From Comparative Philosophy to Fusion Philosophy

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'Comparative Philosophy without Borders' consists of nine essays and puts forth an extensive methodology for a redefined comparative philosophy, as presented in the Introduction (1-33) and Afterword/Afterwards (227-39) written by Arindam Chakrabarti and Ralph Weber. The nine essays by Tom J. F. Tillemans, Barry Hallen, Chien-hsing Ho, Laurie L. Patton, Arindam Chakrabarti, Masato Ishida, Ralph Weber, Sari Nusseibeh and Sor-hoon Tan draw on various philosophical traditions (from the Asian, Western, African and Arabic worlds), academic fields (linguistics, political philosophy, epistemology, etc.) and topics (translation, perception, other-consciousness, justice, authority, etc.), in order to effectuate what ‘Comparative Philosophy Without Borders’ could be. The clear aim of these essays is to demonstrate and put into practice the methodology presented by the two editors and authors, according to whom performing comparative philosophy transcends establishing it through norms. This definitely constitutes a successfully treated challenge, not only by the authors, but even more by the editors.

Keywords

• comparative philosophy
• fusion philosophy