TBSE Class 12 Syllabus 2025 Philosophy

SYLLABUS – 2024- 2025
CLASS – XII
SUBJECT- PHILOSOPHY
Full Marks – 80 Internal Assessment- 20

HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION: 2024-2025

BLUE-PRINT OF DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS
Unit Contents MCQ VSA SA-I SA-II LA-I LA-II Total
1 Mark 1 Mark 2 Marks 3 Marks 4 Marks 5 Marks Marks
I Argument 1x1 1x1 - - - - 02
II Proposition 1x2 1x2 2x1 - 4x1 - 10
Opposition of
III 1x2 1x2 2x1 3x1 4x1 5x1 18
Proposition
Immediate
IV 1x3 1x3 2x1 3x1 4x3 - 23
Inference
Nature of
IX Inductive 1x1 1x1 2x1 3x1 4x1 - 11
Argument
Causes- its
X difference 1x1 1x1 2x1 3x1 4x1 5x1 16
meaning
Total Marks 1x10 1x10 2x5 3x4 4x7 5x2 80
(Questions) (10) (10) (5) (4 (7) (2) (38)

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CLASS- XII
SUB- PHILOSOPHY

COURSE STRUCTURE
PRE-BOARD/ BOARD FINAL EXAMINATION: 2024-2025

Unit Title Marks
Argument
I 02
যুক্তি
Proposition
II 05
বচন
Opposition of Proposition
III 09
বচননর ক্তবনরোক্তিতো
Immediate Inference
IV 08
অমোিযম অনুমোন
Mediate Inference
V 15
মোিযম অনুমোন
Compound Arguments
VI 08
যযৌক্তিক যুক্তি
Symbolic Logic and Truth Function
VIII 03
সোাংনকক্ততক যুক্তিক্তবজ্ঞোন এবাং সতযোনেক্ষ
Nature of Inductive Argument
IX 08
আনরোহ যুক্তির স্বরূে
Causes- its different Meaning
X 09
কোরনের ক্তবক্তিন্ন অর্থ
Causes of Elimination and Mill’s Inductive, Methods or
XI experimental methods 13
অেসোরননর সূত্র এবাং ক্তমন঱র আনরোহ েদ্ধক্তত (েরীক্ষে েদ্ধক্ততগুক্ত঱)
XII Internal Assessment 20
Total 100

Unit Content Period
Argument:
* Argument and its different Forms
I 10
* Deductive and inductive argument-nature and distinction
* Validity and Truth-difference between them
Proposition
* Nature of proposition its different parts, Characteristics of Copula.
*Distinction between Proposition and Judgment, Proposition and
II 22
Grammatical Sentence.
* Classification of Propositions according to (a) Relation (b) Quality (c)
Quantity.

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*Four-fold scheme of classification of Categorical Propositions, Rules
of transformation of grammatical sentences into logical proposition.
*Distribution of Term in Proposition
* Proposition and proposition-forms
Opposition of Proposition:-
* Nature, definition and kinds of opposition of propositions,
III 16
* Traditional square of opposition
* Inference by opposition of propositions.
Immediate Inference:-
* Conversion, rules of conversion
IV 21
* Obversion, rules of obversion
* Material obversion
Mediate Inference:-
* Categorical syllogism- Definition, Characteristics and structure
* Role of middle term
V * Figures of categorical syllogism 30
* Moods of categorical syllogism, general rules of categorical syllogism
and fallacies
* Testing the validity of categorical syllogism
Compound Arguments:-
* Hypothetical Categorical Syllogism
VI * Disjunctive-categorical syllogism 20
*Testing the validity of Hypothetical and Disjunctive- categorical
syllogism.
Symbolic Logic:-
* Symbols for Conjunction, Negation, Disjunction, Complication,
VIII Material Equivalence. 05
* Truth value-Tautology, Self-contradictory and contingent
* Determination of truth value by truth table method
Nature of Inductive Argument:-
* Definition of Inductive Argument
* Grounds of induction Formal and Material
IX * Marks of scientific induction, Distinction between scientific and
20
unscientific induction
* Analogical argument and different criteria for evaluating analogical
argument
* Concept of Bad Analogy
Cause-its different Meaning:-
X * Cause as necessary condition
25
* Cause as sufficient condition
* Cause as necessary and sufficient condition

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* Distinction between cause and condition
* Doctrine of plurality of causes- evaluation of the view
Causes of elimination and Mill's inductive methods:-
* Method of agreement, Method of difference, Joint Method, Method of
Concomitant variation, definition and explanation with symbolic and concrete
XI example, Advantage and disadvantage.
30
* Testing the inductive arguments by applying these methods
* Inductive fallacies- Bad analogy, Illicit generalization, Taking an
irrelevant factor as a cause, Taking co-effects of the same cause as a cause of
another effect-Post-hoc-ergo-propter hoc.

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CLASS- XII
SUB- PHILOSOPHY
PRE-BOARD/ BOARD FINAL EXAMINATION: 2024-2025
BLUEPRINT OF DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS
Unit Contents MCQ VSA SA-I SA-II LA-I LA-II Total
1 Mark 1 Mark 2 Marks 3 Marks 4 Marks 5 Marks Marks
I Argument 1x1 1x1 - - - - 02
II Proposition 1x1 1x1 - 3x1 - - 05
III Opposition of
1x1 1x1 - 3x1 4x1 - 09
Propositions
IV Immediate
1x1 1x1 2x1 - 4x1 - 08
Inference
V Mediate
1x1 1x2 - 3x1 4x1 5x1 15
Inference
VI Compound
1x1 1x1 2x1 - 4x1 - 08
Arguments
VIII Symbolic Logic
and Truth 1x1 - 2x1 - - - 03
Function
IX Nature of
Inductive 1x1 1x1 2x1 - 4x1 - 08
Arguments
X Causes- Its
different 1x1 1x1 - 3x1 4x1 - 09
Meaning
XI Causes of
Elimination and
Mill’s Inductive
1x1 1x1 2x1 - 4x1 5x1 13
Methods or
Experimental
Methods
Total Marks 1x10 1x10 2x5 3x4 4x7 5x2 80
(Questions) (10) (10) (5) (4 (7) (2) (38)
Internal Assessment - 20
NB.:-
1. Internal choice: There is no overall choice in the paper. However, internal choice may be given in 2
(two) questions of 4(four) marks weightage and 2(two) questions of 5 marks weightage.

2. In SA-I, SA-II, LA-I & LA-II types, total allotted marks in each may be sub-divided, if necessary.

3. Questions should be set covering each unit.

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