Full Curricula 2018
Year 1
Phil 101: Critical Thinking Skills
A prerequisite to all other philosophy courses, this course teach how to think, not what to think. Topics include wisdom, argument, logic, rhetoric, fallacies, cognitive biases, the scientific method, evolution of reason and more.
哲理101: 正確运用思维的技能
這是所有其他課程的必修科。 本課程指導如何去思考，而不是思考些什麼。主題包括有智慧，論據，邏輯，修辭，謬論，認知偏差，科學方法，理由進化等等。
哲理 101 課程推荐 Why Study Phil 101 Youku Youtube
佛教科学課程简介 - 劳正教授 Dr. Lo Youku Tencent Youtube
課程简介: PDF, Chinese Video: Youku Tencent YouTube
Curriculum introduction: PDF, English Video YouTube
Learning Objectives & Answers
Definitions
Types of Logic
Logical Fallacies
Six Classes of Fallacies
22 Common Fallacies YouKu Youtube
22种常见谬论: #1-4 (Part 1) Tencent Youtube (Part 2) Tencent Youtube
# 5-7 Tencent Youbute
Argument
How to structure and analyse an argument properly 正确的论据
Argument Synopsis
How to analyse an Argument
Cognitive Biases
List of cognitive biases with examples
The Scientific Method
Definition of Science YouKu Youtube
Evolution of Reasoning
Darwin on the Palouse: Daniel Dennett - Evolution of Reasons 丹尼尔·丹尼特教授-推理的进化 YouKo Youtube
Confirmation Bias and the Evolution of Reason 确认偏差与推理演变 YouKu Youtube
The Evolution of Confusion YouKu Youtube
Phil 102: Critical Learning Skills
A prerequisite to all other philosophy courses, this course teaches thinking tools. Topics include communication, mind map, how to think outside the box, thinking modes (Non-duality/dualistic, quadratic, hexagonal), overcoming mental blocks, space-time continuum from the macro to the micro realities, ontology, epistemology, consciousness levels.
Co-requisite: Phil 101
哲理 102: 正確求學的技能
這是所有其他課程的必修科。本課程教導思維的工具。主題包括有溝通，思維圖譜，如何打破思維框, 思維模式（離二邊等等及非常規邏輯)，克服心理障礙，從宏觀到微觀的時空連續現實，本體論，認識論和意識層次。
同修科目: 哲理101
Learning Skills 学习技能 (Audio Power Point) Part 1: YouKu Tencent Youtube Part 2: YouKu Tencent Youtube
How to Open the Mind 思维模式 Part 1: Youku Tencent Youtube Part 2: Youku Tencent Youtube
Part 3: Youku Tencent Youtube Part 4: Youku Tencent Youtube
Transcend Dualities 不二门 Part 1: Youku Tencent Youtube Part 2: Youku Tencent Youtube
Lecture 1 (PDF), (Audio Power Point)
Lecture 2 Video clip (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Macro Micro Continuum 从宏观到微观的时空连续现实 Part 1: Youku Tencent Youtube Part 2: Youku Tencent Youtube
Lecture 1 Macro Micro View (Audio Power Point)
Lecture 2 Semester Review (Audio Power Point)
Lecture 3 Lankavatara Sutra (Audio Power Point)
Review Mindset 回顾：思维模式, 不二门, 宏观微观 Part 1: Youku Tencent Youtube Part 2: Tencent Youtube
Part 3 Tencent Youtube
Solution to Mental Blocks
Year 2
Phil 201 Soul
Confront the big question of humanity: who am I? Topics include
(1) a brief survey of Eastern and Western philosophy on thinking about the “self”b;
(2) scientific evidence for consciousness independent of the braina; (3) composition of the human beinga,b (4) perception of physical and
metaphysical realitiesa,b (5) consciousness
levels (6) the meaning of life.
Prerequisites: Phil101 and B+ in philosophy 102
哲學 201: 靈魂
面對人類的最大的問題：我是誰？主題包括有:（1）東西方哲學對思考“自我” 的概觀簡介b; ( 2）在大腦以外的獨立意識的科學證據a; （3）人的整体構造a,b;（4）形而下形而上學對現實的感知a,b;（5）觉识的等级 (6) 生命的意義。
預科: 哲理101乙級和哲理102 乙+
(1) The Self 小我
Definition of Ego 小我的定义: Part 1 Tencent Youtube Part 2 Tencent Youtube
Evolution of Self in Human 人类自我的演化: Tencent Youtube
Formation of Self in Individual 个人自我的形成: Tencent Youtube
Characteristics of Ego 小我的特性: Tencent Youtube
Inflation and Defense of Ego 小我的膨胀和防卫: Tencent Youtube
Review & Summary of Ego 回顾与总结：小我: Tencent Youtube
Dr. Antonio Damasio 2011 The quest to understand consciousness Youku Youtube
(2) Scientific evidence for consciousness independent of the brain
Dr. Donald Hoffman 2016 - Computational Theory of Mind Youku Youtube
Life, death and reincarnation 生死与轮回
1. Near death experience 濒死体验 YouKu Youtube
2. Past life memory YouKu Youtube
3. Who am I? Exploring consciousness 我是谁? 探索意识 YouKu Youtube
4. Soul reincarnation 灵魂转世 YouKu Youtube
(3) Composition of the human being
The Birth of Humanity (NOVA Documentary) YouKu Youtube
Anthropolpgy Episode 1 (PDF)
Anthropology-known thy self (PDF)
(4) Perception of physical and metaphysical realities
Perception of reality 现实的感知
1. 5 Aggregates 五蕴 Tencent Youtube
2. Limitations of the 6 Senses 六种感觉的局限 Tencent Youtube
3. Proper 适当的运用 Tencent Youtube
4. Supplement 充实唯识论 Tencent Youtube
5. Perception of Reality: Overture 现实的感知:序曲 Tencent Youtube
Dr. Donald Hoffman 2016 - Does Evolutionary Psychology Explain Mind? YouKu Youtube
(5) Consciousness levels 觉识等级:
1. 基本概念和简介 Tencent Youtube (PDF 1 - 3)
2. 实例分析与等级列表 Tencent Youtube
3. 量与力, 觉识量化 Tencent Youtube
4. 等级的特点, 作用与分布 Tencent Youtube (PDF)
5. 主流宗教的觉识等级 Tencent Youtube (PDF)
(6) The meaning of life
Phil 202: God
Confront the big questions of humanity: Is there a creator God?
If not, how did the universe come to be? Topics include (1) the God debateb; (2) origin of the universea;
(3) natural lawsa including
thermodynamics, basic Newtonian and quantum physics, teleologyb
(4) evolutionary theoriesa,b
including psychologya,b on moral and
ethics (5) If not God, then what? (6) Religion and World peace.
Prerequisites: Phil101 and B+ in philosophy 102
哲學 202: 上帝
面對人類的大問題：是否有造物主？如果沒有，宇宙是怎麼來呢？主題包括有：（1）神辯論b; （2）宇宙起源a;（3）自然法則a，包括熱力學，基本牛頓學和量子物理學，目的論b（4）進化論a,b，包括心理進化學a,b對道德和倫理的觀點（5）如果沒有上帝，那甚麼辨？ （6）宗教与世界和平。
預科: 哲理101乙級和哲理102 乙+
(1) the God debate
1.1 Does God Exist? – Sadhguru YouKu Youtube
1.2 Thomas Aquinas 5 proofs God exist (PDF)
1.3 A Debate on the Existence of God: The Cosmological Argument -- F. C. Copleston vs. Bertrand Russell (Video)
(PDF) transcript of the debate
1.4 Bertrand Russell's Celestial Teapot (Video)
1.5 Richard Dawkins Debates The Archbishop of Canterbury, Science vs God Debate 2016 (Video)
1.6 Christopher Hitchens versus Tony Blair Debate "whether religion is a force for good" (Video)
1.7 Lawrence Krauss vs William Craig – Life, the Universe and Nothing: Why is there something rather than nothing (Video)
1.8 DEBATE: Atheist vs Christian (Richard Dawkins vs Cardinal George Pell) (Video)
1.9 Dialogue with St. Thomas Aquinas:
Part 1 Proof of God’s Existence #1-2 (Video)
Part 2 Proof of God's Existence #3-5 (Video)
Part 3 “Proof of God” Dialogue (Video)
(2) origin of the universe
(3) Natural laws
(4) Evolutionary theories
(5) If not God, then what?
Study religion democratically: Dan Dennett Responding to Pastor Rick Warren (Video)
(6) Religion and World peace
Debate "The Catholic Church is a Force for Good in the World", Hitchens/Fry vs Archbishop/Widdecombe (Video)
Year 3
Science 301: Biology Basicsa,b
(1) Macro view: Gaya theory; magnetosphere tathagata
gabhaa,b
(2) Midi view: the human anatomya,b, Anthropologya,b,
Psychologya,b, Sociologya,b
(3) Micro view: microbiologya,b
(4) Evolution from the big bang to nowa
科學 301: 基本生物學a,b
(1) 大千觀: 地球毌亲(蓋亞/伽倻)理論; 如來藏磁塲論a,b
(2) 中千觀: 人體生理学a,b, 人類学a,b, 心理学a,b,社會学a,b
(3) 小千觀: 微生物學a,b
(4) 從宇宙大爆炸到現在的演變a。
(4) Evolution from the big bang to now
Sir Roger Penrose - Cycles of Time: Is It Possible to Discern the Previous Universe Through the Big Bang 2013 (Video)
Science 302:
Chemistry Basicsa
Photosynthesis, respiration,
Definition of life
科學 302: 基本化學a
光合作用，呼吸作用, 生命的定义