An Anthology of Philosophy in Persia

An Anthology of Philosophy in Persia
Author: Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999
Genre: Islamic philosophy
ISBN: 9780195127003

This is the second volume in a projected five-volume work covering the full expanse of Persian philosophical thought from the Zoroastrianism of the pre-Christian era up to the present day. Volume II is devoted entirely to the work of the Isma'ili and Hermetic-Pythagorean philosophers.

A Contextualistic Worldview

A Contextualistic Worldview
Author: Lewis Edwin Hahn
Publisher: SIU Press
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2001
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780809323319

This selection of articles by Lewis E. Hahn addresses the philosophical school of contextualism and four contemporary American philosophers: John Dewey, Henry Nelson Wieman, Stephen C. Pepper, and Brand Blanshard. Stressing the relatively recent contextualistic worldview, which he considers one of the best world hypotheses, Hahn seeks to achieve a broad perspective within which all things may be given their due place. After providing a brief outline, Hahn explains contextualism in relation to other philosophies. In his opening chapter, as in later chapters, he expresses contextualism as a form of pragmatic naturalism. In spite of Hahn's high regard for contextualism, however, he does not think it would be good if we were limited to a single worldview. "The more different views we have and the more different sources of possible light we have, the better our chances that some of these cosmic maps will shed light on our world and our place in it."