Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy

by Dr Brian Carr (Editor), Brian Carr (Editor), Indira Mahalingam (Editor)

Overview

The Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy is a unique one-volume reference work which makes a broad range of richly varied philosophical, ethical and theological traditions accessible to a wide audience.
The Companion is divided into six sections covering the main traditions within Asian thought: Persian; Indian; Buddhist; Chinese; Japanese; and Islamic philosophy. Each section contains a collection of chapters which provide comprehensive coverage of the origins of the tradition, its approaches to, for example, logic and languages, and to questions of morals and society. The chapters also contain useful histories of the lives of the key influential thinkers, as well as a thorough analysis of the current trends.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134960576
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/11/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1168
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Brian Carr

Table of Contents

Part 1 Persian Philosophy; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Origins of Zoroastrian Philosophy, Mary Boyce; Chapter 2 Later Zoroastrianism, Alan Williams; Chapter 3 Morals and Society in Zoroastrian Philosophy, Philip G. Kreyenbroek; Chapter 4 Contemporary Zoroastrian Philosophy, John R. Hinnells; Part 2 Indian Philosophy; Introduction; Chapter 5 The Origins of Indian Philosophy, John Brockington; Chapter 6 Non-orthodox Indian Philosophies, Karel Werner; Chapter 7 Ny?ya-vai?e?ika, S.R. Bhatt; Chapter 8 S??khya-yoga, Mahalingam Indira; Chapter 9 P?rva M?m??s? and Ved?Nta, R.C. Pandeya, Manju; Chapter 10 ?a?kar?c?rya, Brian Carr; Chapter 11 Later Ved?nta, Michael Comans; Chapter 12 Logic and Language in Indian Philosophy, Vijay Bharadwaja; Chapter 13 Knowledge and Reality in Indian Philosophy, Karl H. Potter; Chapter 14 Morals and Society in Indian Philosophy, Sarasvati Chennakesavan, K.Vasudeva Reddy; Chapter 15 Contemporary Indian Philosophy, A. Roy; Part 3 Buddhist Philosophy; Introduction; Chapter 16 The Buddha, Ninian Smart; Chapter 17 Buddhism in India, Roger R. Jackson; Chapter 18 N?g?rjuna, Chr. Lindtner; Chapter 19 Buddhism in Tibet, Donald S. Lopez Jr; Chapter 20 Buddhism in Sri Lanka and South-East Asia, Padmasiri de Silva, Trevor Ling; Chapter 21 Logic and Language in Buddhism, S.R. Bhatt; Chapter 22 Knowledge and Reality in Buddhism, Hajime Nakamura; Chapter 23 Morals and Society in Buddhism, Stewart McFarlane; Chapter 24 Contemporary Buddhist Philosophy, Frank J. Hoffman; Part 4 Chinese Philosophy; Introduction; Chapter 25 The Origins of Chinese Philosophy, Chung-ying Cheng; Chapter 26 Confucius and Confucianism, Huang Nansen; Chapter 27 Daoism in Chinese Philosophy, Charles Wei-hsun Fu; Chapter 28 Buddhism in Chinese Philosophy, Whalen Lai; Chapter 29 Mao Zedong And ‘Chinese Marxism’, Arif Dirlik; Chapter 30 Logic and Language in Chinese Philosophy, Zhang Chunpo, Zhang Jialong; Chapter 31 Knowledge and Reality in Chinese Philosophy, Zhang Chunpo, Li Xi; Chapter 32 Morals and Society in Chinese Philosophy, Wang Rui Sheng; Chapter 33 Contemporary Chinese Philosophy, Francis Soo; Part 5 Japanese Philosophy; Introduction; Chapter 34 The Origins of Japanese Philosophy, Brian Bocking; Chapter 35 Confucianism In Japan, B.M. Bodart-Bailey; Chapter 36 Buddhism in Japan, Masao Abe; Chapter 37 Morals and Society in Japanese Philosophy, Takashi Koizumi; Chapter 38 Contemporary Japanese Philosophy, John C. Maraldo; Part 6 Islamic Philosophy; Introduction; Chapter 39 The Origins of Islamic Philosophy, Ian Richard Netton; Chapter 40 Al-F?r?b?, Harry Bone; Chapter 41 Avicenna, D.J. O’Connor; Chapter 42 Islamic Philosophy Since Avicenna, Oliver Leaman; Chapter 43 Sufi Mysticism, William Montgomery Watt; Chapter 44 Islamic Philosophy in South and South-east Asia, John Bousfield; Chapter 45 Logic and Language in Islamic Philosophy, Oliver Leaman; Chapter 46 Knowledge and Reality in Islamic Philosophy, Lenn E. Goodman; Chapter 47 Morals and Society in Islamic Philosophy, Lenn E. Goodman; Chapter 48 Contemporary Islamic Philosophy, Hassan Hanafi;