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Department of Philosophy & Logic

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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

ClassSemesterSubject CodeSubject Title
Even SemesterF.Y.B.A.NEP 2.0FirstNPHLMJ111Introduction to Philosophy
F.Y.B.A.NEP 2.0FirstNLOGMJ111Traditional Logic
S.Y.B.A.NEP 1.0ThirdPHLMN226Ethics: Indian and Western
S.Y.B.A.NEP 1.0ThirdLOGMN226Propositional Logic
T.Y.B.A.AutonomousFifthPHL351Aesthetics and Religious Philosophy
T.Y.B.A.AutonomousFifthLOG351Logic and Methodology of Science-I
FY. B.Sc. NEP 2.0 OEFirstLOGOE 117Recent Application of Logic
SY. B.Sc. NEP 1.0 OEThirdPHLOE237Business Ethics: CSR
Odd SemesterF.Y.B.A.NEP 2.0SecondNPHLMJ113Themes and Issues in Philosophy
F.Y.B.A.NEP 2.0SecondNLOGMJ113Propositional Logic
S.Y.B.A.NEP 1.0FourthPHLMN236Introduction to Applied Ethics
S.Y.B.A.NEP 1.0FourthLOGMN236Predicate Logic
T.Y.B.A.AutonomousSixthPHL361Socio-Political Philosophy
T.Y.B.A.AutonomousSixthLOG361Logic and Methodology of Science -II
FY. B.Sc. NEP 2.0 OESecondLOGOE 117Practical Based On First Sem.
SY. B.Sc. NEP 1.0 OEFourthPHLOE247Introduction to Moral Philosophy

Department Highlights

Courses Conducted by the department

  • 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

    Mr. Milind Keshav Narwade

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

    Assistant Professor in Philosophy and Logic

    Sr. No.Name of FacultyDesignationProfile link
    1Prof. Milind Keshav NarwadeAssistant Professorclick here
    2Dr. Sweety KhandreTeacherclick here
    3Ms. Minal PatilTeacherclick 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
    Milind Keshav NarwadeIJAAR, Dept. of Philosophy S.P.College PuneISSN No. 2347-7075 Impact factor-8.141 Vol.5, Issue 43, December 2024

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