Asian Philosophy
Description
This course is on Asian philosophy. We will be looking at classical material on the nature of the self, mentality, reality, morality, freedom, knowledge, and liberation, deriving from thinkers who originate from the geographical regions of modern day India, China, Japan, and Korea. There are many thinkers and schools of thought originating from these areas. We will look at Nyaya, Advaita Vedanta, Mimamsa, Jainism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, as well as others. Our goal will be twofold. On the one hand, we will aim to learn the fundamental details of each of these schools. On the other hand, we will seek a critical assessment of these schools by way of a comparison with each other and other non-philosophical investigations of the world, such as in physics and psychology.
Assignments
Documents
- Indian Physics 1 by R. Narayan [PDF]
- Indian Physics 2 by R. Narayan [PDF]
- Space, Time, and Anu in Vaisheshika by R. Narayan [PDF]
- Lokayata in Ancient India and China by R. Joshi [PDF]
Links
- Carvaka / Lokayata by A Turner-Lauck Wernicki
- Yoga: Aligning the Source
- Chinese Philosophy: The Book of Changes
- The Rig Veda A Reader for Students
- Collection of Classic Indian Philosophical Texts: Vedas, Upanishads, and Puranas
- Yin Yang explained by J. Bellaimey
- Confucianism
- Beyond True and False: Buddhism and Contradictions by G. Priest
- The Importance of Studying Chinese Philosophy
- Roger Ames on Confucian Role Ethics, Personal Identity, and Moral Imagination
- Daoism
- Zhuangzi's Basic Writings by Karen Carr
- Neo Confucianism by Richard Shek
- The Nature of Zen
- The Science of Not Trying: Mastering Wu-Wei
- Japanese Zen Buddhist Philosophy in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Course Documents
Documents
- Asian Philosophy (CH. 1 of AP) [PPTX]
- Asian Philosophy (CH. 2 of AP) [PPTX]
- Asian Philosophy (CH. 3 of AP) [PPTX]
- Asian Philosophy (Cārvāka Supplement to AP) [PPTX]
- Asian Philosophy (CH. 4 of AP) [PPTX]
- Asian Philosophy (CH. 5 of AP) [PPTX]
- Asian Philosophy (CH. 6 of AP) [PPTX]
- Asian Philosophy (CH. 8 of AP) [PPTX]
- Asian Philosophy (CH. 9 of AP) [PPTX]
- Asian Philosophy CH. 10 of AP) [PPTX]
- Asian Philosophy (CH. 14 of AP) [PPTX]
- Asian Philosophy (CH. 15 of AP) [PPTX]
- Asian Philosophy (Ch. 16 of AP) [PPTX]
- Asian Philosophy (CH. 17 of AP) [PPTX]
- Asian Philosophy (CH. 18 of AP) [PPTX]
- Asian Philosophy (CH. 19 of AP) [PPTX]