Sr. College - Arts - Philosophy

The department of philosophy in Goveli College came into existence in 2004. Dr. M. S. Kurhade an eminent scholar, research guide,dean of Arts faculty Mumbai University and Principal D.T.S.S Malad College , Malad is credited for laying the foundation and inaugurating this Department . Prof. Walimbe as a founder member of the department contributed a lot for the subject and department .

In one general sense, philosophy is associated with wisdom, intellectual culture and a search for knowledge.Literal meaning of Philosophy is “love for wisdom”. The word philosophy is a combination of two words ‘philo’ and ‘sophia’ ,’philo’ in the sense ‘love’ and ‘sophia’ means Knowledge. Thus philosophy means love for knowledge. Philosophy is also known as mother of all sciences . Philosophy is an intellectual enterprise. It is analytical and investigative in nature . It is exclamatory.

• The scope of philosophy keeps on increasing or expanding . It can not be completely specified, but the core areas of philosophy can be included. These are:- 1. Metaphysics 2. Epistemology 3. Ethics 4. Aesthetics 5.Logic 6. Theology
• And the extensive list will be quite long . Infact philosophy deals with all the branches of thoughts.

• The mission of the department is to examine , explore and advance our understanding of the world and our place within it through innovative research , teaching and service, to provide students the spirit of questioning and inquiry.
• To make student to deepen their understanding of the ethical dimension of their decision making and learn to live an examined life.
• To make student to think critically .
• To prepare them for criticizing education,religion,politics etc.
• To understand philosophy and to prepare student for making philosophical atmosphere in department and society.

• The department of philosophy conducted varied of activities. The department has established, ‘Tattvadnyan Vicharmauch’ for Spreding philosophy out of department.An actvist philosopher Dr. S. G. Nigal , Philosophy department Mumbai University has given this innovative idia.
• Department has conducted many programmes under the same.Swami Vivekananda Jayanti and Jijau jayanti , Gita Jayanti are the striking programmes of the department.
• Department has organized state level conference named ‘Maharashtra Tatwadnyan Parishad’ in 2013 . Recently from academic year 2018 -2019 one more event is being a part of departmental activity - 'Parisamvad' (Symposium).
• The department also conducts various co-curricular and extra curricular activities such as elocution, symposium,essay writting,competition, debate etc.
• The faculties and students of the department participate various Conferences, Seminars & Workshops and present their paper for the same. The department also arranges visits related to subject viz.Vippashana center,Yoga centre

After completing the Bachelor of Arts degree, students are able to

• To acquired the knowledge with facts, fundamental concept and figures concerned with the subjects such as Marathi, Hindi, English, Economics, History and Politicalsciences.
• To understand the relationship between society, literature and reflection of Universal truths.
• To Grasp the importance literature in creating aesthetic, mental, moral, intellectual development of an individual and increasing a healthy society.
• To gain the analytical ability to analyze critically the literature and social issues, appreciate the strength and suggest the improvements for better results.
• To make learners sensitive about environment issues and sustainable development.
• To Develop various multiple communication skills such as reading, listing, writing, speaking etc., which will help in expressing ideas and views clearly and effectively.
• To appreciate world classics in the realm of British, American and Indian Literature
• To make the students to have better personality development, traits, responsible and dutiful citizen