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Unit 1 Sradha/ Care — Katha Upanisad, Arul — Thirukkural, Jagratha —

Dharmapada _ Agape/ Empathetic Love, Kenosis/ Self emptying

Unit 2 Insaniyya / Humanity, Rahma / Mercy. Anukampa / Compassion —

Anukambadasakam, Karuna - Budha

Unit 3 Emancipation. Ubuntu/ Fraternal Love

Unit 4 Ahimsa/ Nonviolence in Different Traditions. Equality

Unit 5 Basheer’s short story, “Oru Manushyan”.

Unit 6 Human as species- Jathilakshanam, Jatinirnayam _ Environmental

concerns: Gandhi,

Thoreau, Deep Ecology

BLOCK 2: Logic, Language and Other disciplines

Unit 1 A very brief history of logic: traditional logic and symbolic logic -

What is logic? Definitions - process of reasoning - inductive, deductive

and

abductive reasoning- Propositions and arguments - recognising
arguments.

Truth and validity - Fallacies: Formal and informal fallacies -

Classification of

fallacies: Fallacies of relevance, defective induction, presumption and
ambiguity.

Unit 2 Fundamentals of Traditional Logic and Symbolic Logic -
Categorical Propositions:

The four kinds of categorical propositions - Quality, quantity and
distribution -

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