad, 1999.
 ‗The Central Philosophy of Jainism (Anekantavada)‘, Matilal B.K pub. L.D. Institute of
Indology, Ahmadabad, 1981.
 Tattvartha Sutra,Commen. By Pt. Sukhlalji, [Link], K.K. Pub. L.D. Institute of
Indology, Ahmedabad, 2000.
 Harmaless Souls, Johnson, W.J., Motilal Banarasidas Pub. Delhi, 1995.
 Jaina Path of Purification, Jaini Padmanabh, Motilal Banarasidas, Delhi, 1979

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 Jainism: An Indian Religion of Salvation, Glasenapp, Helmuth Von, Eng. Trans. Shridhar
Shrotri, Motilal Banarasidas Pub. Delhi,1999
 Lectures on Jainism, Dr. Tatia, Nathmal , Pub. By Department of Jainology, University
of Madras, 1998
4. Textual Hermeneutics: Distanciation, Appropriation and Critique
Bibliography:

 Bernstein, Richard J. 1983. Beyond Objectivism and Relativism: Science,

Hermeneutics and Praxis. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.

 Bleicher, Josef. 1980. Contemporary Hermeneutics London: Routledge and Kegan

Paul
Gadamer, Hans Georg 1975. Truth and Method New York: Seabury Press Glendinning,
Simon. 1999. The Edinburgh Companion to Continental Philosophy Edinburg: Edinburg
University Press Habermas, Jurgen. 1988.

 On the Logic of the Social Sciences Cambridge Mass: MIT Press.

Ricoeur, Paul. 1974. The Conflict of Interpretations: Essays in Hermeneutics Evanston:
Northwestern University Press. 1983. ―On Interpretation‖ in Philosophy in France
Today ed. Alain Montefiore Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Thompson J.B.
(ed) 1981Hermeneutics and the Human Sciences Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.

 1981. Critical Hermeneutics: A Study in the Thought of Paul Ricoeur and Jürgen
Habermas, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

 Warnke, [Link]: Hermeneutics, Tradition and Reason. Stanford:

Stanford University Press

Relevant discussions from the following encyclopedias:

Craig, Edward (ed) 1998 The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (10 volumes)
London & New York: Routledge Edwards, Paul (ed) 1967 The Encyclopedia of
Philosophy New York & London: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc & The Free Press,
Collier Macmillan Publishers. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (online
[Link]

5. Gender as a Construct and Process: Performativity and Fluidity

Bibliography:
 Bordo, Susan. 1993. Unbearable Weight Berkeley: University of California Press.
 Benhabib, Seyla and Drucilla Cornell, eds. 1987 Feminism as Critique Minneapolis:
University of Minnesota Press.
 Benhabib, Seyla, et al. 1995 Feminist Contentions New York: Routledge.
 Butler, Judith. (1990). Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. New
York: Routledge.

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 o 1993. Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of “Sex.” New York: Routledge.
 de Beauvoir, Simone 2009 The Second Sex (translated by Constance Borde and Sheila
Malovany-Chevallier) London: Vintage
 Fricker, M & J. Hornsby (ed) The Cambridge Companion to Feminism in Philosophy
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 87–106.
 Moi, Toril. 1997 ―Feminist, Female, Feminine‖ from The Feminist Reader Ed.
Catherine Belsey & Jane Moore. Macmillan Press: Hampshire & London.
o 2005 Sex, Gender and the Body Oxford: Oxford University Press
 Nicholson, Linda. 1994 ―Interpreting Gender‖ Signs 20(1), 79-105
 (Relevant discussion from The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy and The Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

Relevant discussions from the following encyclopedias:

 Craig, Edward (ed) 1998 The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (10 volumes)
London & New York: Routledge Edwards, Paul (ed) 1967 The Encyclopedia of
Philosophy New York & London: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc & The Free Press,
Collier Macmillan Publishers
 The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (online [Link]

6. Inquiry, Opposition and Tranquility: Sextus Empiricus in Comparative Contexts

Bibliography

 Empiricus, Sextus 2003 Outlines of Scepticism (ed. Julia Annas & Jonathan Barnes)
Cambridge: Cambridge University

 Chisholm, Roderick M 1941 ―Sextus Empiricus and Modern Empiricism‖ Philosophy

of Science, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 371-384

 Flathman, Richard 2000 ―The Self Against and for Itself: Montaigne and Sextus
Empiricus on Freedom, Discipline and Resistance‖The Monist, 83 (4), pp. 491- 529

 Shefield, Christopher (ed) 2003 Blackwell Companion to Ancient Philosophy Malden

MA: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

 Lindsay, James 1922 ―Sextus Empiricus and the Modern Theory of Knowledge‖The
Philosophical Review 31(1), pp. 58-63

 Long A.A & David Sedley 1987 The Hellenistic Philosophers: Greek and Latin Texts
with notes and bibliography (2 vols) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

 Mates, Benson 1949 ―Stoic Logic and the Text of Sextus Empiricus‖ The American
Journal of Philology, Vol. 70, No. 3 , pp. 290-298

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  Sedley, David. 2003The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Philosophy
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Stough, Charlotte 1984 ―Sextus Empiricus on
Non-Assertion‖ Phronesis, Vol. 29, No. 2 , pp. 137-164
Relevant discussions from the following encyclopedias:
 Craig, Edward (ed) 1998 The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (10 volumes)
London & New York: Routledge Edwards, Paul (ed) 1967 The Encyclopedia of
Philosophy New York & London: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc & The Free Press,
Collier Macmillan Publishers
 The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (online [Link]

7. Speech Act Theories and its Applications

 Grice P (1957), Meaning, The Philosophical Review, 66, 377-88.
 Grice P, Logic and Conversation, in Syntax and Semantics Vol.3, ed. by Peter Cole and
 Jerry Morgan, NY, Academic press, 1975.
 Austin, J.L, How to do things with words Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1962.
Searle J, Speech Acts, CUP, 1975.
 Bach, K. & Harnish, R.M. (1979). Communication and Speech Acts Cambridge, Mass.:
Harvard University Press.
 G. (1996). The Discourse of Advertising. London & New York: Routledge.
 Simona Simon, Daniel Dejika –Cartis, Speech Acts in Written Advertisements:
 Identification, Classification, Analysis, Procedia,-Social and Behavioral Sciences,
Vol.192, 2015.
 O' Shaughnessy, Persuasion in Advertising, Routledge, London (2003).
 J.R. Searle, D. Vanderveken, Foundations of Illocutionary Logic, Cambridge University
Press, Cambridge (1985).

8. The Hard Problem of Consciousness with respect to the First person perspective.
 David Chalmers — Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings —
Oxford University Press, New York, Delhi, 2002 (Anthology).
 Heil J, Philosophy of Mind, A Guide and Anthology, Clarendon, Oxford, 2004.
 Dennett D, Consciousness Explained, Penguin, 1991.
 Searle John, Minds Brains and Science, 1984 Reith lectures.
 Searle John, Mystery of Consciousness, NYRB, 1997.
 Mcginn C, Problems of Consciousness, Blackwell, 1991, 1993.
 S. Guttenplan, A Companion to Philosophy of Mind, Oxford: Blackwell, 1994.
 Nagel T, What is it like to be a Bat, the Philosophical Review, Vol.83, No.4, 1974.
 Van Gulick Robert Van, [Link]

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  Chalmers David, The First-Person and Third- Person Views , [Link]/notes/first-
[Link]
9. . Responses to Advaita philosophies with reference to thinkers in the post Sankara
tradition from the Vivarana school like Dharmaraja Adhvarin , or the Bhamati
school of Vacaspati Misra or Madhusudhana Sarswati .
 Karl Potter (Ed.) , Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, Advaita Vedanta Vedanta upto
 Sankara and his disciples, Vol.3, Motilal Banarsidass, New Delhi, India. 1970.
 Suryanarayan Sastri (Ed. and Tr.) , Vedantaparibhasa, The Adyar Library and Research
Center Chennai, 1942, 1971, 2003.
 Sri Samkara Bhasyasahita Brahmasutra Catuhsutri H.D. Sharma, Oriental Series no. 70,
Pune, Poona Oriental Book Agency, 1940.
 Brahma Sutra Bhasya of Shankaracharya, swami Gambhirananda (Tr.), Advaita
Ashrama, Calcutta, 1993.
 Bhamati of Vacaspati on Samkara‘s Brahmasutrabhasya (Catuhsutri), S. [Link]
Sastri and C. Kunhan Raja (Eds. And Trs.), Madras, The Adyar Library and Research
Centre, 1992 G. Mishra.
 Ganganath Jha (Tr.) The Advaita Siddhi of Madhusudana Saraswati Motilala Banarsidas,
1990.
 Modi PM (Tr.) Siddhanta Bindu of Madhusudana Saraswati, Vora Publishers, Allahabad,
1929.
 Mahadevan TMP, The philosophy of Advaita, Ganesh and Co. (Pvt. Ltd.), Madras, 1958
10. Different Approaches of Dharma or Pururshartha in Indian Ethics
References:

 B.G. Tilak Gita Rahasya – B.S. Sukhtankar, Pune, 1965.

 S.K. Maitra – The Ethics of Hindus, 1925 Asia Publication, 1978.
 Dasgupta, Surama. 1961 Development of Moral Philosophy in India Orient Longman.
 Bhelke and Gokhale 2002 Studies in Indian Moral Philosophy: Problems, Concepts and
Perspectives Pune: Indian Philosophical Quarterly
 I.C. Sharma, (1965), Ethical Philosophies of India Lincoln: Johnsen Publishing Co.
 Kane Panduruang Vaman, (1941), History of Dharmashatra, Vol II - Part I, Bhandarkar
Oriental Research Institute, Poona.
 Nigal, S.G., (2006), ―Indian Conception of Values and Value Education‖, first Edition,
R.K. Printers, Nashik.

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 Cowell, E.B.; Gough, A.E., (1882), Sarva-Darsana Sangraha of Madhava Acharya:
Review of Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy. Indian Books Centre/Sri Satguru
Publications. New Delhi.
 Hiriyanan M, , (1975), Indian Conception of Values, Kavyalaya Publishers, Mysore.
 Justice P. Kodandaramaya, (2006), The Message of Mahabharata, Bharatiya Vidya
Bhavan, Mumbai.

[Link] of tradition with reference to Philosophy of Universal Religion of Phule or

Pandita Ramabai
References:

 Philosophical Trends in Modern Maharashtra, Mathew Lederle Popular Prakashan

 Laxman Shastri Joshi (1996) Jotirao Phule New Delhi: National Book Trust

 Malik-Goure, Archana, (2013), Jyptiba Phule: A Modern Indian Philosopher,

Suryodaya Publication, New Delhi.

 Omvedit, Gail, (Ed), (2002), Jyotiba Phule Ani Stree Mukticha Vichar, Lokvangmay
group, Mumbai.

 Phadke, Y.D. (Editor), (1991), Mahatma Phule Samagra Vangmaya, Publisher

Maharashtra Rajya Sahitya and Sanskruti Mandal, Mumbai.

 Deshapande, G.P., (2002), Selected Writing of Jotirao Phule, Edited, with annotations
and introduction, Left word books, New Delhi, 2002.

 Ramabai, Pandita. ‗The High-Caste Hindu Woman‘ (1887) in Pandita Ramabai

through her own Words: Selected Works, ed. Meera Kosambi, 129-80. Oxford
University Press: New Delhi, 2000 (Primary source)

 Kosambi, Meera. ―Introduction‖ in her (ed) Pandita Ramabai through her own Words:
Selected Works, 1-32. Oxford University Press: New Delhi, 2000.

 Tharu, Susie and K. Lalitha. ―Literature of the Reform and Nationalist Movements‘ in
their (ed.) Women Writing in India Vol I: 600 B.C. to the early twentieth century, 145-
86. Feminist Press: New York, 1991.

 Radhakrishnana S., (1923), ―Indian Philosophy‖, Vol. I, Alien and Unwin, London.

[Link] of Symbolic Logic in other disciplines

References:
 Introduction to logic, Fifth Edition, Copi Irving,MacMillan Pub. Co., New York.
 Symbolic logic, Copi Irving, MacMillan Pub. Co., New York, 1979.

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  Introduction to logic, Suppes Patrick, East West Press Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi.
 Elements of logic, J. Sta Maria, New Literature Pub. Co., Mumbai.
 Symbolic Logic – Irving Copi, 5th Edition, Colleier Macmillan Publishers,
 London, Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., New York.
 ‗Introduction to Logic – Patrick Suppes‘, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. New York
 Tarkshashastra, (Hindi Book) 4th Edition, Krishna Jain, D.K. Printworld, New Delhi,
1998.
 Tarkshashtra – Traditional and Symbolic Logic, (Marathi Book) Dr. Sunita Ingle and
Prof. Vandana Ghushe, Vasu Prakashan, Nagpur, 2004.
[Link] in the Development of Indian Philosophy -19th century-21st century
 Kim Yong C. Oriental Thought:An Introduction to the Philosophical and Religious
thought of Asia-Springfield Ill,1973
 Koller John M. Oriental Philosophers, Charles Scribner‘s Sons,NY, 1970
 Munshi K.M. and Diwakar [Link] Indian Philosophy- Bharatiya Vidya
Bhavan, Mumbai,1970
 Saksena S.K. Essays on Indian Philosophy- Honolulu University of Hawaii
Press,1972
[Link] and Spiritualistic traditions in Contemporary Indian Philosophy
 Margaret Chatterjee- Contemporary Indian Philosophy- Motilal Banarsidass,New
Delhi,1998
 Singh Balbir-Foundations of Indian Philosophy, Orient Longman, New Delhi, 1972
 Singer Milton- When a great Tradition Modernises-, Praeger, NY,1972
 Raju P.T.- The Philosophical Traditions of India-London,George Allen and Unwin,
London,1971.
 Dr. Gokhale Pradeep ―Lokayata/ Carvaka: A Philosophical Study‖, OUP, New
Delhi,2015
 Debiprasad Chatopadhyay-What is living and what is dead in Indian Philosophy -
People's Publishing House, New Delhi,1976
 Debiprasad Chatopadhyay Lokayata: A Study in Ancient Indian Materialism: People's
Publishing House, New Delhi,1959
 DPS Bhawuk Spirituality and Indian Psychology (Editor: Anthony Marsella),
Springer, 2011
[Link] of Yoga in the 21st century.
 Burley, Mikel (2000). Hatha Yoga: Its Context, Theory and Practice. Delhi: Motilal
Banarsidass.
 SV Bharti (2001), Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: With the Exposition of Vyasa, Delhi,
 Motilal Banarsidas
 Larson, Gerald James (2008), The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies: Yoga: India's
philosophy of meditation, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-81-208-3349-4
 Maehle, Gregor (2007), Ashtanga Yoga: Practice and Philosophy, New World Library.
 Mallinson-1, James (2011), "Hatha Yoga", Brill Encyclopedia of Hinduism Vol.3,
BRILL

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 Karl Potter (2009), Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies Vol. 1:
Bibliography, Bibliography on Yoga school of Hinduism, pages 1073–1093

[Link] of the Philosophy of Radical Humanism

Select Bibliography
 Radical Humanism- [Link]
 Contemporary Indian [Link]
 Philosophical Trends in Modern Maharastra – Mathew Lederle Popular Prakashan
 Humanism: An Introduction by Jim Herrick, Laurie Taylor

17. Knowledge of values with references to Buddhist Philosophy of Education

Select Bibliography:
 Peter Harvey :An introduction to Buddhist Ethics ( Foundation, Values and Issues) ,
Cambridge University Press,2000.
 Editor : Professor Mahesh Tiwary , Perspective on Buddhist Ethics Department of
Buddhist Studies , Delhi University , Delhi -110007.
 H. Saddhatissa; Buddhist Ethics , essence of Buddhism :London George allen & Unwin
Ltd,1970
 An Introduction to Philosophy of Education By Robin Barrow, Ronaldw Ronald
Woods
 Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education By John
Dewey

18. A Critical evaluation of Śankaracārya’s Māyāvāda

Select Bibliography

 Dr. [Link]; Advaita Śankara- a Reappraisal; Motilala Banarsidass

 Brahma Sutra Bhasya by Sankaracarya (Author), Swami Gambhirananda (Translator)

 What is Advaita? P. Shankaranarayanan- Bharatiya Vidya bhavan, Mumbai

 Philosophy of Sankara- [Link] Vihari Das

 Philosophy of Advaita- By [Link]

 Philosophy of Advaita – M. [Link], Asia /Allied Publication.

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19. Contemporary significance of Indian Philosophy in the 21ST Century
Books
 Victor, George .2002, Social Relevance of Philosophy. New Delhi: D.K. Print world
(P).Ltd.
 Barlingay,S.S.. 2014. Reunderstanding Indian Philosophy. New Delhi: [Link]
(P) Ltd.
 Radhakrishnan, S. 1972. A source book in Indian Philosophy. Bombay:Jaico Press Pvt.
Ltd.
 Hiriyana, M. The Essentials of Indian Philosophy. Delhi : Motilal Banarasi Dass
Publishers Pvt. Ltd
 Murty [Link].2006. Evolution of Indian Philosophy. New Delhi: D.K.
Printworld (P).Ltd.
 Raju, P.T. [Link] Depths of Indian Thought (Suny Series in Philosophy). USA:
State University of New York Press
 Raju, P.T. 2009. The Philosophical Traditions of India. Motilal Banarsidass Publication

20. Critique of the Philosophy of Yoga

Books

 Swami Hariharananda Aranya .2000. Yoga Philosophy of Patanjali with Bhasvati

.Calcutta: University of Calcutta
 Swami Satyananda Saraswati .[Link] Chapters on Freedom. Bihar: Yoga
Publications Trust,Munger, Bihar, India
 Muktibodhananda Swami , [Link] Yoga Pradipika. Bihar: Yoga Publications
Trust,Munger,Bihar, India
 Gore,M.M ,2005. Anatomy and Physiology of Yogic Practices. New Delhi: New Age
Books.
 Swami Bhaskarananda,2001. Meditation, Mind and Patanjali’s Yoga. Chennai:Sri
Ramakrishna Matha ,Mylapore.
 Swami Tejomayananda. 1998. Yoga Vasistha Sara Sangrahah (Commentary).Mumbai:
Central Mission Trust.
 Nagendra , H.R. 2000. Yoga –Its basis and application. Bangalore: Swami Vivekananda
Yoga Prakasahan,
 Kamakhya Kumar. 1975. Yoga Psychology –A Handbook of Yogic Psychotherapy. New
Delhi: D.K. Print world (P) Ltd.
 Swami Satyananda Saraswati .1980. Sure Ways of Realization. Bihar: Yoga Publications
Trust, Munger., Bihar, India.
 Yardi,M.R. [Link] Yoga of Patanjali (with an Introduction ,Sanskrit Text of
Yogasutras English Translation and Notes) Pune: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute

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 B.K.S I yengar. 1966. Light on Yoga: The Definitive Guide to Yoga Practice .Pune:
Iyengar Institute.
 Sri Aurobindo.1950. The Synthesis of Yoga. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram
 Nagarathna R & Nagendra H.R, 2001. Integrated Approach of Yoga Therapy for Positive
Health. Bangalore: Swami Vivekananda Yoga Prakasahan,
 Banerjea , Akshay Kumar.1962. Philosophy of Gorakhnath with Goraksha-Vacana-
Sangraha. Delhi: Motilal Banarasidas.
 Sri Aurobindo. Letters on Yoga . 2005. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Additional References (Conference Proceedings)

Yoga : Its Philosophy and [Link]: Datta Lakshmi Trust.

Yoga Sagar Commemorative Volume (Compiled from the complete proceedings of the
World Yoga Convention 1993). 1994. Bihar: Bihar School of Yoga, Munger.

21.. Core components of Value Education: The Indian Philosophical perspective

Books
 Swami [Link] Values for a changing society. Bombay:
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.
 Mukherjee,D.P. 2004. Value Education: The Indian Tradition. Bombay: Bharatiya
Vidya Bhavan.
 Burrows,Loraine .1988. Education in Human Values. Andhra Pradesh:Sri Sathya Sai
Books & Publication Trust.
 Philosophy and Science of Value Education in the Context of Modern
[Link]: The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture.
 Values: The Key to meaningful life. Chennai: Sri Ramakrishna Math.
 Swami Ramakrishnanda. For Thinkers on Education. . Madras: Sri Ramakrishna
Math.
 A Handbook of Value Education (Volume One & Two).2005. Kolkata: The
Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture
 Joshi, Kireet. 2002. Philosophy of Value –Oriented Education-Theory and Practice
(Proceedings of the National Seminar -2002). New Delhi: Indian Council of
Philosophical Research.
 Swami Dayananda Saraswati, 2007. The Value of Values . Chennai: Arsha Vidya
Centre.
 Sri Aurobindo and The Mother on [Link]: Sri Aurobindo
Ashram.

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22. Exploring Environmental Ethics as a shift in and expansion of the ethical
perspective
Reading List
 Attfield, Robin (2003) Environmental Ethics: An Overview for the Twenty First
Century Cambridge: Polity Press
 Callicott, J. Baird & Clare Palmer (2005) Environmental Philosophy: Critical
Concepts In four volumes London and New York: Routledge
 Collingwood, R.G.(1945)The Idea of Nature Oxford: Clarendon Press
 Elliot, Robert (1995) Environmental Ethics Oxford: Oxford University Press
 Gadgil Madhav & Ramchandra Guha (1995)Ecology and Equity London: Penguin
Books 6. Gosling, David(2001) Religion and Ecology in India and Southeast Asia
London: Routledge
 Guha, Ramchandra & Juan Martinez-Alier (1998) Varieties of Enviromentalism :
Essays, North and South Delhi: Oxford University Press
 9. Heidegger, Martin (1993) ―Question Concerning Technology‖ in Martin
Heidegger: Basic Writings ed David Farrell Krell London: Routledge
 10. Light, Andrew & Holmes Rolston III(Ed) (2003) Environmental Ethics: An
Anthology Malden MA, Oxford: Blackwell
 11. Pojman, Louis(Ed)2001Environmental Ethics: Readings in Theory and Application
Boston: Wadsworth
 12. Shiva, Vandana & Maria Mies Ecofeminism London: Zed Books 98
 13. Shiva, Vandana & Ingunn Moser (Ed)(1995) Biopolitics: A Feminist and
Ecological Reader on Biotechnology London: Zed Books
 14. Smart, Ninian & Shivesh Thakur (1993) Ethical & Political Dilemmas of Modern
India New York: St. Martin‗s Press
 15. Zimmerman, Michael (2004)Environmental Philosophy: From Animal Rights to
Radical Ecology New Jersey: Prentice Hall

23. Exploring [Link]’s perspective on Religion

 M. K. Gandhi (2008) ― My Experiments with Truth"
 M. [Link] (1958), Hind Swaraj, or Indian Home Rule, Ahmedabad: Navajivan
Publishing House.
 M. K. Gandhi (1958) "Sarvodaya" Ahmedabad, Navjivan P
 Parekh, Bhikhu, Gandhi‘s Political Philosophy – A critical examination, New Delhi:
Ajanta Publications, 1995.
 Iyer Raghavan, The Moral and Political Thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi, Civilization,
Politics and Religion, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1991.
 Raghuramaraju (Ed), Debating Gandhi- A Reader, Oxford University Press, 2010.
 K. S. Bharathi,Mahatma Gandhi- Man of Milleninium, [Link] and Company, New
Delhi, 2000.

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 Nimbalkar, Namita ; Gandhi‗s Quest for Religion and Communal Harmony, Navvishnu
Publicationa and Department of Philosophy, University of Mumbai 2017.

24. Plato’s doctrine of Virtue as a philosophical legacy

Reference Books
 Guthrie, W. K. C., 1962, 1965, 1969, A History of Greek Philosophy, Vols. I, II, and III
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 4 Hamilton Edith and Huntington Cairns
(eds.), 1989
 The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Princeton University Press. Long, A. A., 986,
Hellenistic Philosophy: Stoics, Epicureans, Skeptics, 2nd edition, London: Duckworth.
2002, Epictetus: a Stoic and Socratic guide to life, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
 Plato: A Collection of Critical Essays: Ethics, Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books.
 W. K. C. Guthrie, A History of Greek Philosophy, Vols. IV and V, Cambridge
University Press, 1975, 1978.
 Edith Hamilton and Huntington Cairns (eds.), The Collected Dialogues of Plato,
Princeton University Press, 1989.
 The following dialogues must be read: a. Apology b. Crito c. Phaedo d. Protagoras e.
Gorgias f. Republic g. Theaetetus h. Timaeus i. Statesman j. Symposium
 W. D. Ross, Plato‘s Theory of Ideas, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1951.
 Norman Gully, Plato‘s Theory of Knowledge, London: Methuen, 1962.
 R. E. Allen, Studies in Plato‘s Metaphysics, New York: Humanities Press, 1965.
 A. E. Taylor, Plato: The Man and his Works, London: Methuen, 1927; New York:
Dover, 2001.
 George Klosko, The Development of Plato‘s Political Philosophy, London: Methuen,
1986.
 Gregory Vlastos (ed.), Plato: A Collection of Critical Essays: Metaphysics and
Epistemology, Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books, 1970.
 Gregory Vlastos (ed.), Plato: A Collection of Critical Essays: Ethics, Garden City, N.Y.:
Anchor Books, 1970.
 Gregory Vlastos, Platonic Studies, 2nd edition, Princeton University Press, 1981.
 E. S. Belfiore, ‗Plato's Greatest Accusation against Poetry‗, Canadian Journal of
Philosophy, supp. 9 (1983): 39-62.

25. The foundations of Free will in Medieval Philosophy,

 Anselm of Canterbury. Three Philosophical Dialogues. Thomas Williams, trans.
Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Co., 2002.
 Augustine. On Free Choice of the Will. Thomas Williams, trans. Indianapolis: Hackett
Publishing Co., 1993.
 Chappell, T.D.J. Aristotle and Augustine on Freedom: Two Theories of Freedom
Voluntary Action, and Akrasia. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995.

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 Davies, Brian, ed. Aquinas's Summa Theologiae: Critical Essays. Lanham: Rowman and
Littlefield, 2006.
 Matthews, Gareth B., ed. The Augustinian Tradition. Berkeley: University of California
Press, 1999.

26. Reconstruction of the Philosophy of Radical Humanism

Select Bibliography:

 Radical Humanism- [Link]

 Contemporary Indian [Link]
 Philosophical Trends in ModernMaharastra – Mathew Lederle Popular Prakashan
 Humanism: An Introductionby Jim Herrick, Laurie Taylor

27. The notion of avidya in Indian Philosophy

Select Bibliography:

 [Link]; AdvaitaŚankara- a Reappraisal; MotilalaBanarsidass

 What is Advaita? P. Shankaranarayanan- BharatiyaVidyabhavan, Mumbai

 Philosophy of Sankara- [Link] Das

 Philosophy of Advaita- By [Link]

 Philosophy of Advaita – [Link],Asia/Allied Publication.

 Out line of Indian philosophy- Hiriyanna

 Vedantasara -Sadananda

 Indian Philosophy- Volume I & II- S. Radhakrishnan

[Link] Existentialism with special reference to

 Existentialist Sensibility
 Freedom, responsibility and Commitment
 Divine/Spiritual Experience
 [Link]
 Walter Kaufmann (Editor)Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre, Revised and
Expanded Edition , Penguin, USA,1956

 Sartre -Essays In Existentialism-Kensington Publishing Corp.1965

 (ed.)Moore Charles- Provocations: Spiritual Writings of Kierkegaard Plogh Publishing

House, New York, 1925

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 [Link]: A way towards bringing peace and harmony in society
Bibliography

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 Nicholson, Reynold (1979) Studies in Islamic Mysticism (Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press)
 Schimmel, Annemarie (1982) As Through A Veil : Mystical Poetry in Islam.
(New York: Columbia University Press)
 Nasr, Seyyed Hossein (2002) The Heart of Islam (San Francisco: Harper)
 Nasr, Seyyed Hossein (2007) Garden of Truth: The Vision and Promise of
Sufism, Islam's Mystical Tradition (New York: Harper One)
 Arberry, A.J. (1955) Sufism: An Account of the Mystics of Islam (London:
Allen and Unwin)
 Arberry A.J. (1942) An Introduction to the History of Sufism (London:
Longmans) Trimingham, J. Spencer (1998) The Sufi Orders of Islam (Oxford:
Oxford University Press)
 Smith, Margaret (1984) Rabi'a The Mystic and Her Fellow-Saints in Islam
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
 J. Arberry, A. J. (1993) Muslim Saints and Mystics (Hasan al-Basri) translation
of Farid AlDin Attar‗s Tadhkirat al-Auliya ---Memorial of Saints
(London:Routledge & Kegan Paul)
 Akkach,Samer (1997) "Ibn 'Arabî's Cosmogony and the Sufi Concept of Time."
In Constructions of Time in the Late Middle Ages (ed.) Carol Poster and
 Richard Utz. (Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press)

30. Perspectives in Philosophy of Education

Bibliography

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Bombay.
 Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Philosophy compiled and edited by a team of
experts. (2000). New Delhi: Anmol.
 Alexander, P. C. (1995). The Perils of Democracy. Bombay: Somaiya Publication
Pvt. Ltd.
 Altekar, A. S. (1965). Education in Ancient India. Varanasi: Nanda Shekhar &
Bros.
 Atmapriyananda. (2010). Ramakrishna Mission - A Saga of Service for a Hundred
Years & More. Kolkata: Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission.
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Handbook of Philosophy of Education. Los Angeles, London, New Delhi,
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Guide to the Philosophy of Education. US, UK & Germany: Blackwell.

31. Contribution of Indian Philosophers and major religions towards Communal

Harmony
References:
Section I: Indian Philosophy

 Contemporary Indian Thought [Link]

 Contemporary Indian Philosophy [Link]
 Contemporary Indian Philosophy by B.K. Lal
 Twentieth Century Indian Philosophy – Nilima Sharma
 Philosophical Trends in Modern Maharashtra- Mathew Lederle Popular Prakashan
 The Complete Works of Vivekananda – Eight Volumes, Advaita Ashram, 1957
 Life Divine: Sri Aurobindo
 Integral Advaitism of Sri Aurobindo by R.S. Mishra
 Mysticism in Maharashtra by [Link]
 Tagore, Rabindranath. 1913 (2000) Sadhana: The Realisation of Life Macmillan: Delhi,
Chennai and Mumbai
 An Introduction to the Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo by S.K. Maitra
 Nalini Bhushan and Jay L. Garfield (eds.) Indian Philosophy in English: From
Renaissance to Independence Oxford University Press, 2011

32. Being: Its nature according to Indian and Weatern thinkers ( such as Aurobindo,
Aristotle, Hegel, Heidegger, Sartre, Upanishad, etc.)

References:

 Contemporary Indian Philosophy – B. K. Lal

 Twentieth Century Indain Philosophy - Nilima Sharma.
 The Six Systems Of Indian Philosophy – F. Max Muller.
 The Sarvadarshan Sangraha of Madhvacharya – E.B. Cowell, A. E. Gough.
 Aristotle 1941 The Basic Works of Aristotle ( Metaphysics Book I) trns. Richard
McKeon New York : Random House
 Cooper, David. 2000. Metaphysics: The Classic Readings, Oxford: Blackwell
 Hegel, G. W. F. 1977 The Phenomenology of Spirit (trans. A. V. Miller) Oxford: Oxford
University

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 Heidegger, Martin (1927) Being and Time Harper Row:b New York.
 Sartre, Jean Paul, Being and nothingness.

33. Meaning: Perepectives from different philosophical schools ( Mimamsa , Analytic

Philosophers, etc.)

References:

 Frege- Sense and Reference

 Frege- Thought
 Dilthey- The rise of Hermeneutics
 Artha- Jonardan Ganeri
 Prakaran Panchika- Prabhakar
 New Perspective in Indian Philosophy- Daya Krishna
 Six Systems of Indian Philosophy by Max Mueller
 Russell-on denoting.

34. Mysticism.
References:

 Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness

 Mysticism in Maharashtra: Indian Mysticism- R. D. Ranade
 The Essential Mystics : Selections from the World's Great Wisdom Traditions by
Andrew Harvey

 The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Religion Edited by William J. Wainwright The

Early Heidegger and Medieval Philosophy: Phenomenology for the Godforsaken by S.J.
McGrath
 Critical Observations on Some Philosophies of Mysticism Parviz Morewedge
International Journal for Philosophy of Religion Vol. 7, No. 4 (1976).
 Hindu Mysticism (1927) by S. N. Dasgupta

 Mysticism in Medieval India by Shankar Gopal Tulpule

 Philosophy of Mysticism: Raids on the Ineffable Hardcover – May 1, 2016 by Richard H.
Jones

35. Philosophical account of Evil- Theological tradition

References:-

 Hick. John. A Christian Theology of Religion (KY: Westminster John Knox press, 1995).

 Adams, Marilyn Mccord and Robert M. Adams. ―The Problem of Evil'. Oxford
University Press.(1990).

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 Companion to Natural Theology. Oxford: Blackwell, 2009.

 Leibniz, Gottfried 'Theodicy', 1710.

 Hume, David Dialogues on Natural Religion Richard Pokin. IN: Hackett, 1980.

36. Nature of Knowledge- Different Indian schools

References:-

 Motilal, B.K., 1986. Perception: An essay on Classical Indian Theories of Knowlegde,

Oxford University Press.

 Potter, Karl. Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidas.(1983).

 Mohanty, J.N. Reason and Tradition in Indian thought, Oxford: Clarenden (1992).

 Epistemology in Classical India: The Knowledge sources of the Nyaya School, London:
Routledge. (2012).

 Philosophy in Clasical India: The proper work of Reason, London: Routledge. 2001.

 Classical Indian Philosophy, Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield. (2000).

37. Concept of substance- Western thinkers

 Crane, T and Farkas, K, 2004. Metaphysics: a guide and anthology, Oxford University
Press. (2004).
 The Complete works of Aristotle: the revised Oxford translation, 2 Vols, Barnes, J.
Princeton University Press.
 Substratum, History of Philosophical quarterly(1998).
 Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Oxford university Press.
 Russell, B. The Philosophy of Leibniz, London: George Allen and Unwin (1900).
 ―Substance‖, in Philosophy 1: A Guide through the Subject, Grayling, Oxford University
Press. (1998).
 Sameness and Substance Renewed, Cambridge University Press. (2001).

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