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Detail Information about UPESSC has published notification 2026 for the recruitment of Assistant Professor (Philosophy) vacancies. Those Candidates who are Interested to the following vacancy and completed all Eligibility Criteria can read the Notification & Apply Online. In this page we provide the Complete Syllabus of this Recruitment with Latest Update Exam Pattern and the Exam Date also.
UPESSC Assistant Professor Syllabus 2026 - Overview
 
Origination Name Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission (UPESSC)
Name of Post Assistant Professor (Philosophy)
No. of Vacancy 16
UPESSC Exam Date 2026 19th & 20th November 2026
Category Syllabus and Exam Pattern
Job Location Uttar Pradesh
Official Site www.upessc.up.gov.in

UPESSC Assistant Professor (Philosophy) Syllabus 2026
Part-I
General Knowledge

Unit-1 : Current Affairs :
1. Major events & Current Affairs : National/International
2. Personalities in News
3. Sports News
4. Current Research in the field of Science.
Unit-2 : Teaching and Research Aptitude :
1. Teaching : Nature, Objectives, Need, Methods Evaluation and Factor Affecting Teaching
2. Research : Meaning and Methods
3. Data : Source, Collection and Analysis
4. Role of UGC in Qualitative Development in Higher Education.
Unit-3 : Information and Communication Technology (ICT) :
1. ICT : Meaning, Advantages and Disadvantages
2. Basics of Internet & E-mailing
3. General Abbreviation and Terminology.
Unit-4 : People and Environment :
1. People & Environment Interaction
2. Environmental Depredation : cause & Solution
3. National and International affairs for better Environment
4. Environmental Control.
Unit-5 : Indian History and Geography :
1. Salient Features of Indian Culture
2. Indian National Movement (1857-1950)
3. Origin of Universe and Solar System
4. Indian Geography (General).
Unit-6 : Indian Constitution and Economy :
1. Preamble, Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles
2. Indian political system : Legislative Executive and Judiciary
3. Election Commission and Public Service Commission
4. Population, Poverty, Unemployment; Planning and Development; Income Tax
5. Agriculture, Industry, Trade; Money, Currency, Banking and Capital Market. 

Part-II
Philosophy
 
1. Classical Indian Philosophy
 
i. Vedic and Upanisadic world – views : Rta – the cosmic order, the divine and the human realms; the centrality of the institution of yajna ( sacrifice ), the concept of rna – duty /obligation; theories of creation
ii. Atman – Self (and not – self), Jagrat, svapna, susupti and turiya, Brahman, sreyas and preyas Karma, samsara, moksa.
iii. Carvaka : Pratyaksa as the only pramana, critique of anumana and sabda, rejection of non – material entities and of dharma and moksa.
iv. Jainism : Concept of reality – sat, dravya, guna, paryaya, Jiva, ajiva, anekantavada, syadvada and nayavada; theory of knowledge; bondage and liberation.
v. Buddhism : Four noble truths, astangamarga. nirvana, madhyam pratipad, pratityasamutpada, ksanabhangavada, anatmavada.
vi. Schools of Buddhism : Vaibhasika, Sautrantika, Yogacara and Madhyamika.
vii. Nyaya : Prama and aprama, pramanya and apramanya; pramana : pratyaksa, nirvikalpaka, savikalpaka, laukika and alaukika; anurrana anvayavyatireka, lingaparamarsa, vyapti;
viii. Classification : vyaptigrahopayas, hetvabhasa, upamana. Sabda : Sakti, laksana, akanksa, yogyata, sannidhi and tatparya, concept of God, arguments for the existence of God, adrsta, nihsryeasa.
ix. Vaisesika : Concepts of padartha, dravya, guna, karma, samanya, samavaya, visesa, abhaua, causation : Asatkaryavada, samavayu asamavayi nimitta karana, paramanuvada adrsta, nihslryeas.
x. Samkhya : Satkaryavada, prakrti and its evolutes, arguments for the existence of prakrti, nature of purusa, arguments for the existence and plurality of purusa relationship between purusa and prakrti, kaivalya, atheism.
xi. Yoga : Patanjali's concept of citta and citta – vrtti, eight – fold path of yoga, the role of God in yoga.
xii. Purva – Mimamsa : Sruti and its importance, atheism of purvamimamsa, classification of srutivakyas, vidhi, nisedha and arthavada, dharma, bhavana, sabdanityavada, Jatisaktivada,
xiii. Kumarila and Prabhakara Schools of mlmamsa and their major points of difference, triputi – samvit, jnatata, abhava and anupalabdhi, anvitabhidhanavada, abihitanvayavada
xiv. Vedanta. : Advaita – Rejection of difference : Adhyasa, maya, three grades of satta, Jiva, Brahman Ishvar vivartarada, Relation between Jiva and Brahman Moksha.
xv. Visistadvaita : refutation of maya, Brahman, aprthaksiddhi, parinamavada, Jiva, bhakti and prapatti,
xvi. Dvaita – Rejection of nirguna brahman and maya, Phanch bheda and bhakti. 
 
2. Modern Indian Thinkers
 
i. Vivekananda – Practical Vedanta, Universal Religion.
ii. Aurobindo – Evolution, Mind and Supermind, integral Yoga.
iii. Tagore – Religion of Man, Ideas on Education.
iv. Paramahansa Yoganand : Intuition,Self realization, Science of religion.
v. K. C. Bhattacharyya – Concept of Philosophy, Subject as freedom, the Doctrine of Maya.
vi. Radhakrishnan – Intellect and intuition, the idealist view of life.
vii. J. Krishnamurti – Freedom from the known, analysis of self.
viii. Gandhi – Non – violence, Satyagraha, Swaraj, Critique of Modern Civilization.
ix. M.N.Roy: Materialism,New Humanism.
x. Ambedkar – Varna and the caste system, Neo – Buddhism.
 
3. Classical Western Philosophy
 
i. Early Greek Philosophers, ionians, Pythagoras, Parmenides, Heraclitus and Democritus.
ii. The Sophists and Socrates 
iii. Plato – Theory of knowledge, knowledge (episteme) and opinion (doxa), theory of Ideas, the method of dialectic, soul and God.
iv. Aristotle – Classification of the sciences, the theoretical, the practical and the productive (theoria, praxis, techne), logic as an organon, critique of Plato's theory of Ideas, theory of causation, form and matter, potentiality and actuality, soul and God.
v. Medieval Philosophy.
vi. St. Augustine – Problem of Evil.
vii. St. Anselm – Ontological argument.
viii. St. Thomas Aquinas – Faith and Reason, Essence and Existence, the Existence of God.
 
4. Modern Western Philosophy
 
i. Descartes : Conception of method and the need for method in philosophy, clarity and distinctness as the criterion of truth, doubt and methodological scepticism, the cogito– intuition or inference? innate ideas, the 'real' distinction between mind and matter, role of God, proofs for the existence of God, mind – body interactionalism.
ii. Spinoza : Substance, Attribute and Mode, the concept of 'God or Nature', the mind– body problem, pantheism, three orders of knowing.
iii. Leibniz : Monadology, truths of reason and truths of fact, innateness of all ideas, proofs for the existence of God, principles of non – contradiction, sufficient reason and identity of
iv. indiscernibles, the doctrine of pre – established harmony, problem of freedom and philosophy.
v. Locke : Ideas and their classification, refutation of innate ideas, theory of knowledge, theory of substance, distinction between primary and secondary qualities.
vi. Berkeley : Rejection of the distinction between primary and secondary qualities, immaterialism, Rejection of abstract ideas, esse est percipi, the problem of solipsism; God and self.
vii. Hume : Impressions and ideas, knowledge concerning relations of ideas and knowledge concerning matters of fact, induction and causality, the external world and the self, personal
viii. identity, rejection of metaphysics, scepticism, reason and the passions.
ix. Kant : The critical philosophy, classification of judgements, possibility of synthetic a priori judgements, the Copernican revolution, forms of sensibility, categories of understanding, the metaphysical and the transcendental deduction of the categories, phenomenon and noumenon, the Ideas of Reason – soul, God and world as a whole, freedom and immortality, rejection of speculative metaphysics.
x. Hegel : The conception of Geist (spirit), the dialectical method, concepts of being, non – being and becoming, absolute idealism.
 
5. Contemporary Western Philosophy
 
i. Moore : Refutation of idealism, defence of commonsense, philosophy and analysis.
ii. Russell : Knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description, Logical Construction and logical atomism.
iii. Wittgenstein : Language and reality, facts and objects, names and propositions, the picture theory, function of philosophy, meaning and use, Language –game, Private Language. PhenomenonlogyHusserl : The Husserlian method, intentionality.
iv. Existentialism- Kierkegaard : Truth as subjectivity, three stages of Existence.
v. J.P. Sartre : existence proceeds essence, Freedom and responsibility, Humanism.
vi. Existential philosophy of Heidegger.
vii. P.F. Strawson : Person, Basic particular, Identification.
viii. W.V.O. Quine : Two Dogmas of empiricism, radical translation.
ix. Logical Positivism : The verifiability theory of meaning, elimination of metaphysics, linguistic theory of necessary proposition
x. Pragmatism : William James, John Dewey, C. S. Pierce
 
6. Logic
 
i. Truth and Validity
ii. Nature of Propositions
iii. Categorical Syllogism
iv. Laws of thought
v. Classification of Propositions
vi. Square of Opposition
vii. Venn Diagram for proving syllogism
viii. Symbolic Logic
ix. Truth table for proving validity and Invalidity of arguments
x. Former Proof of argument
xi. Fallacies
 
7. Ethics
 
i. Rna and Rta, Purusarthas
ii. Ethics of Geeta : Karmayoga Svadharma and Loksangraha.
iii. Ethics of Gandhi : End and Means, Truth and non-violence, Satyagraha.
iv. Good, Right, Justice Duty and Obligation.
v. Concept of values
vi. Hedonism and Utilitarianism
vii. Intuitionism
viii. Perfectionism
ix. Kant's Moral Philosophy
x. Crime and Punishment
xi. Environmental Ethics
 
8. Socio-Political Philosophy
 
i. Individual Society state and nation.
ii. Tradition, change and modernity with special reference to Indian social institutions.
iii. Political Ideals: Justice, Liberty, Equality
iv. Political Ideologies: Democracy, Marxism, socialism, Communism Sarvodaya.
v. Means of political Action: Satyagraha, Revolution, constructionalism.
vi. Humanism, Multiculturalism, Feminism.
vii. Humann Rights: Origin and Development, Universal Human Rights
viii. Socio-Political Philosophy in Mahabharat and Ramayana
ix. Socio-Political Philosophy in Indian Philosophical System
x. Socio-Political Philosophy of Kautilya
xi. Socio-Political Philosophy in Indian Constitution
 
9. Philosophy of Religion
 
xii. Main World Religions: Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Sikhism.
xiii. God Proofs for the Existence of God: Ontological, Teleological, Cosmological and Moral Arguments.
xiv. Immortality of soul and Rebirth.
xv. liberation: Pathways of Moksha : Jnana, Bhakti, Karma, Dhyana. Dhyana with special reference to Swami Vivekananda, Sri Aurobindo and Paramhans Yoganand.
xvi. Problem of Evil.
xvii. Foundation of Religious Belief: Faith, Revelation and Reason, Mysticism.
xviii. Religious Experience: -Verifiability and Falsifiability of Religious Experience, Religious Language: Symbolic, Analogical and Non-cognitive.
xix. Problems of Religions: Religious Pluralism, Intolerance, Secularism and Religious Conflicts
xx. Religion and Peace: Universal Religion, Secularism, Conflict Resolution, Interreligious Dialogue
 
10. Applied Philosophy
 
i. Professional Ethics : Bussiness Ethics, Medical Ethics, Media Ethics, Legal Ethics
ii. Yoga for Social personal and spiritual development : Concept, meaning and historical tradition of Yoga
iii. Kinds of Yoga : Bhakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Karma Yoga, Raj Yoga and Kriya Yoga (Shyama Charan Lahiri and Paramhansa Yogenand)
iv. Modern Yogis : Swami Vivekanda, Sri Aurobindo, Shyama Charan Lahiri, Paramhansa Yogananda, Shivanand and Maharshi Mahesh Yogi.
v. Asana, Pranayam, Mudra Bandh
vi. Dhyana (Meditation) : Vipasana (Buddha), Kriya Yoga Dhyana (Shyama Charan Lahiri and Paramhans Yoganand), Transcendental Meditation (Maharshi Mahesh Yogi)
vii. Philosophy of Technology : Technology, Dominance, Power and Social Inequality, Democratization of Technology.
viii. Ethical Implications of Information Technology (IT) and Bio Technology.
ix. Philosophical counselling : Managing everyday problems.
 
UPESSC Assistant Professor (Philosophy) Exam Pattern 2026
Duration : 120 Minutes

 
Negative Marking : 01
 
S.No Subject No.of Question Marks
1. General Knowledge 30 90
2. Optional Subject (Philosophy) 90 270
  Total 120 360

Exam Date 2026 : 19th & 20th November 2026
Starting Date of Application Form : 08th September 2026
Last Date of Application Form : 07th October 2026
Total Post :
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