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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• 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.