Department of Philosophy – Michael Madhusudan Memorial College

The department was established with the initiation of the college, but the honours course was introduced in 2004 under the headship of Prof. Swatikana Mandal. This department offers a three-year degree course in Bachelor of Arts. Intake Capacity is 30 Students (Honours). Philosophy Department dedicated to the idea of the unity of mankind. The department has endeavored over the year to make students aware of the richness of thoughts of the world and also of the urgent need for intellectual appreciation and understanding. The keynote of every activity the department does is: Respect for others’ points of view and assimilation and acceptance of as much of them as possible for one’s own enrichment. Apart from the basic function of making one think rationally, the subject Philosophy has been of great help to scores of people. Many of the students are well placed in society. The pass rate of the department was 100%. Departmental lecture debates are held from time to time. The students participate in departmental exhibitions under specific topics related to Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath, Radhakrishnan, GoutamBuddha. Students also participate in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR). They have also organized departmental seminars on Advaita Vedanta and Science where the resource person was distinguished Maharaj of Ramakrishna Mission and participated in the exhibition in Kalpataru fair-2016 on the theme of Eco awareness and Spirituality.

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Sangita Goutam

Assistant Professor (H.O.D.)

MA in Philosophy
Specialization: Nyaya- Vaisesika Philosophy
Teaching Interest: Greek Philosophy, Existentialism, Analytic philosophy, Indian Logic, The Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore
Research Interest: Indian Philosophy, Greek Philosophy, Applied Ethics

Email: sg.vb2015@gmail

Swatikana Mondal

State Aided College Teacher – I

MA in Philosophy, B.Ed.
Specialization: Epistemology
Teaching Interest: Indian Philosophy, Western Philosophy, Western Logic, Contemporary Philosophy
Research Interest: Advaita Vedenta, Environmental Philosophy

Email: swatikana@rediffmail.com

Mrs. Madhuchhanda Chatterjee

State Aided College Teacher – II

M.A. in Philosophy
Specialization: Nyaya Philosophy
Teaching Interest: Contemporary Indian Philosophy, Indian Ethics, Psychology, Social Philosophy
Research Interest:

Email: dolon-madhu@yahoo.com

Mrs. Indrani Mitra

State Aided College Teacher – II

M.A. in Philosophy
Specialization: Western Logic
Teaching Interest: Western Logic, Psychology, Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, Western Philosophy
Research Interest:

Email: indrani.dutta3@gmail.com

Academic Year (Batch)	Total No of Students	List of Students
2017	Hons Prog	Click Here (Hons) Click Here (Prog)
2018	Hons Prog	Click Here (Hons) Click Here (Prog)
2019	Hons Prog	Click Here (Hons) Click Here (Prog)
2020	Hons Prog	Click Here (Hons) Click Here (Prog)

Course Name	Duration	Seats
B.A. Hons in Philosophy	3 Years	30
B.A. Program in Philosophy	3 Years

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Reference Books for Philosophy

List of recommended books for UG Courses (Honours and Programme)

SL NO.	SEMESTER	HONS./ PROG.	AUTHOR	*TITLE*	PUBLISHER
1	1^st SEM. & 2^nd SEM.	HONOURS C-1 & C-3	S. C. Chatterjee & D. M. Dutta	An Introduction to Indian Philosophy	CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY PRESS
2	1^st SEM. & 2^nd SEM.	HONOURS C-1 & C-3	C. D. Sharma	*A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy*	Motilal Banarsidass Publishers
3	1^st SEM. & 2^nd SEM.	HONOURS C-1 & C-3	S.N. Dasgupta	*A History of Indian Philosophy*	Motilal Banarsidass Publishers
4	1^st SEM.	HONOURS C-1 & C-3	M. Hiriyanna	*Outlines of Indian Philosophy*	Motilal Banarsidass
5	1^st SEM.	HONOURS C-1 & C-3	Prof. Pradyot kumar Mondal	*Bharatiya Darshan*	Progressive Publisher
6	1^st SEM.	HONOURS C-1 & C-3	Nirod Baron Chakraborty	*Bharatiya Darshan*	The Dhaka Students Library
7	1^st SEM.	PROGRAM	Dipak kumar Bagchi	*Bharatiya Darshan*	Progressive Publisher
8	1^st SEM.	PROGRAM	S. C. Chatterjee & D. M. Dutta	An Introduction to Indian Philosophy	CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY PRESS
9	1^ST SEM.	GENERIC-ELECTIVE	G. F. Stout	*A Manual of Psychology*	Hinds, Noble & Eldridge
10	1^ST SEM.	GENERIC-ELECTIVE	Sadhan Chakraborti	*Monovidyar Prathamik Porichay*	Paschimbanga Rajya Pustak Parshad
11	1^ST SEM. 2^ND SEM.	HONOURS & PROGRAM	Y. Masih	*A Critical* *History of Western Philosoph*y	Motilal Banarsidass
12	1^ST SEM. 2^ND SEM.	HONOURS C-2 & C-4	R. Falckenberg	History of Modern Philosophy	Progressive Publishers
13	1^ST SEM. 2^ND SEM.	HONOURS C-2 & C-4	F. Copleston	A History of Philosophy [Vols. I, IV, V, & VII]	Continuum Publishers
14	1^ST SEM. 2^ND SEM.	HONS. C-2 & C-4	Dr. Samarendra Bhattacharya	*Paschatya Darsaner Itihas*	Book Syndicate Pvt. Ltd.
15	1^ST SEM. 2^ND SEM.	HONS. C-2 & C-4	Nirod Baron Chakraborty	*Paschatya Darsaner Itihas*	Paschimbanga Rajya Pustak Parshad
SL NO.	SEMESTER	HONS./ PROG.	AUTHOR	*TITLE*	PUBLISHER
16	3^RD SEM.	HONOURS C-5	I. C. Sharma	*Ethical Philosophies of India*	George Allen & Unwin Ltd.
17	3^RD SEM.	HONOURS C-5	S. K. Maitra	*Ethics of the Hindus*	Calcutta University Press
18	3^RD SEM.	HONOURS C-5	Sukhamoy Bhattacharya	*Pūrvamīmāṁsā Darśan*	Paschimbanga Rajya Pustak Parsad,
19	3^RD SEM.	HONOURS C-5	Dipak kumar Bagchi	*Bharatiya Nitividya*	Progressive Publishers
20	3^RD SEM.	HONOURS & GE , PROGRAM	W. Lillie	*An Introduction to Ethics*	University Paperbacks
21	3^RD SEM.	HONOURS C-6	J. S. Mackenzie	*A Manual of Ethics*	Oxford UniversityPress
22	3^RD SEM.	HONOURS C-6	P. Singer	*Practical Ethics*	Cambridge Universirty Press
23	3^RD SEM.	HONOURS & GE	Somnath Chakraborty	*Nītividyār Tattvakathā*	Progressive Publishers
24	3^RD SEM.	HONOURS C-6	Somnath Chakraborty	*Kathāy Karme Ethics*	Progressive Publishers
25	3^RD SEM.	HONOURS, PROGRAM, GE	Dikshit Gupta	*Nītiśāstra*	Paschimbanga Rajya Pustak Parsad
26	3^RD SEM.	HONOURS C-7	Narayan Chandra Goswami	*Tarkasaṁgraha of Annambhatta*	Snskrit Prakasak Bhander
27	3^RD SEM.	HONOURS C-7	Annambhatta	*Tarkasaṁgraha with Dīpikā*	Progressive Publishers
28	3^RD SEM.	SEC HONS. & PROG.	Phanibhushan Tarkabagish (Ed.)	*Gautama :Nyāyasūtra:* *Phanibhushan*	Paschimbanga Rajya Pustak Parshad,
29	3^RD SEM.	SEC HONS. & PROG.	Phanibhushan Tarkabagish	*Nyāya Parichay*	Paschimbanga Rajya Pustak Parshad
30	3^RD SEM.	SEC HONS. & PROG.	Satischandra Chatterjee	*The Nyaya Theory of Knowledge*	Motilal Banarsidass
31	4^TH SEM.	HONOURS C-8 & SEC	M. Copi, C. Cohen,	*Introduction to Logic*	Pearson
SL. NO.	SEMESTER	HONS./PROG.	AUTHOR	*TITLE*	PUBLISHER
32	4^th SEM	HONOURS C-8 & SEC	Sukla Chakraborty	*Tarka-vigyan*	Progressive Publishers
33	4^TH SEM.	HONS. C-9	C.T.Morgan & R.A.King Jr.	*Introduction to Psychology*	Tata McGraw–Hill Publishing Company Ltd.
34	4^TH SEM.	HONS. C-9	Sadhan Chakraborti	*Monovidyar Prathamik Porichay*	Paschimbanga Rajya Pustak Parshad
35	4^th SEM.	HONS. C-9	Pritibhushan Chattopadhyay	*Monovidya*	Modern Book Agency Pvt. Ltd.
36	4^TH SEM.	HONS. C-9	Woodworth & Marquis	*Psychology*	Holt
37	4^TH SEM.	HONS. C-10	J. Hick	*Philosophy of Religion*	Prentice Hall of india
38	4^TH SEM.	HONS. C-10	K.N.Tiwari	*Comparative Religion*	Motilal Banarsidass
39	4^TH SEM.	HONS. C-10	Pramodbandhu Sengupta	*Dharma Darshan*	Banerjee Publishers.
40	4^TH SEM.	HONOURS	Bimalendu Samanta	*Samaj Darsan O Dharma Darsan*
42	5^TH SEM.	HONS. C-11	R. M. MacIver & C. H. Page	*Society*	Macmillan & CO LTD
43	5^TH SEM.	HONS. C-11	P. Gisbert	*Fundamentals of Sociology*	Oriental Longmans Private Ltd
44	5^TH SEM.	HONS. C-11	Dr. Samarendra Bhattacharya	*Rashtra Darsan O Samaj Darsan*	Book Syndicate Pvt. Ltd.
45	5^TH SEM.	HONS. C-12	P. Suppes	*Introduction to Logic*	East West Press Private Limited
46	5^TH SEM.	HONS. DSE -1	Bertrand Russell	*The* *Problems of Philosophy*	Oxford University Press
47	5^TH SEM.	HONS. DSE-1	Dr. Samarendra Bhattacharya	*Russell –er Darsan Samasya*	Book Syndicate
48	5^TH SEM.	HONS. DSE-2	Joy Bhattacharjee	*Shibaditya-Birochito- Saptapadārth*ī	Ramkrishna Mission Institute of Culture
SL. NO.	SEMESTER	HONS./PROG.	AUTHOR	TITLE	PUBLISHER
49	5^TH SEM.	PROGRAM DSE	Debiprasad Chattopadhyay	*Lokāyata Darśana*	New Age Publisher’s PVT.
50	5^TH SEM.	PROGRAM DSE	Debiprasad Chattopadhyay	*Lokayata: A study in Ancient Indian Materialism*	People’s Publishing House
51	5^TH SEM.	PROGRAM SEC	Phanibhushan Tarkabagish	Gautama : Nyāyasūtra	Paschimbanga Rajya Pustak Parshad
52	5^TH SEM.	PROGRAM SEC	B.K. Matilal	*Perception*	Oxford University Press
53	5^TH SEM.	PROGRAM GE	Pritibhusan Chattopadhyay	*Monovidya*	Modern Book Agency
54	6^TH SEM.	HONS. C-13	B. K. Lal	*Contemporary Indian Philosophy*	Motilal Banarsidass
55	6^TH SEM.	HONS. C-14	Swapna Sarkar	*Astivadi Darsan O Pratibhasa Vigyan*	Progressive Publishers
56	6^TH SEM.	HONS. C-14	Dr. Amit Kumar Sen	*Bingsha Shatabdir Paschatya Darshan*	Nabodaya Publications
57	6^TH SEM.	HONS. DSE -3	David Hume	*An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding*	Progressive Publishers,
58	6^TH SEM.	HONS. DSE-4	Rabindranath Tagore	*Sādhanā- The Realization of Life*	Rupa.Co
59	6^TH SEM.	HONS. DSE-4	Nila Das	*Sadhana: Jibaner Upalabdhi*	Signet Press
60	6^TH SEM.	PROGRAM DSE	Joy Bhattacharjee	*Shibaditya-Birochito- Saptapadārth*ī	Ramkrishna Mission Institute of Culture
61	6^TH SEM.	PROG. SEC	Dr. Samarendra Bhattacharya	*Darshanik Bisleshaner Bhumika*	Book Syndicate
62	6^TH SEM.	PROG. GE	Sukla Chakraborty	*Tarka-vigyan*	Progressive Publishers
63	6^TH SEM.	PROG. GE	M. Copi, C. Cohen	*Introduction to Logic*	Pearson

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Department of Philosophy
Michael Madhusudan Memorial College
Kabiguru Sarani, City Center
Durgapur, West Bengal 713216
Email: sg.vb2015@gmail (H.O.D.)