Dictionary of World Philosophy

This is the first comprehensive reference to the vast field of world philosophy. The "Dictionary" covers all the major subfields of the discipline, with entries drawn from West African, Arabic, Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Jewish, Korean, Latin American, Maori, and Native American philosophy--including Nahua philosophy, a previously unexplored, but key instance of Pre-Hispanic thought. Entries include: * abazimu * abortion * Advaita * afrocentricity * age of the world * artificial life * baskets of knowledge * bhakti body *brotherhood * chain of being * Chinese legalism * creation *cybernetics * darshana * death * dravya * euthanasia *love * madrash * memory * Mohism * paradox * passion* philosophy of education * speculative grammar * paranormal *Aouism * theurgy * truth * virtue * Zen * and many more.

List of contents

Entries include:
abazimu, abortion, Advaita, afrocentricity, age of the world, artificial life, baskets of knowledge, bhakti,body, brotherhood, chain of being, Chinese legalism, creation, cybernetics, darshana, death, dravya, empathy, euthanasia, love, madrash, memory, Mohism, mysticism, naturalism, paradox, passion, philosophy of education, speculative grammar, paranormal, Aouism, theurgy, truth, virtue, Zen

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.

Summary

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

Additional text

'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

Product details

• Authors: A. Pablo Iannone, Iannone A. Pablo, A. Pablo Lannone
• Assisted by: John R. Anderson (Editor), Nick Chater (Editor), Marvin M. Chun (Editor), Andy Clark (Editor), Eve V. Clark (Editor), Gary S. Dell (Editor), Dan Dperder (Editor), Shimon Edelman (Editor), Kenneth Forbus (Editor), Dedre Gentner (Editor), Robert L. Goldstone (Editor), James Greeno (Editor), Steven Sloman (Editor), Joshua B. Tenenbaum (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.03.2001
• EAN: 9780415179959
• ISBN: 978-0-415-17995-9
• No. of pages: 572
• Weight: 1162 g
• Illustrations: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Reference, Literature: history & criticism, Language: reference & general, Language: reference and general, Language teaching and learning, Literature: history and criticism, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT)