Philosophy and Critical Thinking

ABOUT THE COURSE: This course will give an overview of the major classical Western and Indian philosophical viewpoints to bring the significance of human thoughts to the fore. The goal of this course is to develop critical thinking skills. This course's content is arranged so that anyone can comprehend it easily. In this course, I will discuss the philosophical concepts from Western and Indian Philosophical schools of thought, where philosophers have built powerful arguments through very simple thought processes. Therefore, this course is essential for critical thinking skills. In this course, I will give an overview of classical Western and Indian philosophical schools. This course does not require prior knowledge of philosophy. Anyone can join this course.INTENDED AUDIENCE: General, UG Students from all streams

Week 1: Introduction to Philosophy Week 2:Pre Socrates Philosopher and Socrates, Plato’s idea of idea and AristotleWeek 3:Rene Descartes argument of Self, Spinoza’ notion of self Week 4:Lock and Hume’s critical argument for SelfWeek 5:Introduction to Ethics, Hedonism, UtilitarianismWeek 6:Mill on happiness, Kant on duty Week 7:Introduction to various Indian philosophical systems, Vedas and Upani?ads, Atman and Brahman, Week 8:Sankara on the absolute, Self, Maya and worldWeek 9:Ramanuja: qualified non-dualism and self and Refutation of MayaWeek 10:Buddhism: Four noble truths, doctrine of dependent of origination, Self, Theory of perceptionWeek 11:Samkhya: Purusa and PrakrtiWeek 12:Jainism: Self, anekantavada, syadavada, kaivalya