98-202 Student Taught Courses (StuCo): Introduction to Classical South Asian Philosophy

3 units, Carnegie Mellon University

Over the course of 3500 years, the South Asian intellectual tradition has cultivated some of the most interesting theories of philosophy spanning formal logic, ethics, consciousness, and more. This introductory course to Classical South Asian Philosophy begins with a background in South Asian history, literature, and ethics before diving into rigorous approaches to epistemology metaphysics by many separate schools of thought. Taught with an emphasis on inclass discussion and engagement with arguments put forward by South Asian thinkers, this course also seeks to assist students in constructing an intellectual identity informed by their ethnohistorical context. Students with some background in computationalmathematical logic or analytic philosophy, as well as those of South Asian heritage, may especially enjoy this courses intersections with their prior knowledge.

Prerequisites: none listed

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