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AP/PHIL 2035

Asian Philosophical Traditions

3.0 credits

Undated; uploaded July 2026

Topics

  • Selfhood in Upanishadic and Buddhist thought
  • Detachment, karma and liberation
  • Confucian ethics
  • Mohist impartiality
  • Daoist philosophy

Readings

  • Required: The Self in Indian Philosophy, translated by Max Müller, Sacred Books of the East, volume 15 (1883), as listed.
  • Required: Bhagavad Gita, Peter Pauper Press edition (1959).
  • Required selections: Buddhist Philosophy: Essential Readings (Oxford University Press, 2023), as listed.
  • Required: Nick Bommarito, Seeing Clearly: A Buddhist Guide to Life (Oxford University Press, 2020).
  • Required selections: Ivanhoe and Van Norden, editors, Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy (Hackett, 2023).
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