Reintroducing Philosophy - Shaker, Anthony F

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Résumé :
That we are now entering a post-Western world is no longer merely a thesis in international studies. But what does the dissolution of Western hegemony signify for humanity's rich learning traditions and the civilizing quest for wisdom? How can this human inheritance assist us today? Reintroducing Philosophy seeks a more realistic framework for discourse on these questions than offered by the Western-centric worldview, which continues to be taught in schools almost by rote. It analyzes themes from several world traditions in logic, knowledge and metaphysics connected with the quest for completeness of thinking and practice. Its examination of the relation of knowing and being is based on sources as varied as Leibniz and Frege, Q?naw? and ?adr?, ancient Greek and classical Indian and Chinese thought. Shaker brings into the discussion the paradigm (unm?zaj) that ?adr? presented as that of man's being in the world, encapsulating philosophy's longstanding view of thinking as the gathering of civilization. Reintroducing Philosophy is based on a concentrated reading of all these sources, simply because human civilization had already been global and advanced before the present age. ...

Biographie:
Anthony F. Shaker is a philosopher, scholar of Islamic thought/civilization, and analyst of social theory. He has authored numerous articles and books, including the only complete study of ?adr al-D?n Q?naw?'s thought (d. 1274 CE) and two translated volumes of Ghaz?l?'s I?y?' al-?ul?m. He also served as an elected member of the executive council of the Canadian parliament's official opposition, helping formulate policy and conferring with various political leaders. He is currently exploring the idea of productive dialogue within the framework of civilization, not only as a channel of passive exchange across cultures. He obtained his doctorate from McGill University and currently lives with his wife in Quebec, Canada.

Sommaire:
Anthony F. Shaker holds a PhD from McGill University. He is the author of Modernity, Civilization and the Return to History (Vernon Press, 2017), Reintroducing Philosophy: Thinking as the Gathering of Civilization (Vernon Press, 2020) and Thinking in the Language of Reality (Xlibris, 2012, rev. 2015)....