Welcome to Asian Philosophy. This course is an introduction to classical Indian philosophy, Chinese philosophy, and Japanese philosophy. The main schools of thought that are studied are Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Zen. Below are the main lecture notes for the course.

There are many resources outside our main text that are useful for our course. Below are a series of links to videos, journal articles, and websites that contain valuable and useful information. 

AP Chapter 1 Lecture
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AP Chapter 2 Lecture
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AP Chapter 3 Lecture
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AP Chapter 4 Lecture
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Cārvāka Lecture
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AP Chapter 5 Lecture
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AP Chapter 6 Lecture
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• Yoga: Aligning the Source
• Chinese Philosophy: The Book of Changes
• The Rig Veda A Reader for Students
• Collection of Classic Indian Philosophical Texts: Vedas, Upanishads, and Puranas
• Yin Yang explained by J. Bellaimey
• Confucianism
• Beyond True and False: Buddhism and Contradictions by G. Priest
• The Importance of Studying Chinese Philosophy
• Roger Ames on Confucian Role Ethics, Personal Identity, and Moral Imagination
• Daoism
• Carvaka / Lokayata by A Turner-Lauck Wernicki
• Zhuangzi's Basic Writings by Karen Carr
• Neo Confucianism by Richard Shek
• The Nature of Zen
• The Science of Not Trying: Mastering Wu-Wei
• Japanese Zen Buddhist Philosophy in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

AP Chapter 10 Lecture
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AP Chapter 14 Lecture
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AP Chapter 15 Lecture
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AP Chapter 16 Lecture
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AP Chapter 17 Lecture
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AP Chapter 18 Lecture
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AP Chapter 19 Lecture
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