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Asian Philosophy PHIL104-1.TonyNguyen
Spring2018.Mon&Weds3–4:15pm@DudleyMoorehead208GEareaV
ClassDescription:Westernthoughtstartswiththeideathattobeistobesomething.Metaphysicsdevelopedtheideaofthingness,thatEverythingincludeseverything,andtheselfasathinkingthingseekingobjectiveknowledge.
Besidesthingness,Easternthought,includesofnothingness.
Inthisclass,wewillreadthefoundingtextsforDaoism,Confucianism,Hinduism,BuddhismandZen(inthatorder)todwellonnothing,no-thing,andno-thingness;talknon-sense;thinkaboutemptiness,deathandexplorehowreincarnationmightwork.
Inshort,wewillexaminethephilosophicalgroundsforBeingandNothingness.
Books:
TheSourcebookforIndianPhilosophybyRadhakrishan&Moore($57).
TheSourcebookforChinesePhilosophybyWingSitChan($38)
Movies:TheMahabarata(1989),CivilizationofMaxwellBright(2005),FindingDory(2015)
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