Indian Philosophy in English - From Renaissance to Independence

Zusatztext All students and scholars of Indian and comparative philosophy will find this anthology most beneficial. Excellent bibliography and useful index. Highly recommended. Informationen zum Autor Nalini Bhushan is Professor of Philosophy at Smith College. She pursues research in aesthetics, the philosophy of chemistry, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language and Indian philosophy. She is co-editor of Of Minds and Molecules and of TransBuddhism: Translation, Transmission and Transformation. Bhushan is currently working on aesthetic questions raised by the work of artist Amrita Sher-Gil.Jay Garfield is Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy at Smith College, Professor of Philosophy at Melbourne University and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the Central University of Tibetan Studies. He works in the philosophy of mind, foundations of cognitive science, logic, philosophy of language, Buddhist philosophy, cross-cultural hermeneutics, theoretical and applied ethics and epistemology. Klappentext This book publishes, for the first time in decades, and in many cases, for the first time in a readily accessible edition, English language philosophical literature written in India during the period of British rule. Zusammenfassung This book publishes, for the first time in decades, and in many cases, for the first time in a readily accessible edition, English language philosophical literature written in India during the period of British rule.

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• Authors: Nalini Bhushan, Nalini (Professor of Philosophy Bhushan, Nalini Garfield Bhushan
• Assisted by: Nalini Bhushan (Editor), Bhushan Nalini (Editor), Jay L. Garfield (Editor), Garfield Jay L. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.09.2011
• EAN: 9780199769261
• ISBN: 978-0-19-976926-1
• No. of pages: 664
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions; USA, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, Colonialism & imperialism, British & Irish history, United States of America, USA, Colonialism and imperialism, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy