CBSE Syllabus for Class 11 Philosophy
Exam Structure
| Unit | Topic | Marks |
| 1 | Indian Theories of Knowledge (Epistemology) | 20 |
| 2 | Western Theories of Knowledge (Epistemology) | 20 |
| 3 | Principles of Reasoning (Logic) | 60 |
| Total | 100 |
Unit 1: Indian Theories of Knowledge (Epistemology)
- (i) Classification of Indian philosophical systems
- (ii) Six ways of knowing in Indian Philosophy
- (iii) Nyaya definition of perception and distinction between determinate and indeterminate perception
- (iv) Buddhist view on indeterminate perception
- (v) Nyaya view on inference (Nyaya): Vyapti, tarka, and kinds of Anumana
- (vi) Carvaka’s critique of inference
Unit 2: Western Theories of Knowledge (Epistemology)
- (vii) Rationalism: Descartes on universal and certain knowledge, Method of doubt
- (viii) Empiricism: Locke on rejection of innate ideas, origin of ideas,kinds of knowledge
- (ix) Hume – Impressions and Ideas, Kinds of knowledge, skepticism (causation, self)
- (x) Kant: Synthetic a priori knowledge
Unit 3: Principles of Reasoning (Logic)
(A) Aristotelian Logic
- (xi) The nature and subject-matter of logic
- (xii) Terms, sentences, propositions, truth and validity
- (xiii) Relations between propositions – square of opposition
- (xiv) Changing sentences into their logical form
- (xv) Categorical syllogism
(B) Symbolic Logic
- (xvi) Value of use of symbols, symbolization, variable and constant
- (xvii) Truth function and truth-functional connectives, Truth Table
(C) Inductive Reasoning
- (xviii) Mill’s Methods of Experimental Inquiry
