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Meghalaya Public Service Commission Syllabus for Prelims 2021

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The Meghalaya Public Service Commission is the State Public Service Commission is provided under Article 315 read with Article 316 of the Constitution of India. Here is a Detailed Syllabus for MCS & MPS Preliminary Exam Optional Paper - Philosophy.

MCS & MPS Prelims Syllabus

Optional Paper - Philosophy

Section – ‘A’

Problems of Philosophy

  1. Substance and Attributes : Aristotle, Descartes, Locke, Berkeley’s criticism, Nyaya‐Viasesika, Buddhist criticism of Pudgala.
  2. God, Soul and the World : Thomas Acquinas, St. Augustine, Spinoza, Descartes , Nyaya‐Vaisesika, Sankara, Ramanuja.
  3. Universals : Realism and Nominalism (Plato, Aristotle, Berkeley’s criticism of abstract ideas, Nyaya‐Vaisesika, Buddhism).
  4. Bases of Knowledge : Pramanavada in Carvaka, Nyaya‐Vaisesika, Buddhism, Advaita Vedanta.
  5. Truth and Error : Correspondence Theory, Coherence theory, Pragmatic Theory; Khyativada

(Anyathakhyati, Akhyati, Anivacaniyakhyati).

  1. Matter and Mind : Descartes, Spinoza, Leibnitz, Berkerley

Section – B

Logic

  1. Truth and Validity
  2. Classification of sentences : Traditional and Modern.
  3. Syllogism : Figures and Moods; Rules of Syllogism (General and special) validation by Venn Diagrames;

Formal Fallacies.

  1. Sentential Calculus : Symbolisation; Truth‐Functions and their interdefinability; Truth Tables; Formal Proof.

Section – C

Ethics

  1. Statement o f fact and statement of value.
  2. Right and Good; Teleology of Deontology.
  3. Psychological Hedonism.
  4. Utilitarianism (Bentham; J.S. Mill).
  5. Kantian Ethics.
  6. Problem of the freedom of will.
  7. Moral Judgements : Descriptivism, Prescriptivism, Emotivism.
  8. Niskamakarma : Sthitaprajna.
  9. Jaina Ethics
  10. Four Noble Truths and Eight fold path in Buddhism.
  11. Gandhian Ehics : Satya, Ahimsa, Ends and Means.

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