2018-2019 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2018-2019 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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PHL 235 Buddhist Philosophies


3 credits

This course will examine select philosophic issues that arise in the wide range of Buddhist ideas and practices found in the Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana and Chan/Zen traditions. Topics of consideration may include Buddhist theories of causality, personal identity, substantiality, happiness, optimal human relationality and the effects of meditation practices on philosophic inquiry. Students will be encouraged to rexamine Western philosophic problems and solutions through the medium of Buddhist thought and practice.

Prerequisite(s): PHL 100  or PHL 151  



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