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FA 2011
Asian Studies
ASIAN 380 - Topics in Asian Studies
Section 002
From Myth, through Mysticism, to Rationalism: Phases of Philosophical Thought in India

Credits: 3
Other: WorldLit
Waitlist Capacity: 99
Repeatability: May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit(s).
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ASIAN 580 - Sem S Asian Studies, Section 001
Primary Instructor: Deshpande,Madhav

 
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Through a critical reading of translations of original philosophical texts and secondary studies of those texts, this course will cover the major transitions in philosophical thinking in ancient and classical India. The first phase will consider shifts from the early Vedic mythological/ritualistic thinking to mysticism of the Upanishads. The second phase will cover the protestant philosophical views found in Buddhism, Jainism and the so-called Heretics. The third phase will discuss the emergence of theism in the Bhagavadgita. Lastly, the course will cover the emergence of logical/rational thinking in the different systems of Hindu philosophy. The aim of the course is to help students figure out why and how the philosophical texts say what they say, and to place these texts in a socio-historical and philosophical context.

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ISBN: 0691019584 A source book in Indian philosophy, Author: ed. by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Charles A. Moore., Publisher: Univ. Press 4. pbk. pr 1971
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