Doing Philosophy Comparatively: Foundations, Problems, and Methods of Cross-Cultural Inquiry

What standards should we use to evaluate culturally distinct philosophies? What kind of barrier does language or cultural difference pose in our attempts to understand other traditions? How do we avoid our comparisons being biased?

Doing Philosophy Comparatively answers these questions by providing a thorough overview of the methodology involved in extending philosophy across linguistic and cultural boundaries.

Now revised and updated to showcase the most recent developments in the field,...