PHIL 3910 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Indian Philosophy, Dvaita, Charvaka

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 3910
• Professor: K. Dorter

Document Summary

There are pronunciations in the back of your text book. Character is missing for some of the words (upanishads) I a- the upanishads are in your textbook in an abridged form. Indian names don"t always sound the way they look on the page. Western is more analytic , indian spiritual) within both logic. There are analytic and materialist parts of indian positions are two pov"s (lokayata) = materialism and nyanna = philosophy. They don"t necessary need to believe in the reality the at they take on faith. The most basic meditation, you rely on techniques solely instead of faith. Both plato and aristotle talk about contemplation, it"s like meditation. The materialism in india has been around for a long time. The most popular form of yoga in the west is hatha. One from of hinduism and buddhism is called tantra. Western philosophy can be very spiritual as well. there are western. Decartes in his meditations- philosophy and philosophers of religion.