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About the Department

Established in 1932, the Department of Philosophy and Logic has been functioning as a general subject department since the establishment of Nowrosjee Wadia College, the department is the oldest Philosophy Department in the city. P.R.Damle (former Principal), was the first Head of the department and Professor of Philosophy and Logic of this college. The Department offers a course in Philosophy and Logic as general level subjects for the degree of B.A.

The department is committed to providing students with a high-quality, in-depth grounding in philosophy. The Department is also committed to the formation of knowledge that promotes the academic development of the people of India, and the world. Philosophy tries to make sense of individual experience and reality through critical indication and argument.

The Department has organized from time to time Seminars and Guest lectures to provide philosophical knowledge keeping in view the global trend in the subject.

Courses Conducted by the department

  • B. A. (3 years Undergraduate course)

  • Subjects Taught in the First Term
    YearSubject Title
    F.Y.B.A.INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY (ENG.MED.)
    F.Y.B.A.INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY(MAR.MED
    F.Y.B.A.TRADITIONAL LOGIC (ENG.MED.)
    F.Y.B.A.TRADITIONAL LOGIC (MAR.MED.)
    S.Y.B.A.PHILOSOPHY OF INDIAN SAINTS
    S.Y.B.A.DEDUCTIVE PROOF
    T.Y.B.A.AESTHETICS AND RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY
    T.Y.B.A.LOGIC AND METHODOLOGY OF SCIENCE-I
    Subjects Taught in the Second Term
    YearSubject Title
    F.Y.B.A.THEMES AND ISSUES IN PHILOSOPHY (ENG. MED)
    F.Y.B.A.THEMES AND ISSUES IN PHILOSOPHY (MAR. MED.)
    F.Y.B.A.PROPOSITIONAL LOGIC (ENG.MED.)
    F.Y.B.A.PROPOSITIONAL LOGIC (MAR.MED.)
    S.Y.B.A.INTRODUCTION TO APPLIED ETHICS
    S.Y.B.A.QUANTIFICATION AND RELATIONAL LOGIC
    T.Y.B.A.SOCIO-POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
    T.Y.B.A.LOGIC AND METHODOLOGY OF NATURAL SCIENCE-II

    Department Highlights

  • Instilling habits of critical thinking in students;
  • Enhancing their reading, writing, and public speaking skills;
  • Transmitting cultural heritages to them;
  • Stimulating them to engage fundamental questions about reality, knowledge, and value.
  • To inculcate critical and systematic thinking in student's mind as well as common stakeholders have in general.
  • To acquaint the students with rich Aesthetics and Religious Philosophical heritage

  • Head of department

    Head of department

    Mr. Milind Keshav Narwade

    M.A. NET/JRF, B.Ed.

    Designation: Assistant Professor

    Sr. No.Name of FacultyDesignationProfile link
    1Milind Keshav NarwadeAssistant Professorclick here
    2Mr. M. S, GohadAssistant Professorclick here

    Events and Activities

    The department organizes several events and activities for the students.

  • Arranging small presentations by the students of Philosophy and Logic on different topics regarding philosophical and logical issues discussed in reference books.
  • Organizing Group discussion on various ethical issues.
  • Motivate logical and critical thinking through classroom presentation.

    In the academic year 2018-19, Dept. of Philosophy & Logic had organized departmental fest for the students. In this fest there are various events, like Philosophical and logical Quiz, Philosophical and logical Poster making and Philosophical and logical Group discussion. Many students participated this fest.

    Students who participated in a Philosophical and logical Poster making depicted their feelings and emotions in the particular art . All classes students were combined in a two groups, they expressed their understanding, views, counterviews in the group discussion, group discussion topic was Beauty or Brain – who can rule the world?

  • Research Publications
    Name of FacultyTitle of PublicationJournal and Year
    Milind Keshav Narwadeजैन धर्मातील अहिंसापरामर्श ,खंड ३५,अंक १-४, Dept. of Philosophy, SPPU, Pune, 2018, ISSN 2320-4478
    Milind Keshav Narwadeमिल्लच्या तर्कशास्त्राचा सामाजिकशास्त्रावर परिणाम :अनुभववादाचे तर्कशास्त्रInternational Research Journal Special Issues on Logic and Its Application in Different Fields of Humanities C. T. Bora College, Shirur, Dist- Pune, 2015, ISSN: 2350-0905

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