Philosophy is an interesting course, especially for those who like to explore the different ideologies, beliefs and theories about human existence. The course is an introduction to various philosophical schools of thought. It deals with metaphysics (philosohpies about universe and human existence), epistemology (theories about knowledge and cognition), ethics and philosophy of logic. The prime focus in the first half of the course is on western philosophy while some of the Indian philosophical concepts are covered later. It touches on works of a wide range of philosophers like Socrates, Freud, Marx, Nietzsche and Descartes and is a good exercise for expanding one’s perspective about the world. It deals briefly with religious philosophy and covers with logical aspects of debating God’s existence via proofs and covers atheism, theism, agnosticism and the likes.
The course is enjoyable and fun, especially if you are a lover of logic and would love to apply rational arguments to debate various world views. It depends largely on the teacher and his approach to teaching and depending on that classes can be fun and interesting to boring and drowsy! Its merit lies in its foundation in rational arguments and argumentative, logical minds would enjoy it.
There is a fair bit of mugging involved and one will be required to write long answers incorporating one’s own views and arguments on relevant topics in the exam. However, once you have understood the philosophical concepts it is quite easy to elaborate on them and build upon them.
(post credits - Nikunj Jha (Fifth Year - Mechanical Engineering))
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