How the world thinks : a global history of philosophy
Julian Baggini (Author)
In the first global overview of philosophy, Julian Baggini travels the world to provide a wide-ranging map of human thought. One of the great unexplained wonders of human history is that written philosophy flowered entirely separately in China, India and Ancient Greece at more or less the same time. These early philosophies have had a profound impact on the development of distinctive cultures in different parts of the world. What we call 'philosophy' in the West is not even half the story. Julian Baggini sets out to expand our horizons, exploring the philosophies of Japan, India, China and the Muslim world, as well as the lesser-known oral traditions of Africa and Australia's first peoples
History
xxxiii, 398 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
9781783782307, 1783782307
1134534874
Machine generated contents note: pt. One How the World Knows
1. Insight
2. The ineffable
3. Theology or philosophy?
4. Logic
5. Secular reason
6. Pragmatism
7. Tradition
8. Conclusion
pt. Two How the World Is
9. Time
10. Karma
11. Emptiness
12. Naturalism
13. Unity
14. Reductionism
15. Conclusion
pt. Three Who in the World Are We?
16. No-self
17. The relational self
18. The atomised self
19. Conclusion
pt. Four How the World Lives
20. Harmony
21. Virtue
22. Moral exemplars
23. Liberation
24. Transience
25. Impartiality
26. Conclusion
pt. Five Concluding Thoughts
27. How the world thinks
28. A sense of place