Comparative philosophy and method : contemporary practices and future possibilities /: contemporary practices and future possibilities. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Steven Burik, Robert Smid, Ralph Weber.
• Editors: Burik, Steven, 1970-; Smid, Robert W, 1974-; Weber, Ralph, 1974-
• Contents: Introduction, Steven Burik (Singapore Management University, Singapore), Robert Smid (Curry College in Milton, USA) and Ralph Weber (University of Basel, Switzerland)Constellation 1: Necessary Conditions1. 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 Essentialization3. 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: Translation5. 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 Method10. 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)EpilogueIndex.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 101; Philosophy, Comparative
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350155046; 9781350155039
• Related ISBNs: 9781350155022
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