CLASS 11
FBISE HSSC REDUCED SYLLABUS
PHILOSOPHY-XI
ELEMENTS OF PHILOSOPHY
1. Introduction
a. What is Philosophy?
b. What are the specific philosophical questions?
c. Philosophical Approaches Criticism/Speculation
2. Philosophy and Religion
a. Questions asked in Philosophy and Religion
b. Their treatment
c. Difference
d. Allama Muhammad Iqbal’s Educational Philosophy
3. Philosophy and Science
a. What does science try to understand?
b. How is it different from philosophy?
c. What role does philosophy play in the growth of
science?
i. Interprets
ii. Criticizes
iii. Resolves conflicts
iv. Justifies
4. Knowledge
a. Definition of knowledge
b. Sources of knowledge:
i. Rationalism
ii. Empiricism
iii. Intuition and Revelation
iv. Authority
Introduction of
basic philosophy of Imam Ghazali
5. Metaphysics
a. Monism
b. Dualism
c. Pluralism
d. School’s of
Idealism and Materialism
6. Ethics
b. Ethical
theories:
i. Golden Mean
ii.
Utilitarianism
iii. Good will
c. Islamic
theory of Ethics
CLASS 12
REDUCED SYLLABUS
PHILOSOPHY-XII
LOGIC AND SCIENTIFIC METHOD
1. Introduction
a. Definition and scope of logic
b. Propositions & Arguments
c. Premises/ Conclusion Indicators
d. Types of Arguments:
i. Inductive
ii. Deductive
e. Truth & Validity
2. Language
b. Three Important uses of Language:
i. Informative
ii. Expressive
iii. Directive
4. Categorical Propositions
a. Four Categorical Propositions
b. Quantity, quality and distribution
c. Traditional squares of opposition
d. Three laws of thought
5. Categorical Syllogism and Simple Arguments
a. Categorical syllogism
i. Figure ii. Mood iii. Standard form
iv. Rules v. Venn diagram
b. Simple argument forms and Truth Table
6. Inductive Logic
a. Forms of Inductive Generalization inductive Analogy
b. Factors on which their strength depends