Indian Philosophies

(Cross-listed as REL 141.) Seminar on the doctrines and arguments of the major Indian schools of philosophy (Samkhya, Buddhist, Vedanta, Nyaya-Vaisesika, and Navya-Nyaya). How these schools attempt to ground their religious systems in logical argumentation about the human soul, God, and the path to nirvana. Recommendations: (one of the following):REL 43, 44, or 45; or PHIL 33; or permission of instructor.