PMS Philosophy Paper-II

Paper – II
Total Marks: 100
Muslim Philosophy

1. Genesis and Development of Theological and Philosophical Thought in
Islam

2. Muslim Theology:
a) Mutazilites: Five Principles, Naturalistic Ethics
b) Asharites: Divine Attibutes, Createdness / Uncreatedness of the
Quran, Human Freedom
3. Sufisim:
a) Origin of Sufisim and its Characteristics
b) Metaphysics: Wahdat al Wajud and Wahdat al Shuhud

4. Muslim Philosophers:
a) Ibn Sina: Concept of Being, Doctrine of Emanation, Psychology
b) Al Ghazali: Method, Refutation of Philosophers
c) Ibn Rushd: Reconciliation between Philosophy and Religion,
Theory of Knowledge
d) Ibn Khaldun: Concept of History, Refutation of Metaphysics

5. Modern Reconstructionists of Islamic Thought:
a) Shah Waliullah: Metaphysics, Social Philosophy
b) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan: God, Man and Universe, Concept of
Religion and Ethics
c) Allama Muhammad Iqbal: Epistemology, Doctrine of Ego, Concept
of Ijtehad

6. Contemporary Debates:a) Religious Modernism
b) Religious Fundamentalism
c) Islamization of Knowledge