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Comparative Philosophy Vol 2 No 2 Cover Page, Comparative Philosophy
Comparative Philosophy Vol 2 No 2 Cover Page, Comparative Philosophy
Comparative Philosophy
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The Future Of Humanity: Heidegger, Personhood And Technology, Mahon James O'Brien
The Future Of Humanity: Heidegger, Personhood And Technology, Mahon James O'Brien
Comparative Philosophy
This paper argues that a number of entrenched posthumanist positions are seriously flawed as a result of their dependence on a technical interpretive approach that creates more problems than it solves. During the course of our discussion we consider in particular the question of personhood. After all, until we can determine what it means to be a person we cannot really discuss what it means to improve a person. What kinds of enhancements would even constitute improvements? This in turn leads to an examination of the technical model of analysis and the recurring tendency to approach notions like personhood using …
Comparative Philosophy Vol 2 No 2 Whole Set, Comparative Philosophy
Comparative Philosophy Vol 2 No 2 Whole Set, Comparative Philosophy
Comparative Philosophy
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Comparative Philosophy Vol 2 No 2 Information Page, Comparative Philosophy
Comparative Philosophy Vol 2 No 2 Information Page, Comparative Philosophy
Comparative Philosophy
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Constructive Engagement Of Analytic And Continental Approaches In Philosophy: From The Vantage Point Of Comparative Philosophy, Bo Mou
Comparative Philosophy
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Comparative Philosophy Vol 2 No 2 Editor's Words, Bo Mou
Comparative Philosophy Vol 2 No 2 Editor's Words, Bo Mou
Comparative Philosophy
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Analytic And Continental Philosophy, Science, And Global Philosophy, Richard Tieszen
Analytic And Continental Philosophy, Science, And Global Philosophy, Richard Tieszen
Comparative Philosophy
Although there is no consensus on what distinguishes analytic from Continental philosophy, I focus in this paper on one source of disagreement that seems to run fairly deep in dividing these traditions in recent times, namely, disagreement about the relation of natural science to philosophy. I consider some of the exchanges about science that have taken place between analytic and Continental philosophers, especially in connection with the philosophy of mind. In discussing the relation of natural science to philosophy I employ an analysis of the origins of natural science that has been developed by a number of Continental philosophers. Awareness …
Daoism As Critical Theory, Mario Wenning
Daoism As Critical Theory, Mario Wenning
Comparative Philosophy
Classical philosophical Daoism as it is expressed in the Dao-De-Jing and the Zhuang-Zi is often interpreted as lacking a capacity for critique and resistance. Since these capacities are taken to be central components of Enlightenment reason and action, it would follow that Daoism is incompatible with Enlightenment. This interpretation is being refuted by way of developing a constructive dialogue between the enlightenment traditions of critical theory and recent philosophy of action from a Daoist perspective. Daoism's normative naturalism does neither rest on a primitivist call for a return to the past, nor does it suggest future-directed activism. By way of …
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Vol 2 No 1 Cover Page, Comparative Philosophy
Vol 2 No 1 Cover Page, Comparative Philosophy
Comparative Philosophy
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Vol 2 No 1 Contents Page, Comparative Philosophy
Vol 2 No 1 Contents Page, Comparative Philosophy
Comparative Philosophy
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Vol 2 No 1 Information Page, Comparative Philosophy
Vol 2 No 1 Information Page, Comparative Philosophy
Comparative Philosophy
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Comparative Aspects Of Africana Philosophy And The Continental-Analytic Divide, Tommy L. Lott
Comparative Aspects Of Africana Philosophy And The Continental-Analytic Divide, Tommy L. Lott
Comparative Philosophy
Critical engagement involving philosophers trained in continental and analytic traditions often takes its purpose to be a reconciliation of tensions arising from differences in style, or method. Critical engagement in Africana philosophy, however, is rarely focused on method, style, or orientation because philosophic research in this field, regardless of orientation, has had to accommodate its empirical grounding in disciplines outside of philosophy. I focus primarily on the comparative dimensions of three important strands of this research: (1) a history of ideas, (2) a problem-orientation, and (3) a sub-area specialization, to indicate why a need to reconcile tensions between continental and …
Pluralism About Truth In Early Chinese Philosophy: A Reflection On Wang ChongS Approach, Alexus Mcleod
Pluralism About Truth In Early Chinese Philosophy: A Reflection On Wang ChongS Approach, Alexus Mcleod
Comparative Philosophy
The debate concerning truth in Classical Chinese philosophy has for the most part avoided the possibility that pluralist theories of truth were part of the classical philosophical framework. I argue that the Eastern Han philosopher Wang Chong (c. 25-100 CE) can be profitably read as endorsing a kind of pluralism about truth grounded in the concept of shi 實, or "actuality". In my exploration of this view, I explain how it offers a different account of the truth of moral and non-moral statements, while still retaining the univocality of the concept of truth (that is, that the concept amounts to …
Whole Set Of Volume 2 No 1 (2011) Of Comparative Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy
Whole Set Of Volume 2 No 1 (2011) Of Comparative Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy
Comparative Philosophy
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Atman, Identity, And Emanation: Arguments For A Hindu Environmental Ethic, Christopher G. Framarin
Atman, Identity, And Emanation: Arguments For A Hindu Environmental Ethic, Christopher G. Framarin
Comparative Philosophy
Many contemporary authors argue that since certain Hindu texts and traditions claim that all living beings are fundamentally the same as Brahman (God), these texts and traditions provide the basis for an environmental ethic. I outline three common versions of this argument, and argue that each fails to meet at least one criterion for an environmental ethic. This doesnt mean, however, that certain Hindu texts and traditions do not provide the basis for an environmental ethic. In the last section of the paper I briefly outline and defend an alternative, according to which all plants and animals have intrinsic value …