MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

PHI245  1994 Fall – 2003 Fall

Introduction to Eastern Philosophy

1.

Describe and critically analyze the metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics of Hindu philosophy. (I)

2.

Describe and critically analyze the metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics of Buddhist philosophy. (II)

3.

Describe and critically analyze the metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics of Confucianism. (III)

4.

Describe and critically analyze the metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics of Taoism. (III)

5.

Describe and critically analyze the metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics of Neo-Confucianism. (III)

6.

Describe and critically analyze the metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics of contemporary Chinese philosophy. (III)

MCCCD Official Course Outline:

PHI245  1994 Fall – 2003 Fall

Introduction to Eastern Philosophy

I. Indian philosophy (Hindu)

A. World view of the Vedas, Upanishads, Bhaqavad-Gita

B. Orthodox schools

1. Samkhyya, Yoga

2. Nyaya, Vaisheshika (knowledge and reality)

3. Vedanta (change and reality)

C. Contemporary philosophers (knowledge and reality)

1. Radhakrishnan

2. Sri Aurobindo

II. Indian philosophy (Buddhist)

A. The world and suffering

B. Theravada (Hinayana philosophy)

C. Mahayana philosophy

D. The nature of the self

1. Wheel of becoming

2. Stopping the wheel of becoming

3. Theories of the non-self

4. The self analyzed in terms of elements

5. Personalist view

6. Self as "suchness"

7. Self as consciousness

E. Nature of reality

1. Pluralistic realism

2. Existence

3. Knowledge

4. Idealism

5. Relativism

6. Critical dialectic

F. Zen Buddhism

III. Chinese philosophy

A. Confucianism

1. Confucius

2. Mencius

3. Hsun Tzu

4. Mo Tzu

5. Han Fei Tzu

B. Taoism: the metaphysics of nature

1. Lao Tzu

2. Chuang Tzu

C. Neo-Confucianism

1. Chou Tun-i

2. Philosophy of principle

3. Chu Hsi

4. Wang Yang-Ming

5. Tai Chen

D. Contemporary Chinese philosophy