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Dear
Candidates,
 Greetings!
St. Charles’ Seminary has been conducting a residential
philosophy course more than twenty years during the
summer months (April - May) for Religious sisters and
others, including lay people, who intend to study
theology in the Major Seminaries in India. Such a basic
philosophy course is a necessary requirement to obtain
admission to theology course offered by seminaries in
India. We started this course as a very small venture to
prepare sisters who were intending to pursue theological
studies in St. Charles Seminary. However, soon other
Seminaries and Theological Institutes asked us to
accommodate their students who were going on for
theological studies in this course. Our summer course in
philosophy is recognized as a good philosophical
foundation for studies in theology by many seminaries in
India such as: St. Joseph Seminary, Mangalore;
Vidyajyothi, New Delhi;
 St.
Paul Seminary, Triuchirappalli (Tamil Nadu); St. Charles
Seminary, Nagpur; St. Peters’ Pontifical Seminary,
Bangalore; Kristu Jyoty, Bangalore; St. Albert’s
College, Ranchi; Sacred Heart theological College
Shillong.
The
Summer Philosophy Course is of two months duration and
is held each year in the months of April and May. As
Nagpur has blistering temperatures in the summer which
could go beyond 45 degrees Celsius, it has not been
possible for us to hold the course in our premises. We
have to choose a place with a cooler climate and this
year it is organised in Bangalore.
 With
a six-day week and five lectures a day, we average about
200 lectures during these two months. In this course we
teach all the essential elements of the disciplines of
Traditional Philosophy. We also devote some lectures to
Indian Philosophy and a good many lectures to the
history of Western Philosophy from ancient up to
contemporary. Since this is an intensive and residential
course we admit only 36 candidates and preference is
given to those who apply with the registration fees,
before 31st of January 2007. This is a
demanding course. Attendance at all the classes is a
must. No student will be allowed to take any break
during the course.
Course:
All the Basic Elements of Traditional Philosophy,
History of Western Philosophy and Indian Philosophy. A
Course description is enclosed.
For Whom:
Sisters and lay persons desiring to study Theology or
who are already studying first year Theology.
By Whom:
St. Charles Seminary, Nagpur. The Dean of the Department
of Philosophy is the Director of the Course.
When:
From 1st April to 2007 to 31st of
May 2007.
All
correspondence with regard to the Philosophy
course to be addressed to:
Fr. Thomas
Puthuparambil O.P,
St. Charles
Seminary,
Seminary
Hill,
Nagpur 440006,
M.S.
Ph. 0712-2511353/
2510154
Mobile 09422145489
E-mail
tputhuparambil@yahoo.com |
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Introduction to Philosophy (1 credit)
Etymology, Definition, Branches of Philosophy,
Speculative and Practical Philosophy, Approaches to
Philosophy and The Scholastic Method.
Philosophical Anthropology (2 credits )
Introduction; What is Life?, The Soul; Degrees of Life:
Vegetative Life; Sensitive Life; Intellectual Life,
Sense Appetite; Intellectual Appetite, The Human Soul,
The Human Person from Anthropological Perspective.
Philosophy of Cosmos and Philosophy of Science (2
credits)
Theories
of the structure of the bodies are introduced using
philosophical and scientific terminology. The
substantial and accidental levels of bodies are dealt in
detail. The concept of place, space, and motion are
introduced in philosophical and scientific category.
Logic
(3 credits)
Introduction. The Three Acts of the Mind, Division of
Logic, Terms, Concepts, Universals, Real and Rational
Distinctions, Predicables and Predicaments.
Metaphysical Grades, Analogy and Demonstration.
Traditional Logic or Aristotelian Logic and the Theories
of Category. Laws of Thought, Laws of valid Conversions.
Rules, Moods and Figures of Syllogism, Fallacies.
Logical Foundations of Induction.
History of Philosophy (4 credits)
Introduction, Pre-Socratic Philosophers: The Ionians:
Thales, Anaximandes. The Pythagoreans, Heraclitus. The
Eleatic Philosophers: Parmenedes, Zeno. The Atomists:
Empodocles, Anaxagoras, Democritus. The Sophists. The
Golden Age: Athens: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.
Hellenism: the Cynics, the Epicurians, the Stoics,
Neo-Platonism, Philo of Alexandria, St. Augustine,
Boethius, the Carolingian Renaissance. John Scotus,
Eriugena, St. Anselm of Canterbury, St. Albert the
Great, St. Bonaventure, St. Thomas Aquinas, John Duns
Scotus, William of Ockham.Rationalism: Descartes,
Spinoza, Leibnits. Empiricism: David Hume.
Immanuel
Kant; Arthur Schopenhauer. Positivism: Auguste
Comte. German Idealism: Hegel. Marxism
Neo-Positivism, Linguistic Philosophy ,Vienna Circle;
Pragmatism
Existentialism and Phenomenology: Kierkegard, Nietzsche,
Heidegger, Marcel, Sartre, Husserl.
Metaphysics and Epistemology (4
credits)
Introduction. The term ‘Being’. The properties of
Being. Distinctions. Potency and Act, essence and
Existence, Substance and Accidents, Causes/Causality,
Activity and Operative potency in Contingent Beings.
Modern and Contemporary understanding of Philosophy of
Being. Philosophical and Theological notions of
God. Theism and Atheism. Terminology. Rationalism.
Existence of God. Demonstration of the existence of
God. ‘The Five ways’ of St. Thomas. Philosophy of
Knowledge as defensive part of Metaphysics; Truth and
its causes; Validity of Knowledge (its ontological
value); Certainty and Doubt, Theories of knowledge.
Indian Philosophy (4 credits)
The
origin and the development of the Indian Culture,
Religion and Philosophy. the special aspect of Indian
Philosophy characterised as ‘darshana’.
Philosophical schools both Astika, Nastika, Sruti,
Smriti and Dharmasastra literature.
Polytheism, Henotheism, Monotheism and finally
towards Idealistic Monism. Upanishadic Absolute
(Brahman-Atman) as well as the Acara Mimamsa of
the Upanishadic rishis. Lokayata
darshan, Bauddha darshana and the Jaina darshana.
Yoga and Purva Mimamsa systems. Samkhya
thought, Yoga Philosophy and Yoga Ethics.
NB. One credit consists of 12
classes of one-hour duration. |
