Comparative Philosophy and Method (eBook, PDF)

Contemporary Practices and Future Possibilities
Redaktion: Burik, Steven; Weber, Ralph; Smid, Robert

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Addressing arguments that comparative philosophy is itself impossible, or that it is indistinguishable from philosophy more generally, this collection challenges myopic understandings of comparative method and encourages a more informed consideration.

Bringing together a wide variety of methodological options, it features scholars spread across the globe representing multiple philosophical traditions. From the beginnings of comparative philosophy in the 19th century to present-day proposals for more global philosophy departments, every chapter serves as a viable methodological alternative for any would-be philosophical comparativist.

With contributions from leading comparativists that are both distinctive in their method and explicit about its application, this valuable resource challenges and enriches the awareness and sensitivity of the beginning comparativist and seasoned veteran alike.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350155039
• Artikelnr.: 63254898

Autorenporträt

Steven Burik is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Singapore Management University, Singapore. Robert Smid is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Curry College, USA. Ralph Weber is Associate Professor of European Global Studies at University of Basel, Switzerland.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Steven Burik (Singapore Management University
Singapore)
Robert Smid (Curry College in Milton
USA) and Ralph Weber (University of Basel
Switzerland) Constellation 1: Necessary Conditions 1. Reflections on Methods of Comparative Philosophy
Robert C. Neville (Boston University
USA) 2. Necessary Preconditions of the Practice of Comparative Philosophy
Lin Ma (Renmin University of China
China) and Jaap van Brakel (University of Leuven
Belgium) Constellation 2: Generalization and Essentialization 3. Unloading the Essentialism Charge: Some Methodological Reflections in Doing Philosophy of Culture
Roger T. Ames (University of Hawai'i
USA) 4. From the Écart to the Unfamiliar: Thinking Paths-Reference Points
François Jullien (University of Paris
France) Constellation 3: Translation 5. Translation as Method
Souleymane Bachir Diagne (Columbia University
USA) 6. Thinking along with Texts from Afar. Why One Doesn't Understand Texts without Philosophical Reflection and Can't Do Philosophy without Inspiration
Elisa Freschi (University of Toronto
Canada) Constellation 4: Postcolonialism and Globalization 7. Reflections for Comparative Method from a Latin American Philosophical Perspective
Gabriel Soldatenko (Kennesaw State University
USA) 8. Why Philosophy Needs Sanskrit
Now More than Ever
Jonardon Ganeri (University of Toronto
Canada) 9. Global Post-Comparative Philosophy as Just Philosophy
Arindam Chakrabarti (University of Hawai'i
USA) and Ralph Weber (University of Basel
Switzerland) Constellation 5: Plurality
Neutrality
and Method 10. On the Taming of Comparison: Methodological Myopathy
Plurality
and Creativity
Robert Smid (Curry College in Milton
USA) 11. Comparative Philosophy without Method: A Plea for Minimal Constraints
Steven Burik (Singapore Management University
Singapore) 12. Two Problems of Comparative Philosophy: Why Conversational Thinking is a veritable Methodological Option
Jonathan O. Chimakonam (University of Pretoria
South Africa) and Amara E. Chimakonam
(University of Johannesburg
South Africa) Epilogue Index