May 09, 2024  
2022-2023 University Bulletin 
    
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PHIL 228 - Philosophical Traditions of Asia

3 Credit Hours
This course aims to introduce the student to the core claims, concepts, and historical progress of the diverse philosophical traditions of Asia. The course will pay special attention to how competing claims interacted over time and how those interactions gave rise to new claims and positions. Special attention will be paid to the interactions between early Indian Vedic traditions and early forms of Buddhism, as well as the interaction between Confucianism and Daoism. The course, will end by showing how these four traditions interacted to give rise to the Chan and Zen philosophical traditions.

This course will satisfy the core area requirement in philosophy.



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