B.A. Philosophy
2nd Semester Syllabus
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MJC-2 : Scientific Method
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Unit 1: Nature and Scope of Scientific Method
◦1
◦Nature and Scope of Scientific Method
◦2
◦Postulates of Induction
◦3
◦Explanations: Scientific and Unscientific
Unit 2: Analogy and Mill's Methods
◦1
◦Analogy
◦2
◦Mill's Experimental Methods
Unit 3: Hypothesis
◦1
◦Nature and scope of hypothesis in scientific method
◦2
◦Classification of hypothesis
◦3
◦Conditions of hypothesis
◦4
◦Proofs of hypothesis
Unit 4: Statistical Methods
◦1
◦Nature and need of Statistical Methods
◦2
◦General Method
◦A
◦Collection of data
◦B
◦Tabulation of data
◦C
◦Average-Mean
◦Median
◦Mode and Deviation
◦D
◦Correlation
◦3
◦Personal Equation
◦4
◦Probable errors in Statistical Methods
Reference Books:
- Cohen, Morris and Ernst Nagel, An Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method, Delhi, Allied Publishers, 1968. Tr. Purnchandra Jain, Tarkshastra and Vaigyanik Pranali (Vol.I,II,III) Madhya Pradesh Hindi Granth Akadamy.
- Copi, Irving M., Carl Cohen and Kenneth McMahon, Introduction to Logic, Delhi, Pearson, 2016.
- Gangadutta Jha, Agaman Tarkshastra, Student's Friends, 1996
- Ashok Kumar Verma, Agaman Tarkshastra, Motilal Banarsidas, Patna.
- Dr Kedarnath Tiwari, Tarkshastra Evam Vaigyanik Paddhati.
- B.N.Roy, Text Book of Inductive Logic.