Product Description

A compact and user-friendly dictionary to cover the diverse and challenging terminology, concepts, schools and traditions of world philosophy.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3676959 in Books
• Published on: 2001-03-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 576 pages

Review
'A welcome addition to all reference collections needing global perspective on philosophical terms and concepts.' - Choice, July 2001

'This is an ambitious and very rewarding reference book.' - Reference Reviews

From the Back Cover
The Dictionary of World Philosophy covers the diverse and challenging terminology, concepts, schools and traditions of the vast field of world philosophy.
It provides an extremely comprehensive resource and an essential first point of reference in a complex and expanding field of study. The Dictionary covers all the major subfields of the discipline.
Entries are from West Africa, Arabic, Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Jewish, Korean, Latin American, Maori and Native American philosophy including Nahua philosophy, the important and so far largely neglected instance of Pre-Hispanic thought.
Key features:
* cross-references are used to highlight interconnections and the cross-cultural diffusion and adaptation of terms which has taken place over time
* the user is led from specific terms to master entries which provide valuable historical and cultural context
* each master entry is followed by at least two suggestions for further reading on the subject, creating a substantial bibliography of world philosophy
* references extend beyond philosophy to related areas such as cognitive science, computer science, language and physics
Subdisciplines covered include:* aesthetics * ethics * sociopolitical philosophy * the philosophy of law * epistemology * logic * the philosophy of science * the philosophy of mind * the philosophy of culture and history * metaphysics * the philosophy of religion
Consultant Editors
Enrique E. Mari, Argentina; Lorraine Code, York University, USA; Charles Butterworth, University of Maryland, USA; David Braybrooke, Dalhousie University, Canada; Kwame Gyeke, University of Ghana, Ghana; John Patterson, Massey University, New Zealand; A.S. Cua, Catholic University of America, USA; Asa Kasher, Tel Aviv University, Israel; Yong Choon Kim, University of Rhode Island, USA; Florencia Luna, Argentina. Tom Kasulis, USA; Leon Portilla, Mexico; Amy Oliver, American University, USA;

About the Author
Professor A Pablo Iannone is a member of the Department of Philosophy at Central Connecticut State University, US and the author,in philosophy, of several academic books. He has also published poetry and short stories.

David Braybrooke, University of Texas at Austin, USA,Charles E. Butterworth, University of Maryland at,College Park, USA,Lorraine Code, York University, Toronto, Canada,A.S. Cua, The Catholic University of America, USA,Kwame Gyekye, University of Ghana, Ghana,Steven Heine, Florida International University, USA,Asa Kasher, Tel Aviv University, Israel,Yong Choon Kim, University of Rhode Island, USA,Florencia Luna, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina,Enrique Marí, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina,Jitendra N. Mohanty, Temple University, USA,Amy Oliver, American University, Washington, DC, USA,John Patterson, Massey University, New Zealand,Suzanne Stern-Gillet, Bolton Institute of Higher ,Education, UK