Admission requirements
Admission to this course is restricted to:
BA students in Philosophy: Global and Comparative Perspectives
Pre-master’s students in Philosophy who are in possession of an admission statement, and for whom this course is part of their programme.
Description
This course will introduce the student to the major early philosophical traditions of China that originated during the Warring States Period, including Confucianism, Mohism, Daoism, Legalism and Yangism. Students will explore both the distinct ideas and arguments as well as overlapping frameworks of these traditions of thought as they attempted to respond to the urgent moral, social, political and envisioned cosmological crises out of which they emerged.
Course objectives
This course aims to acquaint students with the conceptual frameworks, philosophical worldviews and argumentational genres of the early philosophical traditions of China and train them to think through and critically evaluate the positions and debates of some of the first Chinese philosophical schools.
Students who successfully complete the course will have a good understanding of:
the early Chinese philosophical texts that exerted the longest influences on Chinese thought;
the ideas, argumentational styles and debates of the early Chinese philosophical lineages.
Timetable
The timetables are available through My Timetable.
Mode of instruction
- Lectures
Class attendance is required.
Assessment method
Assessment
Midterm take home examination
Final take home examination
Weighting
The final mark for the course is established by determination of the weighted average of the two subtests:
Midterm take home examination: 50%
Final take home examination: 50%
Resit
The resit consists of an take home examination and covers the final exam only. The grade for the midterm exam remains in place. No separate resit will be offered for the mid-term test.
Inspection and feedback
How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.
Reading list
Van Norden & Ivanhoe, eds., Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy. (Course textbook to be purchased)
Course syllabus will be distributed via Brightspace.
Registration
Enrolment through MyStudymap is mandatory.
Contact
For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the information bar at the right hand side of the page.
For questions about enrolment, admission, etc., contact the Education Administration Office Huizinga
Remarks
Not applicable.