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ISD 217 Philosophy of Development

ND2 levelSocial Sciences14 topics

ISD 217 covers 14 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Concept of philosophy and philosophy of development
  2. Philosophical perspectives on development
  3. Development decision frameworks
  4. Ethics, values and cultural beliefs in development
  5. Traditional, modern and contemporary development philosophies
  6. Islamic perspective and methodology of development
  7. Philosophy and social theories
  8. Philosophy and political theories
  9. Philosophy and economic theories
  10. Philosophy, Islamic thought and critical thinking
  11. Theories of human progress
  12. Linear, cyclical and evolutionary progress theories
  13. Modernization theory
  14. Dependency theory

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Concept of philosophy and philosophy of development

The concept of philosophy is the systematic study of fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. In the context of development, philosophy of development applies these critical, reflective tools to understand how societies grow, what constitutes progress, and how values shape development policies.

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