PSEB 12th Class Syllabus 2024 Philosphy

Punjab Board SYLLABUS 2023-2024

Syllabus Philosophy CLASS-XII (2023-24) UNIT I (a) Metaphysics: Idealism: - Characteristics; kinds- Subjective Idealism (Berkley), Objective Idealism (Plato) Materialism: Characteristics; Kinds- Mechanical Materialism, Dialectical Materialism (b) Epistemology: Sources of knowledge; Empiricism, Rationalism, Intuitionism, Testimony. Theories of truth: - Correspondence Theory, Coherence Theory and Pragmatic Theory UNIT II (a) Scientific Method: its various steps; characteristics, uses of scientific method, difference between Scientific method and non-scientific methods. (b) Hypothesis: Its meaning, its place in scientific method; formulation of a relevant hypothesis, conditions of valid hypothesis. Uses of hypothesis. UNIT III (a) Explanation: its meaning, Popular and Scientific explanation, kinds/forms and limits of scientific explanation. (b) Propositions: Meaning and definition of Propositions, difference between sentence and proposition, various divisions of propositions. UNIT IV (a) Indian Philosophy: Its nature and characteristics. (b) The Philosophy of Bhagwad Gita- Karma Yoga (Philosophy of action) Sikhism: Its salient features. Concepts of Sangat, Pangat and Sarbat da Bhala