(1) Impart to students familiarity with, and knowledge of, the main issues addressed and approaches taken by philosophers in another major culture or related group of cultures.

(2) Impart to students critical skills to deal with these issues and employ these approaches in their assessment of their own culture and societal life, and in thinking about their own personal lives.

(3) Develop high level written and oral skills in presenting issues concerning philosophies of non-European cultures.

(4) Develop a capacity to appreciate how people
of other cultures approach ways of living and evaluating life situations.

Specific content will vary from year to year. The course may focus on one particular non-European philosophy, say for instance Chinese, or it may survey several under selected themes. The main assigned reading will be translations of primary materials supplemented by secondary interpretation. For instance, a segment covering ancient Chinese philosophy would use The Analects of Confucius (tr. Ames and Rosemont), the Tao Te Ching (tr. MacDonald) and The book of Chuang Tzu, (tr. Palmer & Breuilly) as primary texts, supplementing them with such contemporary texts as Confucius: The secular as sacred by H. Fingarette, Disputers of the Tao: philosphical argument in ancient China by A. C. Graham, Thinking through Confucius by D. L. Hall and R. T. Ames. The lectures and discussions will focus on interpreting the texts, examining the philosophic issues, discussing how cultural concerns are reflected in the philosophy, discussing non-western philosophical terminology and comparing the non-european ideas to those of western philosophy.

PHIL3140 Chinese Philosophy

Students who have previously completed PHIL3140 are not permitted to enrol in PHIL2140

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At least 10 units of PHIL courses at 1000 level, or 40 units of any courses at any level.

Internal Mode

Lecture
Tutorial

Lecture: for 1 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Tutorial: for 1 hour(s) per Week for Full Term