M.Phil./Ph.D.

M.Phil./Ph.D. and Direct Ph.D.

 

M.Phil./Ph.D.
The M.Phil./Ph.D. programme is a research programme aimed at training students in independent original research. The students are also required to critically engage with some of the core concepts of philosophy and methods of philosophical enquiry through an in-depth study of identified essential texts in philosophy. After the successful completion of course work, they are required to write a dissertation in an area of their chosen research interest with guidance from faculty member(s) as supervisor(s).

 

Course Structure
The M.Phil. programme is of four semester duration, consisting of 24 credits—16 credits for the course work and 8 credits for the dissertation. The course work consists of 2 core courses of 4 credits each and 2 optional courses, also of 4 credits each. Every student is required to take two core courses in the first semester and two optional courses in the second semester.

In addition to this, the Centre offers a range of optional courses in the areas of Ethics, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Culture, Philosophy of Mind and Consciousness, Philosophy of Social Science, Studies in Analytical Philosophy, Phenomenology and Existentialism, and Social Ontology.

The choice of the two optional courses will be determined by the research interest and field of specialization selected by the student.
The course work of M.Phil. programme consists of lectures, presentation of term papers in seminars, and participation in discussions.

 

Core Courses:

Course Title	No.	Credit	Pattern of Evaluation
Concepts in Philosophy	PH601S	4	Two Sessionals (1 credit each): Term papers cum seminar End Semester( 2 credits): Written Test
Philosophical Method	PH602S	4	Two Sessionals (1 credit each): Term papers cum seminar End Semester( 2 credits): Written Test

Optional Courses:

Course Title	No.	Credit	Pattern of Evaluation
Philosophy of Action	PH601P	4	Two Sessionals (1 credit each): Term papers cum seminar End Semester( 2 credits): Written Test
Philosophy of Social Sciences	PH602P	4	Two Sessionals (1 credit each): Term papers cum seminar End Semester( 2 credits): Written Test
Self-Knowledge	PH603S	4	Two Sessionals (1 credit each): Term papers cum seminar End Semester( 2 credits): Written Test
Existential Phenomenology and Its Engagements	PH604S	4	Two Sessionals (1 credit each): Term papers cum seminar End Semester( 2 credits): Written Test
Values and Moral Dilemmas	PH606S	4	Two Sessionals (1 credit each): Term papers cum seminar End Semester( 2 credits): Written Test
Philosophy of Social Sciences	PH607S	4	Two Sessionals (1 credit each): Term papers cum seminar End Semester( 2 credits): Written Test
Philosophy of Language	PH608S	4	Two Sessionals (1 credit each): Term papers cum seminar End Semester( 2 credits): Written Test
Comparative Philosophy		4	Two Sessionals (1 credit each): Term papers cum seminar End Semester( 2 credits): Written Test
Mind and Language		4	Two Sessionals (1 credit each): Term papers cum seminar End Semester( 2 credits): Written Test
Ontology of the Social: Philosophical Analysis of Collectivity	PH612S	4	Two Sessionals (1 credit each): Term papers cum seminar End Semester( 2 credits): Written Test
Epistemology	PH609S
Bhartrhari’s Theory of Meaning	PH613S
Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit	PH614S
Liberalism and the Political Conception of Justice: Communitarian Critiques	PH615S
The Idea of a Nation: Gandhi and Tagore	PH616S
Philosophical Debates in the Moral Psychology	PH617S

 

Direct Ph.D.
The candidates who have completed M.Phil. with 6.0 CGPA or with equivalent published works are eligible for admission to Direct Ph.D. programme in major areas of philosophy such as Ethics, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Legal and Moral philosophy, Aesthetics, Social and Political philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Action, Philosophical Psychology, Logic, Philosophy of Social Sciences, History of Ideas and allied areas.

Direct Ph.D. Optional Courses List:

1) PH603S – Self Knowledge

2) PH604S – Existential Phenomenology & its Engagements

3) PH605S – Philosophy of Action

4) PH606S – Values and Moral Dilemmas

5) PH607S – Philosophy of Social Sciences

6) PH608S – Philosophy of Language

7) PH609S – Epistemology

8) PH610S – Comparative Philosophy

9) PH611S – Mind and Language

10) PH612S – Ontology of the Social: Philosophical Analysis of Collectivity

11) PH613S - Bhartrhari’s Theory of Meaning

12) PH614S – Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit

13) PH615S – Liberalism and the Political Conception of Justice: Communitarian Critiques

14) PH616S – The Idea of a Nation: Gandhi and Tagore

15) PH617S – Philosophical Debates in the Moral Psychology