This course introduces students to eastern philosophies and helps them to understand the philosophical similarities among these philosophies, especially as they relate to reality, value, knowledge, and religion. Topics may include: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Mohism, and Daoism.

By the end of this course, students will have...

1. Recognized and differentiated between historical South and East Asian texts by accurately and fully describing concepts and arguments and placing them in their social-historical contexts;

2. Developed interdisciplinary and critical reasoning skills and applied these skills to a variety of cultural-historical, philosophical, and religious issues;

3. Evaluated and assessed the content, structure, and strategies of philosophical and religious work; and

4. Applied philosophical and religious concepts to contemporary issues through the construction of arguments.

REQUIRED TEXT: 

Puqun Li, A Guide to Asian Philosophical Classics. 1st ed. (Broadview Press, 2012) ISBN: 9781554810345

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