Eastern Philosophy

Eastern philosophy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

In the West, the term Eastern philosophy refers very broadly to the various 
philosophies of "the East," namely Asia, including China, India, Japan, and 
the general area.

Most Western universities focus almost exclusively on Western philosophical 
traditions and ideas in their philosophy departments and courses (with 
several exceptions). When one uses the unqualified term "philosophy" in a 
Western academic context, it typically refers to the Western philosophical 
tradition beginning with the ancient Greeks. Eastern philosophies are 
typically overlooked, but increased connections between "East and West" in 
recent years have served to bridge the culture gap by a large degree. 













Bibliography

Introductions and anthologies

    * Classics of Western Philosophy by Steven M. Cahn Available from Amazon.com
    * Philosophic Classics: From Plato to Derrida (4th Edition) by Forrest E. Baird Available from Amazon.com
    * The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers by Will Durant Available from Amazon.com
    * From Socrates to Sartre: The Philosophic Quest by T. Z. Lavine Available from Amazon.com
    * Basic Teachings of the Great Philosophers by S. E. Frost Available from Amazon.com
    * The History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell Available from Amazon.com 
    * The Great Philosophers (4 vols.) by Karl Jaspers Available from Amazon.com
    * A History of Philosophy in the Twentieth Century by Christian Delacampagne Available from Amazon.com


Reference

    * A History of Western Philosophy (5 vols.) by W. T. Jones Available from Amazon.com
    * History of Philosophy (9 vols.) by Frederick Copleston Available from Amazon.com
    * History of Philosophy Quarterly (magazine) Available from Amazon.com