An Introduction To Comparative Philosophy A Travel Guide to Philosophical Space

by Benesch, Walter

• ISBN13: 9780333930687
• ISBN10: 0333930681
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-09
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This unique book is a comparative introduction to important philosophical questions and positions across world traditions. It explores the presuppositions, knowledge techniques, and logics developed by Greco-European, Indian, and Chinese philosophers in their efforts to understand the object world, human consciousness, and their inter-connections.

Author Biography

Walter Benesch is Professor of Philosophy, University of Alaska. He has presented papers on comparative logic and philosophy in Taiwan, Europe and the US and has published articles and papers on comparative philosophy and logics in the US, Europe, Taiwan and Japan.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	viii
Prologue	ix
Introduction: Philosophical Space	1	(5)
Worlds within Worlds	6	(10)
Thinking about Thinking	16	(19)
Part I The Object Dimension of Philosophical Space
The Object Dimension: Assumptions	35	(13)
Aristotle, Objectivity, and the Unmoved Mover	48	(19)
Objectivity and Ataraxia: Epicurean Gardens, a Stoic Porch and Skeptic Scales	67	(21)
The Handmaiden and the Handiwork	88	(21)
Part II The Subject Dimension of Philosophical Space
Consciousness: One Chariot and Two Views of the Galaxy	109	(21)
The Jain Axiom of Non-absolutism	130	(23)
Part III The Situational Dimension of Philosophical Space
Situations and Raising Dead Lions	153	(24)
Part IV The Aspect/Perspective Dimension of Philosophical Space
The Way of Nature and Mind as Aspect and Perspective	177	(20)
Epilogue	197	(5)
Notes	202	(21)
Index	223