Philosophy
Learning
Week 1
i) Introduction: Nature and Value of Philosophy
Week 2
i) Greek Philosophers: a) Plato: Metaphysics, Theory of Knowledge, Theory of State b) Aristotle: Metaphysics, Theory of Knowledge and Logic
Week 3
i) Modern Philosophers: a) Descartes: Doubt as a key to certainty, Dualism b) Spinoza: Doctorine of substance, Ethics
Week 4
i) Modern Philosophers: c) Locke: Representative Realism d) Berkeley: Subjective Idealism
Week 5
i) Modern Philosophers: e) Hume: Skepticism f) Kant: Transcendental Idealism
Week 6
i) Modern Philosophers: g) Hegel: Dialectical Method, Absolute Idealism h) Nietzsche: Superman, Will to Power
Week 7
i) Contemporary Philosophical Movements: a) Existentialism: Jean Paul Sartre b) Logical Positivism: Criterion of Verifiability, Refutation of Metaphysics
Week 8
i) Contemporary Philosophical Movements: c) Neo-Pragmatism: Richard Rorty: Objectivity, Relativism and Truth
Week 9
i) Muslim Philosophy, Genesis and Development of Theological and Philosophical Thought in Islam,
Week 10
i) Muslim Theology: a) Mutazilites: Five Principles, Naturalistic Ethics b) Asharites: Divine Attibutes, Createdness / Uncreatedness of the Quran, Human Freedom,
Week 11
i) Sufisim: a) Origin of Sufisim and its Characteristics b) Metaphysics: Wahdat al Wajud and Wahdat al Shuhud
Week 12
i) 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
Week 13
i) 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
Week 14
i) Contemporary Debates: a) Religious Modernism b) Religious Fundamentalism c) Islamization of Knowledge
Revision
Week 1
Learning Week 1 to 3
Week 2
Learning Week 4 to 6
Week 3
Learning Week 7 to 9
Week 4
Learning Week 9 to 14