Philosophy in the South Asian Subcontinent: A Unity in Maladjustment :: Philosophical Globalization Essays

Philosophy in the southeastward Asian Subcontinent A symmetry in MaladjustmentABSTRACT Philosophy in the due south Asian subcontinent differs from Western doctrine in the following three slipway (1) it is based upon religion (2) beloved of tradition becomes an obstacle for philosophic reading and (3) authority is accepted as a source of knowledge. I postulate that prospective philosophic knowledge demands that the above three differences be removed. Furthermore, philosophers from the subcontinent must(prenominal) concentrate on contemporary issues. If I ask myself about the period of the philosophical heritage, which I may claim to have inherited from the ago, I shall find myself in a demandingy in finding a precise answer. If I tactile property back for my heritage, beyond fifty eld towards the past, I shall find that the past heritage to which I belong, incidentally coincides with that of the South Asian subcontinent. In the condition of philosophical system, th at heritage is what we find mainly in the traditions of the Vedic philosophical schools (specially the Vedanta school), Buddhism and Jainism. These philosophical traditions are also considered as oriental person philosophies. An orientalistic outlook in the stage setting of these philosophical traditions may find it difficult to urinate a canal of demarcation between the past and the preface status of these traditions. It is my intention to report attention to the occurrence that, in the scope of philosophy, our past heritage is in a sense an obstacle to our prox progress and to this extent, our heritage and our future are in a wizard in maladjustment.I shall draw attention to several(prenominal) historical situations, and some claims of heritage based on these situations. It is claimed that, it is possible to trace the rise of philosophy to a period prior than the Greeks.... (1) This claim may lead to peculiarity whether Thales is the father of philosophy. In this con text it is further claimed that The first Greek idea whom we can appropriately absorb as a philosopher was Thales, and that When, however, we look at India of the sixth century B.C., we forecast a completely different picture. ... It was not a case of the wrap up of philosophy as in Greece save what may be expound as the full glow of philosophical day. (2) What implications are meant to follow from much(prenominal) claims? Can we say that W. T. Stace is wrong in claiming that Thales is the father of philosophy? (3) Should iodin rather say that Thales is in fact the father of western philosophy only?Philosophy in the South Asian Subcontinent A Unity in Maladjustment Philosophical Globalization EssaysPhilosophy in the South Asian Subcontinent A Unity in MaladjustmentABSTRACT Philosophy in the south Asian subcontinent differs from Western philosophy in the following three ways (1) it is based upon religion (2) love of tradition becomes an obstacle for philosophical developme nt and (3) authority is accepted as a source of knowledge. I argue that future philosophical development demands that the above three differences be removed. Furthermore, philosophers from the subcontinent must concentrate on contemporary issues. If I ask myself about the extent of the philosophical heritage, which I may claim to have inherited from the past, I shall find myself in a difficulty in finding a precise answer. If I look back for my heritage, beyond fifty years towards the past, I shall find that the past heritage to which I belong, incidentally coincides with that of the South Asian subcontinent. In the context of philosophy, that heritage is what we find mainly in the traditions of the Vedic philosophical schools (specially the Vedanta school), Buddhism and Jainism. These philosophical traditions are also considered as oriental philosophies. An orientalistic outlook in the context of these philosophical traditions may find it difficult to draw a line of demarcation bet ween the past and the present status of these traditions. It is my intention to draw attention to the fact that, in the context of philosophy, our past heritage is in a sense an obstacle to our future progress and to this extent, our heritage and our future are in a unity in maladjustment.I shall draw attention to some historical situations, and some claims of heritage based on these situations. It is claimed that, it is possible to trace the rise of philosophy to a period earlier than the Greeks.... (1) This claim may lead to wonder whether Thales is the father of philosophy. In this context it is further claimed that The first Greek thinker whom we can appropriately describe as a philosopher was Thales, and that When, however, we look at India of the sixth century B.C., we see a completely different picture. ... It was not a case of the dawn of philosophy as in Greece but what may be described as the full glow of philosophical day. (2) What implications are meant to follow from su ch claims? Can we say that W. T. Stace is wrong in claiming that Thales is the father of philosophy? (3) Should one rather say that Thales is in fact the father of western philosophy only?