Course Details

Course offered Winter 2017

HONORS 211 D: Karma and Free Will in Indian Philosophy (A&H)

HONORS 211 D: Karma and Free Will in Indian Philosophy (A&H)

SLN 15410 (View UW registration info »)

Prem Pahlajrai (Asian Languages and Literature)
Office: Gowen 231, Box 353521
Phone: 206-543-4096
Email: prem@uw.edu

Credits: 5
Limit: 20 students

Honors Credit Type

What is karma?
Is our fate predestined?
Or do we have free will?

This course explores these questions in the context of the major Indian philosophical systems including Jainism, Abhidharma & Mādhyamika Buddhism, Sāṅkhya, Nyāya, the Grammarians, Mīmāṃsā, the major systems of Vedānta, and other theistic traditions. In the process salient features of these systems will be introduced.

All readings in English, no knowledge of Sanskrit or other Indian languages is required.