Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 143)
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Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Dr Purushottama Bilimoria.
Prerequisite: One first-year single-semester Philosophy subject or Asian studies subject (in consultation with the lecturer). Students who lack these prerequisites, but believe themselves adequately prepared to attempt any second/third year subjects, should consult the Head of Department.
Contact: Up to three hours a week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
At the completion of this subject students should:
- be introduced to some of the central philosophical ideas and principles of the Asian/Eastern traditions, with a particular focus on Indian, Chinese and Japanese traditions;
- have developed a critical understanding of the ways in which Asian thinkers have responded to problems in metaphysics, theories of knowledge and ethical thought;
- be able to undertake independent inquiry in any of the Asian traditions covered, or comparatively, on any specific problem in philosophy and religion.
Content:
A study of key philosophical themes in Asian (especially Indian) thought, based on concepts of nature and transcendence, the self and consciousness, human action and the moral order; followed by a comparative appraisal of doctrines of knowledge and pragmatism in ethics.
Assessment:
One 2-hour end-of-semester examination (50 per cent), and an essay of no more than 3,000 words (50 percent).
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 143)
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