A comparative history of world philosophy : from the Upanishads to Kant /

Main Author: Scharfstein, Ben-Ami, 1919-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1998.
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Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. The Three Philosophical Traditions
  • Ch. 2. The Beginnings of Metaphysical Philosophy: Uddalaka, Yajnavalkya, Heraclitus, Parmenides
  • Ch. 3. The Beginnings of Moral Philosophy: Confucius/Mencius, the Buddha, Socrates
  • Ch. 4. Early Logical Relativism, Skepticism, and Absolutism: Mahavira, Chuang-tzu, Protagoras, Gorgias, Plato
  • Ch. 5. Early Rational Synthesis: Hsun-tzu, Aristotle
  • Ch. 6. Early Varieties of Atomism: Democritus/Epicurus/Lucretius, "Guatama," and Nameless Buddhists
  • Ch. 7. Hierarchical Idealism: Plotinus/Proclus, Bhartrihari
  • Ch. 8. Developed Skepticism: Sextus Empiricus, Nagarjuna, Jayarashi, Shriharsha
  • Ch. 9. Religio-Philosophical Synthesis: Udayana, Chu Hsi, Avicenna, Maimonides, Aquinas
  • Ch. 10. Logic-Sensitized, Methodological Metaphysics: Gangesha, Descartes, Leibniz
  • Ch. 11. Immanent-Transcendent Holism: Shankara, Spinoza
  • Ch. 12. Perceptual Analysis, Realistic and Idealistic: Asanga/Vasubandhu, Locke, Berkeley, Hume
  • Ch. 13. Fideistic Neo-Skepticism: Dignaga/Dharmakirti, Kant.