Is this time short for Philosophy(PMS)??

[Jolie Dame]

Hello seniors and experienced fellows,

I have opted Philosophy in PMS 2014 but I am afraid that time is too short for a good preparation. Kindly, guide me regarding its preparation strategy and how I should make my study plan for it along with other subjects? Its my earnest and humble request that please give a timely reply to the query.

Thanks in anticipation.

[Buddha]

Originally Posted by Jolie Dame

Hello seniors and experienced fellows,

I have opted Philosophy in PMS 2014 but I am afraid that time is too short for a good preparation. Kindly, guide me regarding its preparation strategy and how I should make my study plan for it along with other subjects? Its my earnest and humble request that please give a timely reply to the query.

Thanks in anticipation.

Start with the Western Philosophy. You can do selective study without qualms as there is 50 percent choice. You can skip half of the syllabus and still perform well. Just do all the high frequency ones like Berkeley, Sartre, Aristotle and Plato etc.

[Jolie Dame]

Originally Posted by Buddha

Start with the Western Philosophy. You can do selective study without qualms as there is 50 percent choice. You can skip half of the syllabus and still perform well. Just do all the high frequency ones like Berkeley, Sartre, Aristotle and Plato etc.

I will be highly obliged and indebted if you provide me a break up for the subject along with what can be left for choice. It would be a great favor since I don't have any other source for guidance.

[Buddha]

Western Philosophy
1. Introduction:Nature and Value of Philosophy
2. Greek Philosophers:
a) Plato: Metaphysics, Theory of Knowledge, Theory of State
b) Aristotle: Metaphysics, Theory of Knowledge and Logic
3. Modern Philosophers:
a) Descartes: Doubt as a key to certainty , Dualism
b) Spinoza: Doctrine of substance, Ethics
c) Locke: Representative Realism
d) Berkeley:Subjective Idealism
e) Hume: Skepticism
f) Kant: Transcendental Idealism
g) Hegel: Dialectical Method, Absolute Idealism
h) Nietzsche:Superman, Will to Power
4. Contemporary Philosophical Movements:
a) Existentialism: Jean Paul Sartre
b) Logical Positivism: Criterion of Verifiability , Refutation of Metaphysics
c) Neo-Pragmatism:
Richard Rorty: Objectivity, Relativism and Truth

Do the ones in Bold

[Buddha]

Muslim Philosophy
1. Genesis and Development of Theological and Philosophical Thought in Islam
2. Muslim Theology:
a) Mutazilites:Five Principles, Naturalistic Ethics
b) Asharites: Divine Attributes, Createdness/Uncreatedness of the Quran,
Human Freedom
3. Sufism:
a) Origin of Sufism and its Characteristics
b) Metaphysics:Wahdat al Wajud and Wahdat al Shuhud
4. Muslim Philosophers:
a) Ibn Sina: Concept of Being,Doctrine of Emanation,Psychology
b) Al Ghazali:Method,Refutation of Philosophers
c) Ibn Rushd: Reconciliation between Philosophy and Religion, Theory of
Knowledge
d) Ibn Khaldun: Concept of History ,Refutation of Metaphysics
5. Modern Reconstructionists of Islamic Thought:
a) Shah Waliullah:Metaphysics, Social Philosophy
b) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan: God, Man and Universe, Concept of Religion and
Ethics
c) Allama Muhammad Iqbal: Epistemology , Doctrine of Ego, Concept of
Ijtehad
6. Contemporary Debates:
a) Religious Modernism
b) Religious Fundamentalism
c) Islamization of Knowledge
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

[Topper]

Originally Posted by Buddha

Start with the Western Philosophy. You can do selective study without qualms as there is 50 percent choice. You can skip half of the syllabus and still perform well. Just do all the high frequency ones like Berkeley, Sartre, Aristotle and Plato etc.

Dear Buddha, what books are you consulting for Philosophy?

Further, I would be highly grateful if could share links of some useful Philosophy e books.Thanks!

[Buddha]

Philosophy made simple by Popkin
Islamic Philosophy by M. Saeed Sheikh

PDFs are easily available. Just google them

[Abid Wali Khan]

Dear Budda,

I am a newbie here. Would you please let me know if I have sufficient time to cover Philosophy along with Sociology, Islamic History and Pashto as my optional subjects because I'l start my preparation right after Eid ul Fitr....

Secondly, Kindly let me know which institution/academy do you recommend me in Isb or Lhr... Stay good.

[Abid Wali Khan]

Dear Buddha,

I am a newbie here. Would you please let me know if I have sufficient time to cover Philosophy along with Sociology, Islamic History and Pashto as my optional subjects because I'l start my preparation right after Eid ul Fitr....

Secondly, Kindly let me know which institution/academy do you recommend me in Isb or Lhr... Stay good.

[Abid Wali Khan]

Keeping in mind I have done my Masters in Project Management and Bachelors in Information Technology