This course is a survey of the world’s major philosophical traditions about reality, time, the universe, the self and its place in nature, society and the universe; the causes of and solutions for human suffering, and the basic constitution of social tradition and process of change. The survey is inclusive of Africa, Native America, Arab, Asian, Egyptian, European, Greek, Indian, Mesopotamian, Persian, Roman, and North American philosophical systems that have shaped various cultures and conceptions of human identity.
