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Semester 1

Japanese Philosophy (PHIL10222)

Subject

Philosophy

College

CAHSS

Credits

20

Normal Year Taken

3

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

Visiting students must have completed at least 3 Philosophy courses at grade B or above; we will only consider University/College level courses. This course does not require any prior knowledge of Japanese language. **Please see Additional Restrictions below**

Course Summary

The purpose of this course is to examine major philosophical themes as they have been articulated in the history of Japanese philosophy.

Course Description

Classical Japanese philosophy consists of multiple cultural, intellectual, and religious traditions, including a Native Shinto tradition, Confucianism, and Buddhism. Modern Japanese philosophy also engages with an influx of Anglo-European philosophical concepts against the backdrop of East Asian traditions. The upshot of this is that the emergence of many philosophical concepts in the intellectual history of Japan has been shaped, to a greater or lesser degree, by some form of cross-cultural thinking. **This course will focus on one such theme in the history of Japanese philosophy (the theme chosen may vary from year to year). This will allow students to pursue a two-fold objective: (1) to deepen their knowledge of the way in which Japanese thinkers articulated their problems (and sometimes solutions) in their distinct intellectual and historical context; (2) to engage in their own versions of cross-cultural thinking by reflecting on, and responding to, these problems and the (possible) solutions proposed by philosophers in the history of Japan. **This course will not assume any previous knowledge in the area. All reading will be in English translation.

Assessment Information

Written Exam 0%, Coursework 100%, Practical Exam 0%

Additional Restrictions

Unless you are nominated on a Philosophy exchange agreement, visiting students are only permitted to enrol in only one 3rd year Philosophy course each, per semester, before the start of the relevant semester’s welcome period – and spaces on each course are limited so cannot be guaranteed for any student. Enrolment in additional courses from this subject area will depend on whether there are still spaces available in the September Welcome Period, and cannot be guaranteed. It is NOT appropriate for students to contact staff within this subject area to ask for an exception to be made; all enquiries to enrol in these courses must be made through the CAHSS Visiting Student Office. This is due to the extremely limited number of spaces available in this very popular subject area.

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