HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY: CLASSICAL INDIAN & BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY.

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Introduces the Classical Indian philosophical tradition and the Buddhist philosophical tradition as they developed inside and outside of India. Covers the origins and history of the six "orthodox" schools of Classical Indian philosophy and the three "heterodox" schools-Buddhism, Jainism, and Carvaka materialism-and their contributions to epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and philosophy of religion. There are no prerequisites but at least one prior course in Philosophy or Religious Studies is recommended.