1st Edition

Dictionary of World Philosophy

By A. Pablo Iannone Copyright 2001
572 Pages
by Routledge

572 Pages
by Routledge

572 Pages
by Routledge

The Dictionary of World Philosophy covers the diverse and challenging terminology, concepts, schools and traditions of the vast field of world philosophy. Providing an extremely comprehensive resource and an essential point of reference in a complex and expanding field of study the Dictionary covers all major subfields of the discipline. Key features: * Cross-references are used to highlight... Read more
Entries include:
abazimu, abortion, Advaita, afrocentricity, age of the world, artificial life, baskets of knowledge, bhakti,body, brotherhood, chain of being, Chinese legalism, creation, cybernetics, darshana, death, dravya, empathy, euthanasia, love, madrash, memory, Mohism, mysticism, naturalism, paradox, passion, philosophy of education, speculative grammar, paranormal, Aouism, theurgy, truth, virtue, Zen

Biography

Professor A Pablo Iannone is a member of the Department of Philosophy at Central Connecticut State University, US and the author,in philosophy, of several academic books. He has also published poetry and short stories.

'A welcome addition to all reference collections needing global perspective on philosophical terms and concepts.' - Choice, July 2001

'This is an ambitious and very rewarding reference book.' - Reference Reviews