WBCHSE Class 11 Syllabus 2024 Philosophy

WEST BENGAL COUNCIL OF HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION
SYLLABUS FOR CLASSES XI AND XII

Aims and Objectives of the Proposed Curriculum
General Objectives :

 To prepare young minds to become constructive thinkers and responsible citizens.
 To impart an education that enables them to be capable of meaningfully contributing
to a society that understands the environment and imbibes the ideals of sustainable
development
 To impart an education that is not a mere collection of facts but is a tool that helps the
student to find his or her status in society and life in general
 To impart an education that helps students in their character-building so that they
embody empathetic social concerns and
 To ensure parity with the key ideals of NEP-2020, SEP-2023 as well as the
CBSC curriculum
 To generate informative and intuitive knowledge as well as ensure skill development
and analytical ability.
 To develop a mind oriented towards research and innovation.
 To develop social and ethical values in students
 To prepare students for the College /University entrance examination for higher
education as well as different competitive exams

Subject-specific Objectives :

 Develop a foundational philosophical understanding of key issues relating to
epistemology, metaphysics, logic, and ethics and take informed actions after identifying
the assumptions that frame our thinking and actions
 Develop a foundational understanding of Classical Indian Philosophy as well as Western
Philosophy
 Develop interest and basic knowledge of some key modern Indian philosophers
 Develop critical thinking abilities

CLASS - XI
SEMESTER – I

FULL MARKS : 40 CONTACT HOURS : 100 Hours

UNIT No. TOPICS CONTACT MARKS
Unit – 1 1. দশন শে র অথ (The meaning of the term Darśana) 3 2
Introduction to
Indian
Philosophy 2. ভারতীয় দশন স দায় িলর ণীিবভাগঃ সংে েপ
(Classification of Indian Philosophical System: in 8 3
brief)
3. ানলােভর ছয়িট প িত – মাণ স েক ভারতীয়
10 3
ত সমূ হ (Six ways of knowing – Indian theories of
pramāna) 5 3
4. চাবাক কতৃক অনু মান মাণ খ ন (Refutation of
inference by Cārvāka) 3
6

5. ন ায়স ত ত ে র ল ণ (Nyāya definition of
pratyakṣa or perception) 6 3

6. িনিবক ক ও সিবক ক ত ে র পাথক (Distinction
2
between determinate & indeterminate perception) 5
2
9
7. ন ায় দশেনর অনু মান স েক ব ব (Nyāya theory of
inference): 3
6
 অনু িমিতর ল ণ (Definition of anumiti)
 প , সাধ ও হতুর ধারণা (The concepts of
pakṣa, sādhya, hetu)

 ব াি র প (The nature of vyāpti)

UNIT No. TOPICS CONTACT MARKS
Unit – 2 1. দশেনর প ও শাখাসমূ হ (Nature and branches of 10 6
Introduction to
Western Philosophy)
Philosophy 2. ােনর উৎসসমূ হ (Sources of Knowledge)
16 5
a. অিভ তাবাদ -লক, বাকেল, িহউম (Empiricism --
Locke, Berkeley, Hume)
16 5
b. বুি বাদ – ডকাট, ি েনাজা, লাইবিনজ
(Rationalism -- Descartes, Leibnitz, Spinoza)

CLASS - XI

SEMESTER – II

FULL MARKS : 40 CONTACT HOURS : 80 Hours
UNIT No. TOPICS CONTACT MARKS
Unit – 1 1. যু ি িব ােনর কৃিত – অবেরাহ এবং আেরাহ (The nature
Introduction to 4 2
Logic of Logic – Deductive and Inductive)

2. পদ, বাক , বচন, পেদর ব াপ তা, সত তা ও বধতা (Terms, 6 4
sentences, propositions, distribution of terms, truth &
validity)
8 4
3. বাক থেক বচেন পা র (Changing sentences into
logical forms)
4 3
4. বচেনর িবেরািধতা (Opposition of proposition)
8 4
5. অমাধ ম অনু মান – আবতন, িববতন, সমিববতন
(Immediate Inferences: Conversion, Obversion,
10 4
Contraposition)

6. িনরেপ ন ায় – মূ িত ও সং ান এবং বধতা িবচার
6 3
(Categorical Syllogism: Figure & Mood)& validity testing

UNIT No. TOPICS CONTACT MARKS

7. যৗিগক যু ি ঃ াকি ক ও বকি ক (Compound
arguments: Hypothetical and Disjunctive)

Unit – 2 1. ভারতীয় নীিতিবদ া (Indian Ethics):
Introduction to 4 2
Ethics a. পু ষাথ (Purusartha)
4 2

b. ম ভগবৎ গীতা – িন াম কেমর ধারণা
6 2
(Srimadbhagavad Gita – The concept of Niskama
Karma)
4
2
c. বৗ েদর অ াি ক মােগর ধারণা (Buddhist concept
of Eight-fold Margas)
8 4
d. চাবাক সু খবাদ (Carvaka Hedonism)

2. পা াত নীিতিবদ া (Western Ethics):
4
a. নিতক ত য়সমূ হ – নিতক, অৈনিতক, নীিত- 8
বিহভূ ত; উে শ ও অিভ ায়; িঠক ও ভুল; ভাল ও
ম ; ন ায়িবচার (Ethical concepts: moral, immoral,
non-moral; motive and intention; right and wrong;
good and bad; justice)

UNIT No. TOPICS CONTACT MARKS
b. নিতক ত সমূ হ (Theories of Ethics):
Teleological & deontological
Theories

PROJECT
Suggested Topics:

1. Distinction between Ordinary and Extra-ordinary Contact ( Laukika
and Alaukika Sannikarsa)
2. Svarthanumiti and Pararthanumiti
3. Realism and Its Different Forms
4. Idealism – Subjective Idealism of Berkeley

Project Guideline:

Project is a piece of planned work or an activity that is finished over a period and intended to
achieve a particular purpose following some steps.
1. Topic or Title of the study
2. Purpose of the study
3. Method of the study
4. Analysis and findings of the study
5. Conclusions
Reference
Preliminary pages should contain-
i. Acknowledgement ii. Certificate iii. Content page

CLASS - XII

SEMESTER – III

FULL MARKS : 40 CONTACT HOURS : 100 Hours

UNIT No. TOPICS CONTACT MARKS
Unit – 1 1. Western Metaphysics:
Introduction to  Substance: Descartes, Spinoza 16
Metaphysics & Leibnitz – Locke, Berkeley & 1x12=12
Hume
 Causality: Regularity Theory & 12
Entailment Theory
 Mind-Body Problem: 10
Interactionism & Parallelism
2. Indian Metaphysics:
 Vedanta 15
1. Dvaita and Advaita Vedanta
1x8=8
2. Brahman and Maya

Unit – 2 Ethics
Ethics & Social 1. Kant, Mill, Bentham 15 1x10=10
and Political 2. Environmental Ethics 12
Philosophy Social and Political Philosophy
Basic Concept: Society, Community,
Association, Institutions, State, Law 20 1x10 =10

CLASS - XII

SEMESTER – IV

FULL MARKS : 40 CONTACT HOURS : 80 Hours

UNIT No. TOPICS CONTACT MARKS
Unit – 1 1. Symbolic Logic
Western Logic  Truth-functions – Variables, 6 3
Constants, Truth-functional
propositions: Negation,
Conjunction, Disjunction, Material
Implication, Material Equivalence
 Boolean Interpretation of 6 2
categorical propositions
 Venn Diagram of categorical 8
7
propositions
 Truth-Table method of determining
forms of proposition : Tautology, 8
4
Self-Contradictory, Contingent
2. Inductive Logic
 Nature of Induction 6
 Causality 6
 Mill’s Method of Experimental
Enquiry 10 6

Unit – 2  Rabindranath Tagore’s Humanism 10 6
Contemporary  Swami Vivekananda’s Karma yoga 10 6
Indian Thoughts  Mahatma Gandhi’s Ahimsa 10 6

PROJECT
Project Topics:
1. Vaisesika Categories (padarthas)
2. Ontological Arguments for the Existence of God (Western Philosophy)
3. The Idea of Democracy
4. Science and Hypothesis

Project Guideline

Project is a piece of planned work or an activity that is finished over a period and intended
to achieve a particular purpose following some steps.
1. Topic or Title of the study
2. Purpose of the study
3. Method of the study
4. Analysis and findings of the study
5. Conclusions
Reference
Preliminary pages should contain-
i. Acknowledgement ii. Certificate iii. Content page