Philosophical Questions: East and West (Philosophy and the Global Context) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 084769285X ISBN 13: 9780847692859

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1999

Synopsis

Philosophical Questions: East and West is an anthology of source material for use in comparative courses in philosophy, religion, and the humanities. The readingsderived from the great works of the Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Islamic, and Western intellectual traditionsare presented as answers to some of the most enduring questions in philosophy.

About this title

Synopsis:

This work seeks to raise some important questions regarding comparative philosophy and sets out to provide students with an unprejudiced anthology of source material derived from the Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Islamic and Western intellectual traditions. Each section begins with an introductory essay in which the leading questions and their responses from different traditions are presented in overview. The book should be useful for courses in philosophy, religion and the humanities.

About the Author:

Bina Gupta is professor of philosophy and director of the South Asia Studies Area and Language Center at the University of Missouri. J. N. Mohanty is professor of philosophy at Temple University and is internationally known for his work in the area of Indian philosophy and Western phenomenology. He is the author of Transcendental Phenomenology (1989) and Classical Indian Philosophy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 084769285X
• ISBN 13: 9780847692859
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 488
• Editor: Gupta Bina