INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY PROF. RICHA SHUKLA SESSION PLAN Week 1 Session 1 & 2. PHILOSOPHERS TALKING BACK! Objective of the At the end of this session you will learn: sessions Introduce the theoretical and mundane aspect of philosophy as a discipline. - Trying to understand why Philosophy matters! Week 2 Session 3 & 4. A HEALTHY UNION OF BUSINESS AND PHILOSOPHY Objective of the At the end of this session you will learn: sessions Assimilate, understand and establish the premise that Philosophy and Business can go together. Week 3 Session 5 & 6. HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW? DISBELIEF AND GENDER? Objective of the At the end of this session you will learn: sessions Introducing the idea of Epistemology in Business. - Introducing the gendered idea of Epistemology. - What leads to Disbelief in any setup? Week 4 Session 7 & 8: IF YOU SEXIST ME, I WILL FEMINIST YOU! Objective of the At the end of this session you will learn: sessions Understanding the presence and mis presence of gender in a public space. - Establishing the idea of sex/ gender dichotomy. Week 5 Session 11: GUEST LECTURE Objective of the Session 12 &13: EXPANSION OF FEMINIST TERMS; MANSPLAINING AND GASLIGHTING sessions At the end of this session you will learn: Continuing the unpacking of Feminism, these sessions will introduce the students to these new concepts and the philosophy behind it. Week 6 Session 14 & 15. SHOULD MORALITY DIE? PANDEMIC AND MORALITY Objective of the At the end of this session you will learn: sessions - Is it fair to succumb to an immoral way of living? Unethical way of leading a life if everybody else is doing it. - How COVID Times necessitates the idea of morality? - Do we have different moral parameters while dealing with biological and non- biological bonds? Has Pandemic blurred it. Week 7 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY PROF. RICHA SHUKLA SESSION PLAN Week 8 Session 16: GUEST LECTURE Objective of the Session 17 & 18: SO, DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS CASTE? sessions At the end of this session you will learn: - Understand and establish caste as a category . Week 9 Session 19 & 20: FEARS, NIGHMARES AND MENTAL HEALTH: A PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUE? Objective of the At the end of this session you will learn: sessions - What is mental health? - How have philosophers perceived it. Week 10 Session 21 & 22: LETS FIND JUSTICE Objective of the At the end of this session you will learn: sessions - How is justice important? - Is it different from self- righteousness? Week 11 Session 23 & 24: PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE AND DESIRE! Objective of the At the end of this session you will learn: sessions - Is love personal or political? - What is the philosophy of love - How do we understand desires Week 12 Session 25,26, 27 & 28. : RESEARCH PAPER PRESENTATIONS Objective of the sessions Week 6 Session 29 & 30: REVISION Objective of the sessions READINGS Source: Pinterest Source: Pinterest Source: Pinterest About the Course: • This is a course in Feminist Philosophy, applied ethics and Philosophy. In the words of Gayatri Chakravrty Spivak, “whatever you read, just gender it”. • Hence, this course will try to introduce the idea of gender in Philosophy and Business. It deals with questions and problems of philosophy that occur in business – the (gendered)workplace, marketplace, and business place. Course Objectives: • The goal of the course is to help students develop the following concepts and skills: • Understand first and foremost that philosophy and business can go together. • How to treat different philosophers and their theories as a departing point to understand the conjunction between Business and Philosophy. • Relatability and comparison as valid sources for understanding the mundane philosophical aspect of Business. • Propose solutions to pertinent ethical problems, using one or more of the received normative ethical theories or techniques. • This course aims to help students use philosophical tools to better understand the business world and public sphere and to subsequently reconstruct the ideal, real world; • In Kant’s words, the distinction between ought and should. This course lies on the intersectionality of popular culture, ethics and Philosophy. • The purpose is to acknowledge, understand and perceive the ambiguity in our lives. These ambiguities rests on personhood, gender, sexuality, mental health and ethics. Description of Assessments: •Individual Assignment I (MID- TERM): By the first assignment, student will be expected to express their theoretical understanding with more rigour, clarity and analytical understanding. •Mid-term will consist of three questions (25 marks). Two short questions each) and one long question marks). • Research Paper: The purpose of this project (20 marks) will be to help the student to identify a philosophical problem in society/ life/ business set ups. • Students can either work in a group or alone. They will pick a topic in the beginning of the semester and will continue to dwell, think through and make interventions in it. • The culmination of this exercise will result in a Research paper. It will be discussed, presented in the class. Students based on their interest can also make short philosophical movies/ GIF’S (with thorough description of 700 words). • Class Participation (5 marks) Throughout the semester, students will be evaluated on the basis of the intervention they will make in the class. End- Term •This will be a take-home and essay-question for 50 marks, comprising 4 long essay questions (10 marks each) and 2 short questions (5 marks each). Readings: • Moral Issues in Business, Shaw and Berry, 13th Edition. • Sharmila Rege: Writing Caste, Writing Gender. • Epistemic Domination and Epistemic Marginalization, Towards methodology of the Oppressed by Venkatesh Vaditya, Taylor and Francis. • Down Girl: The logic of misogyny by Kate Manne • Gopal Guru, The politics of Naming. Links: • https://www.youtube.com/watch/1A_CAkYt3GY
