A Parliament of Minds: Philosophy for a New Millennium

by Tobias, Michael; Fitzgerald, Patrick; Rothenberg, David; Fitzgerald, J. Patrick; World Congress of Philosophy 1998 (Boston, Mass.)

• ISBN13: 9780791444832
• ISBN10: 079144483X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

The companion volume to a national public television series of the same name showcases the views of 23 philosophers (pictured) -- selected from 3,000 attending the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy (1998) -- on what philosophy can contribute in the 21st century. Issues range from the science of gender issues (Nancy Tuana) and bridges between China and the West (Wei-ming), to dialogs on "wild thinking" (philosophy, ecology, and technology); prospects for democracy (J. Stuhr); and global thought and spirituality (A. Gangadean, K. Singh, E. Cousins, and R. Muller). Some references are informally interspersed in the text.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	xi
Michael Tobias
J. Patrick Fitzgerald
David Rothenberg
Philosophy at the Beginning of a New Millennium	2	(12)
Robert Cummings Neville
Democracy, Ethics, and the Relevancy of Philosophy	14	(16)
David A. Crocker
Aristotle in the Workplace	30	(16)
Martha Nussbaum
The Complex Bridges between China and the West	46	(14)
Tu Wei-ming
Trumping Cynicism with Imagination	60	(16)
John J. McDermott
The Trials and Tribulations of Philosophy and Farming	76	(14)
Marjorie Grene
Islam and the Philosophy of Hope	90	(18)
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
The Marriage of History and Culture	108	(16)
Joseph Margolis
Global Dialogue, Global Peace	124	(12)
Ashok Gangadean
The Science of Gender Issues	136	(20)
Nancy Tuana
The Liberation of Identity	156	(12)
Lewis Gordon
Wild Thinking: Philosophy, Ecology, and Technology	168	(12)
David Rothenberg
Prospects for Democracy	180	(16)
John Stuhr
The Passing of Philosophical Fads	196	(16)
Peter Caws
Crashing the Tea Party	212	(8)
Yoko Arisaka
All We Need Is Love
Esa Saarinen	220	(12)
The Anatomy of Beauty	232	(14)
Tom Huhn
Global Culture and Its Discontents	246	(16)
K. Anthony Appiah
Politics without Reason?	262	(12)
Michael Halberstam
Ambassador of Dialogue	274	(27)
Lewis Hahn
A Dialogue on Global Thought and Spirituality	280
Ashok Gangadean
Karan Singh
Ewert Cousins
Robert Muller
About the Editors	301	(2)
Index	303