This outstanding volume offers students, teachers and general readers a complete introductory survey of the major non-western philosophical traditions.Introduction.
Guide to Pronunciation.
Part I: Historical Background:.
1. Chinese Philosophy: Tu Weiming (Harvard University).
2. A History of Indian Philosophy: J. N. Mohanty (Temple University).
3. Classical Polynesian Thinking: John Charlot (University of Hawaii at Manoa).
4. A Survey of Buddhist Thought: Ninian Smart (University of California at Santa Barbara).
5. Islamic Philosophy: Tamara Albertini (University of Hawaii at Manoa).
Part II: The Chinese Tradition:.
6. Ideas of the Good in Chinese Philosophy: Shun Kwong-Loi (University of California at Berkeley).
7. The Chinese Conception of Selfhood: Roger T. Ames (University of Hawaii at Manoa).
8. Human Beings and Nature in Traditional Chinese Thought: P. J. Ivanhoe (Stanford University).
9. Causation in Chinese Thought: Carine Defoort (Catholic University of Leuven).
10. Chinese Social-Political Ideas: Henry Rosemont Jr. (St. Mary's College).
11. Reason and Principle in Chinese Philosophy: A. S. Cua (Catholic University of America).
12. The Way and the Truth: David L. Hall (University of Texas at El Paso).
13. Chinese Aesthetics: Stephen J. Goldberg (University of Hawaii at Manoa).
Part III: The Indian Tradition:.
14. Social-Political Thought in Classical India: Daya Krishna (University of Rajasthan).
15. Indian Conceptions of Reality and Divinity: Gerald James Larson (Indiana University).
16. Rationality in Indian Philosophy: Arindam Chakrabal³g