Philosophy

Topics (11)

• 1
  Greek Philosophy
• 2
  Muslim Philosophy
• 3
  Modern Western Philosophy
• 4
  Logic
• 5
  Ethics
• 6
  Metaphysics & Epistemology
• 7
  Introduction to Philosophy

  Definition, nature and scope of philosophy.

• 8
  Philosophical Methods

  Socratic, inductive (Bacon, Mill), deductive (Aristotle, Descartes), dialectical (Hegel), fallibilistic (Popper).

• 9
  Epistemology

  Rationalism, empiricism, transcendentalism and intuitionism.

• 10
  Ontology

  Idealism, representative realism, historical and dialectical materialism.

• 11
  Contemporary Philosophical Movements

  Existentialism, pragmatism, neo-pragmatism and postmodernism.

The reading list straight from FPSC's revised Philosophy syllabus. Build your core preparation around these texts — examiner-favoured references that questions are routinely drawn from.

1. 1

   A History of Western Philosophy

   Bertrand Russell

2. 2

   Philosophy: The Power of Ideas

   Brooke Noel Moore & Kenneth Bruder

3. 3

   Elements of Moral Philosophy

   James Rachels

4. 4

   Existentialism & Human Emotions

   Jean-Paul Sartre

5. 5

   The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge

   Jean-François Lyotard

6. 6

   Descartes to Derrida: An Introduction to European Philosophy

   Peter Sedgwick

7. 7

   Continental Philosophy in the 20th Century

   Richard Kearney

8. 8

   A Short History of Modern Philosophy

   Roger Scruton

9. 9

   A History of Muslim Philosophy, Volume I & II

   M.M. Sharif

10. 10

    A History of Islamic Philosophy

    Majid Fakhry

11. 11

    The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam

    Muhammad Iqbal

12. 12

    Iqbal

    Mustansir Mir

13. 13

    Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

14. 14

    Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy