CUET PG Philosophy Syllabus 2026 (Out): Check Topic-wise Syllabus & Pattern

Section I

Metaphysics

Section II

Epistemology

Section III

Ethics

Section IV

Symbolic Logic

Section V

Social and Political Philosophy

Metaphysics

1. Proofs for the Existence of God

2. Free Will and Determinism

3. Self and No-self

4. Consciousness

5. Personal Identity

6. Substance and Qualities

7. Being and Becoming

8. Actuality and Potentiality

9. Appearance and Reality

10. Mind and Body Problem

11. Universals

12. Realism and Idealism

13. Essence and existence

Epistemology

1. Theories of Truth

2. Theories of Error

3. Gettier Problem

4. Definitions of Knowledge

5. Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description

6. Sources of Knowledge

7. Skepticism

8. Justification of Knowledge: Foundationalism, Anti-foundationalism, and Coherentism

9. Knowledge that and knowledge how

10. Problem of Induction

11. Apriori Knowledge

Ethics

Questions will be from both Indian and Western philosophical perspectives.

1. Theories of Normative Ethics: Utilitarianism, Kantian Deontology, Virtue ethics, Social contract theory, care ethics.

2. Theories of Metaethics: Relativism, Non-naturalism, Emotivism, Universal Prescriptivism.

3. Themes of Applied Ethics: Abortion, Euthanasia, Surrogacy, Capital Punishment, Animal and Environmental Ethics

4. Thoughts of Indian ethical tradition: Nature of Dharma, Moksha, Purusharthas, Rina, and themes from Buddhist and Jaina ethics

Symbolic Logic

1. Inductive Logic

a. Analogical Reasoning

b. Causal Reasoning

c. Probability

2. Deductive Logic

a. Categorical proposition

b. Categorical syllogisms

c. Symbolic Logic

d. Methods of Deduction

e. Quantification Logic

3. Informal Fallacies: Indian and Western

4. Types of Arguments

Social and Political Philosophy

1. Theories of Justice

2. Liberty and Equality

3. Democracy

4. Feminism

5. Global justice

6. Marginalization and Discrimination

7. Gandhi: Non-violence, Satyagraha, Swaraj, Nationalism, State

8. Ambedkar: Genesis of Caste and Annihilation of Castes

9. Tagore: Nationalism, Education, and Religion of Man

10. Amartya Sen: Justice (Niti and Nyaya)

Exam mode

Computer-based mode

Total number of questions

75

Maximum marks

300

Marking scheme

• Four marks will be given for each correct response.

• One mark will be deducted for each incorrect response.

Duration

1 hour and 30 minutes (90 Minutes)