Module Details
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Title INDIAN PHILOSOPHY
Code PHIL326
Coordinator Dr CJ Bartley
Philosophy
C.J.Bartley@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2018-19 Level 6 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Aims

  • To examine the ways in which philosophy in Classical India develops as a dialogue between thinkers of Buddhist and Brahminical persuasions and to relate fundamental Indian metaphysical concepts to Western counterparts.

  • To investigate what is distinctive about Indian approaches to questions of ontology, soteriology, social harmony, and morality.

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    Learning Outcomes
    Students will be able to engage in informed discussions identifying and evaluating the concepts and categories in which philosophical discussions were conducted in India.

    Students will able to be enabled to assimilate a differentview Western philosophical traditions from the perspective of Indian philosohical traditions.

    Students will be able to contextualise information about the Indian worldviews under discussion.

     

     

    Students will be able to think more imaginatively by empathising with unfamiliar outlooks on life.

     

    Students will be able to engage in debate informed by an awareness of the particularity and peculiarities of Western philosophical positions.

    Syllabus
    1 

    Buddhist Origins

    Abhidharma Buddhism

    Sautrantika Buddhism

    Yogacara Buddhism 

    Madhyamaka Buddhism

    Mimamsa

    Advaita Vedanta

    Theistic Vedanta

    Nyaya-Vaisheshika

    Caste

    Teaching and Learning Strategies

    Lecture - 11 lectures

    Seminar - 10 seminars

    Seminars start in Week 2.

    Teaching Schedule
      Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
    Study Hours 11
    11 lectures
    		10
    10 seminars
    		        21
    Timetable (if known)   Seminars start in Week 2.
          		         
    Private Study 129
    TOTAL HOURS 150

    Assessment
    EXAM Duration Timing
    (Semester)    		 % of
    final
    mark    		 Resit/resubmission
    opportunity    		 Penalty for late
    submission    		 Notes
    Unseen Written Exam  2 hours  2  60  Yes    Assessment 3 Notes (applying to all assessments) Assessed presentation (10%). It is not possible for assessed presentations to be marked anonymously. Essay (30%). Examination (60%). 
    CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
    (Semester)    		 % of
    final
    mark    		 Resit/resubmission
    opportunity    		 Penalty for late
    submission    		 Notes
    Practical Assessment  10-15 minute seminar  2  10  No reassessment opportunity    Assessment 1 There is no reassessment opportunity, It is not possible to resit an assessed presentation. 
    Coursework  2,000 word essay  2  30  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Assessment 2 

    Recommended Texts
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