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Informationen zum Autor Gwen Cooper is the New York Times bestselling author of the memoirs Homer's Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned About Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat; Homer: The Ninth Life of a Blind Wonder Cat; My Life in a Cat House; and Spray Anything: More True Tales of Homer and the Gang, as well as the novel Love Saves the Day (narrated from a rescue cat's perspective) and PAWSOME! Head Bonks, Raspy Tongues, and 101 Reasons Why Cats Make Us So, So Happy--among numerous other titles. Gwen's work has been published in more than two-dozen languages, and she is a frequent speaker at shelter fundraisers across the U.S. and Europe. Gwen lives in New Jersey with her husband, Laurence. She also lives with her two perfect cats--Clayton "the Tripod" and his litter-mate, Fanny--who aren't impressed with any of it. Klappentext Since it was first published in 1996, World Philosophies has been widely acclaimed as the most authoritative and wide-ranging single volume history of Eastern and Western philosophy, from ancient times to the present day. This popular book has now been revised to ensure that it continues to meet the needs of the growing number of people interested in all the main philosophical traditions of the world. Vedanta, Taoism, Platonism, Islamic and Jewish mysticism, Zen Buddhism, Cartesianism, Kantian Idealism, Marxism, Pragmatism, Phenomenology and Existentialism, Analytical Philosophy and Postmodernism are among the movements discussed. New to the second edition are additional sections on aspects of Indian and Persian thought and on feminist and environmental philosophy. All these philosophical systems are viewed as attempts to provide integrated accounts of the place of human beings within the wider order of things, and to determine in the light of these philosophies the proper conduct of human life. Zusammenfassung This popular text has now been revised to ensure that it continues to meet the needs of the growing number of people interested in all the main philosophical traditions of the world. Introduces all the main philosophical systems of the world! from ancient times to the present day. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to second edition vii 1 Introduction 1 Part I: Ancient Philosophies 9 2 India 13 3 China 58 4 Greece 92 Part II: Middle Period and 'Modern' Philosophies: 147 5 Medieval Philosophies 151 6 Developments in Asian Philosophy 203 7 From Renaissance to Enlightenment 241 Part III: Recent Philosophies: 307 8 Kant and the Nineteenth Century 311 9 Recent Non-Western Philosophies 377 10 Twentieth-Century Western Philosophies 426 Bibliography 505 Index 527 ...
List of contents
Preface to second edition.
1. Introduction.
Part I: Ancient Philosophies: .
2. India.
The Schools and their Framework.
Nyaya.
Samkhya and Yoga.
Advaita Vedanta.
Buddhism.
Ethics and Indian Philosophy.
3. China.
The Character of Chinese Philosophy.
Confucianism.
Mohism.
Taoism.
4. Greece.
Legacies.
Naturalism and Relativism.
Plato.
Aristotle.
Epicureanism, Scepticism and Stoicism.
Part II: Middle Period and Modern Philosophies: .
5. Medieval Philosophies.
Religion and Philosophy.
Neo-Platonism and Early Christianity.
Islamic and Jewish Philosophy.
Thomism and its Critics.
Medieval Mysticism.
6. Developments in Asian Philosophy.
Theistic Vedanta.
Neo-Confucianism.
Zen Buddhism.
Illumination.
7. From Renaissance to Enlightenment.
Humanism and the Rise of Science.
Scepticism.
Dualism, Materialism and Idealism.
Monism and Monadology.
Enlightenment and Its Critics.
Part III: Recent Philosophies: .
8. Kant and the Nineteenth Century.
Kant.
Absolute Idealism.
Philosophies of the Will.
Marxism and Social Darwinism.
Positivism, Pragmatism and British Idealism.
9. Recent Non-Western Philosophies.
India.
China and Japan.
The Islamic World.
Africa.
10. Twentieth-Century Western Philosophies.
Philosophies of Life.
Phenomenology, Hermeneutics and Existentialism.
Logical Atomism and Logical Positivism.
Naturalisms.
Postmodernism and Related Tendencies.
Bibliography.
Index.
Report
'A multicultural feast of ideas and arguments! In language that is expressive, clear and often humorous, David Cooper has written a compelling history of philosophy, covering as it does not only the major figures in Western thought but also the main trends in non-Western philosophy. Robert L. Arrington, Georgia State University
'By opening the door to cross-cultural comparison, Cooper has let in a draught that may blow away the whole house of cards, and uncover the parts of philosophy that the histories never reached. Jonathan Rée, Times Higher Education Supplement
