Introduction to Indian Philosophy

1.00 credits · Undergraduate

This course provides an introduction to Indian philosophy; its history, major figures, schools, and development from Antiquity to the late classical period. These may include: Speculative thought in the Vedic Corpus; Carvaka Materialism; Early Buddhist thought; Jain thought; Samkhya-Yoga philosophy; the Nyaya and Vaisesika Schools; Brahmanical social philosophy; Mahayana Buddhist philosophy; and Classical Vedanta. Topics may include self-hood, suffering, the good life, metaphysics, and theories of knowledge.