Comparative Philosophy without Borders

Arindam Chakrabarti is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA.Ralph Weber is Assistant Professor for European Global Studies at the University of Basel, Switzerland.

Arindam Chakrabarti and Ralph Weber, in their inspirational Introduction and Afterword, present a defining manifesto for a borderless new philosophy. These documents powerfully describe the hope, vitality, and promise of comparative philosophy as a prelude to philosophy’s post-comparative future. Every philosopher has a duty to study them.

• Notes on Contributors1. Introduction, Arindam Chakrabarti and Ralph Weber (University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA and University of Basel, Switzerland)2. Count Nouns, Mass Nouns, and Translatability: The Case of Tibetan Buddhist Logical Literature, Tom J. F. Tillemans (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)3. Translation, Interpretation, and Alternative Epistemologies, Barry Hallen (Morehouse College)4. Resolving the Ineffability Paradox, Chien Hsing Ho (Nanhua University, Taiwan)5. The Bowstring is Like a Woman Humming: The Vedic Hymn to the Weapons and the Transformative Properties of Tools, Laurie L. Patton (Duke University and Middlebury College, USA)6. How Do We Read Others’ Feelings? Strawson and Zhuangzi Speak to Dharmakirti, Ratnakirti and Abhinavagupta, Arindam Chakrabarti (University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA)7. The Geography of Perception: Japanese Philosophy in the External World, Masato Ishida (University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA)8. Authority: Of German Rhinos and Chinese Tigers, Ralph Weber (University of Basel, Switzerland)9. To Justice with Love, Sari Nusseibeh (Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Israel)10. Justice and Social Change, Sor-hoon Tan (National University of Singapore, Singapore)11. Afterword/Afterwards, Arindam Chakrabarti and Ralph Weber (University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA and University of Basel, Switzerland)Index