Department of Philosophy
Faculty
Professors
Park, Soon-Young, Ph.D.(Bochum
University,
Germany,
1976),
Hermeneutics and Contemp. German
Philosophy
Lee, Kang-Soo, Ph.D.(Korea University,
1983), Philosophy of Taoism
Chang, Wook, Ph.D.(University of Munich,
Germany, 1973), Medieval Philosophy
Lyu, In-Heui, Ph.D.(Yonsei University,
1980), Philosophy in East Asian Area
Lee, Kwang-Ho, Ph.D.(Seoul National
University,1993), Korean Philosophy
Kim, Hyung-Chul, Ph.D.(University of
Chicago, 1988), Moral Philosophy
Yoon, Byung-Tae, Ph.D.(Göttingen
University, Germany, 1992), Philosophy
of German Idealism
Shin, Gyoo-tag, Ph.D.(Tokyo National
University, 1994), Zen Buddhism and
Hua-yen School
Lee, Seung-Chong, Ph.D.(State University of
New York, 1993), Philosophy of
Language
Moon, Chang-Ohk, Ph.D.(Yonsei
Unibersity, 1994) British Empiricism and
Philosophy of Science
Cho, Dae-Ho, Ph.D.(Freiburg Unversity,
2001) Ancient Greek Philosophy
Sunwoo, Hwan, Ph.D.(Princeton University,
2000) Analytic Philosophy
Introduction
The Department takes pride in its eighty-six
years of history, the oldest in the nation. Its
tradition is traced to the very foundation of
Yonhee School in 1917. Then, two
philosophy lectures were given: Introduction
to Philosophy and Introdution to Logic. A
third lecture, History of Philosophy, was
added to curriculum in 1922. The
Department of Philosophy was formally
established in the School of Liberal Arts of
the University in 1946; and the Graduate
School of Philosophy was instituted in 1957.
The Department welcomes all those who
desire to have a “philosophical mind.”
Philosophers are made, not born. A welltrained philosophical mind alone will be in
the position to cope successfully with the
challenges, which the rapidly changing world
brings.
Philosophy has always been, and still is, the
queen of all sciences. Not only did all
sciences originate from her but they still are
under her guidance and control. Philosophy
alone can tell us what and how the world
(nature, society, history, and culture) is
objectively, and what man is and who you
and I are objectively. That is why
philosophical knowledge is the crown of all
human knowledge. Philosophical formation
enables us to make right and reasoned value
judgments on all knowledge and to give right
orientation to science and technology. It can
tell us how we can create a more humane
world.
The foremost aim of the Department is to
form and rear the philosophical mind.
Imparting of knowledge about philosophers
is its only secondary aim. Students are
invited, above all, to take active part in the
process of problem solving rather than be
content with ready-made answers. The everincreasing compartmentalization of
knowledge demands, more than ever, the allembracing and far-sighted wisdom of a
philosophical mind to unify the vast amount
of accumulated knowledge and to give
meaningful direction to the variety of human
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endeavors.
One distinguishing mark of the Department
is its extensive training program of
acquainting students with both Philosophical
traditions of the West and the East. Its
distinguishing mark is its most rigorous
program of specialization. Students are
trained to gain expertise in one problem area
of philosophy. A third distinguishing mark of
the Department is its emphasis on the value
of diversity and particularity of speculations.
In view of these aims, the Department
coordinates a variety of programs: regular
seminars, conferences, colloquiums,
workshops, public debates and public
defenses of theses. Applications are welcome
from all highly motivated students of
demonstrated academic excellence. A variety
of financial assistance is available.
The Department provides complete
programs leading to M.A. and Ph.D. degrees
in philosophy. The goal of the program is to
familiarize students with the historical
traditions of philosophy, with major
contemporary movements, as well as the
fundamental issues in different area of
philosophical specialization. At present, the
faculty of 9 outstanding scholars and guest
lecturers conduct a variety of seminars in
both contemporary philosophy and historical
periods. The Department, in collaboration
with the Institute of Philosophy, an affiliate
of the School of Liberal Arts, promotes a
number of research programs of
contemporary philosophical relevance. The
Department and the Institute of Philosophy,
each publishes journal annually. The
exchange program with Ewha University and
Sogang University allows the students to
attend their seminars.
Department Regulations
1. Fields of Study : Major fields are
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divided into Eastern Philosophy and
Western Philosophy.
2. Admission
1) Applications for graduate admission are
handled separately according to the
applicants’ fields of interest. If interested
field is uncertain, the admission would be
decided according to the prior interest.
2) Application for M.A. program is
considered regardless of applicant’s prior
study in undergraduate level. Applicants
for Ph.D. Program are expected to apply
for the same field as his/her field of study
in M.A. program. Exceptions are made in
case of interdisciplinary study or study for
a new field, with approval of an academic
adviser.
3) Admissions are balanced among major
fields. Admissions are affected the
number of openings each year,
accordingly with the number of current
students and prospective students in each
field.
4) Special Admission
① Paper Application
-Materials to be submitted: A thesis
for a degree
② Additional articles or research papers
③ Certificate, transcript, and report of
scores of foreign language tests or test
of any special field
Criteria for admission
M.A. Program
Statement of Purpose *1 70
GPA in undergraduate level *2 70
Academic activities and capacity in foreign
language *3 60
Total 200
1. Evaluate an eye for choice of the theme
with the state of study
2. Priority to point average of ① Courses in
major ② Reading, special or practice
courses
3. How applicant is preparing for studying
the field
Ph.D. Program
Statement of Purpose and M.A. thesis *1 70
GPA in undergraduate level and in M.A.
program *2 70
Articles, Academic activities, Proficiency in
foreign languages and completion in special
courses 60
Total 200
1. Statement of Purpose 30, M.A. thesis 40
2. GPA in undergraduate level 30, GPA in
M.A. program 40
2) Interview
Knowledge on major field 20
Enthusiasm and resolution 20
Aptitude for major field of study 20
Capacity in foreign languages *1 20
Applicability and communication *2 20
Total 100
1. Capacity to analyze primary materials and
capacity to understand foreign languages
2. Relation between applicant’s interest of
study and faculty member’s fields of
study. Applicant’s potential contribution
on society.
E. Regular Student Selection Program
This applies correspondingly to the Special
Admission(D).
field, and can fulfill remaining credits in
other fields or other department.
2. Student with non-history background
should take undergraduate courses
following the advice of academic adviser.
When he/she completes ‘undergraduategraduate connection course’, it can be
admitted as credit for M.A. program at the
approval of academic adviser.
3. Student can take ‘undergraduate-graduate
connection courses’ provided in
undergraduate program up to 6 credits,
only when he/she has not taken the same
course in the undergraduate program.
4. If student took ‘undergraduate-graduate
connection courses’ provided in graduate
program when he/she was in
undergraduate program, the credits can be
admitted in M.A. program (up to 6 credits)
at the approval of academic adviser.
5. Even if student completed all required
credits, he/she should take extra research
seminars when the adviser determines that
he/she is not qualified enough for degree.
6. Students can take up to 12 credits
(including extra courses) in a semester.
B. Ph.D. Program
1. Student should fulfill at least 18 credits in
his/her major field (60 credits in total,
including credits in M.A. program).
He/she can fulfill remaining credits in
courses of other fields or from other
departments, with the academic adviser’s
permission.
Program Requirements
A. M.A. Program
1. Students should fulfill at least 24 credits,
of 30 total requirements, in their major
2. If student took more than 30 credits in
M.A. program or he/she reentered to Ph.D.
program, he/she needs academic adviser’s
approval to waive credits in Ph.D.
program.
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Field of Study and Academic Adviser
1. Students are expected to work in the field
for which they are admitted until
graduation. A change of fields after
admission requires approval of the faculty.
2. Admitted student should submit a study
plan to the head professor during the first
semester. Academic adviser would be
appointed for the student based on the
plan. Any change in the student°Æs study
requires the same procedure.
C. Fields of study in detail are as
follow:
1. Eastern Philosophy : ① Confucianism ②
Taoism ③ Buddism ④ Ancient Chinese
Philosophy ⑤ Medieval Chinese
Philosophy ⑥
Modern Chinese
Philosophy ⑦ Indian Philosophy ⑧
Ancient Korean Philosophy ⑨ Medieval
Korean Philosophy ⑩ Modern Korean
Philosophy
Qualification for the composite
examination
1. Master’s degree: He/She must be a student
registered normal or registered for
research, and should taken more than 1
year of graduate school course work.
He/She should also achieved a minimum
of 24 credit hours, and should be proven
eligible such as in language proficiency
test.
2. Doctorial degree: He/She must be a
student registered normally or registered
for research, and should have taken more
than 5 semesters of graduate school course
work. He/She should also have achieved a
minimum of 51 credit hours(including
master’s course credit), and should be
proven eligible in 2 sorts of language
proficiency tests.
C. The pass/non-pass standards of a
foreign language test are listed
below.
2. Western Philosophy: ① Ancient Western
Philosophy ② Medieval Western
Philosophy ③
Modern Western
Philosophy ④ Contemporary German
Philosophy ⑤ Contemporary French
Philosophy ⑥ Contemporary AngloAmerican Philosophy ⑦ Metaphysics ⑧
Epistemology ⑨ Ethics ⑩ Philosophy of
Logic ⑪ Philosophy of Language ⑫
Philosophy of Science
1. First foreign language(English) : TOEFL
over 500
D. A student must take the prescribed credits
and write down his/her research proposition
under the supervision of an advisory
professor. He/She should also get the credits
and do the research under the supervision of
the advisory professor.
D. The examination would be
presented within the scope of the
subjects listed below.
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2. Secondary foreign language : above 60
points out of the total score 100.
3. Supernumerary students admitted are to be
evaluated in the department board of the
graduate school(They should also be
informed).
1. Eastern Philosophy major
-Master’s : ① History of Eastern
Philosophy ② Text Comprehension ③
Student’s major
-Doctoral: ① History of Korean
Philosophy ② History of Chinese Ancient
and Medieval Philsophy ③ History of
Chinese Modern Philosophy ④ Student’s
major
4. If an unavoidable situation has occurred (if
the professor is on a long-time visit, or
resigned office), the department Dean
could consult with the student and reassign
another advisory professor.
2. Western Philosophy major
-Master’s: ① History of Western
Philosophy ② Text Comprehension ③
Student’s major
-Doctoral: ① History of Western
Philosophy ②
Metaphysics ③
Epistemology ④ Ethics ⑤ Student’s
major
5. A student who wants to get his/her thesis
evaluated, he/she must submit the draft of
his/her thesis by the beginning month of
each semester(March, September) He/She
should also submit a thesis proposition
under the consent of the advisory
professor.
3. Settings and evaluating questions for the
composite examination must be arranged
and executed by the group of professors of
the individual field of the major.
Evaluation and composing of a thesis
1. A student who passed the composite
examination should write down a thesis
proposition and submit it to his/her
advisory professor right away under the
supervision of his/her advisory professor.
2. As for the students who did not follow the
advisory professors directions sincerely,
the professor has the authorization to
inform the department Dean his/her the
status as impossible to supervise. In the
case the department Dean could reassign a
new advisory professor and impose
additional credit hours or another
composite examination.
3. A student who wishes to change his/her
advisory professor should submit a
statement of the specific reasons of it, and
should obtain the consent from the
department Dean. In this case their could
also be additional credit hours or another
composite examination imposed to the
student.
6. After the thesis proposition is submitted
the department Dean should commission
the evaluation committee, with the help of
the professors of each major.
7. After the thesis is submitted, there should
be an open presentation before the
preliminary hearing. During the open
presentation a department professor could
comment about the presentation even if he
is not a member of the evaluation
committee.
8. After the preliminary hearing the
department Dean must make public of the
thesis and the results of the evaluation.
Students and professors would be able to
give their opinions or questions upon the
evaluation.
Principles to Regulations
1. The articles of this regulation is based on
graduate school regulatiuons and by laws
established in march, 1999.
2. If alternations are made to the graduate
school regulations, it will be so with
respect to the intention of this regulation.
3. The exempted subjects in this regulation
would abide by the decisions of the board
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committee of the department professors.
Courses
AG 502 Studies in Problems of
Epistemology 3 Credits
Basic problems of theory of knowledge are
considered : Problem of intelligibility on the
part of the subject and of the object ; analysis
of perception ; relationship of sensation and
intellection.
AG 503 Studies in Ethics 3 Credits
This course is designed to survey what rules
and subjects ethics as a philosophy has dealt
with and what the solutions are.
AG 505 Neo-Platonism: Original Text
Reading 3 Credits
Reading and interpretation of a portion of
Plotinus’ Enneads.
AG 508 Thomas Aquinas: Original
Text Reading 3 Credits
Reading and interpretation of one of major
works of Thomas Aquinas.
AG 511 Studies in Medieval Western
Philosophy 3 Credits
Selected readings in Greek and Latin Church
Fathers : St. Augustine, Boethius, St.
Anselm, St. Thomas Aquinas, St.
Bonaventure, Duns Scotus, Ockham,
Eckhardt, Nicholas of Cusa etc.
AG 514 Studies in Philosophy of
Science 3 Credits
This course studies basic principles, methods
and theories of science.
AG 517 History of Western Ethics
3 Credits
This course reviews the process of the
change in the ethical concept in the tradition
of Western Philosophy and studies major
philosophers selectively.
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AG 518 Studies in Social Ethics
3 Credits
This course provides ethical diagnoses and
cures for several social phenomena. The
targets of the analysis are Medical Ethics,
Managerial Ethics, Occupational Ethics and
so on.
AG 519 Contemporary Theories of
Social Justice 3 Credits
This course intensively analyzes the theories
of Rawls, Nozick, Gauthier among various
theories on social justice.
AG 521 Studies in Philosophy of
Culture 3 Credits
A Study on meaning and constitutive
ingredients of culture and a comparison of
cultures.
AG 531 Studies in History of Chinese
Philosophy 3 Credits
This course is a survey of the history of
Chinese thoughts from the Pre-Chin period
through the early 20th century. It will
examine the philosophy of various Chinese
thinkers as well as the historical backdrop
from which these thoughts evolved. It will
also concentrate on textual studies of the
philosophical texts to evaluate their
authenticity.
AG 533 Pre-Chin Taoist Philosophy
3 Credits
This course is designed to study various
Taoist theories by examining Lao-tzu’s Tao
Te Ching and Chuang-tzu text, and various
commentaries on the two texts.
AG 534 Studies in History of Korean
Philosophy 3 Credits
This course is designed to research the
object, range, periodical demarcation, and
methodology of history of Korean
Philosophy.
AG 535 Korean Confucianism in the
14th Century 3 Credits
In this lecture, the Korean Confucianists in
the 14th Century, Chung DoJeon, Kwon Kun
etc., are researched through their writings.
AG 536 Studies in Wang-Pi’s
Philosophy of Change 3 Credits
This course consists of reading and
interpretation of selected texts.
AG 541 Studies in Mohist Philosophy 3
Credits
Reading and interpretation of selected texts.
AG 542 Studies in the School of Names
3 Credits
Reading and interpretation of basic texts.
AG 543 Studies in Legalist Philosophy
3 Credits
Reading and interpretation of main texts.
AG 545 Studies in Korean Buddhism
3 Credits
The course is designed to understand how
the Buddhist philosophy is assimilated and
developed in Korea which is different from
that of India and China by analyzing the
theories of Buddhism established by eminent
monks such as Ven. Won-hyo, Ui-sang, Uichon, and Chi-nul.
AG 547 Readings in Korean
Confucianism 3 Credits
This course is designed to read the famous
books of Korean Confucianists from Period
of Chosun.
AG 548 Methods of Jing-Xue
3 Credits
The course is designed to introduce the
raised problems and characteristics of
Chinese philosophy by analyzing the method
of interpretation by annotators of the Chinese
Classics.
AG 551 Studies in Hua-Yen School
3 Credits
The course is designed to understand the
Hua-yen thought through studying the
annotation of its Sutras and method of
interpretation by reading the literatures of
Hua-yen school centering on Garland Sutra.
AG 552 Problems of Chinese
BuddhismI 3 Credits
The course is designed to understand
Chinese thought through reading each
literature pointed out as problems in the
history of Chinese Buddhist philosophy
within the context of ‘Studies on Chinese
Thought’ .
AG 553 Studies in Vijnaptimorata
Philosophy 3 Credits
The course is to study on the treatise of the
doctrinal system by the Mind-Only School.
AG 554 Methods of Buddhist
Scriptures 3 Credits
The course is to study on the traditional
Buddhist scriptures.
AG 563 Studies in New Taoism of WeiChin Period I 3 Credits
Reading and interpretation of selected texts.
AG 564 Studies in Philosophy of Text
3 Credits
We read the core texts of modern
philosophers of texts to discuss the major
problem of the philosophy of text.
AG 565 Studies in Mythology
3 Credits
This course studies the essence and meaning
of mythical symbols.
AG 571 Studies in Ancient Chinese
Philosophy 3 Credits
This course aims at understanding the
fundamental spirit of Chinese philosophy by
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examining how the ancient Chinese
philosophers dealt with the main
philosophical issues such as nature, life, and
society.
AG 572 Seminar in Taoist Philosophy 3
Credits
The aim of this course is to illuminate the
Taoist perspective on nature, life, and society
by analyzing the core Taoist’ texts, Tao Te
Ching and Chuang Tzu.
AG 603 Studies in Metaphysics
3 Credits
This course studies important metaphysical
systems of the West.
AG 610 Studies in Social Theory and
Ideology I 3 Credits
This course studies basic concepts and
theories of society in the modern and
contemporary philosophy.
AG 612 Studies in Meta-Ethics
3 Credits
This course deals with the characteristics of
Meta-Ethics and the difference between
Meta-Ethics and traditional Ethics. This
course also reviews Intuitionalism,
Emotivism, Prescriptivism, Newdescriptivism by Moore, Carnap, Ayer,
Stevenson, Hare, Toulmin, etc.
AG 613 Studies in Philosophy of
History 3 Credits
This course is designed to study the historical
character of practical philosophy in search
for the new field of the philosophy of history.
It studies theories of space, time, causation
and etc. in the history.
AG 614 Problems of Scholastic
Philosophy 3 Credits
A survey of basic problems and teachings of
the medieval thinkers in the West.
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AG 615 Hermeneutics 3 Credits
This course studies main thinkers in
hermeneutics.
AG 617 Philosophy of Dialectics
3 Credits
This course is designed to study the history
and the system of Dialectics, and to read the
principal texts of Hegel, Marx, Horkheimer
and Adorno.
AG 618 Contemporary AngloAmerican Ethics 3 Credits
This course selects the hot issues of
contemporary Anglo-American ethics and
deeply reviews them in the original.
AG 619 Comparative Ethics 3 Credits
This course compares and analyzes mutually
counter theories such as traditional ethics and
Marxist ethics, Deontology and
Utilitarianism, Oriental ethics and Occidental
ethics and so on.
AG 631 Philosophy in Han and T’ang
Dynasties 3 Credits
This course studies main philosophical
thoughts of Han and T’ang Dynasties.
AG 632 Philosophy in Sung and Ming
Dynasties 3 Credits
This course is designed to research the
principles of the school of Ch’eng brothers
and Chu Hsi in Sung Dynasty, and the mind
of the school of Lu Hsiang-shan and Wang
Yang-ming in Ming Dynasty.
AG 633 Philosophy in the Ch’ing
Dynasty 3 Credits
This course is designed to research the
empirical school of Wang Fu-chih and Tai
Chen in Ch’ing Dynasty.
AG 635 History of Korean Philosophy:
Comparative Views by North and
South Korea 3 Credits
This course is designed to research the
History of Korean Philosophy by North and
South Korea with a comparative perspective.
during the period of Wei-chin dynasty.
AG 636 Reading in Korean
Confucianism II 3 Credits
This course interprets important texts of
Korean Confucianism.
AG 710 Studies in Philosophy of
Wittgenstein 3 Credits
We discuss the main philosophical problems
found in Wittgenstein’s Tractatus LogicoPhilosophicus and in Philosophical
Investigations.
AG 641 Seminar in Chinese
Philosophy I 3 Credits
The course is to understand the
characteristics of Chinese philosophy
through reading the major works of Buddhist
schools in China.
AG 642 Seminar in Buddhist
Philosophy I 3 Credits
The course is to understand the
characteristics of Indian, Chinese and Korean
Buddhism through reading the major works
of each Buddhist School.
AG 643 Seminar in Korean Philosophy
I 3 Credits
This course is designed to enlighten the
mode of thinking in Korean Philosophy by
discussing the 4-7 Debates and the
Controversy over the nature of man and
physical materials.
AG 651 Studies in Madhyamika
Philosophy 3 Credits
The course is to introduce Nagarjuna and the
treatises by the school with the theories of
Dependent Origination, Emptiness, and truth
of the True & Secular.
AG 652 Hong-Ming-Ji: Original Text
Reading 3 Credits
The course is to research on the exchange of
Buddhist philosophy and other prevailing
philosophy through reading the original texts
AG 705 Studies in Modern French
Philosophy I 3 Credits
This course studies the major philosophers in
modern France.
AG 711 Problems of Philosophy of
Plato 3 Credits
A study in interpretations and basic doctrines
of the early, middle and late dialogues of
Plato.
AG 713 Problems of Philosophy of
Kant 3 Credits
This course is designed to analyze and study
the intimate relationship of Kant’s
epistemology and ethics, and to see carefully
the modern significance of Kant’s
philosophy.
AG 714 Studies in Analytic Philosophy
3 Credits
This course is designed to study the origin of
analytic philosophy. We study analytic
atomism, anti-metaphysical inclination of
early analytic tradition, philosophical
analysis, the problem of verification, and the
status of protocol sentences.
AG 716 Problems of Theory of
Knowledge 3 Credits
A survey of various theories of knowledge,
past and present.
AG 719 Studies in Phenomenology 3
Credits
This course investigates the main problems
in the phenomenological movement.
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AG 723 Methodology of Ethics 3
Credits
This course studies the bases of the
Methodology on which philosophical Ethics
is based and particularly focuses on the
Rational Selectivism, Game Theory,
Methodology of Social Contracts and so on.
AG 741 Studies in the Book of Changes
3 Credits
This course is designed to research the Book
of Changes with the writings and
commentaries by Chu Hsi, the great
systematizer of learning of the Book of
Changes.
AG 724 Aristotle: Original Text
Reading 3 Credits
Reading and interpretation of selected texts
of Aristotle.
AG 742 Studies in Wei-Chin ‘Hsuan
Hsueh’[Mysterious Learning] 3 Credits
Reading and interpretation of selected texts.
AG 732 Studies in Philosophy of LaoTzu and Chung-Tzu 3 Credits
This course will examine the significance
and contribution of the philosophies of LaoTzu and Chuang Tzu in Chinese philosophy
by comparing their philosophies with those
of the Confucian School, Mohist School, and
Legalist School. It will also examine how
these different philosophies have influenced
one another.
AG 733 Studies in Ch’eng Chu ‘Li
Hsueh’[Learning of Principles] 3
Credits
This course is designed to research the
characteristic of Philosophy of Ch’eng
brothers and Chu Hsi through comparative
studies.
AG 734 Comparative Studies of Korean
and Chinese Philosophy 3 Credits
In this lecture, Korean and Chinese
Philosophy is researched by comparative
views, trying to explain the difference of
Korean and Chinese Neo-Confucian
Philosophy.
AG 736 Studies in Korean Taoism 3
Credits
This course studies the basic principles of
Korean Taoism.
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AG 744 Comparative Studies of Eastern
and Western Philosophy 3 Credits
This course studies common characteristics
of the philosophies of the East and the West.
AG 745 Li-Hwang and Li-Yi’s
Philosophy of Human Nature 3 Credits
This course is designed to research Yi
T’oegye and Yi Yulgok’s theories of Human
Nature and Li(reason)-Ki(experience) with
comparative studies.
AG 748 Studies in Yulgok School 3
Credits
This course examines the main thoughts of
the Yulgok School.
AG 751 Studies in Zen Buddhism 3
Credits
The course is to study on the thought of each
Zen master within the context of intellectual
history, based on the formation of Zen
literature and its bibliographical study.
AG 752 Problems of Chinese
Buddhism II 3 Credits
The course is a study on the problems raised
in the history of Chinese Buddhism, and a
lecture of literature corresponding to that
problem within the context of Chinese
thought.
AG 753 Kuang-Hong-Mind-Ji: Original
Text Reading 3 Credits
The course is to research on the interaction of
Buddhist philosophy and other prevailing
philosophy of the time through reading the
original texts during the period of Wei-chin
Dynasty.
AG 754 Tsung-Jing-Lu: Original Text
Reading 3 Credits
The course is to study on the Tang Dynasty’s
Buddhist philosophy and harmonization of
doctrinal studies and Zen practice during the
Five Dynasty through reading the original
text.
AG 755 Studies in Ha-Tsang’s
Philosophy 3 Credits
The course is to study on Ha-tsang’s
doctrinal system of the Hua-yen through
reading his major works.
AG 772 Seminar in the Philosophy of
Han Period 3 Credits
This course examines the principal thoughts
in the Philosophy of Han Period.
AG 773 Studies in the Neo-Taoism of
Wei-Chin Period II 3 Credits
This course is designed to examine how
Taoism was developed in the Wei-Chin
period by studying the Kuo Hsiang’s
commentary on the Chuang Tzu and the
Chang Chan’s commentary on the Lieh Tzu.
AG 781 Philosophy of Law in 17-19 3
Credits
This course is designed to pursue modern
philosophy, in particular the philosophy of
law from Greeks to Hegel. It also studies the
theories of Locke and Hobbes on law.
AG 782 Hegel and Modern Philosophy
3 Credits
We study what contribution and side effects
Hegel’s philosophy had in various streams of
modern philosophy. We will discuss all
problem of modern philosophy in relation to
Hegel.
AG 812 Problems of Rationalism 3
Credits
This course investigates the main issues of
the Rationalism.
AG 813 Problems of Philosophy of
Hegel 3 Credits
This course is designed to study the problems
of Hegel’s philosophy by reading his
Enzyklopdie. It studies the relationship
between logic and social philosophy of
Hegel by discussing his metaphysical thesis
and the problems of morality.
AG 817 Studies in Philosophy of
Language 3 Credits
We study the major issues in the philosophy
of language such as meaning, translation,
reference, metaphor, and truths.
AG 818 Problems of Social Philosophy
3 Credits
This course studies the main issues in the
social philosophy of the West.
AG 831 Seminar in the Philosophy of
Hundred Schools 3 Credits
This course is an upper-level seminar in
which the philosophical texts of Pre-Chin
Hundred Schools will be rigorously
examined and analyzed.
AG 832 Political and Social Thoughts
in Asia 3 Credits
This course studies some main socio-political
ideas of the East.
AG 833 Seminar in Indian Philosophy
3 Credits
This seminar studies the main issues of the
Indian philosophy.
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AG 834 Comparative Studies of
Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism
3 Credits
This course analyses some similarities
among the three schools.
AG 835 Seminar in Korean ShilhakI 3
Credits
This course is designed to research the
problems and characteristics of Yu Hyungwon and Yi Sung-ho’s “Shil-Hak”.
AG 841 Studies in Contemporary
Chinese PhilosophyI 3 Credits
This course studies the basic problems of
Chinese philosophy of today.
AG 842 Problems of Contemporary
Korean Philosophy 3 Credits
This course is designed to discuss the
problem of reflective reception of traditional
Korean Philosophy and to realize how to
philosophize in Korea.
AG 843 Seminar in Buddhist
Philosophy II 3 Credits
The goal of this course is to conduct research
on the modern interpretation of Buddhist
philosophy through reading major works and
thesis presented in India, China, Korea,
Japan and the West.
AG 844 Seminar in Chinese
Philosophy II 3 Credits
This seminar researches one selected
problem of Chinese philosophy.
AG 845 Seminar in Korean Philosophy
II 3 Credits
This seminar researches one selected
problem of Korean philosophy.
AG 861 Aesthetic in German
Philosophy 3 Credits
This course is designed to pursue the theories
of aesthetics from Baumgarten to modern
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AG 871 Chu-San-Zang-Ji-Ji: Original
Text Reading 3 Credits
This course consists in interpretation of the
original texts.
AG 872 Studies in Tsung-Mi’s
Philosophy 3 Credits
The course is to study on the nature of Zen
and the doctrinal studies and its philosophy
in Tsung-mi who advocated harmonization
of Zen and doctrinal studies through reading
his works.