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Asian Philosophy

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Asian Philosophy, Misc (766)
Chinese Philosophy (23,332 | 9,169)Eirik Lang Harris
Classical Chinese Philosophy (5,734 | 1,491)Eirik Lang Harris
Classical Confucianism (2,672 | 944)Hagop Sarkissian
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Classical Daoism (768 | 25)Eirik Lang Harris
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Gongsun Long (36)Eirik Lang Harris
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Classical Chinese Philosophy, Misc (263)Eirik Lang Harris
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Chinese Buddhist Philosophy (642)Chien-hsing Ho
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Qing Neo-Confucianism (60 | 2)Justin Tiwald
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Japanese Philosophy (6,514 | 858)Curtis Rigsby and Takeshi Morisato
Japanese Buddhist Philosophy (915 | 128)
Tendai Buddhism (36)
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Japanese Huayan Buddhism (6)
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Japanese Zen Buddhism (387 | 129)
Sōtō Zen (160 | 5)
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Rinzai Zen (81 | 5)
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D. T. Suzuki (66)
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Japanese Zen Buddhism, Misc (17)
Japanese Pure Land Buddhism (96 | 44)
Hōnen and Shinran (47)
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Japanese Buddhist Philosophy, Misc (180)
Japanese Confucian Philosophy (420 | 98)
Ogyū Sorai (49)
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Japanese Confucian Philosophy, Misc (224)
Shinto and Kokugaku Philosophy (350 | 105)
Motoori Norinaga (60)
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19th Century Japanese Philosophy (323 | 126)
Nishi Amane (25)
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19th Century Japanese Philosophy, Misc (126)
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Japanese Philosophy, Misc (293)
Indian Philosophy (13,893 | 8,841)Christian Coseru
Protophilosophy (49 | 5)
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Orthodox/Astika Philosophy (2,858 | 180)
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Vedanta (921)Dr. Subhasis Chattopadhyay
Yoga (1,096)Shyam Ranganathan
Orthodox/Astika Philosophy, Misc (48)
Heterodox/Nastika Philosophy (652 | 67)
Theravada Buddhist Philosophy (173)Jake H. Davis
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Theistic Indian Philosophy (138 | 28)
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Indian Linguistic Philosophy (60 | 23)
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Indian Linguistic Philosophy, Misc (23)
Indian Aesthetics (28)
Indian Logic (402 | 376)
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Indian Logic, Misc (26)
Indian Ethics (478)Shyam Ranganathan
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