TY - BOOK ID - 210341 TI - Analogy in Indian and Western philosophical thought AU - Zilberman, David B. AU - Cohen, Robert S. AU - Gourko, Helena PY - 2006 VL - 243 SN - 9781402033407 9781402033391 1402033397 1402033400 1280611340 9786610611348 9048168392 PB - Dordrecht Springer DB - UniCat KW - kennisleer KW - Theory of knowledge KW - Logic KW - filosofie KW - epistomologie KW - logica KW - epistemologists KW - Philosophy KW - Philosophy of science KW - Indian religions KW - India KW - Philosophy. KW - Epistemology. KW - Logic. KW - Philosophy, Asian. KW - Philosophy, general. KW - Non-Western Philosophy. KW - Asian philosophy KW - Oriental philosophy KW - Philosophy, Oriental KW - Argumentation KW - Deduction (Logic) KW - Deductive logic KW - Dialectic (Logic) KW - Logic, Deductive KW - Intellect KW - Psychology KW - Science KW - Reasoning KW - Thought and thinking KW - Epistemology KW - Mental philosophy KW - Humanities KW - Methodology KW - Analogy. KW - Philosophy, Comparative. KW - Indian philosophy. KW - Philosophy, Modern. KW - Indians KW - Philosophy, Indian KW - Comparative philosophy KW - Knowledge, Theory of KW - Modern philosophy KW - Philosophy (General). KW - Genetic epistemology. KW - Developmental psychology KW - Analogy KW - Philosophy, Comparative KW - Philosophy, Indic KW - Philosophy, Modern KW - Indic philosophy KW - Philosophy, East Indian KW - Hindu philosophy KW - Philosophy, Indic. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:210341 AB - This book is unusual in many respects. It was written by a prolific author whose tragic untimely death did not allow to finish this and many other of his undertakings. It was assembled from numerous excerpts, notes, and fragments according to his initial plans. Zilberman’s legacy still awaits its true discovery and this book is a second installment to it after The Birth of Meaning in Hindu Thought (Kluwer, 1988). Zilberman’s treatment of analogy is unique in its approach, scope, and universality for Western philosophical thought. Constantly compared to eastern and especially classical Indian interpretations, analogy is presented by Zilberman as an important and in many ways primary method of philosophizing or philosophy-building. Due to its universality, this method can be also applied in linguistics, logic, social analysis, as well as historical and anthropological research. These applications are integral part of Zilberman’s book. A prophetic leap to largely uncharted territories, this book could be of considerable interest for experts and novices in the field of analogy alike. . ER -