SP19 PHIL306

In PHIL306, our primary goal will be to understand the basic concepts and ideas of the major schools of Chinese and Japanese thought, including Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism. To do so, we will study the schools chronologically, contrasting them with one another and studying the arguments for and against each of the various positions that they occupy. Throughout, we will aim to bring these (sometimes quite ancient) ideas into contact with contemporary life, seeing how philosophers of ancient China and Japan continue to have relevance today.