WBCHSE HS Philosophy study plan

List the nine darśanas and classify each as āstika or nāstika, writing one sentence on why.

Define key terms: darśana, āstika, nāstika, pramāṇa, prameya, and saṃśaya.

Outline the shared structure of Indian philosophical inquiry: doubt, means of knowledge, object of knowledge, and liberation.

Explain the basic tenets of Cārvāka epistemology and metaphysics, including its rejection of inference and testimony.

Summarize Nyāya's four pramāṇas and give an original example of each.

Explain the Nyāya theory of perception (nirvikalpaka and savikalpaka) and its account of error (anyathākhyāti).

Describe Sāṃkhya's dualism of puruṣa and prakṛti and list the three guṇas.

Outline the eight limbs of Yoga and distinguish Yoga's practical orientation from Sāṃkhya's theoretical one.

Explain Mīmāṃsā's theory of intrinsic validity of knowledge (svataḥ prāmāṇya) and its debate with Nyāya.

Distinguish Advaita Vedānta's concepts of Brahman, māyā, and avidyā, and explain śruti as a pramāṇa.

Compare Advaita's non-dualism with Viśiṣṭādvaita's qualified non-dualism in at least two respects.

Identify the six pramāṇas accepted by Mīmāṃsā and give an example of each.

Define knowledge as justified true belief and explain each condition with an original counterexample.

State the problem of scepticism using Descartes' method of doubt and evaluate one response to it.

Distinguish rationalism from empiricism by comparing Descartes and Hume on the source of ideas.

Explain the substance-attribute distinction and contrast rationalist and empiricist accounts of substance.

Analyze the four Aristotelian causes and explain Hume's critique of necessary connection in causality.

Compare dualism, materialism, and one form of mind-body identity theory, stating one objection to each.

Explain the compatibilist and libertarian positions on free will and apply each to a concrete case.

Describe the nature, scope, and methods of Western philosophy, including dialectic, analysis, and phenomenology.

Outline the central claims of Indian moral theories: the role of dharma, ṛṇa, and the four puruṣārthas.

Explain the ethical dimensions of Yoga's yamas and niyamas with examples.

Compare utilitarian and Kantian ethics on the criterion of right action.

Apply virtue ethics to a contemporary dilemma and evaluate its strengths and weaknesses.

Distinguish deductive from inductive reasoning and identify the criteria for validity and soundness.

Analyze categorical propositions using the square of opposition and test syllogisms with Venn diagrams.

Identify common formal fallacies and explain why each is invalid.

Evaluate the strengths and limits of inductive reasoning, including the problem of induction.

Review all seven domains using a self-made concept map linking key terms and thinkers.

Practice timed essay answers on two previously weak topics.

Complete a full-length mock exam and score it against a rubric.

Create a one-page cheat sheet of definitions, distinctions, and standard objections.