Companion to World Philosophies

Eliot Deutsch is past editor (1967-1987) of the international journal Philosophy East and West, Director of the Sixth East-West Philosophers' Conference, and a past president of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy. He is the author of twelve books, including: On Truth; Personhood, Creativity and Freedom; Studies in Comparative Aesthetics; Religion and Spirituality; Essays on the Nature of Art; and many articles and reviews in professional journals. Ron Bontekoe received his PhD from the University of Toronto. He is author of Dimensions of the Hermenetic Circle (1996) and co-editor of Justice and Democracy.

• 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 Chakrabarti (University of Delhi).17. Humankind and Nature in Indian Philosophy: John M. Koller (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute).18. The Idea of the Good in Indian Philosophy: J. N. Mohanty (Temple University).19. Indian Aesthetics: Edwin Gerow (Reed College).20. The Self and Person in Indian Philosophy: Stephen H. Phillips (University of Texas at Austin).21. Truth in Indian Philosophy: Amita Chatterjee (Jadavpur University).Part IV: The Buddhist Tradition:.22. Ideas of the Good in Buddhist Philosophy: P. D. Premasiri (University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka).23. Reflections on Social and Political Ideals in Buddhist Philosophy: John Ross Carter (Colgate University).24. Causality in Buddhist Philosophy: G. C. Pande (Universities of Rajasthan and Allahabad).25. Humankind and Nature in Buddhism: Knute Jacobsen (University of Oslo).26. The Buddhist Concept of Self: Thomas P. Kasulis (The Ohio State University).27. Rationality in Buddhist Thought: David Bastow (University of Dundee).28. Buddhist Perspectives on Ontological Truth: Matthew Kapstein (Columbia University).Part V: The Islamic Tradition:.29. Truth and Islamic Thought: Audrey Smirnov (University of Moscow). 30. Islamic Aesthetics: Seyyed Hossein Nasr (The George Washington University).31. Reality and Divinity in Islamic Philosophy: Josep Puig Montada (Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid).32. Selfhood/Personhood in Islamic Philosophy: John Walbridge (Indiana University).33. The Concept of the Good in Islamic Philosophy: Mourad Wahba (Goethe Institute in Cairo).34. Causality and Islamic Thought: Andrey Smirnov (University of Moscow).35. Rationality in Islamic Philosophy: Majid F. Fakhry (American University of Beirut).Part VI: The Contemporary Situation:.36. Contemporary Chinese Philosophy: Roger T. Ames (University of Hawaii at Manoa).37. Contemporary Japanese Philosophy: Shigenori Nagatomo (Temple University).38. Contemporary Indian Philosophy: Bina Gupta (University of Missouri).39. Contemporary Polynesian Thinking: John Charlot (University of Hawaii at Manoa).40. Current Trends and Perspectives in African Philosophy: Segun Gbadegesin (Howard University).41. Contemporary Buddhist Philosophy: Michiko Yusa (Western Washington University).42. Contemporary Islamic Thought: Marietta Stepaniants (University of Moscow).Index.