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 |
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Mind and Language |
4 |
Two Sessionals (1 credit each): Term papers cum seminar End Semester( 2 credits): Written Test |
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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