Program- Baccalaureate in Philosophy

OBS 122 Modern Indian Thought

Program : Baccalaureate in Philosophy Semester : S3 Credits : 4 Teacher : Dr Vadakkan Jaison Aim The Vedantic philosophy was a landmark in the history of Indian Philosophy. Vedanta is interpreted by many modern thinkers as Advaita Vedanta, Visitadvaita, Dvaita and so on. This course focusses on the Advaita Vadanta philosophy (Non-dualism) of Adi Sankara, the Visistadvaita doctrine (Qualified Non-dualism) of Ramanuja and the Dvaita philosophy (Dualism) of Madhva, the philosophy of Nimbarka and the philosophy of Sree Chaitanya. We shall try to highlight the metaphysical vision, epistemological vision and the ethical vision of these modern thinkers. Along with this, we briefly discuss the Bhakti movement, Ashram movement and some of the socio-religious movements of this period. References Pande…

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OBS 107 Metaphysics

Program : Baccalaureate in Philosophy Semester : S5 Credits : 7 Teacher : Dr Kuttikadan John Lindo Aim The course envisages a discussion on reality or being. First of all, the very notion, nature, method and importance of metaphysics are exposed against the background of various criticisms hailing especially in the history of Western Philosophy. Metaphysics is Transcendental properties like unity, truth, goodness and beauty are seen as modalities to understand being in depth. Again, various themes like analogy of being, existence and essence, substance and accidents, matter and form, act and potency, supposit and person, etc., are brought to light. The world of finite beings and the transcendental possibility of the very existence of God are also referred to…

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OBS 104 Logic: Induction

Program : Baccalaureate in Philosophy Semester : S3 Credits : 2 Teacher : Rev. Dr Neelanirappel Johnson Aim Inductive logic is the logic of scientific discovery. In deductive inferences, the truth of the conclusion necessarily follows from the truth of the premises but the conclusion’s content is at least implicitly included in the premises’ content. In non-deductive (hence, also inductive) inferences, the truth of the conclusion is only probable given the truth of the premises, but the conclusion’s content exceeds that of the premises. The course starts by discussing the difference between deduction and induction and then the discussion proceeds to the problem of induction and its solution, difference between observation and experiment, different kinds of induction, postulates of induction,…

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OAS 302 Scientific Phenomenology

Program : Baccalaureate in Philosophy Semester : S3 Credits : 2 Teacher : Dr Maramattam Xavier Aim Teilhard de Chardin’s attempt to respond to the quest of modern humans is exposed in this course. Christianity and Science, especially the theory of evolution, thus come to an interplay in Teilhardian Weltanschauung and Spirituality. At the outset the predicament of modern humans is enunciated; then, various stages of Cosmogenesis, viz., geogenesis, biogenesis, anthropogenesis, socialization and point omega are discussed. Since the future of Cosmogenesis depends on the right vision and action of the humans, his vision of life (spirituality) is also analyzed in the context of the divine milieu. References De Chardin, T., The Phenomenon of Man (1965) Chantraine S J G.,…

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OAS 304 Renaissance Philosophy of Kerala

Program : Baccalaureate in Philosophy Semester : S6 Credits : 1 Teacher : Prof. Dr Sankoorikal Martin Aim The purpose of this course is to explore the Developments happened during the Renaissance period (Ca -1300 to Ca- 1700). The Course assist the students to critically understand the historical and political reasons which set fire to Renaissance Movement and the overall outcome of the movements. In this course generally we discuss about the history of global renaissance, the European renaissance, renaissance in Catholic Church and above all the Indian Renaissance and Renaissance Movements in Kerala. References Prof Babu Thomas Puzhikunel, Navodhanam (Malayalam) (Renaissance) Vara Art Gallery, 2021 P Baskaranunni, Keralam Irupatham Nuttandinte Arambhathil (Malayalam) (Kerala in the Beginning of 20th Century),…

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OAS 301 PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Program : Baccalaureate in Philosophy Semester : S3 Credits : 2 Teacher : Dr Pamplany Augustine Aim The course, Philosophy of Science is an exploration of the epistemic, philosophical, religious and ethical implications of the major developments in the various branches of natural science. A major focus of the course is to understand the and interpret the profound insights of the Christian revelation in a worldview that is dominated by science. The first part of the course discusses the epistemic uniqueness as well as distinctiveness of both science, philosophy and religion. The epistemological analysis will show that despite the epistemic differences between the experimental, speculative and revelatory forms of knowledge, an integral vision of truth needs to find the hermeneutical…

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OAS 194 Philosophy of Informatics

Program : Baccalaureate in Philosophy Semester : S4 Credits : 2 Teacher : Miss Bincy Manoj Aim The objective of this course is to introduce the philosophical foundations of informatics along with creating awareness about social issues and concerns of I.T. The course is divided in four modules. The first module gives a general introduction towards the term ‘informatics’ and other key concepts. The method of informatics is dealt with in the second module where a detailed study of cognitive processes, cognitive styles, information processing tools like flow charts, decision trees, logical gates, algorithms etc. are discussed. Module three gives the detailed account of Artificial Intelligence (AI), its components, characteristics, development, application etc. and also a philosophical reflection towards AI.…

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SOS 201 Scientific Methodology

Program : Baccalaureate in Philosophy Semester : S1 Credits : 1 Teacher : Dr Joseph Kaduppil Aim An introductory course for initiating the students to scientific research, study and to help them to write scientific papers. Method followed is lecture and assignments. The course includes: Different methods of study and ways to develop a personal strategy and study design; Different steps to prepare a scientific research paper: Finding, narrowing and focusing on a topic of research, discovering and evaluating the sources, ways to fix the right title of the research paper; developing the outline of a research paper; Collecting of materials for the paper: evaluating, grouping and documenting them; The art of writing a research paper: writing an introduction, developing…

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OAS 306 Philosophy of Culture

Program : Baccalaureate in Philosophy Semester : S3 Credits : 01 Teacher : Varakukalayil Jojo Joseph Aim The purpose of this course is to introduce the students to the nature of culture and the cultural diversities of our world. Culture is built up on nature—on its ecosystem and civilization. There should be a shift of the ‘centre of gravity’ from cosmos to human being. We will explain how the dialectics of the tireless efforts of humans for the mastery over nature and the awareness of the hidden mysteries of nature lead them to the appreciation of beauty, harmony and order of this universe. Our answer to the question ‘what is culture?’ is to be derived from the human person’s incarnation…

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OAS 305 Philosophy of Arts (Western Aesthetics)

Program : Baccalaureate in Philosophy Semester : 03 Credits : 01 Teacher : Rev. Dr Madathisseril Sebastian Aim The concern of the course is to provide a philosophical vision of the nature and value of art and literature. The course starts from the historical development of the theme, up to the 20th century aestheticians. It discusses the different theories of aesthetic creativity namely the imitation theory, representation theory, how the classical Greek philosophers namely Plato and Aristotle responded differently to these theories, expressionist theory, formalist theory, neo-representation theory, neo-Wittgenstein open concept, and institutional theory of art. The discussion is centred on the fact that these different theories that explain the very nature of art has its importance for culture and…

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