An Introduction to Comparative Philosophy: A Travel Guide to Philosophical Space

by Walter Benesch

Overview

This original and accessible text is more than an introduction to comparative philosophy in the East and West. It is also a guide to 'philosophizing' as a thinking process. In addition to outlining the presuppositions of different traditions, it discusses their methods and techniques for reasoning in what the author calls four dimensions of 'philosophical space': object, subject, the situational and the aspective/perspective dimension.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333678329
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/31/1997
Edition description:	1997
Pages:	229
Sales rank:	654,976
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

WALTER BENESCH is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. 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 Prologue Introduction: Philosophical Space Worlds within Worlds Thinking about Thinking PART I: THE OBJECT DIMENSION OF PHILOSOPHICAL SPACE The Object Dimension: Assumptions Aristotle, Objectivity, and the Unmoved Mover Objectivity and Ataraxia: Epicurean Gardens, Skeptic Scales and a Stoic Porch The Handmaiden and the Handiwork PART II: THE SUBJECT DIMENSION OF PHILOSOPHICAL SPACE Consciousness: One Chariot and Two Views of the Galaxy The Jain Axiom of Non-absolutism PART III: THE SITUATIONAL DIMENSION OF PHILOSOPHICAL SPACE Situations and Raising Dead Lions PART IV: THE ASPECT/PERSPECTIVE DIMENSION OF PHILOSOPHICAL SPACE The Way of Nature and Mind as Aspect and Perspective Epilogue Notes Index

Editorial Reviews

A travel guide to comparative philosophy which focuses upon the concern for meaning and the corresponding development of thinking methodologies in certain Greco-European, Indian, and Chinese philosophical systems. In addition to outlining the presuppositions of different traditions, it discusses their methods and techniques for reasoning in what the author calls four dimensions of philosophizing space<-->an object dimension, a subject dimension, a situational dimension, and an aspective/perspective dimension. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

'An Introduction to Comparative Philosophy is eminently readable. The style of writing is economical and clear. It will be informative and valuable to anyone interested in comparative philosophy' - Kwang-Sae Lee, Professor of Philosophy, Kent State University

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