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01 Philosophy Optional Notes for UPSC 144 Docs | 4 Subtopics 01 History and Problems of Philosophy (Paper- I) 20 Subtopics 01 Plato and Aristotle 8 Docs 02 The Foundations of Rationalism 6 Docs 03 Empiricism (Locke, Berkeley, Hume) 7 Docs 04 Kant 7 Docs 05 Hegel 1 Doc 06 Moore, Russell and Early Wittgenstein 7 Docs 07 Logical Positivism 3 Docs 08 Later Wittgenstein 3 Docs 09 Phenomenology (Husserl) 3 Docs 10 Existentialism (Kierkegaard, Sartre, Heidegger) 3 Docs 11 Quine and Strawson 2 Docs 12 Cârvâka 2 Docs 13 Jainism 2 Docs 14 Schools of Buddhism 3 Docs 15 Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika 5 Docs 16 Sâmkhya 4 Docs 17 Yoga 6 Docs 18 Mimâmsâ 1 Doc 19 Schools of Vedânta 11 Docs 20 Aurobindo 2 Docs

Other Chapters in Philosophy Optional Notes for UPSC

01 Philosophy Optional Notes for UPSC 144 Docs | 4 Subtopics 01 Socio-Political Philosophy (Paper -II) 10 Subtopics 02 Philosophy of Religion (Paper - II) 8 Subtopics 03 Previous Year Questions with Essays: Philosophy Optional 6 Subtopics

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