Companion to world philosophies
Deutsch, Eliot Ed.
Companion to world philosophies - Malden Blackwell Pub. Ltd. 1999 - xviii,587p.
Contents
List of contributors ix
Preface xii
Guide to pronunciation xv
PART I: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Chinese philosophy: a synoptic view 3
Til WHIM INC
A history of Indian philosophy 24
]. N. MOHANTY
Classical Polynesian thinking 49
JOHN CHARCOT
African philosophy: a historical overview 63
D. A. MASOLO
A survey of Buddhist thought 78
N I NIA N SMART
Islamic philosophy: an overview 99
TAMARA ALBERTIN1
PART II: PHILOSOPHICAL TOPICS
The Chinese tradition 7 Ideas of the good in Chinese philosophy 139
SHUN KWONG-UOI
The Chinese conception of selfhood 148
ROGER T. AM l!S
Human beings and nature in traditional Chinese thought 155
P. J. IVANHOE
Causation in Chinese philosophy 165
CARINE DEF00RT
Chinese socio-political ideals 174
HENRY RSEMONT, |R
Reality and divinity in Chinese philosophy 185
CHUNG-YING CHENG
Reason and principle in Chinese philosophy: an interpretation of ii 201
A. S. CUA
The way and the truth 214
DAVID L. HAM,
Chinese aesthetics 225
STEPHEN |. GOLDBERG
The Indian tradition
Socio-political thought in classical India 237
DAYA KRISHNA
Indian conceptions of reality and divinity 248
GERALD JAMES LARSON
18 Rationality in Indian philosophy 259
A R 1 N D A M C H A K R A B A R TI
Humankind and nature in Indian philosophy 2 79
|OHN M. ROLLER
The idea of the good in Indian thought 290
]. N. MOHANTY
Indian aesthetics: a philosophical survey 304
EDWIN GEROW
The self and person in Indian philosophy 324
STEPHEN H. PHILLIPS
Truth in Indian philosophy 334
A M IT A CHATTERJEE
The Buddhist tradition
Ideas of the good in Buddhist philosophy 249
P. I. PREMASIRI
Reflections on social and political ideals in Buddhist philosophy 360
JOHN ROSS CARTER
Causality in Buddhist philosophy 370
G. C. PANDE
Humankind and nature in Buddhism 381
KNIIT A. (ACOBSEN
Buddhist reality and divinity 392
KENNETH K . I N A I) A
The Buddhist concept of self 400
THOMAS P. KASULI8
Rationality in Buddhist thought 410
DAVID BASTOW
Buddhist perspectives on ontological truth 420
MATTHEW KAPSTEIN
The Islamic tradition
Truth and Islamic thought 437
ANDREY SMIRNOV
Islamic aesthetics 448
SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR
Reality and divinity in Islamic philosophy 460
JOSEP PUIG MONTADA
3 5 Selfhood/personhood in Islamic philosophy 472
|0HN WALBRIDGE
The concept of the good in Islamic philosophy 484
MOURAO WAHUA
Causality and Islamic thought 493
ANDREY SMIRNOV
Rationality in Islamic philosophy 504
MA] ID PAKHRY
PART III: THE CONTEMPORARY SITUATION
Contemporary Chinese philosophy 517
ROGER T. AMES
Contemporary Japanese philosophy 523
SHIGENOR] NAGAT0M0
The contemporary Indian situation 531
BIN A GUPTA
Contemporary Polynesian thinking 542
JOHN CHARl.OI
Current trends and perspectives in African philosophy 548
SEGUN GIJA I) EG ESI N
Contemporary Buddhist philosophy 564
Ml CHI KG YUSA
Contemporary Islamic thought 573
MARIETTA STEPANIANTS
Index 581
9780631213277
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Companion to world philosophies - Malden Blackwell Pub. Ltd. 1999 - xviii,587p.
Contents
List of contributors ix
Preface xii
Guide to pronunciation xv
PART I: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Chinese philosophy: a synoptic view 3
Til WHIM INC
A history of Indian philosophy 24
]. N. MOHANTY
Classical Polynesian thinking 49
JOHN CHARCOT
African philosophy: a historical overview 63
D. A. MASOLO
A survey of Buddhist thought 78
N I NIA N SMART
Islamic philosophy: an overview 99
TAMARA ALBERTIN1
PART II: PHILOSOPHICAL TOPICS
The Chinese tradition 7 Ideas of the good in Chinese philosophy 139
SHUN KWONG-UOI
The Chinese conception of selfhood 148
ROGER T. AM l!S
Human beings and nature in traditional Chinese thought 155
P. J. IVANHOE
Causation in Chinese philosophy 165
CARINE DEF00RT
Chinese socio-political ideals 174
HENRY RSEMONT, |R
Reality and divinity in Chinese philosophy 185
CHUNG-YING CHENG
Reason and principle in Chinese philosophy: an interpretation of ii 201
A. S. CUA
The way and the truth 214
DAVID L. HAM,
Chinese aesthetics 225
STEPHEN |. GOLDBERG
The Indian tradition
Socio-political thought in classical India 237
DAYA KRISHNA
Indian conceptions of reality and divinity 248
GERALD JAMES LARSON
18 Rationality in Indian philosophy 259
A R 1 N D A M C H A K R A B A R TI
Humankind and nature in Indian philosophy 2 79
|OHN M. ROLLER
The idea of the good in Indian thought 290
]. N. MOHANTY
Indian aesthetics: a philosophical survey 304
EDWIN GEROW
The self and person in Indian philosophy 324
STEPHEN H. PHILLIPS
Truth in Indian philosophy 334
A M IT A CHATTERJEE
The Buddhist tradition
Ideas of the good in Buddhist philosophy 249
P. I. PREMASIRI
Reflections on social and political ideals in Buddhist philosophy 360
JOHN ROSS CARTER
Causality in Buddhist philosophy 370
G. C. PANDE
Humankind and nature in Buddhism 381
KNIIT A. (ACOBSEN
Buddhist reality and divinity 392
KENNETH K . I N A I) A
The Buddhist concept of self 400
THOMAS P. KASULI8
Rationality in Buddhist thought 410
DAVID BASTOW
Buddhist perspectives on ontological truth 420
MATTHEW KAPSTEIN
The Islamic tradition
Truth and Islamic thought 437
ANDREY SMIRNOV
Islamic aesthetics 448
SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR
Reality and divinity in Islamic philosophy 460
JOSEP PUIG MONTADA
3 5 Selfhood/personhood in Islamic philosophy 472
|0HN WALBRIDGE
The concept of the good in Islamic philosophy 484
MOURAO WAHUA
Causality and Islamic thought 493
ANDREY SMIRNOV
Rationality in Islamic philosophy 504
MA] ID PAKHRY
PART III: THE CONTEMPORARY SITUATION
Contemporary Chinese philosophy 517
ROGER T. AMES
Contemporary Japanese philosophy 523
SHIGENOR] NAGAT0M0
The contemporary Indian situation 531
BIN A GUPTA
Contemporary Polynesian thinking 542
JOHN CHARl.OI
Current trends and perspectives in African philosophy 548
SEGUN GIJA I) EG ESI N
Contemporary Buddhist philosophy 564
Ml CHI KG YUSA
Contemporary Islamic thought 573
MARIETTA STEPANIANTS
Index 581
9780631213277
109 / DEU