(A) Islamic Philosophy
Definition, scope, relationship between Philosophy and religion (Islam) Theory of knowledge in Islam. A critical review of the sources of knowledge (perception), experience, reason, intuition etc, with special emphasis on the role of revelation as the most reliable source of knowledge. Ultimate reality: Allah and his attributes, critical review of philosophical proofs, Quranic approach to providing the existence of Allah, Predestination and freedom of will as aspect of Allah’s knowledge and power. Prophet -hood and the Day of Judgment. Ethics in Islam
(B) Western Philosophy
A brief survey of the main branches of Philosophy: Symbolic Logic, Special symbols in Symbolic Logic-conjunction, negation, affirmation, disjunction, equivalent and conditional statements; Law of Tort. The method of deduction, using rules of inference and bi-conditionals qualification theory. Types of discourse: Nature of arguments, Validity and soundness; Techniques for evaluating arguments; Distinction between inductive and deductive inferences, etc. (Illustrations will be taken from familiar texts, including literature materials, Novels, Law reports and newspaper publications).