Methodologies of Comparative Philosophy

Robert W. Smid

Description

What is comparative philosophy? This question is ultimately a methodological one according to this much-needed book. The cultivation of area studies in diverse traditions has opened up opportunities for cross-cultural understanding that have rarely existed before, and comparative philosophy is a rapidly emerging area of inquiry. Yet, surprisingly little has been written on comparative methodology in philosophy. Of course, there is much at stake in how we compare things: how comparison is done determines what comparison is. Author Robert W. Smid provides a critical review of four of the most influential comparative methodologies within the American pragmatist and process philosophical traditions, those of William Ernest Hocking, F. S. C. Northrop, Robert Cummings Neville, and David L. Hall in collaboration with Roger T. Ames. Discussing the history of each methodology's development and critically assessing its strengths and weaknesses, Smid demonstrates that it is possible to compare methods as well as traditions and encourages those interested to join the contemporary conversation.
Preface
Introduction

1. William Ernest Hocking: Comparative Philosophy for the "Emerging world Culture"

2. Filmer S. C. Northrop: Comparative Philosophy as Comparative Ideology

3. David Hall and Roger Ames: Comparative Philosophy as the Philosophy of Culture

4. Robert C. Neville: Comparative Philosophy as Systematic Philosophy

5. Revisiting the Twain

Notes
Works Cited
Index

Sujets

• Philosophie
• Philosophie générale
• Épistémologie
• Philosophie moderne
• Epistémologie
• Epistémologie
• Epistémologie
• Pragmatism
• Philosophy

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 02 juillet 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781438428383
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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Methodologies of Comparative Philosophy

he Pragmatist and Process Traditions

ROBERT W. SMID

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METHODOLOGIES OF COMPARATIVE PHILOSOPHY

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Smîd, Rôé W., 1974–  Méhôdôôgîéŝ ô cômpààîé phîôŝôph : hé pàgmàîŝ àd pôcéŝŝ àdîîôŝ / Rôé W. Smîd.  p. cm. — (SUNY ŝéîéŝ î Chîéŝé phîôŝôph àd cuué)  ïcudéŝ îîôgàphîcà ééécéŝ àd îdéx.  ïSBN 978-1-4384-2829-1 (hàdcôé : à. pàpé)  1. Phîôŝôph, Cômpààîé. ï. Tîé.  B799.S65 2009  101—dc22 2009003430

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PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

NOTES

WORKS CITED

INDEX

PREFACE

CONTENTS

THE BALLAD OF EAST AND WEST

WILLIAM ERNEST HOCKING: COMPARATIVE PHILOSOPHY FOR THE “EMERGING WORLD CULTURE”

FILMER S. C. NORTHROP: COMPARATIVE PHILOSOPHY AS COMPARATIVE IDEOLOGY

DAVID HALL AND ROGER AMES: COMPARATIVE PHILOSOPHY AS THE PHILOSOPHY OF CULTURE

ROBERT C. NEVILLE: COMPARATIVE PHILOSOPHY AS SYSTEMATIC PHILOSOPHY

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