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COURSE SYLLABUS

Course Title: Comparative Philosophy School Year: AY 2022-2023


Course Code: Term: 2nd Semester
No. Of Units: 3 Prerequisite:

Mondays, 8:30am to
Facilitator: Levine Andro H. Lao Schedule:
11:30am
Office: N/A Meeting Place Via Zoom

Consultation
Contact No. 09063303262 By Appointment
Period:

E-mail: levine.lao@gmail.com Place/Time: By Appointment

Course Description:

The three-unit course “Comparative Philosophy” introduces students to the study, which draws
philosophical insights from the cross-cultural or cross-disciplinary examination of concepts and
approaches in the realm of human understanding. The course covers dialogical studies between the East
and the West, particularly those from the book Across the Ancient Philosophical World: Essays in
Comparative Philosophy, which was written by Prof. Alfredo Co, PhD.

At the end of the course, students are expected to 1) compare parallel or distinctive worldviews and 2)
understand the perspective of different philosophies of the East and the West.

Course Calendar:

Teaching-Learning Assessment
Schedule Content
Activities Tasks

 Lecture
 Supplementary Reading:
Week 1 I. Introducing the Course “Methods of Comparative  N/A
Philosophy” by J. Kee Swan
Liat

II. Background of  Lecture


Comparative Philosophy  Required Readings:
a. Parallel developments a. “Methods and
and problem approach Significance of Comparative
b. Some references to Philosophy” by Hajime
Week 2  Quiz
comparative attempts in the Nakamura
classical period b. “Some Problems of
c. Tendencies Comparative Philosophy” by
d. Common themes Charles Moore
e. Major differences

Weeks 3 III. Landscape and  Thought


Traveling: East and West
 Lecture
a. The True, the Good,  Required Reading:
and the Beautiful “At the Agora, In the
Wilderness, Across the piece
b. Tat Tvam Asi and
Warring States: Landscape
the Realization of self-  Quiz
and Travel Across the Ancient
divinity Philosophical Discourses” by
c. Benevolent Alfredo Co
Government
Week 4 Quiz No. 1

III. Laughter: East and  Lecture


West  Required Reading:  Thought
“Siddharta, Socrates and piece
Week 5
a. Siddharta Gautama Zhuang Zi: Laughter Across
b. Socrates Ancient Civilizations” by  Quiz
c. Zhuang Zi Alfredo Co

IV. Intra-Disciplinary
Comparative  Lecture
 Required Reading:  Thought
Philosophy
“Hermeneutics of the Piece
Week 6 a. Dao in Lao Zi
Genius of the Absurd:
b. Dao in Zhuang Zi
Interpreting the Dao” by  Quiz
c. Dao in Han Fei Zi Alfredo Co
d. Dao in Sun Zi
Week 7 Quiz No. 2
Week 8 Midterm Examinations

V. Philosophy, Religions
and Transcendence  Lecture
a. Survey of Western  Required Reading:  Thought
Weeks 9 and 10 search for transcendence “Beyond Ricci and Piece
b. Chinese search for Longobardi: Exploring a
transcendence Dialogue of East-West
 Quiz
c. Ascent in the Transcendence” by Alfredo
Buddhist Trikaya Co

Week 11 Quiz No. 3

 Lecture
VI. Catholicism and  Required Reading:
Culture “Catholicism in Asia:  Thought
Weeks 12 and 13 a. The evangelization Discoursing the Impacts Piece
of China and Lessons of the
b. The evangelization Evangelization in China Quiz
of the Philippines and in the Philippines” by
Alfredo Co
Week 15: Final Examination

Grading System:
Prelims: 50% of final grade Finals: 50% of final grade

Class Participation – 30% Class Participation – 30%


Quizzes-30% Quizzes-30%
Major Exam-40% Major Exam-40%
Total – 100 % Total – 100 %

Classroom Policies:

 Thought pieces about the previous lesson will be delivered in class by assigned students at the
start of each session.
 All seminary rules apply.
 Plagiarism is strictly prohibited.

References:

Co, Alfredo. 2015. Across the Ancient Philosophical World: Essays in Comparative Philosophy. Manila:
UST Publishing House.
Liat, J. Kwee Swan. “Methods of Comparative Philosophy,” in Philosophy East and West, Vol. 1, No. 1
(April 1951): pp. 10-15.
Moore, Charles. “Some Problems of Comparative Philosophy,” in Philosophy East and West, Vol. 1 No.
1 (April 1951): pp. 67-70.
Nakamura, Hajime. “Methods and Significance of Comparative Philosophy,” in Revue Internationale de
Philosophie, Vol. 28, No. 107/108 (1974): pp. 184-193.

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