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Department of Philosophy

University of Peradeniya

Prizes and Scholarships given by the Department of Philosophy are as follows;

  • 1000 Level - Ibrahim Jafferie Memorial Scholarship
  • General Degree - Charles de Abrew prize for Arts
  • Special Degree -
    1. Charles de Abrew prize for Philosophy
    2. K. N. Jayatilleke Memorial Scholarship for the highest Marks in Buddhist and Indian Philosophy I and II

Undergraduate Programme - Philosophy

1000 Level: First Semester

PHY 1001- Introduction to Philosophy
ESS 1003- Logical Reasoning

1000 Level: Second Semester

PHY 1002- History of Philosophy
ESS 1006- Personality, Leadership and Ethics
ESS 1007- Critical Thinking

2000 Level: First Semester

PHY 2001 - Introduction to Logic
PHY 2002 - Introduction to General Psychology
PHY 2003 – Buddhist & Indian philosophy I
PHY 2004 - Greek Philosophy
PHY 2005 – Epistemology

2000 Level: Second Semester

PHY 2006 – Mathematical Logic
PHY 2007 - Theories & Concepts of Ethics
PHY 2008 - Medieval & Islamic Philosophy
PHY 2009 - Philosophical Psychology

3000 Level: First Semester

PHY 3001 - Modern Western Philosophy
PHY 3002 -Political Philosophy
PHY 3003 - Buddhist & Indian Philosophy II
PHY 3004 – Scientific Method

3000 Level: Second Semester

PHY 3005 - Philosophy of Marxism
PHY 3006 - Methodologies of the Humanities & Social Sciences
PHY 3007 – Far Eastern Thought
PHY 3008 - Applied Ethics
PHY 3009 - Philosophy of German Idealism: Kant to Hegel

4000 Level: First Semester

PHY 4001 - Contemporary Analytical Philosophy
PHY 4002 - Contemporary Continental Philosophy
PHY 4003 – Philosophy of Arts & Aesthetics
PHY 4004 - Philosophy of Science
PHY 4999 – Dissertation

4000 Level: Second Semester

PHY 4005 - Postmodern Philosophy
PHY 4006- Philosophy of Religion
PHY 4007 – Advanced Philosophy Seminar
PHY 4999- Dissertation
ESS 4995- Internship
ESS 4996- Field work Project
ESS 4997- Creative work Project


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