Can Different Cultures Think the Same Thoughts?
A Comparative Study in Metaphysics and Ethics
Seiten
2018
University of Notre Dame Press (Verlag)
978-0-268-10353-8 (ISBN)
University of Notre Dame Press (Verlag)
978-0-268-10353-8 (ISBN)
Can Different Cultures Think the Same Thoughts? studies fundamental issues in metaphysics and ethics across the major global philosophical traditions of India, China, and the West.
Kenneth Dorter’s Can Different Cultures Think the Same Thoughts? is a study of fundamental issues in metaphysics and ethics across major philosophical traditions of the world, including the way in which metaphysics can be a foundation for ethics, as well as the importance of metaphysics on its own terms. Dorter examines such questions through a detailed comparison of selected major thinkers and classic works in three global philosophical traditions, those of India, China, and the West.
In each chapter Dorter juxtaposes and compares two or more philosophers or classic works from different traditions, from Spinoza and Shankara, to Confucius and Plato, to Marcus Aurelius and the Bhagavad Gita. In doing so he explores different perspectives and reveals limitations and assumptions that might otherwise be obscure.
The goal of Dorter’s cross-cultural approach is to consider how far works from different cultures can be understood as holding comparable philosophical views. Although Dorter reveals commonalities across the different traditions, he makes no claim that there is such a thing as a universal philosophy. Clearly there are fundamental disagreements among the philosophers and works studied. Yet in each of the case studies of a particular chapter, we can discover a shared, or at least analogous, way of looking at issues across different cultures. All those interested in metaphysics, ethics, Indian philosophy, Chinese philosophy, and comparative philosophy will find much of interest in this book.
Kenneth Dorter’s Can Different Cultures Think the Same Thoughts? is a study of fundamental issues in metaphysics and ethics across major philosophical traditions of the world, including the way in which metaphysics can be a foundation for ethics, as well as the importance of metaphysics on its own terms. Dorter examines such questions through a detailed comparison of selected major thinkers and classic works in three global philosophical traditions, those of India, China, and the West.
In each chapter Dorter juxtaposes and compares two or more philosophers or classic works from different traditions, from Spinoza and Shankara, to Confucius and Plato, to Marcus Aurelius and the Bhagavad Gita. In doing so he explores different perspectives and reveals limitations and assumptions that might otherwise be obscure.
The goal of Dorter’s cross-cultural approach is to consider how far works from different cultures can be understood as holding comparable philosophical views. Although Dorter reveals commonalities across the different traditions, he makes no claim that there is such a thing as a universal philosophy. Clearly there are fundamental disagreements among the philosophers and works studied. Yet in each of the case studies of a particular chapter, we can discover a shared, or at least analogous, way of looking at issues across different cultures. All those interested in metaphysics, ethics, Indian philosophy, Chinese philosophy, and comparative philosophy will find much of interest in this book.
Kenneth Dorter is a professor of philosophy at the University of Guelph. He has published three books on Plato and has written on various areas of philosophy.
Introduction
1. Going Beyond the Visible: Zhuangzi and the Upaniṣads
2. Appearance and Reality: Spinoza, Shankara, Parmenides
3. Metaphysics and Morality: Zhu Xi, Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus
4. Indeterminacy and Moral Action: Laozi and Heraclitus
5. Virtue is Knowledge: Socrates and Wang Yangming
6. The Ethical Mean: Confucius and Plato
7. Non-Violent Warriors: The Bhagavadgita and Marcus Aurelius
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 08.01.2018 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 2 Tables, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Notre Dame IN |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 558 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-268-10353-4 / 0268103534 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-268-10353-8 / 9780268103538 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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