Table of Contents

List of Contributors.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Part I: African Philosophers:.

1. Amo: W. Emmanuel Abraham.

2. Cabral: Olúfémi Táíwò.

3. Fanon: Olúfémi Táíwò.

4. Griaule: D. A. Masolo.

5. Hountondji: F. Abiola Irele.

6. Senghor: F. Abiola Irele.

7. Tempels: D. A. Masolo.

8. Zera Yacob: Calude Sumner.

Part II: Chinese Philosophers:.

9. Chang Tsai (Zhang Zai): Laurence C. Wu.

10. Ch'eng Hao (Cheng Hao: Laurence C. Wu.

11. Ch'eng I (Cheng Yi): Laurence C. Wu.

12. Chou Tun-i (Zhou Dunyi): Laurence C. Wu.

13. Chu Hsi (Zhu Xi): Shu-Hsien Liu.

14. Confucius: David L. Hall.

15. Feng Youlan (Feng Yu-lan): Francis Soo.

16. Han Fei Tzu (Han Feizi): Jonathan R. Herman.

17. Hsün Tzu (Xunzi): John Knoblock.

18. Hui-neng (Huineng): Laurence C. Wu.

19. Kang You-wei (Kang Youwei): Francis Soo.

20. Laozi (Lao Tzu): Chad Hansen.

21. Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung): Francis Soo.

22. Mencius: Kwong-Loi Shun.

23. Mozi (Mo Tzu): Chad Hansen.

24. Wang Yang-ming (Wang Yangming): Warreng G. Frisina.

25. Yang Chu (Yang Zhu): Jonathan R. Herman.

26. Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu): Chad Hansen.

Part III: European and American Philosophers:.

27. Abelard: John Marenbon.

28. Adorno: Douglas Kellner.

29. Anaxagoras: Richard D. Parry.

30. Anaximander: Richard D. Parry.

31. Anaximenes: Richard D. Parry.

32. Anselm: Gregory Schufreider.

33. Aquinas: Ralph McInerny.

34. Arendt: Andrea Nye.

35. Aristotle: R. M. Dancy.

36. Augustine: Vernon J. Bourke.

37. Aurelius, Marcus: A. A. Long.

38. Austin: James F. Harris.

39. Ayer: Thomas Oberdan.

40. Bacon: Paul S. MacDonald.

41. de Beauboir: Véronique M. Fóti.

42. Bentham: F. Rosen.

43. Berdyaev: James Dye.

44. Bergson: Pete A. Y. Gunter.

45. Berkeley: Lisa J. Downing.

46. Boethius: John Marenbon.

47. Bonaventure: John Marenbon.

48. Bradley: W. J. Mander.

49. Brentano: Peter Simons.

50. Buber: Maurice Friedman.

51. Camus: Robert C. Solomon.

52. Carnap: Thomas Oberdan.

53 Chomsky: Nigel Love.

54. Cicero: A. A. Long.

55. Comte: Mary Pickering.

56. Croce: Andrew Reck.

57. Davidson: Simon J. Evnine.

58. Democritus: Lakovos Vasiliou.

59. Derrida: John C. Coker.

60. Descartes: Georges Dicker.

61. Dewey: James Gouinlock.

62. Dilthey: Paul J. Welty.

63. Dummett: Gianluigi Oliveri.

64. Duns Scotus: Jack Zupko.

65. Emerson: Andre Reck.

66. Empedocles: Richard D. Parry.

67. Epeictetus: A. A. Long.

68. Epicurus: A. A. Long.

69. Eriugena: Richard D. Parry.

70. Feuerbach: Tom Rockmore.

71. Fichte: Wayne M. Martin.

72. Foucault: Ladelle McWhorter.

73. Frege: Hans-Johann Glock.

74. Gadamer: Georgia Warnke.

75. Gilson: John Haldane.

76. Goodman: Joseph S. Ullian.

77. Grice: Steven Rieber.

78. Habermas: David Ingram.

79. Hare: Nick Fotion.

80. Hart: Nick Fotion.

81. Hegel: Tom Rockmore.

82. Heidegger: Thomas Sheehan.

83. Hempel: Gerald J. Massey and Barbara D. Massey.

84. Heraclitus: Iakovos Vasiliou.

85. Herder: David E. Cooper.

86. Hobbes: David Gauthier.

87. Hume: James M. Humber.

88. Husserl: J. N. Mohanty.

89. James: Michael H. Dearmey.

90. Jaspers: Oswald O. Schrag.

91. Kant: Ralf Meerbote.

92. Kierkegaard: George J. Stack.

93. Kripke: John P. Burgess.

94. Kuhn: Paul Hoyningen-Huene.

95. Leibniz: Nicholas Jolley.

96. Levinas: Adriaan T. Peperzak.

97. Locke: E. J. Lowe.

98. Machiavelli: William D. Richardson.

99. MacIntyre: Stephen Mulhall.

100. McTaggart: Gary L. Cesarz.

101. Malcolm: John V. Canfield.

102. Malebranche: Daisie Radner.

103. Marcuse: Douglas Kellner.

104. Maritain: John Haldane.

105. Marx: Allen W. Wood.

106. Merleau-Ponty: Hugh J. Silverman.

107. Mill: Geoffrey Scarre.

108. Montaigne: Paul S. MacDonald.

109. Moore: Avrum Stroll.

110. Nietzsche: Richard Schacht.

111. Ockham: John Shand.

112. Parmendides and Zeno of Elea: Iakovos Vasiliou.

113. Pascal: Anthony Levi.

114. Peirce: Robert Almeder.

115. Plato: C. C. C. Reeve.

116. Plotinus: Lloyd P. Gerson.

117. Popper: M. A. Notturno.

118. Protagoras: Iakovos Vasiliou.

119. Putnam: Douglas G. Winblad.

120. Pyrrho: A. A. Long.

121. Pythagoras: Iakovos Vasiliou.

122. Quine: Roger F. Gibson.

123. Rawls: Thomas W. Pogge.

124. Reid: William L. Rowe.

125. Ricoeur: G. B. Madison.

126. Rorty: Kai Nielsen.

127. Rousseau: Robert Wokler.

128. Royce: Bert P. Helm.

129. Russell: Peter Hylton.

130. Ryle: William Lyons.

131. Santayana: Andrew Reck.

132. Sartre: William R. Schroeder.

133. Scheler: John C. Coker.

134. Schelling: Judith Norman.

135. Schlick: Thomas Oberdan.

136. Schopenhauer: David E. Cooper.

137. Sextus Empiricus: A. A. Long.

138. Socrates: John Beversluis.

139. Spinoza: Genevieve Lloyd.

140. Strawson: Hans-Johann Glock.

141. Thales: Richard D. Parry.

142. Vico: Donald Phillip Verene.

143. Voltaire: Robert Wokler.

144. Whitehead: Lewis S. Ford.

145. Wittgenstein: P. M. S. Hacker.

146. Wollstonecraft: Linda A. Bell.

147. Xenophanes: Iakovos Vasiliou.

148. Zeno of Citium: A. A. Long.

Part IV: Indian Philosophers:.

149. Bhartr-hari: Ashok Aklujkar.

150. Bhattacharyya: David E. Cooper.

151. The Buddha: Peter Harvey.

152. Candrakirti: Jay L. Garfield.

153. Dharmakirti: Jonardon Ganeri.

154. Dinnaga (Dignaga): Jonardon Ganeri.

155. Gandhi: Bhikhu Parekh.

156. Gangesa: Karl H. Potter.

157. Guadapada: John Grimes.

158. Kumarila: John A. Taber.

159. Madhusudana Sarasvati: Karl H. Potter.

160. Madvha: Indira Mahalingam Carr and Brian Carr.

161. Mahavira: Jayandra Soni.

162. Nagarjuna: Bina Gupta.

163. Padmapada: John Grimes.

164. Patanjali: Mark B. Woodhouse.

165. Radhakrishnan: Kalyan Sengupta.

166. Ramanuja: Indira Mahalingam Carr.

167. Sankara: Brian Carr.

168. Sri Aurobindo: Tapan Kumar Chakrabarti.

169. Sriharsa: Karl H. Potter.

170. Suresvara: John Grimes.

171. Swami Vivekananda: Tapan Kumar Chakrabarti.

172. Vacaspati Misra: Karl H. Potter.

173. Vasubandhu: Bina Gupta.

174. Vidyaranya: Karl H. Potter.

Part V: Japanese Philosophers:.

175. Dogen: Graham Parkes.

176. Hakuin: Mark L. Blum.

177. Honen: Mark L. Blum.

178. Kukai: Mark L. Blum.

179. Miki: John C. Maraldo.

180. Nichiren: Mark L. Blum.

181. Nishida: Yoko Arisaka.

182. Nishitani: John C. Maraldo.

183. Suzuki: John C. Maraldo.

184. Tanabe: John C. Maraldo.

185. Watsuji: John C. Maraldo.

Part VI: Islamic and Jewish Philosophers:.

186. Averroes (Ivn Rushd): Oliver Leaman.

187. Avicenna (Ivn Sina): Oliver Leaman.

188. Farabi: Oliver Leaman.

189. Ghazali: Oliver Leaman.

190. Iqbal: David E. Cooper.

191. Maimonides: Oliver Leaman.

192. Mendelssohn: Oliver Leaman.

193. Philo: Oliver Leaman.

Index.

About the Author

Robert L. Arrington is Professor of Philosophy at Georgia State University. His publications include Rationalism, Realism, and Relativism (1990), Wittgenstein and Quine (1991), and Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations: Text and Context (1992), both with H.-J. Glock, and Western Ethics: An Historical Introduction (Blackwell 1998). In addition to his published work, Robert Arrington was an Advisory Editor to David Cooper's Ethics: The Classic Readings (Blackwell 1997).

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