Raja Rammohun Roy Mahavidyalaya

Govt. Sponsored | NAAC Accredited Grade 'B' [2nd cycle]

Affiliated to the University of Burdwan

 

DEPARTMENTOFPHILOSOPHY

 

BAPHILOSOPHYHONOURS

 

COURSEOUTCOME

 

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Name of theCourse

Semester

Course

Code

CourseOutcome

1

IndianPhilosophy –I

1

CC-1

CO1:KnowledgeaboutthedefinitionanddivisionofOrthodoxschoolandHeterodoxSchoolsofIndianPhilosophy.

 

CO2:DescriptionofCarvakaPhilosophyandgainknowledgeabouttheEpistemology,Metaphysics,Ethics andMaterialism ofCarvaka view.

 

CO3:DescriptionofthedifferentconceptsofJainaPhilosophyaswellasthetheoryofrealityand seven formsofjudgements.

 

CO4:Knowledgeaboutthelifeandfournobletruthsaswellasthevarioustheoriesassociatedwith BoudhaPhilosophy.

 

CO5:Description,analysisofvariousconceptsofNyayaschool,knowtheinstruments,methodologyandclassification ofperception.

2

HistoryofWesternPhilosophy–I

1

CC-2

CO1:Differencebetweenvariouskindsofmatterwhicharequalitative.

 

CO2: Air, which is constantly in motion, bring about the development of the universe.CO3: Allthingsareexchangedforfire andfireforall,according to HIraclitus.

CO4:Theuniverseisanaturalisticandscientificprinciples,withouttheaidofmythsandanthropomorphic God. CO5. Identify and explain the key philosophical concepts as theory ariseinthedifferenthistoricalperiods,includingknowledge,reality,reason,substance,identity,

experience,etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

IndianPhilosophy–II

2

CC-3

CO1:DescriptionofSamkhyatheoryofcauseandexplanationofthedualisticviewofPrakritiandPurusa.

 

CO2:KnowledgeaboutthedifferentSamadhiormeditation,aswellastheeightfoldpathofdiscipline,AstangaYogawhichgeneratescertainsupra-normal power.

 

CO3:AbletoknowthroughexplanationofthePrabhakaraandBhattaschoolandthetheoriesassociatedwiththisschool.

 

CO4:DescriptionofSamkara’sVedantaschoolandtheanalysisoftheconceptofBrahmaastheultimaterealityandtheknowledgeofSatta.

 

CO5:KnowledgeabouttheRamanujacharya’sattempttoharmonizetheabsoluteandthepersonaltheismand alsothedetailviewof BrahmanwhichisJiva andJagat.

4

HistoryofWesternPhilosophy–I

2

CC-4

CO1:LOCKE : Ideas will be increased i,e. innate ideas, the origin and formation of ideas, simpleandcomplexideas,substance,modesandrelations,knowledgeanditsdegrees,limitsofknowledge,primary andsecondaryqualities,representativerealismetc.

 

CO2: BERKELEY: Concept of abstract ideas. Criticism of Locke’s distinction between primary andsecondary qualities, Immaterialism, esse-est-percipi, role of God and also Differential thoughtsbetweentwophilosophers.

 

CO3: HUME: Concept of ideas, causality and Scepticism. Impression and ideas, association ofideas, distinction between judgements concerning relations of ideas and judgements concerningmattersoffact, andpersonal identity.

 

CO4: KANT: Know the cohesion of rationalism and empiricism, Conception of critical Philosophy,distinctionbetweenaprioriandaposteriorijudgements,distinctionbetweenanalyticand

 

 

 

 

 

syntheticjudgements.Syntheticapriorijudgements,GeneralproblemoftheCritique,Copernican Revolution in Philosophy, Transcendental Aesthetic: Space & time - Metaphysical &Transcendentalexpositions oftheideasofspace&time.

5

IndianEthics

3

CC-5

CO1: Gain acknowledgement power, Presuppositions, Concept of Sthitaprañjna,C02:Karmayoga:Awaretheirrootduty,(Gīta)Puruṣārthasandtheirinterrelations.

CO3:BuddhistEthics:AbletorealizeBuddhistEthicsi,e.Pancaśīla,Brahmavihārabhāvanā(Bauddha)Anubrata,Mahābrata, Ahimsā.

 

CO4:JainaEthics:AfterknowingJainaEthics,theycanrelateitindaytodaylife.Alsotheconceptsofanubrata,mahᾱbrata.

 

CO5:MimᾱṁsaEthics:Knowthedifferenttypeofkarma.nityanaimittikakarmaandkāmyakarma,theimperativeinkāmyakarmas andinkāmyakarmas involvinghiṁsā.

6

WesternEthics

3

CC-6

CO1:Hasabearingonmorallife,abletoknowtheexactnatureofthesubject,itsrangesubjectmatter fordiscussionaswellas itsclassification.

 

CO2:Gainknowledgeaboutmoralandnon-moralactions.Canknowtheobjectofmoralinjudgements.

 

CO3:DescriptionofthemoraltheoriesofeminentphilosopherslikePlatoandAristotlewhichexplainthe moralrelation betweenindividualandSocietyandalsothe scienceof morality.

 

CO4:Understandsthedifferenttheoriesregardingtheultimatemoralstandard.Moraltheoriesare different innature,knowthetruenature andtypesofvarioustheory.

 

CO5:AbletoknowtheconceptandJustificationoftheveryideaof‘punishment‘weknowthat

 

 

 

 

 

 

punishment shrinks the personality of the wrong Doer. It makes a wrong doer conscious of thesocialideal.Itbringsconsciousnessinthemindofawrongdoeraboutthenecessityofpunishmentintooursociety.

7

IndianLogic

3

CC-7

CO1:Studentswillgetknowledgeaboutultimatereality.

 

CO2:StudentswillgetaclearpictureNyaya-Vaisesikaphilosophy.

 

CO3:StudentswillunderstandthesimilaritiesanddissimilaritiesbetweenNyayaandVaisesikaphilosophy.

 

CO4: Students can understand in detailsabout the four‘Pramana’sinNyayaphilosophy.

8

WesternLogic-I

4

CC-8

CO1: Symbolic Logic: value of symbols, Truth-Functions, Dagger and stroke functions; inter-definability of truth functions. Tautologous,Contradictory and Contingent Statement-Forms;TheParadoxesofMaterial Implication;ThethreeLaws of Thought.

 

CO2. Testing Argument Form and Argument for validity by the Method of Truth table. And theMethodofResolution.

 

CO3.TheMethodofDeduction:Howtoprovetheformalproofofvalidityandinvalidity.

 

CO4.FormalProofofValidity:DifferencebetweenImplicationalRulesandtheRulesofReplacement;ConstructionofFormalProofofValiditybyusingnineteenrules;Proofofinvalidityby assignmentoftruth-values.

 

CO5.QuantificationTheory:ConceptofQuantificationsanditsneed.

 

 

9

Psychology

4

CC-9

C01:This course helpstudents to understand themselves andothersbetterandto solve, to agreatextent,theirownproblems.

 

C02:Mutualunderstandingandrespectwillproduceasocietywherepeaceandharmonywillprevail.

 

C03:deferenttypesoflearningmethodasClassicalConditioningTheory,InstrumentalConditioningTheory,TrialandErrorTheory,InsightTheory.

 

C04:deferencebetweenInsightandIntelligence,andalsomeasurementofIntelligence.

10

PhilosophyofReligion

4

CC-10

CO1:DescriptionaboutthenatureaswellasscopeofPhilosophyofReligion.

 

CO2:Enablethemtoanalyzedifferentdoctrineofkarma,rebirthorJanmantarabadaandthetheoryofliberation.

 

CO3:UnderstandthemeaningandconceptofthePhilosophicalteachingsoftheHoly‘Quran’.

 

CO4:Knowledgeaboutthedifferentfeatures ofreligionandcanknowthebasictenetsofChristianity.

 

CO5:Gatherknowledgeabouttheconceptofreligiouspluralismandtheconceptofuniversalreligion.

11

Socio-PoliticalPhilosophy

5

CC-11

CO1:Acquaintancewiththetruenatureofsociety alsotherelationbetweensocialandpoliticalphilosophy.

 

CO2:Knowledgeabouttheprimaryconceptslikesociety,community,socialgroup, variouscustomsandlawsofsociety,distinctionbetweenInstitution,Association andhabits.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CO3:Knowledge about the concept of social gradation, social class and cast system of ancientvarnashramaDharma,thesocialstatus aswellastheinequalitiesinoursociety.

 

CO4: Acquaintance with the description of the manifold diversities in race, religion, language aswell as the unity and the knowledge about the Political Philosophy, the meaning and nature ofSecularism aswellasthenatureofSecularisminIndia.

12

WesternLogic-II

5

CC-12

CO1:Identifyargumentsinordinarylanguage,distinguishpremisesfromconclusion,differentiate deductive arguments from inductive arguments and construct arguments of theirown.

 

CO2:Detectmistakeinreason,includingbothformalandinformalfallacies.

 

CO3:Translatesentencefromordinarylanguageintostandardformofcategoricalproposition.

 

CO4:Translateordinarylanguageargumentsintostandardformcategoricalsyllogism,evaluateimmediateinferenceandsyllogismusingthetraditionalsquareofoppositionandVenn

diagrams.

13

PhilosophyintheTwentiethCentury:Indian

6

CC-13

CO1:ThestudentswillbeabletogetabroaderconceptonRabindranathTagore  andalsoNatureofReligion,ProblemofEvil, Surplus in man.Fecundity.

 

CO2:SwamiVivekanandaPracticalVedānta,UniversalReligion,Yoga.

 

CO3:SriAurobindoNatureofReality,HumanEvolution–itsdifferentstages,IntegralYoga.

 

CO4:S.RadhakrishnannatureofMan,NatureofReligiousExperience,NatureofIntuitiveApprehension.

 

CO5:MahatmaGandhi’sviewofGodand Truth,Ahimsa,Trusteeship.

CO6:Md.Iqbal’sviewofNatureofthe Self,Natureofthe World,Nature ofGod.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

PhilosophyintheTwentiethCentury:Western

6

CC-14

CO1:Thiscoursehelpstudentstounderstandhowthecrucialeventsoftwentiethcenturyphilosophyshaped theworkofaparticularthinker.

 

CO2:Presenttraditionalphilosophicalideasandvaluesinthe maskofmodernityandmergetheforcesoftraditionwiththoseof modernity

 

CO3:Russel’sviewaboutknowledgebyacquaintanceandknowledgebydescription.CO4:a defence ofcommonsenseaccordingtoMoore.

CO5:sometheoryofAyer,HeideggerandSartreabouttheExistentialism.

15

Philosophy              inPractice

3

SEC-1

CO1: This course help students to know the difference between ‘philosophy’ and ‘darsana’.CO2: bothepistemologicaland metaphysicalinquiryinphilosophyanddarsan.

CO3:Afewmodelworld-viewsandcorrespondingpathsleadingtoPerfection;Plato,KantSamkhyaandAdvaitaVedanta pointof view.

 

CO4:Somemethodsofphilosophicaldiscourseasvāda,jalpa,vitaṇḍā,chhala,jātiandnigrahasthāna.

16

Philosophy              ofHuman Rights

4

SEC-2

CO1:Identifyandevaluatethehistorical,philosophical,politicalandculturaldevelopmentsestablishinghumanrights asa set ofglobalnorms, agreementandprocedures.

 

CO2:UnderstandtheimportanceoftheHumanRightsAct1998.

 

CO3:Exploreglobalhumanrightsinstitution,law,andprocessesandassesstheimpactoftheirinteractionwithnationalandlocalcultural,practicesandnorms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CO4:CriticallyexaminetheimpactofdiverseGeographic,culturalandtheoreticalcontextsonthesocial acceptanceandpracticalapplication ofhumanrightsnorms.

 

CO5:Reflectivelyevaluatetheeffectivenessofhumanrightspracticeonlocal,nationalorinternationalhumanitarianefforts.

17

Kaṭhopaniṣad

5

DSE1

CO1: In this course students can realise the subject of Self-knowledge, the bearer of spiritualreality, that which is all-pervading, inside every being, which unifies all human beings as well asallcreatures,theconcealed,eternal, immortal, pure bliss.

 

CO2:thestoryofNachiketaandhisthinking.

CO3: Pleasures seemingly good, capable of causing addiction.CO4:weakenswill power,causes sorrow.

18

The     Problems     ofPhilosophy

5

DSE-2

CO1: Apart from its utility in showing unsuspected possibilities, philosophy has a value—perhapsits chief value—through the greatness of the objects which it contemplates, and the freedomfromnarrowandpersonalaims resultingfromthis contemplation.

 

CO2: some questions about appearance and reality.CO3: Problem abouttheexistence ofmatter.

CO4:Twosortsofknowledge:knowledgeofthings,andknowledgeoftruths.

19

RabindranathTagore:Sadhana

6

DSE-3

CO1:Tagorestressestheideathat‘activityistheplayofjoy’forjustastheBrahmafindsjoyincreationsodoesmanneedtorealizeBrahmathroughhiseverydayaction–atwowayprocess.

...InquotingtheUpanishad,

 

 

 

 

 

 

CO2: Tagore emphasizes that God's nature itself lies in knowledge, power and action.CO3: therelation oftheindividualtotheuniverse.

CO4:Theproblemofevil,Isthisimperfectionthefinaltruth,isevilabsoluteandultimate?

20

An                  Enquiry

Concerning                       HumanUnderstanding

6

DSE-4

CO1:Themindisakindoftheatreseveralperceptionssuccessivemaketheirappearance.

 

CO2:Alltheobjectsofhumanreasonorenquirymaynaturallyberelationofideasandmattersoffact.

 

CO3:Thereisproperlynosimplicityinitatonetime,noridentityindifference.Whatevernaturalpropensionwemay havetoimaginethatissimplicity andidentity.

 

CO4:AccordingtoHume,asubstancemeansacollectionofsimpleideasandthesecollectionsare united by imaginationonly.

 

 

DEPARTMENTOFPHILOSOPHY

 

BAPHILOSOPHYGENERAL

 

 

COURSEOUTCOME

 

SLNO

Name of theCourse

Seme

ster

CourseCode

CourseOutcome

1

IndianPhilosophy

1

CC-1A

CO1.Studentscangetthefundamentalhistoricalintroductionoutlyingthesourcesofphilosophicalthoughtand gainthe commoncharacteristicofIndianphilosophy

 

CO.2 Knowledge about the Materialism in Indian thought, which has never been a force,know the origin of carvaka school and theory of Pratyaksa or perception as the only source ofknowledge. Know the fact of how to refute Anumana and sabda as well as the DehatmavadaVada.

 

CO3. Understand the Jaina theory of Reality which is realistic and relativistic pluralism, theoryof sevenfold judgementthatdistinguishes sevenforms of judgements.

 

CO4. Able to know the Buddha's life and philosophy, which comprises of four Noble Truthsand the different theories i.e. theory of Impermanence, Nairatmavada as well as the theory ofDependent Originationwhich isthefoundationof alltheteaching of Buddha.

 

CO.5 Description of Nyaya school which is allied to the Vaisesika system. Know the conceptsofperception,inference,comparisonoranalogyandGettheideaofSaptapadarthaorsevencategories.

 

CO6. Understand the concept of cause in Samkhya philosophy, which is dualistic in nature,abletoknowthetheoryofCasualtyandtheoryofevolutionassociated withtheideaofcause.

 

CO7.GainknowledgeabouttheYogaSchoolofIndianthoughtwhichisalliedtoSamkhya,the

 

 

 

 

conceptofChittavrittisandAstangaYoga.

 

CO8. Description of the two concepts of Mimamsa school, i.e. Arthapatti and Anupalabdhi ornon-apprehension asa source ofknowledge.

 

CO9.AbletoknowtheAdvaitaVedantaconceptsofBrahman,JivaandJagat.

2

WesternPhilosophy

2

CC-1B

CO1: the concept of Metaphysis, which is the knowledge of things as they are in themselves.GatherknowledgeabouttheimpossibilityofMetaphysicsandthenatureofmetaphysics.

 

CO2: Description of the concept of realism which explain the fact that there is a world of realthought andpersons,with qualitiesandrelationswhichareas realasthethings.

 

CO3:KnowledgeaboutIdealismwhichisthedoctrineofepistemologicaldualismasitbelievesin twoworld’s –the Worldof mind,the worldofexternalsubstance.

 

CO4: Description of the very idea of Kant’s critical theory. We know that Kant’s theory is anattempt at avoiding the Solipsism of Hume. Kant accepts an independent external reality astheground.

 

CO5:acriticalunderstandingofvariouskeyconceptsinphilosophysuchasreality,mind,causaltheory,evolutiontheory,anddifferentviewsonmetaphysicalthoughtofthephilosophers.

3

Logic

3

CC- 1C

CO1. Identify arguments in ordinary language, distinguish premises from conclusion,differentiate deductive arguments from inductive arguments and construct arguments oftheirown.

 

CO2.Detectmistakeinreason,includingbothformalandinformalfallacies.

 

CO3.Translatesentencefromordinarylanguageintostandardformofcategorical

 

 

 

 

 

 

proposition.

 

CO4. Translate ordinary language arguments into standard form categoricalsyllogism,evaluateimmediateinferenceandsyllogismusingthetraditionalsquareofopposition andVenndiagrams.

4

ContemporaryIndianPhilosophy

4

CC- 1D

CO1:ThestudentswillbeabletogetabroaderconceptonRabindranathTagoreandalsoNatureofReligion,ProblemofEvil, Surplus in man.Fecundity.

 

CO2:SwamiVivekanandaPracticalVedānta,UniversalReligion,Yoga.

 

CO3:SriAurobindoNatureofReality,HumanEvolution–itsdifferentstages,IntegralYoga.

 

CO4:S.RadhakrishnannatureofMan,NatureofReligiousExperience,NatureofIntuitiveApprehension.

 

CO5:MahatmaGandhi’sviewofGodandTruth,Ahimsa,Trusteeship.

CO6:Md.Iqbal’sviewofNatureoftheSelf,NatureoftheWorld,Natureof God.

5

Philosophy ofReligion

5

DSE-1A

CO1:DescriptionaboutthenatureaswellasscopeofPhilosophyofReligion.

 

CO2:Enablethemtoanalysedifferentdoctrineofkarma,rebirthorJanmantarabadaandthetheoryofliberation.

 

CO3:UnderstandthemeaningandconceptofthePhilosophicalteachingsoftheHoly‘Quran’.

 

CO4:KnowledgeaboutthedifferentfeaturesofreligionandcanknowthebasictenetsofChristianity.

 

CO5:Gatherknowledgeaboutthe conceptofreligious pluralism andthe conceptofuniversal

 

 

 

 

religion.

6

Tarkasaṁgraha(saptapadārtha)

6

DSE-1B

CO1:Studentswillgetknowledgeaboutultimatereality.

 

CO2:StudentswillgetaclearpictureNyaya-Vaisesikaphilosophy.

 

CO3:StudentswillunderstandthesimilaritiesanddissimilaritiesbetweenNyayaandVaisesikaphilosophy.

 

CO4:Studentscanunderstandindetailsaboutthefour‘Pramana’sinNyayaphilosophy.

7

Philosophy inPractice

3

SEC- 1

CO1:Thiscoursehelpstudentstoknowthedifferencebetween‘philosophy’and‘darsana’.CO2: bothepistemologicalandmetaphysicalinquiryinphilosophy anddarsana.

CO3:Afewmodelworld-viewsandcorrespondingpathsleadingtoPerfection;Plato,KantSamkhyaandAdvaitaVedanta pointofview.

 

CO4: Some methods of philosophical discourse as vāda, jalpa, vitaṇḍā, chhala, jātiandnigrahasthāna.

8

Philosophy ofHumanRights

4

SEC- 2

CO1:Identifyandevaluatethehistorical,philosophical,politicalandculturaldevelopmentsestablishinghumanrights asa set of globalnorms,agreementandprocedures.

 

CO2:UnderstandtheimportanceoftheHumanRightsAct1998.

 

CO3:Exploreglobalhumanrightsinstitution,law,andprocessesandassesstheimpactoftheirinteraction withnational andlocal cultural,practices andnorms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CO4:Critically examinetheimpactofdiverseGeographic,culturalandtheoreticalcontextsonthesocial acceptanceandpracticalapplication ofhumanrightsnorms.

 

CO5:Reflectivelyevaluatetheeffectivenessofhumanrightspracticeonlocal,nationalorinternationalhumanitarianefforts.

9

PhilosophicalAnalysis

5

SEC- 3

C1: Students can learn the concept of word-meaning and sentence-meaning.CO2: differencebetween testability and meaning.

CO3:theconceptoftruth,thethreemostwidelyacceptedcontemporarytheoriesoftruth.

 

CO4:thephilosophicalanalysisofthenature.and sourceofknowledge.

10

Ethics inPractice

6

SEC-4

 

 

 

 

 

 

CO1:Studentscanassessargumentsandphilosophicalperspectivesusingcriticalreasoning.

 

CO2:Theycanwriteclearandconciseexplanationsandargumentsaboutbasisethicalproblems.

 

CO3:differencebetweenmotiveandintention,moralandmoraljudgement.CO4: SomenormativetheorieswithKant’smoraltheories.

CO5:conceptofAhimsa,Niskamakarma,Pancasila,Panchabrata.