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Philosophy of Science and Hinduism

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Course Code:

PHS8302

Credit Hours:

3

Course Level:

800

Area of Study:

Postcolonial Hindu Studies

Course Description

PHS8302 - (DHS Course) This graduate course critically examines claims that Hinduism and Yoga constitute “science” by situating them within rigorous philosophical analyses of scientific knowledge. Students develop a nuanced understanding of science as a historically situated human practice through close engagement with the philosophies of Francis Bacon, Karl Popper, Thomas Kuhn, Paul Feyerabend, and Imre Lakatos. Against this backdrop, the course interrogates whether the dārśanika foundations of Hinduism and the epistemic frameworks of Yoga conform to, challenge, or exceed dominant Western constructions of science. Emphasis is placed on discerning the philosophical, methodological, and cosmological premises underlying scientific inquiry, while articulating the distinctive “science” of Hindu traditions from their own metaphysical and soteriological standpoints. Through comparative analysis, critical reading, and reflective synthesis, students cultivate conceptual clarity and scholarly rigor in navigating cross-civilizational epistemologies.
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Program of Study

This course is part of the following programs:

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Graduate Division

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Elective

Prerequisites:

None

Semester / Quarter System:

Semester

Number of Weeks:

15

Semester / Quarter Offered:

TBD

Days of the Week:

Saturday

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Faculty

Kundan Singh, PhD

Dr. Kundan Singh holds a doctorate in Humanities with a Concentration in East-West Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, California. Earlier he obtained an M.A. in Applied Psychology with a Concentration in Social Psychology from the University of Delhi, India.
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kundan.singh@hua.edu

COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

In this course, the students will be able to:

  • Discuss science, not from a commonsensical or ideational standpoint, but from a philosophical and practical viewpoint–the way science has been understood and practiced in the western world. 
  • Articulate in a nuanced way whether Hinduism and Yoga qualify as science as currently understood and practiced within the western world. 
  • Describe the “science” of Hinduism and Yoga from their own philosophical and cosmological standpoints and not from the perspective of western philosophy of science.
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Course Content

Science is a human activity, which has a certain philosophy behind it. In order to gain an in-depth understanding of science, one must know the contentions of some important philosophers of science like Francis Bacon, Karl Popper, Thomas Kuhn, Paul Feyerabend, and Imre Lakatos. In the backdrop of this understanding, this course will discuss if Hinduism and Yoga are science, or if they far exceed the construction of science as currently understood by philosophers and laymen alike.

Class Structure

The class will meet every week for 3 hours. Every week there will be assigned readings which the students are required to study and come prepared to the class to hold discussions with the instructor and with one another in a self-reflective and engaging manner. The readings will not take more than six hours of study and reflection, though the student is free to devote more than six hours if he or she feels inspired to engage in additional research and reflection.

Students will be required to write a mid-semester paper and a final-term paper. The mid-semester paper should be 4-5 pages long, describing key learnings in the course. In the final week of the class, the student is required to submit a final 15–20-page research paper (minus bibliography) on a topic which agrees with the theme of the course. Both the papers should be double spaced and written in Times New Roman.

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Courses in the Program

  • SAN5101 Vedic Sciences Foundations
  • SAN5102 Vyakarana 01
  • SAN5103 Sahitya I – Landscape
  • SAN5104 Veda I – Introduction to Vedas
  • SAN6101 Nyaya Vaisesika Basic
  • SAN6102 Vyakarana II
  • SAN6103 Sahitya II – Padya
  • SAN6104 Vedas II – Rgveda
  • SAN6105 Yoga Basic
  • SAN7101 Nyaya Vaiseshika Advanced
  • SAN7102 Vyakarana III
  • SAN7103 Sahitya III – Nataka
  • SAN7104 Veda III – Yajurveda-Samaveda
  • SAN7105 Ayurveda Basic
  • SAN7106 Mimasa Basic
  • SAN7107 Jyotisha Basic
  • SAN8101 Term Project
  • SAN8102 Vyakarana IV
  • SAN8103 Sahithya IV – Gadya and Campu
  • SAN8104 Veda IV – Atharva Veda
  • SAN8105 Yoga Advanced
  • SAN8106 Mimasa Advanced
  • SAN8107 Jyotisha Advanced
  • SAN8108 Ayurveda Advanced
  • SAN8109 Vedanta Basic
  • SAN8110 Vedanta Advanced
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